im,” Morris said. “From the waist down, it was all gone.” “Surfers were sprinting out of the water to their cars, driving to nearby surfing breaks to let others know of the shark.” “It was about 50 metres from the shore. No-one is going back in the water.” Hamish McLeay, Bunkers Beach Café’s manager, said the water was full of people when the attack happened. “There were at least another 20…
tal shark attack off the coast of Western Australia state in 12 days The great white shark struck 500 yards north of Rottnest Island, which is 11 miles from a popular Perth city mainland beach where a 64-year-old swimmer is believed to have been taken by a great white on October 10. Last night, local police was interviewing witnesses so a report can be prepared for the coroner. It is understood th…
d in a critical condition in hospital. Michael Cohen, a British accountant, had ignored warnings of a shark in the area before taking to the water off Fish Hoek beach. Yesterday, passers-by Hugh Till, 66, and Douglas Drysdale, 61, told how they ran into the blood-clouded surf to help pull Michael Cohen to safety after watching the attack. “As Douglas and I were pulling him in towards the shore, th…
h, in the third such incident this month In Wednesday’s attack, the man was set upon near Newcastle, 125 km (80 miles) from Sydney. Witnesses believe a great white or bull shark was involved. On 4 January, another surfer survived a shark attack in the city of Gosford, north of Sydney. In October, a great white shark killed a US diver in what was thought to be the second fatal shark attack in…
#8220;Gemma is just devastated. They had a perfect wedding. Ian was a fantastic bloke.” Ian and Gemma Redmond married 11 days before shark attack The couple, who married on August 6, was at stunning Anse Lazio beach in the early evening, when the shark attacked in shallow waters, 100ft from the shore. Seychelles, the Praslin Island, where Ian Redmond was attacked by th…
…and coat it with a rare earth metal,” he says. “It looks just like a regular hook.” Several countries are now testing his so-called SMART hooks to see if they work. Some tests show a 60 to 70 per cent reduction in the number of sharks caught. Eric Stroud received an award from the World Wildlife Fund for his invention, and he’s hoping to sell the hooks commercially before l…
…of smoking. Leading global tobacco manufacturers, including British American Tobacco and Philip Morris, had challenged the law. The new packaging rules are scheduled to be implemented from 1 December 2012. “At least a majority of the court is of the opinion that the Act is not contrary to (Australia’s constitution),” the court said in a brief statement. The full judgement is exp…
Shark Week began on Sunday, July, 31 with a premiere, “Great White Invasion”, about a horde of great white sharks that were swimming along the beaches from South Africa to Australia, and near the coast of California. Discovery Channel broadcasted Shark Week for the first time in 1987, on July 27. In 2000, 6 millions viewers, from United States, and from Canada, received 3D Pulf…
Two men from Wales have been charged after a fairy penguin was taken from Sea World theme park in Queensland, Australia. The pair, aged 20 and 21, and another man, allegedly broke in to the enclosure in a prank after a night out. It is claimed they swam with dolphins before taking seven-year-old Dirk back to their hotel room. Dirk has never lived in the wild. The men, who have been charged with s…
arin. Julia Gillard said she wanted to refocus Australia away from Europe’s “old countries” towards its near neighbors – particularly China and India. The plan is detailed in a 312-page paper, Australia in the Asian Century. With Asia on track to become home to most of the world’s middle class in the next 20 years, this was a moment in history to grasp, said Julia Gil…
Australian PM Julia Gillard has issued an apology to people affected by the country’s forced adoption policy between the 1950s and 1970s. Tens of thousands of babies of unmarried, mostly teenage mothers, were thought to have been taken by the state and given to childless married couples. Many women said they were coerced into signing away their children. Speaking in front of hundreds of the…
; diamond was sold for a record-breaking $46 million, the highest price ever paid for a jewel, to a well-known British dealer at an auction in Geneva. That diamond had been in a private collection for 60 years. …
…orning, according to beach officials. Walter Szulc’s harrowing experience came amid a rash of shark sightings in areas like Cape Cod during its peak of Summer tourism. Less than a week ago, July 3, two great white sharks were photographed swimming off the coast of Orleans and Chatham with the first sighting of the season having occurred a mere days before. The sharks are drawn to the waters…
an, Sri Lanka and Iraq, have been making their way to Australian territory by boat via Indonesia. There have been a number of capsizes blamed on unseaworthy vessels carrying too many passengers. About 50 asylum-seekers died when their boat broke up on rocks off Christmas Island in December 2010. “This accident again underscores the dangerous nature of these hazardous journeys, and the desper…
42. The network of marine reserve will also include the Great Barrier Reef, a UNESCO World Heritage site. The plan will see the numbers of marine reserves off the Australian coast increased from 27 to 60. “What we’ve done is effectively create a national parks estate in the ocean,” Tony Burke told Australian media. However, activists and environmental protection groups are likely…
…al Manager of Bbuying for the Woolworths Liquor Group, which will sell the drinks. Warburn Estate, one of Australia’s top wineries, said the new AC/DC wine collection will be available in 4 different selections: AC/DC Back In Black Shiraz (2010 750mL Dry Red) AC/DC You Shook Me All Night Long Moscato” (2011 750mL Sweet White) AC/DC Highway To Hell Cabernet Sauvignon̶…
…t brands apart. Genuine Ugg boots are made from Australian sheepskin and cost up to $300 Lena McDonald said her company used its own tannery to ensure the standards of its boots, but added that up to 40 products using fur from overseas contained the word “ugg”. “As far as I can see many of these boots are not made in Australia at all yet they have the words Australia and ugg on them. We have seen…
he Boom rounded out the top five. NORTH AMERICAN BOX OFFICE 1. Taken 2 – $22.5 million 2. Argo – $20.1 million 3. Sinister – $18.3 million 4. Hotel Transylvania – $17.3 million 5. Here Comes the Boom – $12 million Source: Hollywood.com…
d is <<See you soon!>>. I’m looking forward to it so very much.” Gemma Redmond, the widow of honeymoon shark attack victim Ian Redmond, gave a heartfelt tribute at his funeral About 300 people were at the St Michael’s Church for the service conducted by the Reverend Tim Barton and other 200 mourners stood outside within the grounds and listened to the service on loudspeake…
The light can make you more visible, but in the same time could help you become invisible sharks seem to found out how this trick works. A recent study has shown that splendid lantern shark, besides glowing in the darkness of the deep waters, can create through light effects a “cloak of invisibility” wich helps it to avoid predators. Also, this study gathered provings that the cylin…
Australia has launched one of the world’s fastest telescopes tasked with surveying outer space and probing the origins of stars and galaxies. The Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) in Western Australia’s outback has 36 antennas with a diametre of 12 m (40 ft) each. The A$152 million ($155 million) telescope is expected to capture radio images, starting from Friday. A…
…Award this year. He also performed in the live Grammys telecast in February. Glen Campbell’s hits include Wichita Lineman, Galveston a year later, and he starred in the John Wayne western True Grit in 1969. In announcing he was suffering from Alzheimer’s, Glen Campbell said he often forgets the words to his most memorable songs. His spokesman said Glen Campbell was “very disappointed that he…
stronomers believe these super-dense objects may hold the key to a more complete theory of gravity than that proposed by Einstein. The Australasian bid was centred on a site at Boolardy Station, about 500 km (310 miles) north of Perth in Western Australia. For South Africa, the central location put forward was in the Karoo in the Northern Cape, about 95 km from Carnarvon. Both have exceptional con…
e effect Relations between the unions and Qantas management started deteriorating in August after the airline announced plans for restructuring and moving some operations to Asia. Qantas airline has a 65% share of the domestic Australian market, but has been making heavy losses on its international flights. Qantas restructuring is expected to mean the loss of 1,000 jobs from its 35,000-strong work…
…nessa Bryce said that sales of the bikini have soared since Stephanie Rice’s picture was made public. “We’ve had inquires from all over – the US, Singapore. We’ve sold an extra 60 since the photo ran and sales of other swimwear has also gone up,” she told the Herald Sun. “Yes, we are preparing a special package of things to send (Rice) after the Olympics to say thank you,”…
Google told to clean up auto-complete results in GermanyGoogle has been ordered by a German federal court to clean up the auto-complete results its search engine suggests. The court said Google must ensure terms generated by…
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Astronauts Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn perform emergency spacewalk to fix ammonia leakUS astronauts Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn are carrying out an emergency spacewalk to fix a leak of ammonia from the International Space Station's cooling system. Live…
Thermal invisibility cloak can hide objects from heatScientists have built and tested a form of invisibility cloak that can hide objects from heat. Similar cloaking efforts are underway to make objects invisible to light and…
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