Sharks and bears

Yesterday, I was swimming at Bronte - two coves over. The water was wonderful. What's most amusing about the article below is Australians seem to have the same attitude towards sharks as hikers of the Appalachian trail have towards bears. They launched jetskis to shoo the shark away, and everyone was back in the water 35 minutes later. At Bronte, there were a fair number of bluebottles on the beach (aka Portugese Man of War), but I didn't see any in the water. They were also having a lifesaving club event, with about 30 participants swimming a fair distance out from the beach, with plenty of chaperones on boards. Third Shark sighting at Bondi