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Humpback whale injures surfer at Bondi!

Postby drowningbitbybit » Sun Jul 07, 2013 3:11 am

Wow! and Eek! :shock:
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/surfer-injure ... 2pjn5.html

Dammit, I surfed at maroubra this morning and not Bondi!
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Re: Humpback whale injures surfer at Bondi!

Postby billie_morini » Mon Jul 08, 2013 4:01 am

This sure sounds exciting. Would have enjoyed it, too, and like you, unfortunately missed it.
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Re: Humpback whale injures surfer at Bondi!

Postby drowningbitbybit » Mon Jul 08, 2013 7:39 am

There've been a huge number of whales about for the last few days - I've seen dozens far off, a few close by... but none that close by! :shock:
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Re: Humpback whale injures surfer at Bondi!

Postby still-learning » Tue Jul 09, 2013 9:02 am

Unlucky for the surfer that was injured but WOW, what an awesome experience seeing one that close by!
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