If you’re my mom, don’t read this article 
We will start with the sharks. There have been three shark attacks in the last month in the Sydney area (I’m very far away from there now). One was a great white that attacked a navy seal in training. The fellow seals tried to fend the shark off by punching it in the nose. The man apparently lived. The second attack was by a bull shark (way less deadly than a great white) and the third attach was by another great white at Bondi Beach (Sydney’s most famous beach). The attack happened just 50 meters off the coast (which is still in water that you can touch the bottom in.)
Recently they have still been having sightings of great whites in Bondi. But onto the crocks.
Frazier island is one of the must see attractions of the east coast. But there have been cyclones (don’t worry, that just means hurricane) that have been stirring things up recently. Apparently the weather has relocated a 4 meter (14 foot) crock into the Frazier island national park. They have 5 teams of rangers looking for this crock to “relocate it” before it “disturbs” any of the tourists.
Apparently we are in the wet season of Australia right now and Cyclones are a normal occurrence. One hit about a month before I came to Australia and flooded the streets for weeks making it impossible for people to leave. There happened to be crocks swimming down the streets at that time (nature taking its things back).
But don’t worry (no one else is(Great logic right?)). This stuff seems to be normal here. No one is battening the hatches just yet which leads me to believe that maybe these cyclones are not as bad as our American hurricanes. Either way I have bought a tour package of a bunch of things for the next week or so. If the weather permits, I will be able to go on these assorted tours.
March 6th, 2009