New kind of tourists in Aus! (en/sp)

THIS is the horrifying moment when a giant shark menaced 

kayakers off Sydney yesterday. White pointers caused terror on opposite sides of Australia yesterday, with snorkeller Brian Guest killed as he swam with his son at a beach near Perth.

Sydney paddlers Justin Stanger and Steve Kulscar were lucky to survive, with Mr Kulscar falling from his craft as the four-metre white pointer circled them about a kilometre off Long Reef. Fisherman Glenn Morgan was in a runabout nearby when he saw a large fin break the water near the kayakers about 11am.

"All of a sudden I saw one bloke topple off his kayak, so we cut our anchor rope and went straight over to him and got him in the boat," Mr Morgan told The Sun-Herald last night.

The shark came perilously close as the two kayakers fastened their craft to the tinnie. It circled for at least another 10minutes before leaving.

"The adrenalin was just pumping," Mr Morgan said. "I reckon they would have died if we weren't out there - the shark was pretty hungry."

"I might get him a case of beer - that's the least I can do," one of the men told the Seven Network.

Mr Guest, 51, and his son, Daniel, 24, were diving for crabs off their local beach near Rockingham, 30 kilometres south of Perth, when the former suddenly disappeared about 7am.

Daniel had heard his father cry out and had seen the shark and a "heap of blood" in the water.

"Something very traumatic and pretty violent has happened there and we are treating it as a probable shark attack," acting police inspector Mark Valentine said.

Police, marine rescue patrols and three helicopters searched unsuccessfully for Mr Guest.

"[Daniel] was on the beach shaking and looked really white, and he was just really shocked," resident Luke Tubbs said.

Family spokesman and policeman Steve Kent said Mr Guest, a banker, was a devoted husband and father who knew the dangers of the ocean.

"[He was] an avid fisherman, an avid diver and a loving husband and father," Sergeant Kent said.

Mr Guest had campaigned to protect sharks from hunting.

"Our place on earth is not so sacred that we remove every threat that exists," he said in a forum about sharks on the Western Angler website.

"Every surfer, fisherman and diver has far more chance of being killed by bees, drunk drivers, teenage car thieves and lightning."

Source: http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/shark-horror-across-country/2008/12/27/1229998798528.html

Nuevo tipo d turistas en Australia

Esta es la amenazante imagen de un gigante tiburón con intenciones de atacar un Kayak durante el día de ayer en las costas de Sydney. También se registraron ataques en el lado opuesto de Australia, cuando Brian Guest fue aducido mientras hacia snorkell con su hijo en las playas cercanas a Perth.

Justin Stanger y Steve Kulscar fueron afortunados durante su práctica de canotaje del día. Mr Kulscar cayó de su canoa cuando un tiburón blando de 4 metros merodeaba las canoas. El hecho aconteció a unos Km de Long Ref...

Glenn Morgan, pesquero, estaba circulando la zona cuando diviso una aleta de grandes dimensiones romper el espejo de agua cerca de las canosa a las 11am. “De repente vi que uno de los flacos estaba paralizado así que nos acercamos, le tiramos una cuerda y lo subimos al barco”

El tiburón apresuro su marcha a medida que los kayakers se acercaron al navío. Una vez que los flacos subieron al barco, el tiburón circulo entre las canoas por unos 10min antes de alejarse.

“La sensación fue única”, declaro Mr Morgan. “Si no hubiesemos estado ahí, creo que hubieran muerto. El tiburón estaba hambriento”

“Le vamos a regalar una caja de cervezas; es lo menos que podemos hacer por el” le contesto uno de los flacos al reportero.

El resto de la nota es sobre lo que paso en Perth ayer

Fuente: http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/shark-horror-across-country/2008/12/27/1229998798528.html