and around swimmers and surfers, not really showing any interest. so now, it s about creating awareness that we can coexist with sharks. i ve had a bronze whale about 50 metres away from surfers, and i have a megaphone as well so i let them know, and they arejust like, yep, all right, all good. and they stay in, you know? but as soon as i mention great white shark, i call the lifeguards if it s a dangerous event like that, definitely. local characters, so alex the seal. hey, alex. norman, the great nurse shark. good day, norman. raymond the stingray. oh, there s loads. it s actually alleviated a bit of their fear. i get so many messages saying they are not scared to go in the water any more because they know itjust norman. it s time to look at sharks in a different light, but in saying that, we still have
i fly around in the bondi area. i m out there from 20 minutes before sunrise every morning without fail. norman, don t scare people. they don t see him. they never do. when i first started, this first shark i saw, i was like, quick, we ve got to get them out of the water. as time went on, my perception changed from the sharks, especially with the great nurse. we see a lot of them in bondi, and around swimmers and surfers, not really showing any interest. so now, it s about creating awareness that we can coexist with sharks. i ve had a bronze whale about 50 metres away from surfers, and i have a megaphone as well so i let them know, and they are just like, yep, all right, all good.
to respect that it s their ocean. how could you be afraid of creatures called raymond and norman? now it s time for a look at the weather with louise lear. good afternoon. we are likely to close out friday with plenty of sundry downpours around. this area of low pressure is really not moving very far very fast. as we go to the evening hours and overnight, you can see widespread showers to begin with, and then more sharper showers to develop across west wales and moving up to the essex and kent coast as well. it stays relatively mild so i ll start to begin with on saturday, but then we do it all again. plenty of showers spiralling around that low, so starting out to the west and then drifting to the east. that area seeing fewer showers but you won t be immune to them altogether. top temperatures on saturday afternoon to 20 celsius. little to change as we move into sunday. if you have not already
and they stay in, you know? but as soon as i mention great white shark, i call the lifeguards if it s a dangerous event like that, definitely. local characters, so alex the seal. hey, alex. norman, the grey nurse shark. good day, norman. raymond the stingray. oh, there s loads. it s actually alleviated a bit of their fear. i get so many messages saying they are not scared to go in the water any more because they know itjust norman. it s time to look at sharks in a different light, but in saying that, we still have to respect that it s their ocean. wonderful pictures! how to talk is coming up injust a few moments, but before that, let s take a look for the weekend with louise. hello, it has been a sunny kind of day to day, some of us have seen some sunshine, but the shower cloud is never too
and is still hoping there s some way her eight year old alpaca can be saved. andrew plant, bbc news. you re watching bbc news. to sydney, australia, now, and some amazing images of swimmers in the sea off bondi beach. what they don t often know is that they re sometimes swimming quite close to sharks. each day before sunrise, jason iggleden films aerial shots of the stunning sea life. he says his footage often helps to reduce people s fear of the creatures and acts as a warning system. take a look at this. this guy might be in for a fright. watch out, norman is about. he s not going to see. he s gonna go and say good day to this crew, are you? he just likes to say good day to everybody. look at this.