Man Who Lost His Leg In Shark Attack Wins Right To Keep Its Tooth
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He was in a coma for 10 days before bouncing back to life
Blowes thanked Australia s Primary Industries minister for allowing him to keep the tooth
A surfer who lost his leg in a shark attack has been waging a legal battle for the last six years no, it wasn t for any compensation but to own his attacker s tooth. He has now won the right to keep the beast s tooth that got wedged in his surfboard.
Chris Blowes was attacked by a shark while he was surfing at Fishery Bay in South Australia on April 25, 2015. It shook me about and played with me for a bit, he told BBC. And it ended up pulling my leg off. He was 26 years old when the attack happened.
Kangaroo Island Plantation Timbers in mill negotiations after timber expo in Mt Gambier
Buyers were particularly interested in the KPT wood that had positive resi testing results, proving its suitability for construction grade lumber. Colin Wooldridge from Whitehead’s Timber Sales checks out the internal structure of the KPT logs.
Kangaroo Island Plantation Timbers Ltd (ASX:KPT) has completed an expo of its timber at a yard near Mt Gambier in southeast South Australia and is in negotiations with several mills regarding buying lots from the KPT pine softwood estate.
Logs of different size and varying burn classification were shown to representatives of about 10 mills, including logs from an independent grower on Kangaroo Island.
Riverland producers face financial hit from Christmas fruit fly outbreak
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DecDecember 2020 at 1:04am
A fruit fly outbreak has been declared in Renmark West after larvae were found in apricots on December 22.
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There are fears an outbreak of Queensland fruit fly in South Australia could be devastating for the horticulture industry, with some growers unable to move stone fruit during their harvest period.
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Quarantine rules mean producers are unable to move fruit during their harvest period
The public are being reminded not to bring fruit into SA or the Riverland
Fruit fly larvae were found in a backyard apricot tree in Renmark West on Tuesday, leading to Primary Industries Minister David Basham declaring an outbreak yesterday.