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Subscriber only THE Gold Coast is one of the most popular destinations in the country and one of the city s biggest drawcard is pristine beaches. For more than 60 years beachgoers enjoyed swimming without the fear of a fatal shark attack etched in their memory, until this year. Two men were killed by a shark in separate incidents within three months in 2020. Robin Rob Pedretti died at Salt Beach just south of Kingscliff on June 7 after a 3m shark, believed to be a great white, mauled him shortly after 10am. Shark attack victim Rob Pedretti. He had been out surfing with mate Frank Schlee who, along with another Gold Coast surfer, Mark Hayes, bravely fought off the shark and paddled Mr Pedretti to shore in a vain bid to save him.
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 Northern NSW may boast some of the most beautiful beaches in the world, but your risk of being bitten by a great white shark is most likely to occur there than anywhere else in Australia. Shark attacks, while still rare, have increased in Australian waters over the past 20 years. In 2020, there have been eight fatalities so far, the highest level of deaths since 1929. In Western Australia, you are more likely to be attacked around Esperance in the state s south where there have been three fatalities in three years. In Queensland, Cid Harbour on Whitsunday Island has been the scene of a spate of attacks since the November 5, 2018 fatality of Victorian medical researcher Dr Daniel Christidis. Tiger sharks are more likely to attack in warmer waters.
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