00:00The closest of calls. Paul Javerstenes was attacked by a shark at Point Plummer on the
00:07mid-north coast yesterday while family watched on.
00:11I feel sorry for the girl who was videoing it while they were surfing. I think she'll
00:16probably need more help than he will.
00:19The surfer made it ashore with minor injuries and a bite on his board to prove it.
00:25It does make you think twice to be honest.
00:26It was the fourth attack in the state in 48 hours, others with more devastating results.
00:3212-year-old boy Nico Antic from Sydney's east suffered critical injuries after an attack
00:37near his Vaucluse Rock jumping spot on Sunday. The boy is a nipper at North Bondi Surf Lifesavers
00:44and a keen surfer.
00:4527-year-old Andre de Rauta remains in hospital following an attack at North Stain Beach in
00:51Manly on Monday.
00:52We are looking at what the options are here. The Premier's ruled out a shark cull.
00:58Shark incident data shows the number of shark bites in Australia has increased exponentially
01:03since the 1950s. But so has the number of people in the water. The state government says it will
01:09send up more drones to try and find sharks near swimmers.
01:14Jason Eagledon is the eye in the sky over Bondi Beach, often spotting sharks beneath unsuspecting
01:21surfers. But after rain, when bull sharks are active, this is what the drone sees.
01:27There's no use employing more drones at this point, with the conditions still murky.
01:31He says it's people, not sharks, that need to change.
01:35I haven't noticed any form of signing on the beach ever saying, you know, we've had a lot
01:40of rain stay out of the water, maybe that's a good idea.
01:42We can improve communications.
01:44As water quality starts to improve, some surfers are happy to take the risk.
01:51So…
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