Yarrawonga Park shark attack: Residents speak of horror as defiant locals return to water

Ian Kirkwood
January 25 2021 - 1:00pm
SPECIES IDENTIFIED: Fisheries officials say a bull shark, such as this three-metre specimen caught and released in the Hastings River, Port Macquarie, in 2016, by angler Anthony Micallef, pictured, and his son Chris. Picture: Port Macquarie News
SPECIES IDENTIFIED: Fisheries officials say a bull shark, such as this three-metre specimen caught and released in the Hastings River, Port Macquarie, in 2016, by angler Anthony Micallef, pictured, and his son Chris. Picture: Port Macquarie News

A BULL shark was the most likely species to have bitten a swimmer in Lake Macquarie in NSW's Hunter region on Saturday evening, officials have confirmed.

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Ian Kirkwood

Ian Kirkwood

Journalist

Reporting journalist at the Newcastle Herald since 1987. Editorial writer, general reporter, industrial relations, industry and coal.

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