Last weekend I spent couple of days in Sydney. Like all proper tourist I hade to make a visit to the famous Bondi beach during my stay and I did it on the last day which was Saturday.

I have heard that you should be aware of the sharks when you go swimming but I never took it that serious. So around 2.00pm there was an alarm and people were asked to live the water immediately. They were talking about sharks but it was the next day when I was told that there had realy been sharks and they had made it even to the evening news… here is an article from the local newspaper Sydney Morning Herald....


Sharks force swimmers out of water at Bondi

September 23, 2006 - 5:12PM

Hundreds of swimmers were called out of the water at Sydney's Bondi beach today after two sharks were spotted close to shore.
Bondi lifeguard Dean Gladstone said shark alarms sounded a warning to the 30,000 people on the beach soon after the sharks were sighted about 2pm (AEST).
Lifeguards on two jet skis, guided to the sharks by the NSW Police helicopter, kept watch on the sharks that came to within 50 metres of the beach, he said.
Mr Gladstone said the two sharks, possibly whalers, were chasing a school of Australian salmon before disappearing into the deep.
Swimmers at the iconic beach popular with international travellers, where temperatures soared today, were allowed back into the water about 2.30pm (AEST).
"People slowly went back in. Some said they were never coming to the beach again," Mr Gladstone said.
A lifeguard on a jet ski will patrol the water for the rest of the day.
AAP


So that was my first trip to Sydney. During that trip I learnt not to underestimate the warnings of local people…I took few photos from the beach, but unfortunately we didn’t see the sharks!