Cellobella commented on my last post about swimming at "Shark time" at Cottesloe. The thing about paradise is that there is always a little chink in the paradise armour. Cottesloe may have clear blue water, white sand and waves that roll, not crash, into the beach BUT it is also a place where one or two hapless swimmers have been taken by a shark.. But don't worry, it only happens at "shark time" (early morning or evening when the light is low and the water is murky). Otherwise it is definitely paradise, just check out the photo above.
However, I am a big Wuss* (note the capital "W") and on noticing that there were a group of people swimming laps up and down some way out from the beach commented to my mum:
M: At least if the sharks come they'll get those people first.
Mum: Oh no, the sharks will swim right under those people. They'll get the people swimming in the shallows.
That would be us.
It reminded me of the time I was flying in a 747 with Firegazer over Singapore and I commented, hopefully, that if we lost all engine power that at least this big plane would be able to glide us to safety. Oh no, says Firegazer, 747s have the glide ratio of a BRICK.
So encouraging, thanks.
*Wuss (n, colloquial): a wimp, coward (Rhymes with "Puss", as in cat)
4 comments:
ahh, yes .. that would be me also.
I still scan beaches for signs of Tsunamis, even in little sheltered coves..
I've been to Cottesloe beach once (on tour with a rock band) and I loved it. The water in the Indian ocean is quite different from the Pacific.
I hear the Jaws theme every time I dip my toe in the water at the beach. It looks lovely though.... except for the Jaws theme running in my head now.
As idyllic as Cottesloe is, I can never shake the idea of sharks from my head when I go there.
(And gee, thanks for giving me that information about glide ratios...I feel so much better about flying now...)
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