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AN IRISHMAN HAS been nominated for the Pride of Australia Medal after he helped save his friend who was attacked by a great white shark.
The pair were body-boarding at Lighthouse Beach in New South Wales last year when the shark attacked.
Shane De Roiste is now up for the prestigious award after he managed to haul his friend 200m to shore after his friend has fought off the shark.
Dale Carr lost 2.5 litres of blood during the attack but successfully fought the shark by sticking his thumb in its eye.
Speaking to RTÉ’s Morning Ireland today, De Roiste said that they at first thought the shark was a dolphin.
“We had been surfing for dolphins for months beforehand so when we saw a fin come up behind my friend Dale, who was just a few metres away from me, we thought it was just another dolphin,” he said.
Almost immediately, however, they realised the danger.
“It’s a very quick and ferocious attack with the great white. It bumped Dale off his board and he flipped over and that’s when I noticed the big white belly and I knew it’s a great white.”
Dale was actually punching the shark in the head and he spoke to me afterwards saying that wasn’t doing anything, he could tell it was like punching a brick wall. So he actually changed tactics and went for its eyeballs. So he stuck his thumb in its eyeball and that’s when he actually released his bite.
Shane has previously explained how his friend shouted at him to leave the scene of the attack but that he wouldn’t.
After the shark left, Shane then had to bring his friend to shore but also had to try to conserve energy in case the shark returned.
He explains that with the help of the current it took about 10 minutes to get to shore where people were waiting to help them.
The Pride of Australia Medal celebrates and recognises everyday Australians doing outstanding things and is presented by the Daily Telegraph newspaper.
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So annoying when these videos start playing if you have the volume on. Thanks for that, Quinton! Sorted!
Anyway of switching facebook off altogether…. It depresses me everytime I go on it yet I still go on it.
block everything you cant be arsed with and join a lot of pages that interest you. mine is all science, games and jokes.
Do like I did. Deactivate your account. I dont miss it for a second.
I have the newest android update and don’t see that auto play option in the app settings?
Is there an ‘auto-play on WiFi only’ option available? Ticking that is the next best thing if you can’t turn it off fully.
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It’s directly under the Sync Photos option in my version (for Galaxy S5), Darren.
Any way of switching off the journals annoying ads?
Alan if you’re willing to fund the journal or pay a weekly subscription the ads will disappear.the journalists don’t work for free ya know
No probs where do I pay to get rid of them?
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I’d also recommend, from a more general angle, activating “click-to-play” in your desktop browsers. There has been some pretty malicious flash exploits found (in the wider internet), and one method of delivery is the dreaded auto-play.
also, they’re annoying.
http://www.howtogeek.com/188059/how-to-enable-click-to-play-plugins-in-every-web-browser/
Tis time we all turned fb off altogether. Its had its moment in the sun and is getting way above itself with its flagrant abuse of people’s privacy
What’s up with this article? it disappears then reappears any time I refresh the app
Cheers
Fair play to ya! So annoying!
Anyone know what the craic is with”session expired, please log in again” coming up on iphone messenger app? Won’t let me log into the new messenger App.
Thanks for that Quinton
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