Shark attack off Broken Head

By Saffron Howden | 30th July 2009

A 14-year-old surfer was thrown into the air and left with a graze and a punctured wetsuit after a shark made a bee-line for his board this morning near Byron Bay.

The Northern Star understands the local boy, who was surfing off Broken Head, was paddling back out from the shore when he and the shark collided.

The impact caused the boy to fly into the air and his wet suit was swiped and punctured, leaving him grazed.

via Shark attack off Broken Head | NSW News | Byron Shire News.

A man was bitten on the leg while surfing near Crooked River on Seven Mile Beach at Gerroa, just before 9:00am (AEST).

He was taken to Shoalhaven hospital where he received more than 50 stitches.

But his injury was not regarded serious enough for him to be admitted overnight and he was discharged this afternoon.

ABC: Beach closed after south coast shark attack – ABC News Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

Here’s the story in the Mercury (not much extra detail)

Bondi shark attack story, Radio National 13 Feb 09