On 1 Mar 2001, at 17:12, David Strike wrote:
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> A few of us have, from time to time, spotted a large turtle there. Julian
> clipped an article from yesterday's local newspaper about a large turtle
> that had washed up dead on Manly Beach this week. Apparently it met its
> fate by drowning after becoming entangled in one of the shark nets. It was
> estimated to be about fifty years old.
This sucks. While I understand the need for the shark nets, it
sucks that it comes at a cost of lives such as these.
*Snippage of some good reading...*
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>
> It was a 75-minute dive that went by in a flash! :-)
Doncha hate when that happens.. :-)
>
> Strike