If you haven’t already, read The Great Shark Hunt.
Regardless of Hunter S. Thompson’s recent death or whether you’re a fan of gonzo/new journalism or not, it’s an amazing collection of his early, most notable work.
It once got us through a bad case of the shits in Malaysia and plenty of other horrible times…like this one.

When travelling in Australia I was surprised how relaxed about the shark danger most Austalians seemed to be. I would never go in the water expecially in the south where they have many Great White sightings!