Month: August 2017

By Doug Wright   Glenn Dickson never takes his life for granted these days. Who would, after narrowly surviving an attack by a 3.5 metre bull shark?   Glenn with his children   It happened on February 18th. Glenn was on a spear fishing trip with his mates off Hichinbrook Island near Cairns in far north Queensland. He’d speared a parrotfish, and was swimming upwards when he felt an immense pull and shake on his leg. Then the shark turned away and came back to strike again, severing every artery in Glenn’s thigh and gashing his calf.   He...