Surfing in Australia...great white sharks...

I was going to go surfing today.  I was sure of it.  I leave tomorrow for Armidale to visit the University of New England, the distributed site of the University of Newcastle medical school.  So I figured I should try to get in the water while it's beautiful and I can.

Then I heard about and saw this:

http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2011/10/21/3345298.htm?site=newcastle

And this:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/03/17/3166660.htm?site=newcastle

I don't think so...