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“I am still receiving information about what really happened,’’ says Peter, 82, who carved out a stellar career in Australia as an obstetrician-gynaecologist before retiring on Bribie Island ...

Here, you'll take in the eye-popping vantage, which includes the Story Bridge and the CBD ... But if you want to picnic at a beach where you can actually go for a swim, then Bribie Island's Bongaree ...

The teen was well known in the community and was a member of the Bribie Island Surf Life Saving Club and is believed to have been with friends when the incident occurred. Charlize’s father ...

Emergency crews were called to the Woorim Beach at Bribie Island, about 80 kms (50 miles) north of Brisbane around 5 p.m. local time on Monday following reports of a serious shark bite incident ...

Friends and family have gathered to pay tribute to a 17-year-old girl who was killed after she was bitten by a shark off Bribie Island. The 17-year-old was swimming about 100m offshore when she ...

Hundreds have turned out to honour 17-year-old Charlize Zmuda who was killed in a shark attack off a beach on Bribie Island. Just a day after her horrific death, her father held Steve Zmuda held a ...

A 17-year-old girl has died after being bitten by a shark off Bribie Island, just north of Brisbane, on Monday afternoon. Charlize Zmuda died after she was attacked by a shark of Bribie Island.