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Man recovering in Queensland hospital after shark bit him on bottom and hip

Australian Associated Press


A man is in a serious but stable condition after being attacked by a shark in the Whitsundays.

Ryan Bowring, 25, was bitten on the buttocks and the hip in the waters at Hardy Reef, about 50km northeast of Hamilton Island about 12.30pm (AEST) on Monday.

He was rescued by helicopter and flown to the Mackay Base Hospital, where he is in a serious but stable condition.

The man was winched from the pontoon with a critical care paramedic about 1.45pm.

A man is in a serious condition after he was attacked by a shark in the Whitsundays on Monday. Source: CQ Rescue
A man is in a serious condition after he was attacked by a shark in the Whitsundays on Monday. Source: CQ Rescue

He told CQ Rescue that the shark had a “couple of goes at him”.

The Whitsundays region has been the site of a number of shark attacks in the last six months.

Victorian man Daniel Christidis, 33, died in November after being attacked at Cid Harbour at Whitsunday Island during a trip with friends and colleagues.

A man had to be rescued after he was bitten on the thigh by a shark attack. Source: CQ Rescue
A man had to be rescued after he was bitten on the thigh by a shark attack. Source: CQ Rescue

That incident followed separate attacks – also at Cid Harbour – on Tasmanian woman Justine Barwick and Victorian 12-year-old Hannah Papps within 24 hours in September.

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