"but most bites are only effective enough to cause a shed load of pain and sickness."
On the other hand if you are surfing in the 'Territories and a salty takes a fancy to you that could spoil your whole day.............
Basically I think Auz is one of gods little jokes-you create an island paradise, only make it nice and large for variety-then fill it with all manner of 'crawling nasties', oh, and just for good measure surround it with, in no particular order, great whites, Tiger sharks, hammerheads, salties, and lets not forget, Box jellyfish-and we wonder why most Auzzies can't wait to move to Earls Court..........
John