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  • Larks
    Larks
    • Jul 2007
    • 16793

    Bernadette braves sharks - makes national headlines







    Injured Queensland nurse swims through shark-infested waters for help



    Hurt woman wades in shark-infested waters


    After falling about three metres on a remote Torres Strait island, Bernadette Marley quickly realised she had two choices.
    The badly-injured woman could either wait through the night for someone to come looking or she could take her chances in the island's shark-infested waters.
    Ms Marley, a nurse aged in her 50s, tried to climb down a cliff to go snorkelling on Murray Island at the weekend.
    She lost her footing halfway down and landed on sand on the side of the island, which she knew had no signal.
    "The pain was absolutely excruciating," she told ABC radio on Friday.
    "I just figured the water would be more buoyant."
    With a fractured pelvis, back and leg, Ms Marley waded in chest-high waters for an estimated two hours.
    She says jumping sardines made her worry she was being followed by sharks and prompted her to pull herself onto a rock.
    But the pain outside of the water was too much and she was forced to push on.
    "A couple of times there I got pretty low and I thought, `nah, I can't do this'," she said.
    "(Then) I thought ... if I want to stay alive, I've got to keep going."
    After exerting a lot of her energy singing out for help, Ms Marley was finally spotted and flown via helicopter to the mainland.
    She has since been discharged from Innisfail Hospital.
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  • seanz
    Resilient?
    • Nov 2006
    • 23662

    #2
    Re: Bernadette braves sharks - makes national headlines

    Nurses, tough as.



    Just told SWIMPAL about this and she is shocked (in a very sympathetic way) and proceeded to give me a big list of things that could have gone wrong.....the other side to being a nurse.

    Bern, you're mad. Heal up good and fast.
    Last edited by seanz; 02-27-2016, 02:03 AM.
    We don't know how lucky we are....

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    • Domesticated_Mr. Know It All
      treetop flyer
      • Sep 2003
      • 23853

      #3
      Re: Bernadette braves sharks - makes national headlines

      Glad she's OK.
      What a story!!!
      Thanks for posting this.
      Keep calm, persistence beats resistance.

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      • PeterSibley
        Senior Member
        • Dec 2001
        • 70993

        #4
        Re: Bernadette braves sharks - makes national headlines

        I'm so glad she made it, those are very "live" waters . Well done that woman !
        '' You ain't gonna learn what you don't want to know. ''
        Grateful Dead

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        • Old Dryfoot
          That Richard Guy
          • May 2010
          • 18548

          #5
          Re: Bernadette braves sharks - makes national headlines

          I like happy endings.

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          • Gerarddm
            #RESIST
            • Feb 2010
            • 32495

            #6
            Re: Bernadette braves sharks - makes national headlines

            Our Bern? Tough!
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            • epoxyboy
              Senior Member
              • Sep 2005
              • 6203

              #7
              Re: Bernadette braves sharks - makes national headlines

              Bloody crazy Aussies! Get well, we want to see that beautiful yacht launched one day - breaking bits and risking shark attack to jeopardise that, is just being selfish!

              Pete
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              • skuthorp
                Senior Member
                • Jan 2002
                • 73631

                #8
                Re: Bernadette braves sharks - makes national headlines

                Good on you Bern. Hopefully you'll be back to good health soon.

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                • seanz
                  Resilient?
                  • Nov 2006
                  • 23662

                  #9
                  Re: Bernadette braves sharks - makes national headlines

                  World famous in New Zealand now. Got an 'editor's pick' on the local news website.

                  We don't know how lucky we are....

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                  • wizbang 13
                    Senior Member
                    • Oct 2009
                    • 24870

                    #10
                    Re: Bernadette braves sharks - makes national headlines

                    wow glad you are okay.
                    You fell while climbing down to GO snorkeling with the sharkies???

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                    • Duncan Gibbs
                      Ninety percent sandpaper
                      • Oct 2007
                      • 18379

                      #11
                      Re: Bernadette braves sharks - makes national headlines

                      Go Bernadette!!

                      Flippin' heck! Glad to hear you're alive after that!
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                      • Duncan Gibbs
                        Ninety percent sandpaper
                        • Oct 2007
                        • 18379

                        #12
                        Re: Bernadette braves sharks - makes national headlines

                        Originally posted by wizbang 13
                        You fell while climbing down to GO snorkeling with the sharkies???
                        Without a fractured back, pelvis and leg, but with fins, a mask and snorkel they wouldn't have stood a chance in a set up against our Bern'!
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                        • Curtism
                          Treadin' Trodden Trails
                          • Jul 2010
                          • 9118

                          #13
                          Re: Bernadette braves sharks - makes national headlines

                          Well played, Bern. That must have been a challenging few hours there.

                          Originally posted by seanz
                          Nurses, tough as.



                          Just told SWIMPAL about this and she is shocked (in a very sympathetic way) and proceeded to give me a big list of things that could have gone wrong.....the other side to being a nurse.

                          Bern, you're mad. Heal up good and fast.
                          Tough indeed. And the ones I've known are fairly nimble thinkers in a clutch.

                          Thanks for the links, guys.

                          Hopefully Bernadette will show up and give us a non-condensed version of her (mis)adventure.
                          ______________

                          Life is short, play with your cougar.

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                          • Peerie Maa
                            Old Grey Inquisitive One
                            • Oct 2008
                            • 62481

                            #14
                            Re: Bernadette braves sharks - makes national headlines

                            Great feeling of relief. Look after your self Bern, you don't have 9 lives.
                            Last edited by Peerie Maa; 02-27-2016, 06:21 AM.
                            It really is quite difficult to build an ugly wooden boat.

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                            • Dumah
                              Senior Member
                              • Feb 2010
                              • 1334

                              #15
                              Re: Bernadette braves sharks - makes national headlines

                              Good on ya Bernie, please join us with YOUR version, mend well.

                              Dumah
                              Duct tape can't fix stupid but it will muffle the sound

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