>>2299182I love the beach, but
>Be Australian>Have crippling fear of deep water after getting sucked into wave mechanism of the surfing pool at Wet & Wild as a child>Overcome fear while on schoolies>Meet athletic dreamboat that swims hundreds of meters out to sea in Jervis Bay>Join him for a swim>Crystal clear water, very far from shore>Suddenly surrounded by big brown blobs>Oh shit bull sharks dot jaypeg>A stingray plooshes out of the water, then another one>Fear averted, it's just stingrays>Laugh and be merryGet home and turn on the TV later that night
>It's the 4th of September 2006>Steve Irwin dies after getting shanked by a stingray>We were just swimming with themI stick to rivers now
