Updated

Former Yarrawonga Park man bitten on the arm while swimming with his wife among anchored boats

Ian Kirkwood
Xavier Mardling
Updated January 24 2021 - 8:10pm, first published 5:30pm
QUICK RESPONSE: One of a reported five or six ambulances that attended the shark attack on Saturday evening, along with a helicopter that ferried the man to the John Hunter Hospital.
QUICK RESPONSE: One of a reported five or six ambulances that attended the shark attack on Saturday evening, along with a helicopter that ferried the man to the John Hunter Hospital.

SHORELINE residents where a man was bitten by a shark at Yarrawonga Park near Morisset on Saturday evening say they are shocked at the attack.

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Ian Kirkwood

Ian Kirkwood

Journalist

Reporting journalist at the Newcastle Herald since 1987. Editorial writer, general reporter, industrial relations, industry and coal.

Xavier Mardling

Xavier Mardling

Border Mail Editor

Xavier started at The Border Mail in Albury-Wodonga in 2001, covering sport and general news before moving to the subs' desk. He was editor of his hometown masthead from 2016 to 2020 before swapping the Murray for Merewether. He returned to The Border Mail as editor in 2023.

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