I swim with the 6.30am crew. Ocean swimming has been my appointment with “Dr Pacific”.

It used to be easier to say that the chances of a shark attack were slim. Now I feel as though that pretence of safety has been shattered

I swim with the 6.30am crew. Ocean swimming has been my appointment with “Dr Pacific”.

A week after a shark attack that put a woman in hospital, the local community gathered at Coogee beach for a swim-out.

Sunday’s fundraiser for Leah Stewart helped ease the psychological tussle between the lure of the ocean and a fear of its most dangerous predators.