We took a detour to Shark Bay World Heritage Park, on a massive peninsula jutting into the Indian Ocean.

FORBES: Where the Outback Meets the Sea

Robyn Davidson's story of a trip she made on foot with four camels and a dog from Alice Springs 1, 700 miles west to Shark Bay on the coast.

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But over 22 years of observing the Shark Bay dolphins, a pattern emerged, and "it seemed (the spongers) were going out of their way to hang out with other spongers, " Mann said.

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Police said the 26-year-old man was swimming off Coral Bay beach when a 10ft (3m) tiger shark bit his arm.

BBC: Australia shark attack on surfer is third this year

The shark spent six months as the main attraction in California's Monterey Bay Aquarium after becoming the first of her species to survive more than a few weeks in captivity.

NPR: Released Great White Shark Located

Joining us to tell us more about the shark's adventures is Randy Kochevar, a marine biologist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in Monterey, California.

NPR: Released Great White Shark Located

Shark and Clark Islands, located off the harbourside suburb of Darling Point and Rose Bay respectively, became dedicated recreational areas as early as the 1870s and are now great places to watch the boat traffic in Sydney Harbour.

BBC: The islands of Sydney Harbour