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Shark sightings at Evans, Lennox, South Golden Beach

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Early in the day an Air T&G aerial survey of  spotted one at Evans Head.

At around 11am, police closed Lennox Head beach as a precaution after an air patrol there spotted a large shark swimming about 50 metres from the shore towards Seven Mile Beach.

Lennox Head beach was reopened at around 1pm but just an hour later a member of the public phoned police to report a large shark about 20 metres from the shore near people in the water at South Golden Beach.

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