location which was some 20 kilometres from what turned out to be the scene of the attack. Nevertheless, Senior Constable Mylchreest’s actions and those of the other police members and SES personnel present at the location were well-intentioned and represented the best that authorities could do in the circumstances that were presented to them that evening. It will be seen from the above summary that the information giving a rough location, namely the vicinity of the lumps south of Perforated Island, was not ascertained until sometime well after approximately 8pm. By that stage daylight was very limited. At approximately 9pm that evening Detective Boots attended at Port Lincoln Hospital and spoke with Mr Rodd who was in the company of his son, Neil, Mr James George and Mr Michael Coates, his solicitor. Detective Boots was able to take down some information but was necessarily limited by the fact that Mr Rodd was apparently distressed and withdrawn and struggling to recount his observations and actions. Detective Boots reproduced the following dot points in his investigating officer’s report of his conversation with Mr Rodd that night: ' Launched at 0800hrs; With diver, Peter Clarkson about 50 years lives in Esperance WA, works with the seasons. SA abalone season from January 1. Peter travels to SA for work and then returns to WA; First fish at Golden Island. Fished for about an hour or so, saw Daryl Carrison in the area so moved on; Price Island, further fished. Having poor catch rate moved on again; GPS been having trouble; Perforated Island, cray boat present in the bay. Experience of not fishing near a cray boat. Moved to area known as the lumps; Peter located area known as the lumps which is miles south of Perforated Island; Not fished there for years; Peter wanted to dive deeper, use all of this dive time in deeper water before going back to shallow water in Golden Island to decompress; Rodd standing at back of boat cleaning and preparing catch later in afternoon, not sure of time; Heard compressor rev up; Thought Peter send up a bag; Peter didn’t come up; After a while I saw Peter in a rush for the surface I had him at the work station at the boat I’ve leaned out he was only metres from the boat; I seen a shark or multiple sharks. Was a big shark. Can’t estimate the size;
location which was some 20 kilometres from what turned out to be the scene of the attack. Nevertheless, Senior Constable Mylchreest’s actions and those of the other police members and SES personnel present at the location were well-intentioned and represented the best that authorities could do in the circumstances that were presented to them that evening. It will be seen from the above summary that the information giving a rough location, namely the vicinity of the lumps south of Perforated Island, was not ascertained until sometime well after approximately 8pm. By that stage daylight was very limited. At approximately 9pm that evening Detective Boots attended at Port Lincoln Hospital and spoke with Mr Rodd who was in the company of his son, Neil, Mr James George and Mr Michael Coates, his solicitor. Detective Boots was able to take down some information but was necessarily limited by the fact that Mr Rodd was apparently distressed and withdrawn and struggling to recount his observations and actions. Detective Boots reproduced the following dot points in his investigating officer’s report of his conversation with Mr Rodd that night: ' Launched at 0800hrs; With diver, Peter Clarkson about 50 years lives in Esperance WA, works with the seasons. SA abalone season from January 1. Peter travels to SA for work and then returns to WA; First fish at Golden Island. Fished for about an hour or so, saw Daryl Carrison in the area so moved on; Price Island, further fished. Having poor catch rate moved on again; GPS been having trouble; Perforated Island, cray boat present in the bay. Experience of not fishing near a cray boat. Moved to area known as the lumps; Peter located area known as the lumps which is miles south of Perforated Island; Not fished there for years; Peter wanted to dive deeper, use all of this dive time in deeper water before going back to shallow water in Golden Island to decompress; Rodd standing at back of boat cleaning and preparing catch later in afternoon, not sure of time; Heard compressor rev up; Thought Peter send up a bag; Peter didn’t come up; After a while I saw Peter in a rush for the surface I had him at the work station at the boat I’ve leaned out he was only metres from the boat; I seen a shark or multiple sharks. Was a big shark. Can’t estimate the size;