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Real Survival Stories

Lethal Waters: Great Barrier Reef Attack

Real Survival Stories

NOISER

Society & Culture, Documentary, Sports, Wilderness, History

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Justine Barwick loves the Whitsundays. The picturesque Australian islands have been the scene of many a family holiday. But one day - swimming in waters she’s safely explored hundreds of times before - things take a sudden and shocking turn. Out of nowhere, Justine faces a monstrous attack. With major trauma to a main artery, the life is literally draining from her. The countdown has started… A Noiser production, written by Anne-Marie Bullock. For ad-free listening, bonus material and early access to new episodes, join Noiser+. Click the Noiser+ banner to get started. Or, if you’re on Spotify or Android, go to noiser.com/subscriptions If you have an amazing survival story of your own that you’d like to put forward for the show, let us know. Drop us an email at [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:34.6

It's September the 19th, 2018. Light is fading across the Witson days,

0:41.3

a collection of green and gold islands dotted around the Coral Sea

0:45.3

just on the coast of Queensland, Australia.

0:47.3

By day, this diving paradise is teeming with swimmers,

0:53.3

exploring the warm turquoise waters.

0:56.4

People leap from boats to revel in the scattered, multicolored reefs hidden below, while others

1:02.1

stroll along the plentiful white sandy beaches. But with the light fading, the sea is now emptier.

1:11.2

Holidaymakers have retreated to the shore, to the mainland, or back to their boats.

1:17.2

A normally lively, convivial atmosphere has subtly altered, it is something more eerie,

1:23.7

as the darkening waves slosh up and down.

1:33.3

On the western side of Witsunday Island, the largest in the area, there is an inlet known as Sid Harbour.

1:37.3

Here, a smattering of small vessels bob peacefully on the water.

1:44.6

And then, through the gloom, a horrifying scream rings out across the harbour.

1:53.8

On board a 39-foot sailing yacht, 47-year-old Justine Barwick is in trouble.

2:00.4

The floor of the boat is slick with a frothing combination of salt water and blood.

2:07.1

Trambling, trying to catch her breath.

2:09.9

Justine looks down at her leg.

2:12.2

I saw the spirts of blood from where my femoral artery was. And it wasn't just severed.

2:18.6

It was gone from my groin to my knee.

2:22.4

My thigh was just gone.

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