Pictured: Teenage girl killed by shark in Australia as her father says people should keep going to the beach - The family of ...

A TEEN has been mauled to death by a shark while swimming off a tourist hotspot beach in Australia. The 17-year-old girl was in Bribie Island, north of Brisbane, when tragedy unfolded on Monday.

I grew up going to Dewey Beach. The small coastal town is famous for its nightlife and, once my friends were old enough to go to bars, it's where I saw "shot girls" in action for the first time.