A 12-year-old surfer is in hospital after an early morning shark attack off Port Macquarie in New South Wales.
Lifeguard supervisor James Turnham said the boy was bitten at Town Beach on Monday about 6am.
Ambulance NSW said the boy was treated at the scene before being taken to Port Macquarie Base Hospital in a stable condition.
Susan George, from NSW Ambulance, said paramedics treated the boy for a number of suspected bite wounds to his foot, upper leg and finger.
“Amazingly, he was in fairly good spirits when our crew arrived and local surf lifesavers did a great job looking after him when…