“Because I’m involved in the surf club ... at Woorim Beach – the same beach his daughter had frequented since she was a little kid and patrolled as a member of the Bribie Island Surf Life ...

She was a dedicated member of the Bribie Island Surf Life Saving Club since the age of eight, her father Steve Zmuda told ABC. He urged beachgoers not to be deterred from visiting the beach.

with a Facebook post soon after confirming there’d been a shark attack at the very beach his daughter often swam at – and patrolled. Charlize was a Bribie Island Surf Life Saving Club member.

Bribie Island locals gather to pay tribute to 17-year-old local Charlie Zmuda who was killed in a shark attack at Woorim Beach on Monday afternoon. Picture: Lachie Millard Surf lifesaving is built ...