BUTCHER Steven Bateman spotted two bull sharks swimming near his Goodna shop yesterday - one of several reports of a sharks in Goodna's main street.

The Queensland Times reported the shark sightings, 30km from the coast, with Ipswich local councillor Paul Tully confirming it was a bizarre but true story out of Queensland's flood disaster.

"It would have swum several kilometres in from the river, across Evan Marginson Park and the motorway,'' Cr Tully said.

"It's definitely a first for Goodna, to have a shark in the main street.

"I know Steve (Bateman) and he wouldn't say he saw a shark unless he really saw one.

"It's not like there have been polar bears or crocodiles spotted.''



Meanwhile, Gympie Pines golf course owner Mike Towler is offering $1000 reward to anyone who can help catch the person who carved the outline of a huge penis into one of the course's greens while others battled the flood disaster elsewhere.

"People's emotions are bound to be pretty raw at the moment and to do this sort of damage to people is absolutely woeful,'' he told The Gympie Times.

"It costs $20,000 to build one of these greens and $2000 to $3000 to repair this sort of damage.

He said he was angry that people would take advantage of disaster to hurt others.

"I'm offering the money to anyone who gives information to police leading to this person being convicted,'' he said.

Graffiti tags were also painted on the Quick N Easy Car and Dog Wash, and vandals also struck the Lands Office building and numerous structures at One Mile sports fields.

Originally published as Sharks swimming 30km inland