There is mention in the text that Magnetic Island is attracting increasing visitors from south who together with locals require protection from sharks. Over the years , many Victorians fleeing winter came North , often by steamer , visited the island , bought and built houses . Now more than 100,000 people visit the island annually , which now has several swimming enclosures .
Recently the island's Alma Bay Surf Life Saving Club started using a drone for shark patrol. There was a shark attack there in 1929 which claimed the life of 18 year old Harry Weatherall . Many tiger sharks are caught off the island .
The Shipping Reporter said another item of interest in the Museum exhibition is a showcase displaying a circa 1938 embroidered cloth bearing the insignia of the Picnic Bay Surf Life Saving Club and signatures of early lifesavers and community members .
Recent visitors to the Museum have come from far and wide - America , Canada , New Zealand , one person recalled having dug an early well nearby .