Brave locals brought the woman - aged in her 30s - to safety after she was bitten above the right knee about 1.30pm on Friday while she was swimming south of Gunyah Beach near the village of Bundeena.

The attack happened about 1:40pm on Friday at Gunyah Beach, a village within the Royal National Park south of Sydney. The woman, aged in her 50s, suffered a major laceration to her right leg and ...