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To the unwitting tourist, the Vic Hislop Shark Show looks innocuous enough - a massive glass fibre sharks mouth serves as the entrance and leads you into a dingy corridor where A$8 buys you a ticket to see "the truth about sharks".

You want the truth?  You can't handle the truth! Hislop himself introduces a low budget promotional video which sets the tone (and is frankly the most - nay only - interesting part of the exhibition). Here's a shortened transcript (these are the actual titles of the chapters):

The rest of the exhibition is a random collection of memorabilia and newspaper clippings, often with Mr Hislops picture and propaganda embedded.

And to scare the kids, this family show features half eaten wetsuits, surfboards and scuba gear, not to mention pictures of their users with various lumps being stitched back on...

To crown the show, Mr Hislop has a decomposing Great White in a twenty foot glass fronted freezer - Hey Vic, perhaps it would go well with a little herb butter or a bucket of tartare.

Suffice it to say, the curator is officially 'hatstand' and his show clearly reflects this.

Go see it if you can. Its shocking!

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