An Australian surfer told yesterday how he managed to paddle back to shore and walk hundreds of meters to get help after being attacked by a great white shark. The 29-year-old said he had been enjoying a "normal days surfing" on Sunday on Kangaroo Island -- off Australia's southern coast -- when he had a sensation of "being hit by a truck" on his left side. "It bit me around my back, buttock and elbow and took a chunk out of my board," the surfer said in a statement. "I got a glimpse of the shark as it let go and disappeared." Police said a member of the public took the man from D'Estrees Bay and was met by paramedics while on route to the island's main city of Kingscote.