<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Locals are still looking for the body of surfer who was taken by a shark in South Australia.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Despite the official search for the remains of Lance Appleby along the coastline near Streaky Bay </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/shark-attack-search-south-australia/c902c3c6-8238-498f-adb6-085fd9f5e43e" rel="" target="" title="being called off"><span>being called off</span></a><span>, locals want to bring him home to his family.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The family have also released new photos of him, as friends spoke of their loss.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/bruce-highway-queensland-upgrade-election/a71704c6-9d57-4349-a42a-4d68f03ea0d8"><strong><span>'Will save lives': Albanese pledges $7.2b upgrade of notorious highway</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"That beaming smile that I'm seeing in all the photos as well, really describes him, he's got the cheeky eyes, he has just made friends everywhere he's went, and not just friends but really deep connections," friend Kayla Petty said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Appleby was tragically taken by a great white shark while surfing at Granites Beach near Streaky Bay on Thursday evening.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Mayor Travis Barber, who has known the Appleby family for 25 years, says despite the search being called off yesterday, locals were back out looking today.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/surfer-lance-appleby-shark-victim-south-australia/15583922-656e-4c78-bf88-d5e2fcfd1944" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/melbourne-flights-etihad-airways-plane-aborts-landing-at-high-speed/46f5d09e-1926-4d3a-b861-25b1904dbc52" rel="" target="" title=""><strong><span>Passengers tell of 'terrifying' ordeal as flight aborted take-off at high speed</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I was 15 minutes down the road when it happened and I got the call so I was on site pretty much straight away," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We started the search just after seven o'clock and searched right through till a bit after lunchtime yesterday."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He said the family was in shock.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"One minute they're OK and the next minute they're inconsolable," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>District Council of Streaky Bay today flew the flag at half mast in memory of Appleby.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>His family have thanked police and emergency services for their dedicated search efforts across four days</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It just means a lot to them that everyone is trying to do as much as they can for the family," Petty said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/weather-australia-sydney-heat-nsw/fbb95126-1e38-49e5-ba70-e049fe2ea6a4"><strong><span>Sydney heatwave ends, with storms, rain on the way</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"They're so incredibly overwhelmed with the love."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A memorial will be held next Monday at the town hall.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>More </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/community-raises-100k-for-aussie-surfer-taken-by-great-white-shark/176673f7-075e-4faf-b428-4babfa23e38a" rel="" target="" title="than $100,000 has been raised for his family."><span>than $100,000 has been raised for his family.</span></a></div></div>