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Victorians have been warned to stay safe over the Australia Day long weekend as temperatures soar and the state marks its worst summer drowning toll on record.
A man in his 40s is the latest to die in Victorian waters after he, a woman and a teenage boy were thrown out of their tinnie off Darriman, in Victoria's east, in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
Terry Chandler drowned after his tinnie capsized at a beach in East Gippsland.
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The woman and teen were able to make it to shore, but 42-year-old Terry Chandler did not. He was found by the police air wing in waters off McLoughlins Beach, about 60 kilometres from Traralgon, but was unable to be revived.