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Victoria’s lifesavers have treated the same number of people for jellyfish stings in the past five weeks as they did over the entire previous financial year.

Share Australia has experienced a spike in drowning deaths in the summer of 2020/2021 after fitness levels plunged during Covid lockdowns, a top lifesaver has warned. At least 55 people have died as a result of drowning this summer alone, compared to just 43 at this time last year.  After he was brought ashore, critical care paramedics from Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) took the man to hospital in a serious but stable condition. Pictured: A QAS ambulance According to Liam Krige, the gener...

Australia has experienced a spike in drowning deaths in the summer of 2020/2021 after fitness levels plunged during Covid lockdowns, a top lifesaver has warned. At least 55 people have died as a result of drowning this summer alone, compared to just 43 at this time last year.   According to Liam Krige, the general manager at Life Saving Victoria, the staggering amount of drowning deaths this season is done to dwindling fitness and a blase attitude to the dangers. The sad reality is that peopl...

A four-year-old girl found unresponsive in a suburban Melbourne lake is the fourth person to die in a horro...

‘Luck’ on lifeguard’s side during heroic rescue Chris Perrott, 24, jumped into the treacherous water at Bushrangers Bay near Cape Schanck when three women and a 13-year-old girl were swept off rocks. Picture: Alex Coppel News by Wes Hosking Premium Content Subscriber only A brave lifeguard used his "lucky" surfboard to prevent a tragic drowning becoming a mass tragedy at a remote stretch of surf on the Mornington Peninsula. Chris Perrott...

A single mother-of-four who drowned after she was swept off the rocks called her brothers wife to say the beach was most amazing beautiful place she had seen before her tragic death.    Aida Hamed was among four family members who were wiped off rocks at Bushrangers Bay near Cape Schanck on Victorias Mornington Peninsula at 3.30pm on Wednesday.   Two men nearby jumped into the water to assist but Ms Hamed, a 45-year-old Australia Post worker from Lalor in Melbournes north, could not be ...

Tourism Australia pulls promotion of Bushrangers Bay after drowning We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size Advertisement Tourism Australia has cancelled a campaign promoting Bushrangers Bay on Cape Schanck as a secluded swimming hole after a drowning and dramatic rescue mission at the unpatrolled beach on Wednesday. Three women and a 13-year-old girl were washed off the rocks by a wave and were followed into the water by two heroic...

Aida Hamad was among four family members who were wiped off rocks at Bushrangers Bay near Cape Schanck, close to the peninsulas southernmost point about 3:30pm on Thursday.