Free swim lessons after month of drowning incidents
Premium Content Subscriber only In January this year, six people drowned or nearly drowned in the area covered by Rockhampton, Gladstone and Emerald. That was the most of any month in the past year, during which there were 19 such occasions altogether. So starting on March 3 and until the end of the year, Bluefit Swimming will run free swimming lessons for infants up to four months old. Rockhampton Aquatic swimming instructor Harmony Starchild’s own daughter drowned, spurring her to become a specialist infant swimming teacher about eight years ago. She said the earlier people learned to swi...
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