What ‘hazardous surf’ really means, and how to stay safer
More and more people are being injured or drowned on a day out at the beach.…
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Beach safety in Australia: Amrita Govekar’s inspirational journey
Amrita Govekar lost her brother in a drowning incident at a beach in Victoria seven years…
Better Beach Safety Messaging Needed to Save Lives, study finds
A new study of Australian Beach Safety Signage has shed light on the shortcomings of current…
Beach Safety Tips from Eleanor
Summer has arrived and most people flock to a beach for their summer holiday. Are you…
Shark nets,do we need them?
On the outskirts of many of our Sydney beaches lie shark nets set to keep you…
What’s in the water?
Enormous amounts of water have been gushing down drains and straight into our rivers and beaches.…
Can Software Prevent Drownings?
The last few summers have been horrible for drownings and near drownings in Australian waterways. Foreign…
Beach litter trumps sharks as leading cause of injury at beaches
Have you ever been worried about sharks at Australian beaches? Maybe you have been cooling off…
Shark nets in northern NSW are still trapping “bycatch”
In 2015, a spike in shark incidents around the northern coastal towns of Ballina and Evans…