Friday, 5 February 2021
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Tranquility turns to death
Well known and popular local swimming hole, Gardners Falls is normally a tranquil swimming hole enjoyed by locals and visitors to the Maleny area alike. On the afternoon of Australia Day 2021 it turned into the scene of tragedy.
swimmers who use a rope to swing from trees into the waterhole. That is not to suggest that this is the cause of this incident. There are
At about 4.30p.m. emergency service personnel were advised that a male person, aged in his 40’s, visiting from Caloundra had disappeared whilst swimming at the swimming spot. Following an initial search by the missing mans family the search was joined by police and State Emergency Service volunteers from Maleny failed to locate the man and as a result the state rescue helicopter and water police were called to the scene. The area around the waterhole was closed off by police as the search got under way. The body was subsequently located about 8p.m. that evening. Gardners Falls has been the scene of previous deaths and serious injuries of swimmers and other visitors to the area. It is popular with
signs warning about submerged rocks in the waterhole. A police report will be prepared for the coroner into the death.
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