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January 18 - 31, 2017
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Ocean Grove Surf Life Saving Club volunteers Ashlee Bohan, Tyler Walsh, George ‘Swimo’ Wheeldon, Bridget Abfalter, Erica Crawford and Sam Occhipinti are urging people to swim between the flags. 163734
Watch the signs By Justin Flynn WITH a monster Australia Day weekend looming, Ocean Grove Surf Life Saving Club has reinforced the message that beachgoers need to swim between the flags this summer. With shark sightings at Jan Juc, Anglesea and Fairhaven recently and the death of a Melbourne man in his fifties at Ocean Grove Main Beach, beachgoers should not get complacent
about water safety. Ocean Grove Surf Life Saving Club president David Favia said beachgoers were in good hands at Ocean Grove with its highly skilled lifesavers. “The lifesavers at Ocean Grove Surf Life Saving Club are highly trained and highly skilled and they are excellent board paddlers,” he said. “It means they can negotiate rough swell and the public can feel very con-
fident that they are in safe hands.” With Australia Day falling on a Thursday this year, many holidaymakers that are already back at work will take the Friday off, turning it into a four-day long weekend before school resumes for term one. An already busy summer in Ocean Grove is expected to reach a crescendo for four days from the 26th. “When I’ve been down the beach
it’s been jam-packed,” Mr Favia said. “Certainly many people are enjoying the beach and it’s generally a pretty safe beach here.” Mr Pavia said it was vital that beachgoers heeded the ‘Swim Between the Flags’ message. “With an increased number of shark sightings, swimming between the flags means lifesavers are on hand in case anyone gets into trouble,” he said.
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“If they are outside the flags, particularly young children, there are surfboards everywhere, but there are none between the flags. People have to be careful, particularly if they are inexperienced swimmers.” OGSLSC will also hold its inaugural K-Rock Open Water Swim on Sunday 29 January, further swelling the numbers of beachgoers. Enter online at www.oceangroveslsc.asn.au.
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