AAP General News (Australia)
04-06-2007
Qld: People flock to SEQ beaches for Good Friday
BRISBANE, April 6 AAP - Surf lifesavers have been kept busy with several rescues on
south-east Queensland beaches today.
Surf Life Saving Queensland (SLSQ) Gold Coast duty officer Kevin Dunn said there had
been at least eight rescues earlier in the day but a shower all but cleared most beaches
until later in the afternoon.
Conditions in the water were still unstable, Mr Dunn said.
"There have been a lot of rips up and down the coast for the last two months," he said.
Yesterday, a 21-year-old man from the United Kingdom drowned around 4pm (AEST) on a
non-patrolled section of Palm Beach.
On the Sunshine Coast, surf life savers reported a good turnout to beaches after an
expected southerly wind change failed to arrive.
There were three rescues at Noosa, one of which required an airlift to hospital, and
one rescue at Dicky Beach, said SLSQ Sunshine Coast duty officer Brian Goulding.
AAP rad/cp/mn
KEYWORD: EASTER BEACHES
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