#theguardian.com. #Feb.11.2026 ‘We need a helicopter to go find them’: 13-year-old’s emergency call to save family stranded off WA coast revealed. Austin Appelbee told authorities he was ‘really scared’ after swimming 4km in rough seas to get help for mum and two siblings
#Sport × #swimming × #Australian continent × #Australia #Insular Oceania
#aljazeera.com. #Feb.04.2026 Australian boy swims for hours in rough seas to save his family. A 13-year-old boy swam over four kilometres to alert rescuers after his family was swept out to sea in Australia.
#Sport × #swimming × #Australian continent × #Australia #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. #Feb.04.2026 Mother says asking 13-year-old son to swim four hours to save family ‘one of the hardest decisions’ ever made. ‘What have I done?’ thought Joanne Appelbee as she waited for rescue with her two other children in rough seas off Western Australia
#Sport × #swimming × #Australian continent × #Australia #Insular Oceania
#washingtonpost.com. #Feb.03.2026 When his family was swept out to sea, boy swam and ran miles to save them. Austin Appelbee is being hailed as a hero after he rescued his family. “I couldn’t feel how tired I was,” the 13-year-old said of his hours-long feat.
#Sport × #swimming × #Australian continent × #Australia #Insular Oceania
#bbc.com. #Feb.02.2026 Geographe Bay: Teen swims hours to save family stranded off Western Australia. The 13-year-old swam 4km in rough water after his mother and siblings were swept out to sea off the coast of Western Australia.
#Sport × #swimming × #Australian continent × #Australia #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. #Mar.20.2025 Indigenous children police kicked out of regional NSW pool were ‘traumatised’ and discriminated against, parents say. Operator of the Inverell swimming pool said police were called on children who ‘refused to cease antisocial behaviour’
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#theguardian.com. #Mar.17.2025 Nearly half of Australia’s year 6 students can’t swim 50 metres or tread water for two minutes. ‘Range of factors’ behind fall in swimming skills to below national benchmarks, including cost of lessons, researchers say
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#theguardian.com. #Feb.03.2025 Teenager dies after being bitten by shark off south-east Queensland, police confirm. State ambulance service says the teenager was bitten on her upper body while swimming off Bribie Island, north of Brisbane
#Sport × #Iceland #swimming × #Australian continent × #Australia #Europe #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. #Jan.29.2025 Ocean heatwave likely killed 30,000 fish off Western Australia coast, government says. Environmentalists fear overheated water could bleach Ningaloo Reef as woman says swimming at local beach like taking ‘hot’ shower
#Sport × #swimming × #Australian continent × #Australia #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. #Jan.05.2025 Tourism agency deletes ‘pristine swimming spot’ post about unpatrolled beach on Mornington Peninsula. Video removed as Life Saving Victoria carries out 145 rescues – ‘We don’t remember when we’ve been that busy’
#Sport × #Seychelles #Africa #swimming × #Australian continent × #Australia #Insular Oceania
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