Five Rescued from Rip at Racecourse Beach

Ulladulla Paramedic Peter Arndell explains to a family member the safe areas to swim.A muslim family on holiday's at a Racecourse Beach caravan park near Ulladulla were caught in a rip this afternoon (28 Jan 2012). Family members attempted a rescue but soon became caught in the rip themselves, a total of five persons were rescued by nearby surfers. NSW Ambulance responded two vehicles to the beach and treated one person for water ingestion. This is the same area were a man drowned after christmas 2011.

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Bushwalkers rescued - Yadboro State Forest

A group of bushwalkers from Sydney had to be winched to safety yesterday afternoon after they ran out of food and water during a four-day trek in the Yadboro State Forest west of Ulladulla.

Two men and two teenage boys were on the third day of the hike when they were forced to take shelter in a cave for the night.

They climbed to the top of Mount Fletcher and activated their distress beacon.

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Teenager falls down cliff

A teenager has been airlifted to hospital, after falling six metres down a cliff at Maloneys beach just north of Batemans Bay.

The boy, believed to be a tourist of age 17 or 18, was walking with a group of friends when he fell down onto a rock ledge at around 5:30pm 16/01/12.

STEVEN LAY from The Westpac Rescue Helicopter says he may have broken his leg

Shark sightings - Mollymook

Swimmers were evacuated at a popular South Coast beach on Saturday after a shark sighting.

The Bendigo Bank aerial patrol alerted lifesavers on Mollymook Beach to clear the water just after midday.

Harry Mitchell from the patrol says there were a number of shark sightings on the south coast over the weekend.

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Near drowning Lake Tabourie

A teenage girl has been tranported to Milton hospital by Ambulance after she swallowed a large amount of sea water while swimming at Lake Tabourie beach today (9 Jan 2011). According to a witness she was swimming in the surf but away from the inlet. The beach is not patrolled.

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