Pollyana

King tides are dangerous, so if you are on the beaches, be careful

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599...3-1702,00.html

wmoore

Worth bumping back to the top

Pollyana

After the last time - strong wind warning but people still ignoring the flags, so many people pulled out of the surf, putting their rescuers in danger, I figured it was worth posting Most people that are cuaght out are tourists, as opposed to locals, unaware of the dangers.

Two weeks ago -
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117...rom=public_rss

wmoore

I'm ultra cautious when it comes to the sea. When we were travelling we found some beautiful quiet spots but I won't go in the water in less there's some dudes in red and yellow budgie smugglers nearby - between a couple of flags to be precise

Pollyana

My boss does a lot of work with Surf Lifesaving Queensland on the Gold Coast, and the helicopter they operate, so he gets all the reports and minutes of meetings by email. Its quite frightening to read the statistics about people rescued - and those not so lucky, especially when you think of all the precautions that SLSQ and other bodies take. Despite all the warning, the figures still rise.

Mid Lifer.

Ohh Was gonna go Sunny Coast ..Probably go Redcliffe or Bribie now .

steve`o

it was chuffin high at north burliegh yesterday and i was amazed at the number of surfers that we out there mad or what


we meet up with some friends last night and one of the guys had ben out in it ( he`s aussie and has surfed from been small ) his eyes were red due to a lot of sand been washed up into the surf and he said he felt like he had been run over this was after being out there for only 20 minutes again they are all a bit mad


regards steve