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by Georgia Clark
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Authorities have urged people to stay safe in the water over the long weekend amid fears the number of lives lost in our waterways this summer could climb following a spate of drownings.
The warning comes after a horror month marred by drownings including the death of 15-year-old Riing Doar, who died while swimming in a rocky waterhole at Kentlyn on Wednesday.
The death of the young Mount Carmel Catholic College student marked the state's thirteenth drowning death this summer.
Ondrej Ivanic lost his life in a tragic accident while hiking and floating down with his friends on the Colo River.