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Subscriber only A Mackay man whose daughter and niece drowned in the Gooseponds says he will spend the rest of his life fighting to ensure their deaths will not be in vain. Cousins Annamarie Lange, 3, and Ashley Grech, 2, drowned in the freshwater stream 30 years ago on March 14, 1990 after Annamarie s dad Andreas Lange reported them missing from the nearby family home. Months after the tragedy, wooden cleats were placed around the Gooseponds in North Mackay at the recommendation of Mackay Coroner Tom Bradshaw. The Coroner s inquest was told the girls might not have been able to get out of the water because the concrete banks were too steep and too slippery.