from the town of oberon about 120 kilometres west of sydney. it s located high up in the blue mountains, and usually receives a dusting once or twice a year. these falls have been caused by a cold front moving over parts of the east coast. the front has also led to massive surf conditions at the beach this was the view from bondi beach on monday. it wasn t just king charles who received a crown over the weekend. a gloucestershire town also held a ceremony to honour its official coronation chicken . god save the chick queen. hip, hip, hooray! buffy beat 33 other chickens who d applied for the role, in cinderford. an estimated one thousand people turned up to watch the crowning,
[inaudible] when we arrived on scene, both vessels were capsized and inside the shoreline. that area is a very hazardous area even in the daytime. it has a series of sandbars and in-shore rip currents. so you could think that you could land in some sand or get to waist high, knee high water and think that you re safe and be able to exit the water, but there s long and short in-shore holes. if you step into those holes, those rip currents will pull you along the shore and then back out to sea. [inaudible] the surf conditions weren t large, it was probably a 3-foot swell. [inaudible] 911 that called [inaudible] in the water or we don t know? we re not clear. they just gave the information that vessels were capsized and how many people were down there. [inaudible] both were capsizedded when
rescuers and federal agents got on scene. how many confirmed dead are there? we ve lost eight souls. are there children aboard the. [inaudible] they were all adults. [inaudible] crashed into each other? we don t know. [inaudible] no. the fog, surf conditions, pitch black down there, there s no lighting from the cost down there. so without navigation lights or a plan to navigate well, it s just a difficult, difficult landing. do you have the nationalities? we don t. enter is it too soon concern the. [inaudible] concern is it too soon to [inaudible] we don t have any of that information at this time. right now u.s. coast guard and lifeguards are still in recovery mode, and we ll still continue to search with air assets, sea
dangerous surf conditions forecast right until tuesday. the auckland harbour bridge was closed because of the wind, and area new zealand is cancelling a number of domestic and international flights. cancelling a number of domestic and internationalflights. and cancelling a number of domestic and international flights. and as we were there from the new zealand prime minister, residents are being urged to stock up for the next few days because they could come in parts of new zealand, especially across the north island, be extremely uncomfortable. the biggest names from the world of music, from stormzy to lizzo and sam smith, were at london s o2 arena for the annual brit awards on saturday. but the night belonged to harry styles, who picked up four awards including best album, artist and pop/r&b act. 0ur music correspondent mark savage has the details. # in this world, it sjust us. # brit awards, sing it out! the name of harry styles third album is harry s house. and last night, that s w