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In recent years, National Parks and Wildlife Service have erected fences and warning signs in a bid to deter people from jumping into the popular lagoon, which can attract up to 2500 visitors on peak days across summer.
Tragically within the last five years there have been six deaths in that very spot.
Despite signs and fences cordoning off the rockface, hundreds of people still jump off into the waterhole
In January this year, the body of Nepalese student, Sachet Bimali, 23, was recovered from the Royal National Park
There has been six drownings at the popular waterhole within the last five years
A father has been hailed a hero after he jumped off a bridge and walked across razor-sharp oyster beds to save a three-year-old girl from drowning.
Father-of-two Scott Windon was enjoying a day out with his family at Birchgrove, in Sydney s inner-west, on January 23 when toddler Mia Bullimore tumbled off a three metre ledge into water below.
Without hesitation, Mr Windon lowered himself onto the nearby rocks littered with sharp rock oysters at Mort Bay Park to save the unknown toddler.
The hero dad managed to scoop up the Mia before she completely submerged under the water.
Scott Windon (pictured middle) has been labelled a hero after saving the life of a three-year-old girl in Sydney
Most dangerous places to swim in NSW They’re the idyllic swim spots spruiked on Instagram and beautiful beaches lists, but many are also notorious drowning locations.
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Subscriber only They re the secluded beaches and Insta-worthy waterways luring swimmers on balmy days, but amid a deadly drowning season, authorities are warning many can turn fatal. Lifesavers have renewed calls for swimmers to stick to patrolled areas as national drowning deaths spiked to 61, including seven on the Australia Day long weekend. All coastal drownings this year have been in unpatrolled areas, some just 600m away from an established location, said Surf Life Saving NSW chief executive officer Steve Pearce.
Australia has experienced a spike in drowning deaths in the summer of 2020/2021 after fitness levels plunged during Covid lockdowns, a top lifesaver has warned.
At least 55 people have died as a result of drowning this summer alone, compared to just 43 at this time last year.
According to Liam Krige, the general manager at Life Saving Victoria, the staggering amount of drowning deaths this season is done to dwindling fitness and a blase attitude to the dangers. The sad reality is that people think it s not going to happen to them, or that they don t need to worry about it, Mr Krige told The Age.