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| Two British tourists drown near Australia's Great Barrier Reef | Two British tourists drown near Australia's Great Barrier Reef |
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| An Australian man was also swept out to sea and is being treated for life-threatening injuries in hospital | |
| Two British tourists have drowned off the coast of a popular tourist town at the southern tip of the Great Barrier Reef. | Two British tourists have drowned off the coast of a popular tourist town at the southern tip of the Great Barrier Reef. |
| A boy, 17, and a man, 46, were swept out to sea on Sunday while swimming at a beach without lifeguards in Seventeen Seventy - a town in Queensland named for the year Captain James Cook arrived in Australia. | A boy, 17, and a man, 46, were swept out to sea on Sunday while swimming at a beach without lifeguards in Seventeen Seventy - a town in Queensland named for the year Captain James Cook arrived in Australia. |
| The pair were declared dead at the scene after being pulled from the water by a police rescue helicopter. | The pair were declared dead at the scene after being pulled from the water by a police rescue helicopter. |
| An Australian man is also in a life-threatening condition after being swept out to sea, and was airlifted to hospital with serious head injuries. | An Australian man is also in a life-threatening condition after being swept out to sea, and was airlifted to hospital with serious head injuries. |
| While police revealed that the deceased were from the UK, their names have not yet been released. | While police revealed that the deceased were from the UK, their names have not yet been released. |
| "Sunday's mission was a difficult one," CapRescue, the emergency rescue service that found the three men, shared on social media - adding that the deaths had occurred "despite the best efforts of all involved". | "Sunday's mission was a difficult one," CapRescue, the emergency rescue service that found the three men, shared on social media - adding that the deaths had occurred "despite the best efforts of all involved". |
| Police say the injured Australian man was from Monto, a town about 150 kilometres inland from Seventeen Seventy. | Police say the injured Australian man was from Monto, a town about 150 kilometres inland from Seventeen Seventy. |
| "We're not sure whether the third person jumped into the water trying to perform a rescue," Surf Life Saving Queensland's Darren Everard told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). | "We're not sure whether the third person jumped into the water trying to perform a rescue," Surf Life Saving Queensland's Darren Everard told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). |
| There is only one beach patrolled by lifeguards within a 50-kilometre radius of Seventeen Seventy. | There is only one beach patrolled by lifeguards within a 50-kilometre radius of Seventeen Seventy. |
| Police are treating the drownings as non-suspicious and will prepare a report for the coroner. | Police are treating the drownings as non-suspicious and will prepare a report for the coroner. |
| One-hundred-and-seven people drowned in Australia last year, with 25% of them born overseas, according to Royal Life Saving Australia. | One-hundred-and-seven people drowned in Australia last year, with 25% of them born overseas, according to Royal Life Saving Australia. |
| Australia's coastal fatalities mostly occur around creeks and headlands at high tide when "it's chaos in the water", Everard explained. | Australia's coastal fatalities mostly occur around creeks and headlands at high tide when "it's chaos in the water", Everard explained. |
| Speaking to ABC, he encouraged tourists to "seek local knowledge" and swim between the flags. | Speaking to ABC, he encouraged tourists to "seek local knowledge" and swim between the flags. |