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Australia Beach Safety A Huge Concern For Tourists

First Posted: 09/16/10 12:11 PM ET Updated: 05/25/11 06:40 PM ET

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Yahoo! News:

ADELAIDE, Australia -- A beach safety campaign including in-flight videos and brochures in eight languages was launched Thursday by Australian lifeguards seeking to reduce the number of drowning deaths on Australian beaches.

The move coincides with the release of an annual report by Surf Life Saving Australia that showed one-third of drowning victims in the last year were international tourists or migrants.

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ADELAIDE, Australia -- A beach safety campaign including in-flight videos and brochures in eight languages was launched Thursday by Australian lifeguards seeking to reduce the number of drowning death...
ADELAIDE, Australia -- A beach safety campaign including in-flight videos and brochures in eight languages was launched Thursday by Australian lifeguards seeking to reduce the number of drowning death...
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Babele
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08:22 PM on 09/17/2010
We do need to warm tourists up to the thought of drowning in every coastal country. They really need to open up to the idea.
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knerd
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02:55 AM on 09/17/2010
I didn't realize it was such a tragic problem Down Under. This is the first time I have heard of such a concerted effort to mount a campaign like this.
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Sean Whelan
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01:18 AM on 09/17/2010
Warm the tourists, eh? Nice. Though I'd like to warm up to that hot guy in the speedo.
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Isac C
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03:41 PM on 09/16/2010
That is very cruel of Australia to "warm" tourists to drowning. If I were running a country, I would 'warn' the tourists.
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LMPE
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12:16 PM on 09/16/2010
Maybe I'll just avoid the beaches if I ever go to the land down under.
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oneplanka
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12:47 PM on 09/16/2010
Just listen to the life guards, pay attention to info about riptides and always carry a small bottle of vinegar in your beach bag.
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KIVPossum
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03:30 PM on 09/16/2010
Wouldn't it be better just to stay out of the water and drink a beer
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knerd
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02:56 AM on 09/17/2010
Why vinegar?
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GSR
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10:41 PM on 09/16/2010
Good luck with that. It may be easier to avoid breathing. The beaches are safe but they have waves. The locals grow up learning how to deal with being dumped. Some tourists see local 10 year old boys and girls catching 2 meter waves and so, dangerously assume that no real skill is involved.
20 years ago, Japanese tourists used to have the most casualties but now our beaches are full of young (often blond-haired) Japanese with excellent surfing skills.
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oneplanka
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11:36 AM on 09/16/2010
Yank here who lived in oz for five years. Riptides and wee beasty jellyfish. I witnessed two drownings in Manly... both tourists. The threat is real so pay attention tourons.
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Chaling
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03:51 PM on 09/17/2010
did it take all of five years to get the proper lingo you have demonstrated or did that come quicker?

but thanks for teaching us(or at least me) a new word, "Tourons" , good one.
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