Man rescued by fishing boat after being swept off rocks near Port Lincoln

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Man rescued by fishing boat after being swept off rocks near Port Lincoln
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A man spends about about an hour in the sea after being swept off rocks at a dangerous location on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula.

A man has been saved after being swept off rocks at Whaler's Way near Port Lincoln.Whaler's Way co-owner Glenn Theakstone said he was rescued by a passing fishing boat."Thank God for all our cray fishermen out here on the water.""He's been lost about 45 minutes but actually from me it looks like he's trying to swim — he's still alive," he said.

"At the moment we couldn't stop this one at all, apart from shutting Whaler's Way down, which we don't want to do," he said.Topics:

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