Two women tragically lost their lives in separate incidents at popular swimming spots in Queensland. One woman drowned while scuba diving near Wave Break Island, while another died following a water tubing accident north-west of Brisbane.
Two women have died at popular swimming spots in Queensland . One woman was pulled unresponsive from the ocean at Main Beach, while the other was found near Toowoomba. A woman died in a water tubing accident north-west of Brisbane on New Year’s Eve, while another drowned scuba diving near Wave Break Island on the Gold Coast. Emergency services were called to Wave Break Island, in Biggera Waters, at 10.
10am on Wednesday after the woman who had been scuba diving was pulled unresponsive from the ocean at Main Beach. They treated a single female patient in a life-threatening condition after a scuba diving incident, the spokesperson said. She was later declared dead at the scene. Police will prepare a report for the coroner. A large search was launched after the woman was reported missing on Tuesday. The woman’s death was not being treated as suspicious, and police would prepare a report for the coroner, a spokesperson said. According to Surf Life Saving Australia, 35 people had drowned since 1 December, 22 of them in a coastal area. All but two fatalities were male, and all of them occurred outside the flags. Four people perished in Queensland. Data showed drownings spiked in 2024, with the death rate 20% higher than the five-year average, but slightly lower than the number of deaths recorded this time in 2023. Life savers said the week between Christmas Day and New Year’s Day was the deadliest time to be in and on the water. These incidents also follow the death of an Australian man on his honeymoon in Bali on Monday. The man, from South Australia, was reportedly swimming with his wife at Pasut beach, a quiet and less commercialised spot not heavily frequented by tourists
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