beach safety

Beach safety in Australia: Amrita Govekar’s inspirational journey

Amrita Govekar lost her brother in a drowning incident at a beach in Victoria seven years ago during a family holiday. Since this incident, Amrita has co-founded the Hemant Govekar Foundation to spread the awareness of water safety and swimming safely. Amrita is recording this at the same beach were her brother passed away. Image: …

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Better Beach Safety Messaging Needed to Save Lives, study finds

A new study of Australian Beach Safety Signage has shed light on the shortcomings of current beach safety messaging. A collaboration between the University of Adelaide and the UNSW Beach safety research group, the study found approximately half of both the domestic and international student groups surveyed misunderstood common beach safety signage. By identifying these …

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