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Premium Content Kayaker found drifting out to sea

A member of the public raised the alarm while surfers already in the water attempted to assist the man

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22nd June 2020 11:06 AM

Brooms Head, NSW Photo: Stephen Otton

Cries for help first sign of breakwall tragedy

CRIES for help from the Yamba breakwall were the first indication something had gone wrong, say witnesses.

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17th Nov. 2016 11:11 AM

BREAKWATER: The Yamba breakwall on the morning after a Yamba man drowned while fishing.

Coroner calls for mandatory life jackets for rock fishermen

THE NSW Coroner’s Court has called for lifejackets to be made compulsory for rock fishermen following an inquest into nine...

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04th July 2015 5:07 AM

The day I almost became a rock-fishing death statistic

THE Daily Examiner's fishing columnist Dick Richards could be one of the statistics used to prove the dangers of rock...

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02nd June 2015 10:06 AM

The inquest into rock fishing deaths are on in Sydney this week.

Life jackets could be mandatory for rock fishermen

JOHN Ski would happily wear a life jacket while fishing from a headland, but the angling veteran says the floatation aid...

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02nd June 2015 6:06 AM

Photographer Nigel Raynard was standing on the headland at Boulder Beach early Easter Sunday when he saw two fishermen swept off the rocks at The Peg. They were saved by a passing surfer.