'Sheer luck' saves six people from drowning

By Michelle Webster
Updated January 3 2013 - 1:37am, first published 12:00am
Robert De Ornelas and his son Jesse, 2, play along the water’s edge at Wollongong Harbour. Picture: ANDY ZAKELI
Robert De Ornelas and his son Jesse, 2, play along the water’s edge at Wollongong Harbour. Picture: ANDY ZAKELI
Council clean-up crews were kept busy yesterday after New Year’s Day crowds along Wollongong’s foreshore. KIRK GILMOUR
Council clean-up crews were kept busy yesterday after New Year’s Day crowds along Wollongong’s foreshore. KIRK GILMOUR

Swimmers are still putting their lives at risk on the region's beaches by taking a dip outside the red and yellow flags, a senior Kiama lifeguard says.

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