PHOTO: Forty per cent of those drowning in inland waterways are within 20 kms of their homes.
Inland waterways account for more than a third of drowning deaths in Australia with more than 900 people having drowned in these areas in the ten years according to the Royal Life Saving Society.
The Murray River remains the leading river blackspot for drowning across New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia with the Yarra River in Melbourne, Hawkesbury River in Sydney, the Murrumbidgee River in ACT and the Swan River in Perth accounting for the top five deadliest rivers in Australia.
Alarmingly, 40 per cent of those who drowned in inland waterways were within 20 kilometres from their home at the time…