PHOTO – Water safety skills are vital, but many children are missing out.
Royal Life Saving Australia has sounded the alarm, warning of dangerously inadequate swimming abilities among young Australians.
It is a concern echoed in the western plains region, with one local swimming instructor revealing that many children are increasingly leaving primary school without essential swimming skills.
Alicia Hobbs from Gilgandra Learn to Swim started her season of swimming classes last week and says there is a troubling trend of children dropping out of swimming lessons…