Tourist drowns after strong waves hit Australian beach

Posted on May 27, 2013 • Filed under: Australia, Tourist Drowned

According to a theherlad.com.au report, a strong wave surge has been blamed for killing a 60-year-old woman while she was walking along Shoal Bay Beach in Port Stephens at the weekend. The woman, understood to be from Londonderry in Sydney’s west, was reportedly walking along the west end of the beach when she was knocked unconscious by a shore-dumping wave. It is believed the tourist was dragged out by the wave and drowned. Read article

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