The Autumn edition of Soundings is out now! This issue gives you a comprehensive wrap-up of our remarkable volunteers’ activities over a record summer on our waterways.
Emergency operations in response to fatalities on the water impact many people – family, friends and also the emergency services personnel who attend.
Volunteers from Marine Rescue Port Kembla recount their experience of operating above the Hill 60 rock platform that claimed five fishermen’s lives this summer.
And spare a thought for a young boater who had to go home and tell his dad that one of his mates had filled his cruiser’s engine bay, rather than the fuel tank, with fuel on Australia Day.
A volunteer crew from Marine Rescue Newcastle navigated darkness and a fast-flowing run-out tide overnight to rescue a stranded sailor four nautical miles (7.4 km) south of Nobbys Head. Marine Rescue...
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OnApr 29, 2025
Marine Rescue NSW volunteers to hone skills in major South Coast training exercise
More than 80 Marine Rescue NSW volunteers from the South Coast will take part in a simulated live activation, real-time, multi-agency search and rescue exercise (SAREX) this Saturday (3 May). Seven...