Drowning Prevention and Water Safety - Australia

25/07/2026

The World Drowning Prevention Day.
Our hearts go out to those that have survived a drowning and left with disabilities and for the families that care for those children. 🩵

14/04/2026

The body of a 7 year old girl has been recovered over 5 hours after she drowned in a Queensland river near Brisbane.
A boy is recovering in hospital after he was rescued from the water.
Hope the boy makes a full recovery, my heart goes out their families, the rescuers and the medical staff.
It is school holidays in many states, please be vigilant around all water sources. Drownings don’t just happen in Summer, we are half way through Autumn. Drownings occur throughout the seasons of the year.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1416902143798844&id=100064372162201

A seven-year-old girl has tragically drowned while swimming at a popular river in Ipswich, west of Brisbane, yesterday, while a school-aged boy was rescued from the water and has been hospitalised in a stable condition.

Emergency services were called to Colleges Crossing Recreation Reserve in Chuwar just after 5pm following reports a young girl had failed to resurface from the river, with police divers recovering her body shortly before 10.30pm.

DETAILS: https://nine.social/1731

09/04/2026

20 years ago today Samuel Morris had a non-fatal drowning in a back yard pool. Samuel was left severely disabled for nearly 8 years and died in 2014.
Samuel would’ve been turning 23 years of age this year.
Please watch your children around all water sources, put your children into swimming lessons, make sure pools are fenced, check and maintain pool fences and pool gates yearly, when in the water your child should be at arms reach, never leave your child in the bath alone, tip out buckets etc after rain.