"Family Tragedy at Ettalong Beach: Father of Six Drowns, Prompting Safety Warnings"

Michael Sneddon, a father-of-six, tragically drowned at an unsupervised beach in NSW, Australia, while trying to save his son from a riptide. His mother, Lilian Sneddon-Camilleri, has urged swimmers to avoid unsupervised beaches and to take safety precautions like wearing life jackets. The incident marks the third drowning death in the Central Coast region in just 10 days, with a total of nine deaths along the coast this summer. Surf Lifesaving NSW is reinforcing the message to swim between the red and yellow flags at patrolled beaches to prevent further tragedies.