Day: December 31, 2015

Three men were in the water for nearly two hours while rescuing a swimmer in rough seas off Blairgowrie surf beach on Wednesday. Police have been told the Hampton Park man entered the water, near the Hughes Road surf beach, while his wife set up their belongings about 4.15pm. A short time later the woman noticed she couldn’t see her husband in the water and raised the alarm. The 56-year-old man was then sighted about 500m off shore in rough conditions, drifting further out to sea. Three men aged in their 20s, from Kew, Armadale and Rosebud West, entered the…