Training exercise saves two kayakers on storm lashed Lake Illawarra

9:26 AM Tue 22 Mar 2011 GMT

'Lake Illawarra RIB on Trailer at base' Marine Rescue NSW Click Here to view large photo

It was sheer good fortune for two kayak fishermen that two rescue vessels from Marine Rescue Port Kembla (Lake Illawarra Base) were taking part in a combined Marine Firefighting exercise with RFS and SES on Lake Illawarra last Saturday 19th March 2011. Lake Illawarra Rescue (MRLIR) with Nick Budge and Warren Hatherly on board, and Lake Illawarra Marine Rescue RIB (MR RIB), crewed by Graeme McCrudden and Geoff Troth, ferried marine fire crews in rotation to and from training points on the Lake. By about 1015, the weather had closed in and the wind was 10-15 knots ESE with heavy ...

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by Ken McManus