Second paddle board rescue in Victoria
Two women were rescued after getting into trouble while paddle boarding in Port Phillip Bay. Photo: AAP
Two paddle boarders have been rescued from waters off Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula, just hours after four teenagers who went missing in similar circumstances were reunited with their families.
The two women got into trouble in Port Phillip Bay near the Frankston Yacht Club late on Tuesday night.
The Water Police, Air Wing and other emergency services scoured the area for the pair.
They were found about half an hour later by a volunteer rescuer and returned to shore.
It was the second paddle board rescue in the area that day, after four teenagers went missing nearby.
Two 18-year-old men and two women, 18 and 19, set off from Rosebud beach late on Monday and spent hours adrift in the bay after they got caught in strong winds.
The group eventually washed up unharmed at a military base on Swan Island off the Bellarine Peninsula on Tuesday morning.
Survivor Rong Shi told ABC TV the group stared to lose hope of being rescued when they saw police helicopters and boats searching for them but the group couldn’t attract their attention.
“Stay alive, that’s all we had to do,” Mr Shi said.
“It still feels like a dream to me, I can’t believe it. I can’t believe we made it.
“I mean like if you look back it’s really, it’s a miracle.”
– AAP