Drifting on paddleboards in the dark of night as chilly winds whipped across Victoria's Port Phillip Bay, Rong Shi and his friends had 'no time' to be afraid.
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"[Then] we were getting really away from the beach … there was a point where we couldn't see the sand and that was the point we knew it was really hard." "We decided … we found out that we really couldn't turn direction so we just decided to stay on board and do nothing, to keep some energy," Mr Shi said.
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