Call for closures from water safety researchers comes as police search for woman missing in far north Queensland waterway
Police say the search operation for a 54-year-old woman missing since Friday afternoon at Mossman Gorge in Queensland has become a recovery mission.Police say the search operation for a 54-year-old woman missing since Friday afternoon at Mossman Gorge in Queensland has become a recovery mission.
“They are absolutely beautiful and I highly encourage people to go visit them and recreate around the water there,” he said. “But, particularly when you’ve got lots of rain and a lot of water coming through, then it’s probably a good idea to close it down for a period of time to keep people safe. It’s a legitimate strategy that needs to be put on the table.”
That advice was backed by Dr Amy Peden, a water safety expert and researcher at the University of New South Wales. “Potentially if the current is very strong, if the water is very high in the rainy season, maybe there are days when someone could make an expert assessment and say: ‘right, the site needs to be closed today,’” Peden said.
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