Never swim alone’, ‘stay between the flags’ and ‘ask lifeguards for help’ are among water safety tips that council has printed in three different languages to try and keep overseas visitors safe this summer.
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The flyers were printed bearing simple water safety messages in Chinese, Japanese and Arabic to coincide with the resumption of full beach patrols by council lifeguards last weekend.
Lifeguards returned to Dixon Park, Stockton and Newcastle beaches for the summer surf season last Saturday until April 29, 2018.
As well as providing professional lifeguards on our beaches, we want to educate international visitors about dangerous conditions, how to swim safely and what to do if they get into difficulty.
Many of us are used to going to the beach and are familiar with how to stay out of trouble, so we're hoping also to keep international visitors safe during their stay.
The water safety messages and diagrams have been printed on flyers distributed to the University of Newcastle, schools, the Newcastle language Centre and Multicultural Educational Centre.
Also last week, preparatory work on redevelopment of the Newcastle Ocean Baths began with demolition of an unsafe part of the structure and reinforcement of the heritage facade. A new building containing a community function space and public amenities is being investigated for the northern pavilion site.
