{"id":11987,"date":"2026-02-05T13:39:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T13:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eunews.top\/index.php\/2026\/02\/05\/wa-work-safety-watchdog-makes-initial-enquiries-after-family-who-hired-kayak-and-paddleboards-washed-out-to-sea\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T13:39:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T13:39:38","slug":"wa-work-safety-watchdog-makes-initial-enquiries-after-family-who-hired-kayak-and-paddleboards-washed-out-to-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eunews.top\/index.php\/2026\/02\/05\/wa-work-safety-watchdog-makes-initial-enquiries-after-family-who-hired-kayak-and-paddleboards-washed-out-to-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"WA work safety watchdog makes \u2018initial enquiries\u2019 after family who hired kayak and paddleboards washed out to sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Resort where family was staying conducting a safety review after mother and two children found drifting in ocean<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Get our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl\">breaking news email<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/app.adjust.com\/w4u7jx3\">free app<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/series\/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl\">daily news podcast<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>WorkSafe WA is making \u2018initial enquiries\u2019 into the hotel that hired out a kayak and inflatable paddleboards to a family who was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2026\/feb\/03\/boy-swims-four-hours-rescue-family-western-australia\">washed out to sea<\/a> and later rescued.<\/p>\n<p>The Appelbee family was on holiday in Quindalup, 200km (125 miles) south of Perth, when strong winds pushed their vessels offshore from Geographe Bay on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2026\/feb\/05\/wa-work-safety-watchdog-makes-inquiries-after-family-who-hired-kayak-and-paddleboards-washed-out-to-sea\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Resort where family was staying conducting a safety review after mother and two children found drifting in ocean Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast WorkSafe WA is making \u2018initial enquiries\u2019 into the hotel that hired out a kayak and inflatable paddleboards to a family who was washed out to sea [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[35,566],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australia-news","category-western-australia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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