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December 26th, 2011 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Thousands of people have flocked to south east Queensland beaches in an attempt to get some relief from the heat, despite the majority of beaches remaining closed.
Beaches across the Gold and Sunshine Coasts have been closed by life savers, concerned strong swells and high tides will prove too dangerous a mix for swimmers.
Noosa main beach and a small section of Mudjimba beach are the only open areas on the Sunshine Coast, while swimmers are trying their luck at the protected estuaries at Currumbin and Tallebudgera on the Gold Coast.
Weatherzone meteorologist Josh Fischer said an intense low was responsible for the on-shore conditions, with sea heights reaching over two metres and swells hitting the four metre mark.
Sunshine Coast Surf Life Saving duty officer Kevin Lynch said thousands of beach goers lined about a 1.5km stretch of beach at Mooloolaba and despite both visual and verbal warnings, people were still trying their luck in the water.
“Underwater the conditions are fairly dramatic, there are some very strong rips,” he said.
“But swimmers just won’t stay out of the water, the red flags are out, we have people along the beaches giving warnings and regular announcements but we still have people going in.
“I’ve been up and down the [Sunshine] Coast all day checking on the conditions and personally I’ve seen seven rescues, but there have been more. There is one happening right now.
“It’s not the board riders, it’s the swimmers.”
Mr Lynch’s counterpart on the Gold Coast, Stuart Hogben, said life savers there were not quite as busy, but even with low tide approaching, there was still a lot of beach missing.
“The conditions are pretty miserable, not the weather of course, that’s beautiful, but we have a large swell coming through,” he said.
“It’s decreased a little but the larger sets are still coming through. We have a lot of white water around as well.
“Because of the size of the swell, we still don’t have a lot of beach. We had a lady knocked over while walking between Southport and Narrowneck this morning, the swell just knocked her off her feet and she dislocated her shoulder.”
Earlier in the day a shark net had been ripped free from its anchorage north of Surfers Paradise which life saving duty officer Kevin Dunn said was indicative of the strength of the currents below the water’s surface.
He said it had been a hard decision to close the beaches on what is traditionally one of the most popular beach-going days in south east Queensland.
“The best thing we can do is just try and keep people out of the water. It was a hard call and we know that people just want to head down to the beach and cool down, but we have to make their safety a priority and really look at it from all different angles.”
Looking forward, Mr Fischer said conditions should begin to ease.
“Conditions will remain strong right up until the middle of the week, but it is gradually easing. By Tuesday we expect about a three-metre swell with it easing from there,” he said.
“It will be a little cooler, 28 degrees is what we are looking at, with some possible showers, but the beaches should be able to re-open on Wednesday.”
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