NSW Maritime and a group of other water safety agencies are teaming up for a free community boating safety day at Lake Illawarra this Saturday.
The Boat Day Out event, which will be held from 9am to 2pm at Reddall Parade next to Kiyong Beach, aims to promote boating safety awareness in the Illawarra region.
Over the past year in the Illawarra, there has been a jump to 95 offences for people not carrying the correct safety equipment on board their vessels – an almost 70 per cent increase in offences from the same period two years ago.
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Lifejacket offences have also risen in the Illawarra, up by nearly 45 per cent over the same period, while speeding offences have also increased by more than a third.
