A new Royal Life Saving report on drowning fatalities at inland Australian waterways lists the country's most dangerous rivers, creeks, lakes and dams.
Lake Eildon is a man-made water storage in north-eastern Victoria covering 13,800 hectares — six times the size of Sydney Harbour.
There were 924 fatal drownings in inland waterways during that period — more than one-third of the national drowning toll.The Murray River flowing through New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia had the highest toll for the decade with 49 deaths, followed by Melbourne's Yarra River at 27. Dr Pickles said the same applied at Lake Eildon, where seven people drowned over the decade — the highest number of fatalities of all Australian lakes."We're not seeing any downward trends, we know that they're locations that are high risk but they continue to be high risk," Dr Pickles said.Mecca for fishermen can become 'nightmare'
"We assist in any way we can, we've got a great rapport with emergency services and in some cases they've utilised our club house as an emergency response point."
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