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Teen swims four hours through rough seas to save mother and siblings off Western Australia
The 13-year-old attempted to kayak back to shore to get help, but the vessel took on water, forcing him to swim
A teenager has saved his mother and two younger siblings by making a four-hour swim to raise the alarm despite fading light and rough conditions after the family was swept out to sea in Western Australia.
The Appelbee family were on holiday in Quindalup, 125 miles (200km) south of Perth, when strong winds pushed their inflatable paddleboards and kayak offshore from Geographe Bay on Friday afternoon.
Joanne Appelbee, 47, asked her 13-year-old, Austin, to kayak back to shore to get help, but his boat soon took on water, forcing him to swim 2.5 miles back to land.
Mother says sending son to swim 4km for help 'one of the hardest decisions'
Austin swam 4 kilometres to shore to raise the alarm after being swept out to sea with his mother and siblings. (ABC News: Briana Shepherd)
Austin Appelbee, his mother and two siblings were swept out to sea off Quindalup in WA's South West.
The 13-year-old has recounted swimming four kilometres to shore to get help for his family, who were rescued after spending up to 10 hours at sea.
His mother Joanne said sending him to shore amid rough seas was "one of the hardest decisions" she has ever made.
A mother who sent her 13-year-old son to swim four kilometres back to shore after the family were swept out to sea in rough conditions off WA's South West says it was "one of the hardest decisions" she has ever made.
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Teenage hero swims four kilometres to rescue family stranded in ocean off WA coast
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A mother and her two children have been rescued off the coast of a holiday hotspot in WA’s South West after her eldest child, who was swept out to sea with them, swam four kilometres back to shore in fading light to get help.
Joanne Appelbee and her children had been kayaking and paddleboarding off Quindalup in Geographe Bay on Friday morning when they were swept out to sea in rough conditions.
Speaking to media back home in Perth on Tuesday, Appelbee said the group had gone out for one last paddle and a bit of fishing, and the weather had seemed calm, before a board flipped, they lost an oar and their kayak began to take on water.
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