Life lost after boat capsizes at Moruya Bar near Bateman’s Bay

Simon McCarthy
Updated March 24 2018 - 5:38pm, first published 5:25pm
Marine Rescue NSW is responding to reports a boat has overturned on Saturday, March 24, on the Moruya bar. FILE PICTURE.
Marine Rescue NSW is responding to reports a boat has overturned on Saturday, March 24, on the Moruya bar. FILE PICTURE.

NSW Surf Livesavers say it is unclear whether the occupants of a boat were wearing life jackets when the vessel capsized as it attempted to navigate the bar near the Moruya break wall the NSW South Coast on Saturday.

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Simon McCarthy

Simon McCarthy

Journalist, Newcastle Herald

Simon McCarthy is a journalist working at the Newcastle Herald in NSW. He writes news and features, and produces video and multimedia, for the Herald and Herald Weekender magazine. He contributes regularly to the Newcastle Herald’s daily Topics column, and is the co-creator and producer of the Toohey’s News podcast. McCarthy has worked as a journalist in regional NSW since 2013. He joined the newsroom of the Newcastle Herald in 2017 from the Northern Daily Leader in Tamworth where he worked from 2015 to 2016.

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