WA work safety watchdog makes ‘initial enquiries’ after family who hired kayak and paddleboards washed out to sea

Resort where family was staying conducting a safety review after mother and two children found drifting in ocean

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WorkSafe WA is making initial enquiries' into the hotel that hired out a kayak and inflatable paddleboards to a family who was washed out to sea and later rescued.

The Appelbee family was on holiday in Quindalup, 200km (125 miles) south of Perth, when strong winds pushed their vessels offshore from Geographe Bay on Friday afternoon.