‘Freak Wave’ Sweeps Picnic-Goers Off Rocks to Deaths

Authorities are reviewing signage at a popular rock face in Sydney’s south after two women died when they were swept out to sea. The women, both aged in their 30s, were picnicking at Yena Gap before a freak wave swept them off the rocks on the King’s Birthday public holiday. A third woman also swept from the rock shelf is recovering in hospital. Emergency services were called to Yena Rd at Kurnell about 4.30pm on June 10 after reports the women had been swept into the ocean. NSW Police Marine Area Command chief Joe McNulty said a group of three women and two men had been picnicking in the national park on Botany Bay....