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A man in his 20s was winched from The Pillars in Mount Martha after a fall around 5.15pm yesterday.
Paramedics treated him at the scene for serious injuries and he was airlifted to the Royal Melbourne Hospital last night.
Just a few hours later, around 8.30pm, high-angle rescue specialists rescued a teenager after he plummeted 40 metres from a cliff edge at Half Moon Bay in Black Rock.
He was extricated from the cliff face and lowered onto the beach, where an ambulance transported him to The Alfred hospital in a stable condition.
On Friday, emergency services were called to Beaumaris, next to Black Rock, around 1.15pm after a woman fell from a cliff.
The woman, aged in her 30s, was rescued by firefighters and rushed to The Alfred in a critical condition.
The rescues come as Victorians continue to flock to beaches, sparking a renewed safety message from Life Saving Victoria.
“It can be inviting to go to these secluded locations, but we do know that this is where people are most often getting into danger,” Life Saving Victoria’s Dr Bernadette Matthews said.
“Tragically we have found that this has resulted in deaths that have occurred and also tragic injuries as well, spinal injuries that really cause that long-term impact for people.”
Matthews urged beachgoers to only visit water areas that were patrolled by lifesavers.
“We know that with this warmer weather and over the summer period, people are really looking at those different locations ot go and recreate around,” she said.
“It can be really enticing to follow that latest social media trend, but really that is not worth the cost of a life.”
