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Dad and son die in holiday swim tragedy

Merthyr Express

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May 01, 2025

A FATHER and son have died together while on holiday in Queensland, Australia.

- JONATHON HILL Reporter

Robin Reed and his son Owen, from Caerphilly county, got into difficulty off the coast during a visit to the Great Barrier Reef earlier in April.

It happened on the southern tip of the Great Barrier Reef at Seventeen Seventy.

A police rescue helicopter pulled the pair from the sea.

There is only one beach patrolled by lifeguards within a 50km radius of Seventeen Seventy.

Robin Reed was a popular football coach in Caerphilly county and many local clubs have paid tribute to him and his son.

His club Pengam posted: “On behalf of Pengam boys and girls and our under-13s Pengam football family, we are deeply heartbroken by the sudden loss of Robin and his son Owen.

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