Dad and son die in holiday swim tragedy

Seventeen Seventy, Queensland, Australia, where Robin Reed and his son Owen died while swimming at the southern tip of the Great Barrier Reef

- JONATHON HILL Reporter [e-mail]

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

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.