Jill Rick Perram was one of many who offered congratulations.

“Well done Lisa, once a lifesaver always a lifesaver,” she said.

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“Awesome Lisa, they’re lucky you were there,” Erin Harris commented.

Rachel Jones marveled at Lisa’s courage.

“What an amazing woman she is,” she said.

“Seven months pregnant! Well done.”

However, support and admiration was not the only reaction of the community to this incredible rescue.

The story uncovered an alarming number of accounts from residents who had their own horror stories of close encounters with the dangerous swimming spot.

Kathy Lutwyche-Brown said her son rescued some children in the same spot a few years back.

“Thankfully for them he is a strong swimmer,” she said.

“Their dad went to help them out but could not help all four children being sucked up against the net as the tide sucked out, and got into strife himself.

“It was a huge concern for a short time. The signs need to be much clearer.”

Sandii Chan suggested that Lisa needed a medal for her brave actions.

“It can be a very tough place to retrieve people from,” she commented.

“The current is very deceptive and incredibly strong on both the in and the out tide.

“I've warned many an unknowing swimmer plus I have on one occasion accidentally found myself being sucked into that corner and had to work EXTREMELY hard to get myself out of it.

“Something needs to change, it's only a matter of time before there is a tragedy.”

Linda Hoadley said she had seen a child rescued from the spot earlier this year.

“He was on a floating donut toy and he just floated up and over the barrier and into the main swell of the river,” she said.

“Two other friends were almost swept over as well.

“Two men swam out and pulled him back in, risking their lives.

“He then just floated into the shore, and wandered back to his mum, both of them seemingly oblivious to the danger he had been in, as well as the danger the men put themselves in to rescue him.”

Kerry Graffi contributed her experience of yet another close encounter.

“My husband also rescued a brother and sister in that corner four years ago and I thought he was going to have another heart attack,” she said.

“I yelled out to two men on the beach to help him because he didn't look good.

“Lucky everyone was ok.”

Tracey Drayson said that she had been caught in that corner of the rockpool while trying to help her son and his friend out.

“It can be so treacherous,” she said.

“Surely something can be done before someone loses their life.”

Sandy Tighe experienced a similar struggle many years ago when her eldest son was in primary school.

“The net was out further than it is now,” she said.

“If it wasn't for the help of a couple of young men coming to my rescue when I was trying to save my son we both would have been pulled out with the current.

“This has been happening for a long period of time, my son is now 36.”

Lesley Webb-Collins suggested a lifeguard at the rockpool might be a good solution.

“This happens so often at the rockpool,” she said.

“So dangerous but a lot of parents don’t watched their kids. We have had to rescue kids too, but good on you Lisa.”

Kylie Spinner had her own scary experience with the rockpool when she was eight.

“Went over the net and out towards the bar,” she commented.

“A fisherman put out his rod on the breaks and dragged me in. My babysitter was too busy to even notice, that current is strong.”

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