Two boys owe their lives to a quick thinking Ararat couple who pulled them from dangerous waters off the coast of Warrnambool on Saturday afternoon.
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Alana Pickering and Nicholas Smith spotted two brothers in trouble between Merri Island and Middle Island near the south-west Victorian town.
The boys were exploring the shallows when they were swept into deeper waters.
Miss Pickering swam to the assistance of one of the brothers.
Mr Smith then went to help the other brother who had slipped off the rock shelf between the islands.
They pulled the pair back to shore along the breakwater at Warrnambool.
Mr Smith said the two children were shaken by the incident.
“They were swimming and everything was fine, then one of them started yelling for help,” he said.
“We thought they were just mucking around, but we saw one of them screaming for help as he climbed onto a rock to hold onto it.”
