Katie Watson

There was assistance from obviously the police, rescue authorities, Marine Rescue Service.

And about 8.30 in the evening, his mother and two siblings, 12-year-old boy and an eight-year-old girl, they were clinging to a paddleboard.

And that was about 14 kilometres offshore.

So they'd floated out quite considerably.

And of course, you know, it was choppy waters.

It was very windy that day.

But also it's Australia and there are also big sea creatures such as sharks.

So I think it was just a remarkable effort.

In fact, rescue services called him superhuman for doing this to save his family.

And they were all checked out at hospital.

They all left hospital and they were all absolutely fine.

Yeah, I mean, this is peak summer holidays.

So there are an awful lot of people out enjoying the beaches in the warm weather.

In terms of marine wildlife, there's a huge risk there.

Certainly here in Sydney, there's constant concern because of the weather that has been bad.

There's an increased sighting of sharks, for example, and that's something that people are

are particularly concerned about but obviously you know huge parts of the coast when the winds turn and the weather conditions change quite dramatically but actually the authorities did also say that the fact that they were all wearing life jackets did contribute to their survival and that's something that the authorities have made sure to emphasise that importance of wearing life jackets.

There's a very heavy police presence here at the funeral of Elie Schlanger, a British-born rabbi.

Just a short while ago, a hearse pulled up and a coffin was removed.

They laid over a black velvet shroud with the Star of David on it.