Originally Posted by
Clare Prop
They are unlikely to bother people who do screw up either. Jetskis roaring over dive flags, powerboats mowing down rowers, rights of way and speed limits disregarded; water police are missing in action. Only ever seen them on the water once yelling at kayakers to keep away from the sealions even though it was the sealions who were the ones coming up to have a look at the humans.
Down here in Melbourne the Water Police have only one tiny outfit based out of Willliamstown and are often seen to be quite busy on nice weekends either entertaining VIPs in the Admiral's Barge (aka VP01) or chasing jetskis around the St Kilda foreshore in their own suitably-marked Police jetskis (or both at the same time).
I guess they can't be everywhere. To say they're understaffed would be an understatement.
Smelly creatures, them sealions..
