Victoria’s unknown inland sailors

Joseph Hinchliffe
Updated December 6 2016 - 9:11pm, first published 8:54pm
UNSUNG HEROES: They live 200 kilometres from the ocean but coast guards Mark Pritchard and Bert Redstone help keep people safe on the water. Picture: DARREN HOWE
UNSUNG HEROES: They live 200 kilometres from the ocean but coast guards Mark Pritchard and Bert Redstone help keep people safe on the water. Picture: DARREN HOWE

Peter Ritchens lives about 200 kilometres from the ocean, so he’s used to people being taken aback when he says he is the commander of a coast guard flotilla. 

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Joseph Hinchliffe

Joseph Hinchliffe

Council & environment reporter

Council and environment reporter at the Bendigo Advertiser.

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