The drownings happened at unpatrolled beaches, bidding authorities to appetite Victorians to bathe alone amid the flags.
Surf on the Mornington Peninsula accessible beaches was up to 2m as bags flocked to beaches to escape 34C temperatures.
In the aboriginal incident, a 62-year-old man drowned while aggravating to save his son, 12, who had been swept out to sea at St George River, west of Lorne.
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