British tourists who drowned near Great Barrier Reef named as father and son
Robin and Owen Reed were swimming near Seventeen Seventy in Queensland (Picture: RebeccaOGrady/Getty Images/iStockphoto)A British father and son who drowned after being swept off the coast of Australia near the Great Barrier Reef have been named.Robin, 46, and Owen Reed, 17, were swimming at a beach not monitored by lifeguards when they got into trouble near the town of Seventeen Seventy, Queensland, on April 14.Known to locals as a dangerous place to swim, stronger than usual winds that day ma