Rescuers find lost Australian surfer on uninhabited island


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SYDNEY: A teenage Australian surfer feared lost at sea was rescued Thursday (July 10) after spending the night on an uninhabited island miles offshore, officials and local media said.

The man, named in local media as 19-year-old Darcy Deefholts, reportedly went for a surf off a beach in Wooli, a coastal town 480km north of Sydney.

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