Swimmer dies at Kalbarri

A woman in her 60s died on Sunday after being pulled from the water at Kalbarri’s main beach.

She was helped to the shore of the Murchison River by other swimmers after they noticed she was in trouble about 5.40pm.

Police say she lost consciousness and paramedics rushed her to Kalbarri Health Campus but she could not be revived.

It is the third death at a Kalbarri beach or nature reserve in the past month.

On November 18, surfers rushed to the aid of a 66-year-old Kalbarri surfer who had collapsed at Jakes Point.

He was pulled to shore be could not be revived.

On November 5, a man's body was found along the edge of a walking trail at Kalbarri National Park.

Formal identification is yet to take place, but he is believed to be Harald Steiner, 50, of Austria.

A police spokesman said it was believed Mr Steiner was working in WA at the time of his death and was holidaying in Kalbarri.

His death is not being treated as suspicious.