Picture perfect: Tourists post for photos at the Figure Eight pools. Picture: Wolter Peeters.
Two men have been airlifted to safety after swimming at the Figure Eight Pools in the Royal National Park on Sunday.
About 6pm emergency services were called to the pools at the southern end of the park after reports of people in trouble after the tide rose.
Wollongong police, Police Rescue, SES, NSW Ambulance Paramedics, and Surf Life Savers arrived a short time later.
The men, aged 28 and 29, were winched to safety by a NSW Ambulance helicopter.
The older man was taken to Sutherland Hospital for minor hypothermia and injuries.
The younger man was treated for minor hypothermia after being taken to Garie Beach car park.
