British tourists who drowned near Great Barrier Reef named as father and son

Robin and Owen Reed were swimming near Seventeen Seventy, Queensland (Picture: Wales News Service)

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 made the rocky shore especially treacherous.