A man has drowned after falling from his kayak on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula on Boxing Day. The male, who is yet to be formally identified, was pulled from the waters off Balnarring Beach on Boxing Day. Bystanders stepped in after the man fell out off the kayak at about 1pm.

A man died on Boxing Day after falling out of his kayak at Balnarring Beach on the Mornington Peninsula.Police said the man drowned near Mason-Smith Road about 1pm.Bystanders pulled him from the water and paramedics tried to revive him,

Police believe the man fell out of a kayak at Balnarring Beach around 1pm on Boxing Day. The man was then pulled from the water by bystanders. Paramedics tried to revive him, but he died at the scene. A report will be prepared for the coroner.

A man has drowned at a beach on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula on Boxing Day. It’s understood the man fell out of a kayak and into the water at Balnarring Beach, near Mason-Smith Rd, about 1pm on Thursday. He was pulled from the water by bystanders. “Paramedics tried to revive the man, but he died at the scene,” police said.