Bondi Rescue

An incident in the skate bowl leaves one kid with a head injury and barely conscious.

Beach goers plan their visits to Bondi around hot and sunny days, but often they get a lot more than they bargain for. A heat wave has hit Sydney and bathers are, in the words of lifeguards, “dropping like flies”.

A frantic day test the skills of new lifeguards. Tragedy in the water: Young Troy faces our lifeguards toughest challenge.

Second year trainee Maxi is hoping this will be the year he earns his stripes as a fully fledged lifeguard.

Becoming a lifeguard is a rite of passage for many a local Bondi kid. In recent years the Waverley Council Lifeguard service, which oversees Bondi, Bronte and Tamarama, has run a trainee program to develop young lifeguards.

Thieves are at large and anything unattended is always at risk. With conditions in the water mild, the lifesavers take the chance to scan the area and catch a perpetrator or two.

Paris Hilton leads 10,000 party goers at a beachside New Year’s dance party. Reckless behaviour ensues as lifeguards look after masses of people no longer able to take responsibility for themselves.

In the midst of party crowds, drugs, alcohol, rescues and first-aids, a drunken pro skater cuts his hand open and a woman reports her 70 year old mentally-ill brother lost on the beach.

Shark fever hits Bondi and the boys in blue are flat out with both false shark alarms and real injuries. With crowds too scared to enter the water, how will lifeguards treat the injured in the chaos?

Jack’s rescuing a boy in big swell and makes a bold call when they’re almost smashed onto rocks.