Bondi Rescue

Australia Day brings all shapes, sizes, colours and creeds to Bondi’s shores. But while it’s a party for most, celebrations turn sour for others.

Young trainee Temika Wright from Coffs Harbour is hoping to learn how it’s done on the world’s busiest beach. Her first day is a Saturday when the tower is overrun by blue bottle victims.

For lifeguards it’s the busiest time of the year, as they gear up for holiday crowds, heat waves, and drunken revellers.

As temperatures reach 33 degrees, swimmers refuse to obey lifeguards and swim at their own peril.

The team deal with a 3 pronged onslaught; a British tourist with a dislocated shoulder, a Sydney events organiser with a suspected spinal injury, and a flurry of people stung by blue bottles.

It’s Christmas day on Bondi and Santa make an appearance. Maxy tries his hand at cooking a turkey and a chinese tourist is dragged from the water barely conscious.

For lifeguards it’s the busiest time of the year, as they gear up for holiday crowds, heat waves, and drunken revellers.

Summer is coming to an end. The light is changing and the days are becoming shorter. But while the massive crowds may have backed off a little, the blue bottles haven’t.

The clash of the local surf tribes in the Buckler to Bra surf contest and the surrounding mayhem make for an interesting day at the beach.

The chilling events that lead to the evening that changed Bondi forever. Was it the weather? Was it the fish? Or was just plain bad luck?