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Private Notes
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
Second year trainee Maxi is hoping this will be the year he earns his stripes as a fully fledged lifeguard.
A frantic day test the skills of new lifeguards. Tragedy in the water: Young Troy faces our lifeguards toughest challenge.
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".
Bondi Rescue follows the work of lifeguards at one of the world's busiest beaches 'Bondi'.
At 17, trainee lifeguard Trent Maxwell is the youngest on the team. At 59, Harry Nightingale is Bondi's oldest lifeguard. While more than three times Maxi's age, Harry is expected to participate in the lifeguard iron man race.
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?
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.
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.
