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A man has been extricated from a rocky outcrop off the headland at Trial Bay on the state’s Mid North Coast after Surf Life Saving assets from the closest club, South West Rocks SLSC, were called to a man in distress.
Two teenagers have been rescued from the Warriewood blowhole by a team of lifesavers in an effort the on-scene Duty Officer has described as ‘what surf lifesaving is all about’.
Just a handful of patrols into her lifesaving journey, Iluka SLSC volunteer and Australian Lifeguard Service employee Lillian Young may have already completed her most daring and remarkable rescue – saving a kangaroo from choppy surf on New Year’s Eve.
Three days of hot weather, challenging surf and large crowds at our beaches has resulted in the busiest starts to a new year in recent memory, as Surf Life Saving NSW lifeguards and volunteer lifesavers were faced with a record number of incidents, rescues and preventative actions up and down the coastline.
A second consecutive exceptionally busy day for Surf Life Saving NSW volunteer lifesavers and lifeguards has resulted in one fatality, a successful resuscitation and several high category serious incidents registered across the state.
A drowning fatality at Warriewood and successful rescues and resuscitations at North Palm Beach and Cronulla were among a spate of serious incidents up and down the NSW coastline which ensured a difficult start to the new year for lifeguards and volunteer lifesavers.
Surf Lifesavers on patrol at Narrabeen SLSC on Sunday afternoon were faced with a sudden emergency situation with multiple patients requiring first aid and sadly one woman who died when she was struck by a falling pine tree.
Volunteer surf lifesavers were kept on their toes this weekend, with more than 60 rescues performed in NSW and two people requiring CPR, with a middle-aged man sadly unable to be revived at Coffs Harbour on Saturday.
Surf Life Saving NSW would like to extend its sincere thanks to volunteer surf lifesavers who stepped up to assist with flood rescue and relief efforts in the Hunter region.
