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Surf Lifesavers Prepare for a Busy Long Weekend on NSW Beaches

With COVID-19 travel restrictions preventing holidaymakers from travelling interstate or overseas, the number of people on some NSW beaches these school holidays has been similar to those normally seen at Christmas and New Year. Surf lifesavers are now worried about the possibility of increased coastal drownings this coming long weekend.


Massive, Multi-agency Search and Rescue Operation Wins Rescue of the Month

An emergency incident response over the Queen’s Birthday long weekend in June was the largest co-ordinated and resourced search and rescue operation in the history of Surf Life Saving Illawarra. The combined response from multiple clubs in the Illawarra branch, which saw over 75 Surf Life Saving personnel working together over a two-day period, has won the Surf Life Saving NSW Rescue of the Month Award for June 2020.