âRips donât drown people, people drown in ripsâ: The secret to surviving in the ocean
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The lives of many people who fatally drowned in rips, rivers and other waterways might have been saved if they had been taught to float to survive, say
Bondi Rescue star and Waverley Councilâs head lifeguard Bruce âHoppoâ Hopkins and former Iron Man Craig Riddington.
After 15 seasons of
Bondi Rescue which now airs in 100 countries, Mr Hopkins, the president of Surf Educators International, said he didnât want to be remembered only as the âguy in that lifeguard showâ.
The NSW Department of Lands gave permission for the baths in 1887.
In 1888 the baths were completed for the coming summer swimming season.
In 1889 Waverley Council paid for dressing-sheds at the baths and called tenders for the lease of the baths.
By-law, in the late 1800s, number 145 of the borough of Waverley declared ‘Any person who, except in a public bath and proper bathing dress, shall bathe near to or within view of any inhabited house, reserve or place of public resort between the hours of 8 o’clock in the morning and 8 o’clock in the evening shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds nor less than five shillings’.
Vision has emerged of idiots fishing in the same spot where three men were killed in the NSW Illawarra region on the weekend. Onlookers can be heard in the video, filmed at Port Kembla s Hill 60 on Sunday, yelling at more than a dozen people to hurry up and get off the rocks as ferocious waves surge towards them. Half of those fishing are washed into rocks as they try to scramble out of the path of the surf. Don t worry about the fish, one man can be heard saying, as the other half of the group run from a second large wave.
Good morning, this is Imogen Dewey bringing you the main stories and must-reads on Monday 25 January – a year since Australia confirmed its first case of Covid-19 and things are far from back to normal. Australia is signing up to two international agreements to price in climate risk, environment minister Sussan Ley will tell a virtual summit today. This could inflame tensions between Liberals and Nationals, who have criticised banks for asking.