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OSHER GUNSBERG: On Bondi Rescue...

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It's a mess!

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..four friends in a mass rescue.

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Thanks, mate.
But one is missing.

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WOMAN: Where's number four?

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It's the worst-case scenario.

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Has someone drowned?

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Hidden danger between the flags.

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LIFEGUARD: This guy
was like a shark.

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He pulled her pants down.

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We're gonna catch a culprit.

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And lifeguards grapple with
a different kind of challenge.

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Those things are the lowest
invention on earth!

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SONG: # Take me back to the

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# Sweet times, the hot nights

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# Everything is gonna be alright

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# In the summertime

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# Baby, in the summertime

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# That is where I'll be. #

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(RELAXED ROCK MUSIC)

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Spreading the message of surf safety

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has made Bondi's lifeguards
household names around the world.

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We meet a lot of people down here
from all walks of life.

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A young boy and his brother come up
to the tower with his mum and dad

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to say hello,
so I go out to greet them.

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Hey, buddy! How are ya?

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All the way from Singapore,

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meeting a lifeguard was at the top of
this boy's bucket list.

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He just gave me the biggest hug
and started bawling his eyes out.

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I didn't really know how to take it.

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You don't get that very often,

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and that was pretty special,
knowing that,

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you know, I'd made an impact
on someone's life like that.

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It kinda reminded me of
when I was younger,

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I'd always wanted to be a lifeguard.

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When I was 12 years old,

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we nearly missed
our flight from L.A.

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because we had to drive
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That's where they filmed 'Baywatch'.

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I was obsessed with 'Baywatch' when
I was younger, for the lifeguarding.

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There was this one lifeguard
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to show me through the truck
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and he gave me his lifeguard hat.

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To this day, I've still got
that lifeguard hat.

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That made a good impression on me

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and, you know, look where I am now.

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I'm one of the lifeguards
at the world's busiest beach.

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And thanks to that little thing
that he did,

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I'll pass that on to other people.

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I just thought,
"I wanna make this kid's day."

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He's come all the way
from Singapore.

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So I decided to do
something really special.

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MAN: Giving him the shirt
off his back!

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Yeah!
Wow!

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I took my shirt off
and gave it to him.

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Hug it out. Hug it out.

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Hug it out! Yeah!

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(LAUGHS)

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Then the waterworks really came on.

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Does this normally happen?

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(LAUGHS)

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Overwhelmed, eh?

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'Cause that's something
he'll keep forever

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and he'll take back home with him.

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Lovely to meet you guys, eh?
Thanks for coming.

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See ya. Bye-bye. See ya, buddy!

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Definitely tugged on a few strings
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knowing that you have that reaction.

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Pretty special.

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Visitors come from all walks of life.

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Today an Aussie icon
has come to visit.

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Hey, guys. (LAUGHS)

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Michael Klim has won
six Olympic medals for swimming,

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including two gold.

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And he's just conquering health
at the moment.

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Yeah, conquering CIDP,
which is a...autoimmune disorder,

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which is...yeah.

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But I'm on the right track now,
hopefully. (LAUGHS)

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The legendary Australian swimmer
has been an inspiration for many,

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including one fan from
the other side of the world.

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I come from France.

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I've been swimming
from four, five years old

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and started competition
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I remember I had a poster
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You know, on the roof of my bedroom.

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Michael with Grant Hackett
and Ian Thorpe.

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And that has been the poster I kept

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probably all my 'teenagehood'.

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I was down on the beach

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and then I came up to the tower

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and the first guy I saw on the top
of the stairs was Michael Klim.

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I recognised him straightaway.

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Do you mind if we take a picture?

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MICHAEL: Of course not.
Yes. Yeah.

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Yeah, it was definitely great
meeting Michael.

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Thank you very much.
Thank you, mate. Thank you.

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It's a good shot of him
and his idol.

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Yeah, I will keep it
and maybe frame it

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and send it to my parents.

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Early afternoon on a falling tide.

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An uneventful day for rescues -

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so far.

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But the rips at South End
are beginning to pull.

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Several swimmers are struggling.

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There's one, two...
There's, like, heaps.

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I can just tell that
they're not good swimmers.

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I can tell that there's
a strong rip there

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and I can tell that they're more
than likely gonna get in trouble.

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(RADIO BEEPS)

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Copy.

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Three swimmers are caught in a rip

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off the Icebergs pool.

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A fourth is closer to shore.

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Chappo sends reinforcements.

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(RADIO BEEPS)
Righto. On our way.

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KC was already paddling out
and I scanned out into the water

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and I saw a number of heads
in the water going under.

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And that's when it started
to get really real.

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As Singlets heads in,

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a volunteer lifesaver
reaches one patient.

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KC heads for a second patient

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kept afloat by a swimmer.

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Went to the worst patient,
who was probably the furthest out.

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He was pretty exhausted.

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Pretty distressed.

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Pretty worn out from
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Singlets heads for
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who now has two on board.

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An inflatable rescue boat,
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arrives to assist.

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(LIFESAVER SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY)

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I can offload my patient to the IRB

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a lot quicker than what I can

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paddling my patient
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and then paddling back out.

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And at the same time,
I can stay out there

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and see all my patients as well.

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As KC offloads one patient...

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..Singlets struggles with his.

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When I picked up my patient,
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that he couldn't even really
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I'm wrestling with the patient
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on my board.

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And a wave came
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started to get really scary
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Singlets grapples with his patient

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as Wally heads for
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There was one guy close to shore
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while all the commotion
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I went in and just made sure
that patient got in pretty quick.

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KC is now free to collect
the last swimmer.

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he decides on a radical option
to get his patient to safety.

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Normally the rocks mean danger.

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But today it's the safest option.

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It saves a lot of time
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And then I'm free again,
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I could go assist them instead of

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trying to get that patient
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All four rescue victims
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The rescue may be over...

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Yeah. Thank you.

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..but the drama is not.

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Were there three or four?

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STUDENT: Four, four, four.
Four.

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Where's number four?

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Four.

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Someone says,
"Where's the fourth patient?"

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We're looking for a fourth.

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The patients are saying,
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Where's number four?

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And everyone's just looking around.
We're starting to panic.

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Only KC knows that his patient
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and still walking back
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It's the worst-case scenario.

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There were four patients,
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Has someone drowned?

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four Korean students.

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KC lands one on a rock platform
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His three friends are unaware

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he's safe and sound.

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Were there three or four?
Four, four, four.

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Four.

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Where's number four?

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There's a fourth patient
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Four?

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That is the worst scenario
and it's really anxiety-inducing.

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We've got a fourth one.

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You are red-lining.

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Where...
Where's four?

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(RELAXED MUSIC)

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As KC cruises back to the beach,

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his patient clambers back
along the rocks.

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Where were you sitting?
Is he over where you were sitting?

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What?

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Where is your clothes,
your belongings?

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Oh.
No, no clothes.

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KC is blissfully unaware
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and Singlets's growing panic.

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If he came into the beach,

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would he go and sit somewhere or...

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Have you got any belongings
with you? Like...

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that he came in OK.

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(RELAXED MUSIC)

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(TENSE MUSIC)
Water. Water.

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Yeah, water.
But he came out of the water.

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Oh.

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(RELAXED MUSIC)

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Hey, hey. Where's your fourth friend?

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The missing person at the end of
that whole rescue

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was probably the most stressful part.

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OSHER: Finally, the penny drops.

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I put him up on the rocks.

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Hey?
I put him up on the rocks.

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Yeah.

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(RADIO BEEPS)

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There you go, you know?

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And all of a sudden, this, like,
anxiety spike comes down.

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(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)

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And the whole thing just went
from being a 10 down to a 2.

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Alright. Everyone's here?

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(SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY)

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Relief. Relief came over all of us.
It was huge.

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We're good. We're good.

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Singlets was a little bit
worked up, I think,

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'cause I didn't bring my patient
back to the beach

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and he didn't know that my patient
was walking around.

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(ALL SPEAK KOREAN)

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That's it? That's everybody?
ALL: Yeah.

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All good.
Thank you.

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OK. Just sit down on the beach,
have a rest, get your breath back.

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And make sure you can...
Just recover. Recover.

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It's advice Singlets
might wanna take himself.

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Gnarly!

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MAN: Are you guys OK?
STUDENT:

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What happened?

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A lot of people you rescue laugh...

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..laugh it off and go,
"Oh, that was funny."

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And we're like, "No,
it's actually pretty serious."

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They realise how serious it is.
They realise, yeah.

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Look at 'em. Like, they're...
they're pretty rattled.

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Oh!

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(CHILL-OUT MUSIC)

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Every year, millions
come to experience

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the simple joys of Bondi.

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Lifeguards help protect beachgoers
against rips.

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But sometimes swimmers
face other dangers,

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even between the flags.

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First report we got was

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a couple of girls saying
they felt uncomfortable.

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Now, that sounds bad,

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but unless it's actually
a physical touch,

256
00:13:00,840 --> 00:13:02,560
we can't do anything about it.

257
00:13:03,640 --> 00:13:05,200
And then more people came up.

258
00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:08,760
They said they got groped
under the water.

259
00:13:08,760 --> 00:13:13,040
So we knew we had a serious
offender amongst the flags.

260
00:13:13,040 --> 00:13:14,520
He, like, pulled her pants down.

261
00:13:14,520 --> 00:13:17,120
Yeah, he grabbed, like, the side of
my pants and pulled them down.

262
00:13:17,120 --> 00:13:19,720
And then I was, like, "What the
hell?" And he's like, "I'm sorry."

263
00:13:19,720 --> 00:13:22,440
And then he, like...like, touched
my bum and I was like, "What?"

264
00:13:22,440 --> 00:13:26,720
The young women describe
a man around 20,

265
00:13:26,720 --> 00:13:29,840
wearing long black shorts
with a white band.

266
00:13:29,840 --> 00:13:34,200
I'm instantly on the binoculars
trying to find him.

267
00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:37,840
Scouring, scouring.
Bang, there he is.

268
00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:42,480
And then I'm watching him
and I can see some girls ahead.

269
00:13:42,480 --> 00:13:45,760
And I knew what was gonna happen
before it happened.

270
00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:48,800
I felt like yelling down
the binoculars "Look behind you!"

271
00:13:48,800 --> 00:13:50,880
Because this guy was like a shark.

272
00:13:50,880 --> 00:13:53,960
And then sure enough, a wave broke.

273
00:13:53,960 --> 00:13:55,560
He dived under the wave,

274
00:13:55,560 --> 00:13:57,720
hands forward like Superman.

275
00:13:57,720 --> 00:14:00,920
And then the wave finished

276
00:14:00,920 --> 00:14:04,560
and the girl - "Ugh!" -
like, just freaked out behind

277
00:14:04,560 --> 00:14:06,040
and he just turned away.

278
00:14:06,040 --> 00:14:08,240
And I was like, "Oh, my God.
I just saw it."

279
00:14:08,240 --> 00:14:10,080
And I had perfect visual on it.

280
00:14:10,080 --> 00:14:11,760
I (BLEEP) saw that!

281
00:14:11,760 --> 00:14:15,960
I can ID that, mate. 100%.
She turned around straightaway.

282
00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:19,560
We go to get out of the tower
and you wouldn't believe it -

283
00:14:19,560 --> 00:14:21,680
police officers walking
along the promenade.

284
00:14:21,680 --> 00:14:23,160
Perfect timing.

285
00:14:23,160 --> 00:14:24,880
That's...this group.

286
00:14:24,880 --> 00:14:26,680
And I saw that happen.

287
00:14:26,680 --> 00:14:28,720
I saw him go under a wave,

288
00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:30,200
dive towards her.

289
00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:31,840
And then the wave came up.

290
00:14:31,840 --> 00:14:34,960
She's turning around, he's just,
like, sort of got his back to her.

291
00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:36,600
100%.

292
00:14:37,840 --> 00:14:40,160
He was like, "Oh, sorry.
That was an accident.

293
00:14:40,160 --> 00:14:42,280
"Wait, wait, wait. What's your name?
How old are you?"

294
00:14:42,280 --> 00:14:44,120
And he kept on saying
all that stuff.

295
00:14:44,120 --> 00:14:46,160
I can 100% see him.

296
00:14:46,160 --> 00:14:49,640
I'd never seen it happen. I'd
heard it 100 times as a complaint.

297
00:14:49,640 --> 00:14:52,680
Very unusual to actually
catch them in the act.

298
00:14:53,680 --> 00:14:54,680
Let's go.

299
00:14:55,840 --> 00:15:00,320
Bagus and Andy lead police
to the alleged offender.

300
00:15:00,320 --> 00:15:02,200
(RADIO BLEEPS)
Yeah, I've got him.

301
00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:04,280
I've got the guy
in the black shorts.

302
00:15:05,560 --> 00:15:09,120
Yeah, just off this southern flag,
there's two girls.

303
00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:11,960
They're just... They're following
them across the bank.

304
00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:14,920
So we've got multiple complaints.

305
00:15:14,920 --> 00:15:18,000
I've seen him assault the woman.

306
00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:20,160
And we've got police officers
with it.

307
00:15:20,160 --> 00:15:22,040
I think we're gonna catch a culprit.

308
00:15:22,040 --> 00:15:23,600
I know we're gonna get this guy.

309
00:15:23,600 --> 00:15:25,800
I just need to find him
in the flags.

310
00:15:27,720 --> 00:15:29,200
Get down to the shore...

311
00:15:30,360 --> 00:15:31,480
But I can't find him.

312
00:15:36,880 --> 00:15:41,200
Lifeguards help police confront
a man accused of assaulting

313
00:15:41,200 --> 00:15:43,040
teenage girls in the surf.

314
00:15:43,040 --> 00:15:44,640
It's very unusual

315
00:15:44,640 --> 00:15:46,680
to actually
catch them in the act.

316
00:15:46,680 --> 00:15:50,560
To actually see it go down,
you know you've got the bastards.

317
00:15:50,560 --> 00:15:51,720
(RADIO BEEPS)

318
00:15:51,720 --> 00:15:53,400
I've got the guy
in the black shorts.

319
00:15:56,440 --> 00:15:58,360
Unaware he's being watched,

320
00:15:58,360 --> 00:16:00,760
the alleged assaults continue.

321
00:16:02,080 --> 00:16:05,600
I know we're gonna get this guy.
We've got so much evidence.

322
00:16:05,600 --> 00:16:09,200
We've got multiple women
ID'ing the suspect

323
00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:11,320
and we've got police officers
behind me.

324
00:16:11,320 --> 00:16:13,760
Everything should be fine,
but I can't find him.

325
00:16:14,920 --> 00:16:16,400
I wade out.

326
00:16:16,400 --> 00:16:18,840
I'm literally in the water.

327
00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:20,680
And I can't find him.

328
00:16:20,680 --> 00:16:22,920
I'm just like, "No, don't...

329
00:16:22,920 --> 00:16:25,000
"We can't...can't slip through now."

330
00:16:27,360 --> 00:16:30,520
And then, boom. Eye contact. Yes!

331
00:16:32,440 --> 00:16:34,040
I walk up to him and I say,

332
00:16:34,040 --> 00:16:35,840
"Mate, you're gone.
You're in a lot of trouble."

333
00:16:37,480 --> 00:16:39,800
And he tried to apologise
his way out of it.

334
00:16:39,800 --> 00:16:42,480
I'm like, "Nah, nah.
It's too late for that.

335
00:16:42,480 --> 00:16:44,680
"Police officer on
the shoreline there. You're done."

336
00:16:47,080 --> 00:16:49,440
"We've seen everything,
we've got multiple complaints.

337
00:16:49,440 --> 00:16:51,160
"The cops are here. You're done."

338
00:16:53,480 --> 00:16:54,800
ALLEGED OFFENDER:

339
00:16:54,800 --> 00:16:56,280
Do you understand?

340
00:17:01,080 --> 00:17:05,680
It's very hard to prove, but we've
got the witnesses there, the girls,

341
00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:08,160
plus Bagus and myself
have seen it as well.

342
00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:11,280
We knew that we'd caught
the right person.

343
00:17:11,280 --> 00:17:15,040
There was deadset, I reckon, 20
girls up on the promenade at the end

344
00:17:15,040 --> 00:17:16,800
all sharing their stories.

345
00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:19,080
To see it and then for it to proceed

346
00:17:19,080 --> 00:17:22,640
into police actually
arresting the man, it was perfect.

347
00:17:22,640 --> 00:17:24,720
As my colleague has said,
you are under arrest

348
00:17:24,720 --> 00:17:26,880
for the allegation of
indecent assault, OK?

349
00:17:26,880 --> 00:17:30,480
So you'll be coming back to
Waverley Police Station with us

350
00:17:30,480 --> 00:17:32,400
to assist us with our inquiries,
alright?

351
00:17:32,400 --> 00:17:33,880
ALLEGED OFFENDER: OK.

352
00:17:35,160 --> 00:17:37,480
HOPPO: It's very rare we get
to witness something like that.

353
00:17:38,480 --> 00:17:41,920
Something the lifeguards don't like
and...always wanna catch 'em.

354
00:17:42,920 --> 00:17:45,920
The man is facing
five separate charges

355
00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:48,520
and awaits his day in court.

356
00:17:52,960 --> 00:17:55,120
(RELAXING MUSIC)

357
00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:01,120
(KIDS LAUGH)

358
00:18:01,120 --> 00:18:03,840
The beach has many joys.

359
00:18:03,840 --> 00:18:06,720
Also, a few frustrations.

360
00:18:06,720 --> 00:18:08,920
Red-hot sand.

361
00:18:08,920 --> 00:18:10,520
Small disasters.

362
00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:13,000
Sunburn.

363
00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:16,720
Even escaping from the sun
has its own complications.

364
00:18:18,440 --> 00:18:19,560
Sun shelters.

365
00:18:20,920 --> 00:18:22,400
Easy to put up...

366
00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:25,960
..a nightmare to pack down.

367
00:18:27,480 --> 00:18:29,240
OK, so here we have a common item

368
00:18:29,240 --> 00:18:31,040
on any Australian beach in summer.

369
00:18:31,040 --> 00:18:32,880
It's called a pop-up beach shelter.

370
00:18:32,880 --> 00:18:36,240
And we like to refer to them
as the Rubik's Cube,

371
00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:38,480
because anyone that's
dealt with one will know

372
00:18:38,480 --> 00:18:40,400
that they are incredibly frustrating

373
00:18:40,400 --> 00:18:42,200
to pop down and put away.

374
00:18:42,200 --> 00:18:43,800
Here we go. Here we go.

375
00:18:43,800 --> 00:18:45,720
So we're gonna challenge
the other lifeguards

376
00:18:45,720 --> 00:18:47,560
how long it takes to put one away.

377
00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:49,920
Pressure's on. (LAUGHS)

378
00:18:49,920 --> 00:18:51,400
He's fast!

379
00:18:51,400 --> 00:18:53,200
Whoa! (LAUGHS)

380
00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:54,840
That's tough.

381
00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:56,520
Getting it away -
that's the problem.

382
00:18:56,520 --> 00:18:59,200
What's his technique like?
What's his technique like?

383
00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:00,720
Ugh...
Oh, yeah! No, it's...

384
00:19:00,720 --> 00:19:02,360
Yeah, yeah, yeah!
(CACKLES)

385
00:19:02,360 --> 00:19:03,840
Ooh, he's gonna wrestle it.

386
00:19:03,840 --> 00:19:05,480
He's wrestling that thing
like a crocodile.

387
00:19:05,480 --> 00:19:06,960
Look at him go!

388
00:19:06,960 --> 00:19:09,000
Oh, it's giving him some grief!

389
00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:11,120
(LAUGHS) He looks like
he's fighting it!

390
00:19:11,120 --> 00:19:12,600
I reckon you might need to...

391
00:19:13,920 --> 00:19:16,160
Oh, there's a bit of
a battle on here.

392
00:19:16,160 --> 00:19:18,320
No, they never pack away, do they?

393
00:19:18,320 --> 00:19:21,160
That's a big unit
to go in a small bag.

394
00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:23,240
I know!
(LAUGHS)

395
00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:25,800
Nuh. There's no way
that's going in that hole.

396
00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:28,320
Doesn't look like it's completely...

397
00:19:28,320 --> 00:19:29,800
Oh, I'm no good, eh?

398
00:19:29,800 --> 00:19:32,520
Oh! Ugh!

399
00:19:32,520 --> 00:19:34,200
That is way too big!

400
00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:41,680
During lunch breaks,
lifeguards set themselves

401
00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:43,480
a perplexing challenge.

402
00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:47,280
Who is fastest at packing away
a sun shelter?

403
00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:50,000
We like to refer to them
as the Rubik's Cube,

404
00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:51,920
because they are
incredibly frustrating!

405
00:19:51,920 --> 00:19:53,640
(LAUGHS)

406
00:19:53,640 --> 00:19:56,480
How many lifeguards does it take
to put a sun shelter away?

407
00:19:56,480 --> 00:19:58,000
(BLEEP).
(BUZZ!)

408
00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:00,080
Are you tapping out?
Yeah, I'm done.

409
00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:03,000
He's tapping out! (LAUGHS) Alright.

410
00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:06,480
Sun shelter 1, Matt Hastie 0.

411
00:20:06,480 --> 00:20:07,960
(LAUGHS)

412
00:20:07,960 --> 00:20:10,440
With bragging rights at stake,

413
00:20:10,440 --> 00:20:12,280
Eddy steps up.

414
00:20:12,280 --> 00:20:13,960
He's very aggressive.

415
00:20:15,200 --> 00:20:16,920
Oh, my God!

416
00:20:16,920 --> 00:20:18,400
He's getting a bit flustered now.

417
00:20:20,560 --> 00:20:22,400
(BLEEP)!
(BOTH LAUGH)

418
00:20:24,120 --> 00:20:26,080
(LAUGHS EXHAUSTEDLY)
(BUZZ!)

419
00:20:26,080 --> 00:20:28,240
Flat, mate. Get it down.

420
00:20:30,720 --> 00:20:32,920
Pressure can be
Maxi's best motivator.

421
00:20:32,920 --> 00:20:35,640
And...all the way.
(DING!)

422
00:20:36,880 --> 00:20:38,240
2:13.

423
00:20:38,240 --> 00:20:41,080
Will claims to be a pro.

424
00:20:41,080 --> 00:20:43,080
Oh, he's done this before!

425
00:20:43,080 --> 00:20:44,520
There you go.

426
00:20:44,520 --> 00:20:46,320
Yeah, he'll get...
Look at 'em all!

427
00:20:46,320 --> 00:20:47,920
Alright, I'm done.
(DING!)

428
00:20:47,920 --> 00:20:51,160
(LAUGHS)
50 seconds. That's pretty good.

429
00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:53,320
I reckon he's got
the time to beat right there.

430
00:20:53,320 --> 00:20:55,120
Wait till Singlets has gotta do it.
Oh! (LAUGHS)

431
00:20:55,120 --> 00:20:56,560
(EXHALES STRONGLY)

432
00:20:56,560 --> 00:20:59,120
Alright, I'm off to a bad start.

433
00:20:59,120 --> 00:21:00,600
Twist it, he says.

434
00:21:00,600 --> 00:21:02,320
No, no.
No! (LAUGHS)

435
00:21:02,320 --> 00:21:04,680
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah! Sort of.

436
00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:05,920
Almost!

437
00:21:05,920 --> 00:21:07,040
Nah. Nah.

438
00:21:07,040 --> 00:21:09,280
You're hot and...kids
are yelling at you,

439
00:21:09,280 --> 00:21:11,120
your parking meter's run out,

440
00:21:11,120 --> 00:21:12,720
you can't get it back in the bag!

441
00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:14,200
Can you believe this bloke?

442
00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:16,800
So close but so far.
(DING!)

443
00:21:16,800 --> 00:21:19,160
It's a bit messy
inside the bag as well.

444
00:21:19,160 --> 00:21:20,960
68 seconds, Singlets.

445
00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:22,800
Pretty good.

446
00:21:22,800 --> 00:21:24,720
Oh, Will smashed it!

447
00:21:24,720 --> 00:21:27,280
I've done alright. Surprised myself.
You're the time to beat.

448
00:21:27,280 --> 00:21:31,600
Chase wants to show what
young, nimble hands can do.

449
00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:33,320
Oh! Yes!

450
00:21:33,320 --> 00:21:34,720
Yes!

451
00:21:34,720 --> 00:21:37,560
It's following you around, mate.
It's unfolding!

452
00:21:38,640 --> 00:21:40,120
Is that it?
No, mate.

453
00:21:40,120 --> 00:21:41,680
That's as ugly as they come, mate.

454
00:21:41,680 --> 00:21:43,920
(LAUGHS)

455
00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:48,280
I love it!

456
00:21:50,720 --> 00:21:52,480
(SINGLETS CONTINUES LAUGHING)

457
00:21:52,480 --> 00:21:54,440
Oh, I love it! (LAUGHS)

458
00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:57,240
I give up. This is rubbish.
(BUZZ!)

459
00:21:57,240 --> 00:22:00,040
Those things are the lowest
invention on earth.

460
00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:03,720
I will be happy if I never
see one of those again.

461
00:22:03,720 --> 00:22:06,160
Next time...
Oh, he's blowing up!

462
00:22:06,160 --> 00:22:07,960
..Harries lays down the law.

463
00:22:07,960 --> 00:22:12,520
Dealing with this bodysurfer
is like a challenge for me now.

464
00:22:12,520 --> 00:22:13,640
Ahh!

465
00:22:13,640 --> 00:22:16,120
And a mysterious medical episode.

466
00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:19,520
It looked like he was
breaking his own thumbs.

467
00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:21,400
Ambo is on the way.

468
00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:23,120
Yeah, mate. Quicker the better.