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MAN: The most famous crescent of sand
in the world...

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(ALARM BLARES)

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..is also one of the most dangerous.

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Shark!
Coming, I'm coming, I'm coming!

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Go, go, go, go, go!
WOMAN: Help me!

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Let go of the board!

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On Bondi Beach, every day is
a matter of life or death.

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Get as high as you can.
MAN: (ON RADIO) Yeah, probably...

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For Bondi's elite team
of lifeguards...

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Hang on!

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..it's the biggest season
in a decade.

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MAN: Rescue after rescue
after rescue.

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Shit!

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Headaches...

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Where are your parents?

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They've just left the kids.
..heartbreak...

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(GIRL SCREAMS)
..deep wounds...

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MAN: It was the worst
I've ever seen.

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..and deadly surprises.

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MAN: The most venomous creature
here at Bondi.

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I caught it!

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Whatever is thrown their way...

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What the hell?

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Oh, my God,
he's still wearing socks.

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..this band of brothers lives
by one motto...

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Thank you. Saved my life.

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..every swimmer goes home safe.

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My friend is alive!

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This time on Bondi Rescue -

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a man pulled unresponsive
from the surf...

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No pulse, no breathing,
no signs of life.

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..and...
Hello.

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..Reidy's back...
I hope you're a good swimmer.

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..blowing a lot of hot air.

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(BREATHES INTO RADIO)

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Ta-ta-ta!

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# Take me back to the sweet times

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# 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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It's Bondi's biggest summer in years.

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Hot, clear days have sent
crowd numbers through the roof.

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We love Bondi!

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More people means more rescues.

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Make sure you stay
right in the middle of the flags.

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Stay nice and close to shore
where you can stand.

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Bondi's rescue hotspots are
the South End

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and the notorious Backpackers' Rip,

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with Central and North Bondi
considered much safer.

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This afternoon, nowhere is safe.

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Walk straight in
and down to the red and yellow flag.

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The entire kilometre-long beach
has become a lifeguard's nightmare.

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A strong outgoing tide causing
several powerful rips.

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We had probably...

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I think it was seven to eight rips
across the beach.

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It was pretty much one of the most
dangerous days I've seen at Bondi,

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in probably over 10 years.

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Troy.

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Straight in front, buddy.

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Quick as you can.

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(CHATTER ON RADIO)

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There was a gentleman
floating across the bank,

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head down.

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I was waiting for him to put
his head up and take a breath of air

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and do some movement,

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and then he didn't move.

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(HORN HONKS)

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By the time Noah arrives,

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Troy has already joined
the rescue effort.

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And when I got there,

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a member of the public's
taken our lifeguard board out.

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And was trying to put him
onto the board

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so they could carry him
back to shore.

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He's foaming from the mouth.

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And I could see no signs of life.

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I was pretty much the last person
to get a handle on the board

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and help carry him in.

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KC's role is to set up
the defibrillator,

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but he can't leave the tower
unattended.

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In that situation,
we were lucky we had Jack

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who could take over the tower.

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Off-duty Jack is
suddenly in the hot seat.

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Yeah.

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To be just thrown into the tower,
it was, you know, 0 to 100 for me.

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Keep going, keep going, keep going!

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When a major incident happens,

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you kind of know your roles
straight from the start.

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So, while we're out in the water,

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KC's getting all the defib
and oxygen ready.

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A defibrillator monitors the heart
and, if needed, delivers

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a powerful electric shock
to get it back into normal rhythm.

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He was probably
around about 160 to 180 kilos.

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Seeing it was low tide and he's been
washed onto that shallow bank,

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it was a lot easier for us
to get back in.

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Otherwise, I don't know
how we would have got him back in.

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Put him down, put him down!

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No-one knows what happened

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or how long the man was face down
in the water.

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Every second is critical.
MAN: He's breathing.

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So, we've rolled him onto his side.

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No, he's not.

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We've drained the fluids out.

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Check his pulse.

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A bystander says
he's a medical professional

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and tries to take control
of the situation.

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MAN: OK. OK, you can do. Yeah.

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Troy is having none of it.

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We can't be sure
that this person is a doctor.

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So what we do is trust the training
that we've been put through.

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23, 24, 25.

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And we also know
that we can work well as a team

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to bring this person back to life.

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KC dries the patient's body

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so Noah can attach
the defibrillator pads.

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My role was to look after the head,
make sure the airways were open.

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When you've got a big patient,
you know, it can be quite difficult.

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You've got to use
a lot of your strength.

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And I would have broken
one or two ribs

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just to get the oxygen
pumping around

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to try to kick-start
the brain and the heart.

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They can't touch the patient
in case the defib delivers

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its strong electric shock.

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(PEOPLE TALK INDISTINCTLY,
DEFIB MACHINE GIVES VOICE UPDATES)

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With Troy, KC and Noah
all on the resus,

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there's only one other lifeguard
for the whole beach.

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JACK: It was super dangerous,
lots of rips running.

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Will was 200m away.

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We could have another five people
drowning at once.

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At that moment, Will has got
problems of his own at North Bondi.

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There's people in dangerous spots

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while everybody's focused
on the resus.

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I made the call.

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(ALARM BLARES)

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There are rare occasions
where we can use a shark alarm

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for something else,

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such as clearing the water
for a mass rescue or a first aid.

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Alright? Make sure it's dry.

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Troy starts
another two-minute round of CPR.

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Don't worry about the radio.

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The patient's body spasms.

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When you're doing compressions
on someone,

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there's electrical currents

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trying to pump the blood and oxygen
through the body.

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It can be body spasms.

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It can give a false sense

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that the person is
actually conscious and alive.

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In this case,
he was definitely still unconscious.

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Before this resuscitation,
I've had a pretty big day.

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I've done numerous amounts
of rescues across the beach.

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And so you're quite exhausted
already.

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DEFIB MACHINE: Continue.

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It's quite hard on the body
to press on someone at that size.

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With KC managing the airways,

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I figured that it was just going
to have to be me to swap over.

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It's been nearly five years
of working down here,

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and this is my first resus.

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There's foam coming out
of his mouth,

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no pulse, no breathing.

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It's pretty intense.

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A man has been pulled lifeless
from dangerous surf.

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No pulse, no breathing.

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23, 24, 25.

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There's foam coming out
of his mouth.

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It's pretty intense.

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DEFIB MACHINE: Continue.

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It's Noah's turn to step up.

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It's been nearly five years
of working down here,

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and the time has come.

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It's his first resus.

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The defib puts out a metronome.

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You just follow that beat
for the compression.

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But the background noise

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and the adrenaline and the chaos
of it all, I just couldn't hear it.

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So I just had the song
by the Bee Gees,

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Stayin' Alive, in my head.

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OK, one take.

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It's perfectly in time,
which is really ironic.

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Finally, a sign

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that their desperate efforts
aren't in vain.

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I could just start seeing
a little bit of a rise and fall

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in his stomach.

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We've rolled him onto his side
into the recovery position,

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and the whole crowd starts clapping.

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(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
I'm trying.

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It just shows that there is a lot
more awareness out in the public.

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They knew he was conscious,

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they knew
we've got him back to life.

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We've done it.

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DEFIB MACHINE: Continue.

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Once you see that person
open their eyes,

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you definitely get a bit
of goose bumps through your body.

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Like, you just... Yeah, you...

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It's a great feeling.

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It's... There's nothing better.

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(SIREN BLARES)

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(CAR HORN BLARES)

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When the paramedics arrive,

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we've done what we can do
to give this patient

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the best chance of survival.

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PARAMEDIC: We just need your arm.

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Lifeguards have no time to rest
or reflect on what's just unfolded...

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Get out of the water.

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Don't swim here.

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..other lives are still at risk
up and down the beach.

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I've just got to reset this beach

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and make sure no-one else
is going to drown,

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or something else will happen
on the beach.

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The patient from Sydney is thought
to have suffered a medical episode

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in the surf.

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He has since made a full recovery.

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JACK: I don't know if there's ever
going to be a textbook resus...

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..but I feel
like we got pretty close that day.

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Working in first aid, we learn
about the chain of survival.

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Early recognition -
so, we saw the patient very quickly,

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early access
to advanced medical care,

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which, you know, we got him
onto the ambulance straightaway,

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early CPR and early defibs.

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As the chain of survival goes,
it was pretty good.

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(APPLAUSE)

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I'm really happy that my first resus
was a positive outcome.

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(PEOPLE TALK INDISTINCTLY)

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KC: You reset the kits
and make sure you're going again,

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get everyone back in place,
and you move on.

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Keep moving forward.

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TROY: I think
you can always get better.

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You can always improve.

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But when I look back
at that resuscitation,

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it was an incredible job.

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Everyone should be very proud
of themselves.

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Today, Bondi welcomes back
a familiar face.

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Andrew Reid, or Reidy, has returned
after a two-year break.

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Just another reminder - try and stay
out of this hole, please.

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Yeah, I've been off for two years
on parental leave.

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Three beautiful children,

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and the last two were
pretty close together,

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so wanted to spend time
with the kids while they were young.

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(SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY)

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Reidy has been a fixture at Bondi
for nearly 20 years.

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Yeah, a lot's changed.

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Back in the day, I had blonde hair,
which was made even blonder

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by Coca-Cola and lemon,

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that I used to put in it!

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I'm probably
one of the older dogs now.

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I still try and keep fit, but.

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I could probably run rings
around a lot of the younger blokes.

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It's good to be back
on the beach, eh?

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It's good to have you back, bro.
Oh, thanks, mate.

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It's a very lovely thing
of you to say.

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For Will, the novelty
of having Reidy back on deck

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could soon wear thin.

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There's no-one like Andrew Reid.

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(WHISTLES) Don't go in that hole!

255
00:14:59,240 --> 00:15:01,840
Guys, you'll 100% appear
on Bondi Rescue

256
00:15:01,840 --> 00:15:03,280
if you swim in that hole.

257
00:15:03,280 --> 00:15:05,720
Really good on a megaphone,

258
00:15:05,720 --> 00:15:08,400
Reidy never shuts up.

259
00:15:08,400 --> 00:15:10,600
Guys, there's
two 'dangerous current' signs.

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Not one, but two.

261
00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:15,560
You can't have missed both of them,
surely.

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I try and make my megaphone
announcements fun and interesting.

263
00:15:18,080 --> 00:15:21,160
Guys, spin around. Have a look
at those two yellow signs.

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The swimmer and the cross.

265
00:15:23,200 --> 00:15:25,520
But there is a serious reason
behind it,

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because I genuinely don't
want them to drown.

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Me saying, "No, no, no, no, no,"

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00:15:29,920 --> 00:15:33,480
that means no, no, no, no, no.

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If I can get them out of the water
and down to the flags,

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I've been successful.

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And like any good performer,

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Reidy always makes sure
to check the mic

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before starting his routine.

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Before Reidy makes an announcement,

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he makes three blows
into the megaphone.

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So... (BLOWS THREE TIMES)

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(BLOWS INTO MICROPHONE THREE TIMES)

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00:15:58,880 --> 00:16:00,080
(BLOWS THREE TIMES)

279
00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:01,880
(BLOWS THREE TIMES)

280
00:16:01,880 --> 00:16:02,880
(BLOWS THREE TIMES)

281
00:16:02,880 --> 00:16:03,880
(BLOWS THREE TIMES)

282
00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:05,400
(BLOWS THREE TIMES)

283
00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:07,000
Hello.

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I hope you're a good swimmer.

285
00:16:09,280 --> 00:16:11,200
We're about to find out.

286
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You never want to talk into
the megaphone when it's not working.

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00:16:13,960 --> 00:16:16,240
So I always give it a quick...
(BLOWS THREE TIMES)

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..and then off we go!

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Reidy's also been known
to try a spot of rescue commentary,

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unfortunately for Will.

291
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Seen a rescue that needs to be done,

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I keep hearing
the same whining voice,

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00:16:30,400 --> 00:16:31,960
but I can just make out
what he's saying.

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And it said something
along the lines of, uh...

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00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:43,600
Actually, Will's been
a Bondi lifeguard for six years.

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Basically put me to the sword
in front of everyone.

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And then he decided to end with...

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(APPLAUSE)
(CHUCKLES)

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I liked him better
when he was on daddy leave.

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Reidy's got
so many years of experience,

301
00:17:04,920 --> 00:17:07,080
he's a fantastic lifeguard,

302
00:17:07,080 --> 00:17:09,480
he is a good bloke and I've got
a lot of time for Reidy.

303
00:17:09,480 --> 00:17:11,920
I just wish he didn't talk as much.

304
00:17:16,240 --> 00:17:20,080
Reidy is experienced enough
to know when to get serious.

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00:17:23,200 --> 00:17:25,400
A man has been swept off a sandbank

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right in front
of this central lifeguard tower.

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He was heading out in this rip,

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which we'd done
a few rescues in already.

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(MAN SCREAMS)

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He went from floating
to climbing the ladder

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and drowning within seconds.

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(MAN SCREAMS)

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He was screaming his head off,
going under.

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(MAN SCREAMS)

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00:17:48,520 --> 00:17:50,880
Yeah, you've just got to get out
there as quick as you can.

316
00:17:54,720 --> 00:17:58,080
With the patient unable
to keep his head above water...

317
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Oh, shit.

318
00:17:59,480 --> 00:18:00,800
..there's not a second to lose.

319
00:18:16,640 --> 00:18:20,960
A man is caught in a strong rip
right in front of the central tower.

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Reidy rushes to the rescue.

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00:18:28,720 --> 00:18:30,120
Oh, shit.

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00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:34,520
But suddenly...

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..loses his board.

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REIDY: Just got
this double upshore-y.

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Literally, it just exploded on me,

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and I tried to hold the board

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00:18:47,120 --> 00:18:49,120
and it twisted my shoulder
right around,

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00:18:49,120 --> 00:18:51,480
and I felt my ligament tear
a little bit.

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As the swimmer struggles
to stay afloat,

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Reidy loses vital seconds
recovering the board.

331
00:19:00,120 --> 00:19:01,840
Losing the board can definitely be
the difference

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between life and death.

333
00:19:05,520 --> 00:19:06,920
Oh, wow.

334
00:19:06,920 --> 00:19:08,720
Lucky for me,
as it happens at Bondi,

335
00:19:08,720 --> 00:19:10,160
there's so many surfers around -

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00:19:10,160 --> 00:19:12,680
a surfer got to him in time
and all was good.

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00:19:25,280 --> 00:19:26,760
When I got to him
and got him on the board,

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he was definitely scared.

339
00:19:32,840 --> 00:19:33,840
He was pretty close.

340
00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:36,280
I reckon he probably had another
30 seconds left in him.

341
00:19:47,080 --> 00:19:48,320
Gotta be careful.

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00:19:58,520 --> 00:20:01,240
Oh, he was screaming!

343
00:20:01,240 --> 00:20:04,160
He just started to panic,
obviously, very quickly.

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00:20:04,160 --> 00:20:06,640
And then this little sucker,
I try to get under it,

345
00:20:06,640 --> 00:20:08,360
and then it just...

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00:20:08,360 --> 00:20:10,840
Lost the board,
which is a cardinal sin.

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00:20:10,840 --> 00:20:12,360
I owe the boys a case of beer.

348
00:20:12,360 --> 00:20:13,880
You know it's bad.

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00:20:13,880 --> 00:20:18,120
Reidy doesn't have time to dwell
on his mishap with the board...

350
00:20:18,120 --> 00:20:20,920
Just swim straight back to shore.
You're swimming against the rip.

351
00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:24,040
..there's always another swimmer
to save.

352
00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:36,520
68-year-old Chris might be
from California,

353
00:20:36,520 --> 00:20:38,240
but he's not much of a beach boy.

354
00:20:41,920 --> 00:20:44,400
He said... (US ACCENT) "Oh, man,
I screwed up, I screwed up.

355
00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:45,400
"I went in the wrong spot."

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00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:47,200
And I was like, "Oh, mate,
it's alright. It's all good.

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00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:49,040
"You have,
but that's what we're here for."

358
00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:51,000
And this is why we love
doing this job.

359
00:20:55,600 --> 00:20:56,800
I think I'm OK.
No worries.

360
00:20:56,800 --> 00:20:58,360
I'm OK.
You're good.

361
00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:04,200
Look, I got everybody excited!

362
00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:05,360
Even my wife.

363
00:21:05,360 --> 00:21:07,720
I haven't seen her that excited
for a long time.

364
00:21:09,040 --> 00:21:11,200
If Reidy was hoping
to ease his way back in

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00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:13,280
after a two-year break,

366
00:21:13,280 --> 00:21:15,960
Bondi didn't get the memo.

367
00:21:15,960 --> 00:21:17,280
It was a big day for me.

368
00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:19,240
A good little initiation
back to the beach.

369
00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:22,520
Hey, boys, let's get everyone
over to the sand bank, please.

370
00:21:22,520 --> 00:21:23,800
You go from doing nothing,

371
00:21:23,800 --> 00:21:25,720
you're just sitting around
having a laugh with the boys

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00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:27,000
to, like, rescue, rescue, rescue!

373
00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:28,040
And then it's...

374
00:21:28,040 --> 00:21:30,440
Your muscles aren't really
warmed-up.

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00:21:30,440 --> 00:21:33,200
Yeah. It's just... That's Bondi.
(CHUCKLES)

376
00:21:39,400 --> 00:21:42,200
(PSYCHEDELIC SIREN BLARES)

377
00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:44,800
There's no point burying your head
in the sand.

378
00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:47,800
When it comes to weird
and wonderful sights,

379
00:21:47,800 --> 00:21:50,160
Bondi always delivers.

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00:21:55,960 --> 00:21:59,760
WILL: I was with Tommy in the tower
and I looked north.

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00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:03,320
I just saw this bloke standing
with two creatures.

382
00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:11,320
What are these things?

383
00:22:19,480 --> 00:22:23,560
Something is causing a stir
on the promenade at Bondi.

384
00:22:23,560 --> 00:22:27,200
I just saw this bloke standing
with two creatures.

385
00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:32,520
What are these things?

386
00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:40,160
My name's Adam,
and I'm just walking my ferrets.

387
00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:45,360
Down here on the beach,
we've seen dogs,

388
00:22:45,360 --> 00:22:47,880
we've seen cats, we've seen rabbits,

389
00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:49,200
horses,

390
00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:51,720
alpacas...

391
00:22:51,720 --> 00:22:53,360
Ferrets?!

392
00:22:53,360 --> 00:22:55,640
I love ferrets.
I think they're great pets.

393
00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:59,400
They like to run along the beach,
have a bit of a dig.

394
00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:02,560
They like to chase the seagulls.
They're little carnivores.

395
00:23:04,560 --> 00:23:07,000
My history with ferrets
is slim to none.

396
00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:09,440
No, I've never seen
anyone with a ferret before.

397
00:23:09,440 --> 00:23:11,400
That's so cool, man. (CHUCKLES)

398
00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:12,840
I didn't know you could put them
on a leash,

399
00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:14,320
I didn't know
you could own them as a pet.

400
00:23:14,320 --> 00:23:16,800
Everyone stops
to ask you what they are.

401
00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:19,200
Because he lives
in a small apartment in Bondi,

402
00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:20,920
he can't have a dog,

403
00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:24,360
so he skipped out on the cat
and decided to go for ferrets.

404
00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:28,600
When they are sleepy,
they just kind of lay on the ground

405
00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:30,080
and refuse to move.

406
00:23:31,440 --> 00:23:32,960
That's why I've got the bag!

407
00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:34,960
Cart them home.

408
00:23:34,960 --> 00:23:37,520
Nothing surprises me anymore
down at this beach.

409
00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:40,960
If someone showed up
with their pet flamingo...

410
00:23:42,440 --> 00:23:44,600
..I'd just say, "This is Bondi."