1 00:00:01,200 --> 00:00:04,640 # Take me back to the 2 00:00:04,640 --> 00:00:06,480 # The hot nights 3 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:08,440 # Everything's gonna be alright 4 00:00:08,440 --> 00:00:10,480 # In the summertime 5 00:00:10,480 --> 00:00:12,880 # Baby, in the summertime 6 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:15,200 # That is where I'll be. # 7 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:26,720 It's Christmas Eve. 8 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:29,760 Bondi is usually heaving with holiday-makers. 9 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:33,800 But today, no-one wants to be here. 10 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:37,520 There's a couple of people around. I can't believe they're down here. 11 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:40,160 We just want to go home, see our families 12 00:00:40,160 --> 00:00:43,480 but we're stuck down here in this horrible, horrible weather. 13 00:00:43,480 --> 00:00:46,160 It was threatening to rain all day and now it's really coming down. 14 00:00:48,680 --> 00:00:49,960 Wet! 15 00:00:55,160 --> 00:00:58,560 MAN: You've got a river running through the middle of Bondi! 16 00:00:58,560 --> 00:01:00,520 Poor old Santa's gonna be wet, isn't he? 17 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:02,200 Huh? And it's Christmas! 18 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:08,000 Torrential rain is flooding the beach 19 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:09,680 and the lifeguard tower. 20 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:15,960 It was a weird one. Everything just came down at once. 21 00:01:16,960 --> 00:01:19,240 It was one of those different storms that come through, 22 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:21,040 that come down in volume. 23 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:23,160 It instantly wiped out the tower, the tunnels - 24 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:25,680 everything just filled up, right up. 25 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:28,960 This storm came right through before one of the busiest days of the year. 26 00:01:28,960 --> 00:01:30,640 Our tower's got everything we need, 27 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:32,800 all our equipment, all our safety gear, all our rescue gear, 28 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:34,600 so we knew everyone had to kick into gear 29 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:37,000 and make sure everything was ready for the next day. 30 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:41,000 I saw Chappo - he was head-to-toe in sand, wet 31 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:42,480 and he was digging with a shovel, 32 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:45,320 trying to make a trench through the whole middle of the beach. 33 00:01:45,320 --> 00:01:48,840 Looked like hard work so I thought I'd come up with a new idea. 34 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:56,400 I thought, why not throw the buggies in two-wheel drive 35 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:58,600 and see if we could make a couple of trenches with that. 36 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:04,320 So we ended up, all the crew on shovels 37 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:07,040 and then having the buggies just rip through the sand. 38 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:14,400 It's working, eh? Yeah. 39 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:29,200 CHAPPO: You know, we'll get this done 40 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:31,200 and the boys won't be so flooded in the morning. 41 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:42,160 MAN: Beautiful day down here, on Christmas Day. 42 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:45,240 We've had...some pretty average weather in the last 24 hours, 43 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:47,720 some of the heaviest rain I've ever seen in Bondi. 44 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:50,520 You wouldn't know it, after seeing the sunrise this morning, 45 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:52,120 how beautiful the conditions are. 46 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:54,360 It's a sunny day. I think we'll be getting a big turn-out. 47 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:04,640 NARRATOR: People come from across the world for a Bondi Christmas. 48 00:03:05,640 --> 00:03:08,680 Like British couple Chrissie and Gary. 49 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:12,520 Christmas barbecues on the beach - it's not right. (LAUGHS) 50 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:15,640 I need to have snow! It's normally minus-10 and snow. 51 00:03:15,640 --> 00:03:19,240 They have a soft spot for the boys in light blue. 52 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:23,880 Thanks so much. 53 00:03:23,880 --> 00:03:26,000 We always said we wanted to come on Christmas Day 54 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:28,920 and give them a present - not many people say thankyou for what they do 55 00:03:28,920 --> 00:03:31,240 and they spend so many hours here, even... 56 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:32,720 Even after hours. 57 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:34,360 ..after they're supposed to work. 58 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:36,480 Just appreciation. Unreal. Have a good one. 59 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:39,800 Free food never lasts long in the tower 60 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:44,080 but the lifeguards won't have time to enjoy their Christmas feast. 61 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:51,480 Today they expect around 20,000 revellers. 62 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:52,880 ALL: Merry Christmas! 63 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:54,760 Happy Christmas! 64 00:03:54,760 --> 00:03:56,320 Merry Christmas! 65 00:03:56,320 --> 00:03:58,640 Merry Christmas from Bondi! 66 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:00,240 (CHEERING) 67 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:02,200 (LIVELY MUSIC PLAYS) 68 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:05,440 MAN: The majority of people at the beach today 69 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:07,680 are tourists having a Christmas away from home, 70 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:09,560 so everybody's out here for a swim, which is great - 71 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:11,160 we love having people down here - 72 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:12,840 but yeah, the rips are pulling, 73 00:04:12,840 --> 00:04:14,720 people are swimming in the wrong spot... 74 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:16,360 (MUSIC CONTINUES) 75 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:17,840 A lot of non-swimmers 76 00:04:17,840 --> 00:04:20,680 and it's every chance it could be chaos this afternoon, absolutely. 77 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:29,920 Faddy has been a lifeguard at Bondi for six years. 78 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:32,360 I love everything about it - your office is at the beach, 79 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:34,200 I work with friends, 80 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:36,800 get to give back to the community and help people, I get to keep fit - 81 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:39,440 yeah, it's really... it's a blessing, this job. 82 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:43,320 He's no stranger to the chaos 83 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:47,200 but this is his first Christmas Day on duty. 84 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:49,960 The beach is gridlocked, everyone's down here having fun 85 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:53,400 but no-one's really paying attention to the rules as much as normal. 86 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:01,880 Tommy spots a swimmer struggling in front of the tower. 87 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:05,680 Jack and Eddie take a closer look. 88 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:13,120 I got the call from Eddie... 89 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:18,080 ..and there was a guy just, sort of, face-down in the water 90 00:05:18,080 --> 00:05:20,200 but still, sort of, flapping his arms. 91 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:21,800 It was really bizarre 92 00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:23,280 and he was sort of signalling for help 93 00:05:23,280 --> 00:05:25,320 but he just wouldn't pull his head out of the water. 94 00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:28,760 Hey. Hey! 95 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:30,680 People that aren't familiar with the beach, 96 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:33,000 when they get themselves in trouble, do strange things. 97 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:35,560 I almost thought, at any moment he would...started sinking. 98 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:38,320 I haven't had many situations 99 00:05:38,320 --> 00:05:40,880 where the patient looks like they're not gonna make it. 100 00:05:40,880 --> 00:05:42,960 Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go! 101 00:05:42,960 --> 00:05:44,560 Grab him! Grab him! 102 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:47,400 Jack heads out on the board to back up. 103 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:51,640 (WHISTLES) Out! Out, out, out, out, out, out. 104 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:55,720 Oi! Oi, oi, oi! 105 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:58,480 I pulled up next to him on the jet ski 106 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:00,440 and got to just where I could reach him 107 00:06:00,440 --> 00:06:01,960 and grabbed him by his hair 108 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:03,920 and pulled him up to the side of the ski. 109 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:10,560 To my surprise, he was conscious. 110 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:18,600 Kind of tried to reassure him a little bit. 111 00:06:19,840 --> 00:06:21,640 Coming, I'm coming, I'm coming. 112 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:24,240 Just due to the nature of it and the way he was behaving, 113 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:27,920 made the decision for me to pass him on to Jack on the rescue board. 114 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:31,280 It's a bit easier 115 00:06:31,280 --> 00:06:33,480 to manage a patient, when they're a little bit limp, 116 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:35,760 on a board rather than one person on a jet ski. 117 00:06:36,760 --> 00:06:38,920 As I passed the patient on to Jack... 118 00:06:38,920 --> 00:06:40,680 Take him straight in, Jack. 119 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:43,280 I looked up and seen a set wave coming straight at us. 120 00:06:43,280 --> 00:06:46,080 Luckily I've had time to let go of the patient and hit the trigger 121 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:48,200 and gas over the wave on the jet ski 122 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:51,000 but Jack didn't have that luxury - he had no motor 123 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:53,680 and a patient that was essentially dead weight. 124 00:06:57,520 --> 00:06:59,280 Oh, no! Oh! 125 00:06:59,280 --> 00:07:00,880 Oh, Jack! 126 00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:09,760 NARRATOR: Christmas Day. 127 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:13,080 but it's a battle to bring him back to shore. 128 00:07:14,160 --> 00:07:17,160 I looked up and seen a set wave coming straight at us. 129 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:20,440 I've just given Jack an absolute hospital pass. 130 00:07:24,200 --> 00:07:25,840 Oh, no! Oh! 131 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:28,800 Oh! 132 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:37,480 He did a good job to re-gather him, 133 00:07:37,480 --> 00:07:39,680 because it was deadweight in the impact zone of the surf. 134 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:42,360 Yep, yep, yep, yep. 135 00:07:42,360 --> 00:07:43,960 You can't plan for everything. 136 00:07:43,960 --> 00:07:45,800 The aim of the game is to keep people safe - 137 00:07:45,800 --> 00:07:48,960 in this instance, it was get a drowning man back to shore alive 138 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:50,680 and Jack did the job. 139 00:07:50,680 --> 00:07:52,160 Let's get in. 140 00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:56,080 Out, out, out, out. 141 00:08:05,680 --> 00:08:08,200 It is nice to feel like you've made a difference. 142 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:12,240 And those sort of days, you really do. 143 00:08:12,240 --> 00:08:14,760 I mean, if we weren't there, that guy probably would have died. 144 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:23,040 NARRATOR: It's a Bondi tradition 145 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:26,120 to show your Santa style on Christmas Day. 146 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:29,640 But there's only one real man in red. 147 00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:31,920 Santa! 148 00:08:32,920 --> 00:08:35,720 Hello! Merry Christmas! 149 00:08:35,720 --> 00:08:39,720 Santa has been visiting Bondi since the 1940s. 150 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:43,160 Though never quite like this. 151 00:08:43,160 --> 00:08:44,480 (KIDS CALL OUT) 152 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:49,960 Harries is off-duty... 153 00:08:49,960 --> 00:08:51,400 and off-balance. 154 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:53,720 Oh! Whoa! 155 00:08:58,040 --> 00:09:00,960 This has to be the greatest day in lifeguarding, 156 00:09:00,960 --> 00:09:03,200 when someone turns into Santa 157 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:06,240 and they have the best day of their life. 158 00:09:06,240 --> 00:09:07,840 (KIDS CALL OUT) 159 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:12,120 It's so beautiful to just see families and kids go wild 160 00:09:12,120 --> 00:09:13,600 when they see Santa. 161 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:15,600 What have we got here? 162 00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:17,080 Oh! 163 00:09:17,080 --> 00:09:21,440 When the lollies came out, they just went absolutely wild. 164 00:09:21,440 --> 00:09:23,680 There was no room for moving, for Santa. 165 00:09:23,680 --> 00:09:25,160 Oh! 166 00:09:25,160 --> 00:09:27,800 Oh! Ohhh! 167 00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:31,200 The kids piled on top of me. 168 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:32,880 I was just looking up, going, 169 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:34,840 "There's way I'm getting out of this." 170 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:36,960 It felt like I was in a UFC gym. 171 00:09:36,960 --> 00:09:38,800 (KIDS CLAMOUR) 172 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:39,880 Oh! 173 00:09:58,880 --> 00:10:00,600 Oh-ho! 174 00:10:09,760 --> 00:10:11,560 Bye! 175 00:10:18,720 --> 00:10:22,200 Mid-afternoon and thousands of families have flocked to the beach 176 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:24,800 to test out their new Christmas toys. 177 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:26,560 (SQUEALS) 178 00:10:27,760 --> 00:10:31,760 The lifeguards' first priority is to keep swimmers safe 179 00:10:31,760 --> 00:10:35,240 but the sand is also swarming with kids. 180 00:10:38,040 --> 00:10:41,080 11-year-old Alan has lost his mum. 181 00:10:41,080 --> 00:10:43,400 Hey, um...do you know her phone number? 182 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:45,040 Yeah, I know it? You know her phone number? 183 00:10:45,040 --> 00:10:46,640 Yeah. Good work. 184 00:10:46,640 --> 00:10:48,240 That's set. Here you go, mate. 185 00:10:49,240 --> 00:10:53,280 On days like this, to locate a missing kid's parents, 186 00:10:53,280 --> 00:10:55,520 you're gonna be looking for a needle in a haystack - 187 00:10:55,520 --> 00:10:57,080 there's so many people out there. 188 00:11:01,240 --> 00:11:05,240 Eddie sends Alan back to where he last saw his mum. 189 00:11:07,640 --> 00:11:10,960 10 minutes later, she arrives at the tower. 190 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:13,280 Alan? Hello. 191 00:11:17,960 --> 00:11:19,560 Thank you. 192 00:11:25,760 --> 00:11:28,600 After a terrifying 40 minutes, 193 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:31,160 mother and son reunite. 194 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:37,960 Yeah, I was freaked out and I couldn't find him 195 00:11:37,960 --> 00:11:40,960 and I saw the Westpac helicopter 196 00:11:40,960 --> 00:11:43,040 and the scary thought in my mind, 197 00:11:43,040 --> 00:11:45,040 I'm like, "What am I gonna do?" 198 00:11:52,680 --> 00:11:54,320 Thank you. You too. 199 00:12:01,520 --> 00:12:04,960 This is Tommy's second year as a lifeguard 200 00:12:04,960 --> 00:12:08,520 and the second away from his family. 201 00:12:08,520 --> 00:12:12,120 Christmas Day, every year, I get a photo with my kids. 202 00:12:12,120 --> 00:12:15,160 Down at North Bondi, they set a tree up. 203 00:12:15,160 --> 00:12:18,320 He's got four kids and gives up his whole Christmas Day 204 00:12:18,320 --> 00:12:20,040 to come down here and help out 205 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:22,480 and it just speaks volumes of the type of guy he is. 206 00:12:23,480 --> 00:12:27,360 As a former champion paddler, Tommy knows his way around a board. 207 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:32,400 Last year, he saved dozens of swimmers on Christmas Day. 208 00:12:32,400 --> 00:12:34,840 CHASE: Working with Tommy, I just had a great partner. 209 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:36,880 He's a legend. He's a legend in the community. 210 00:12:36,880 --> 00:12:38,480 Everyone knows him 211 00:12:38,480 --> 00:12:40,440 and he's got a start here as an older guy 212 00:12:40,440 --> 00:12:41,920 and that goes to say something, 213 00:12:41,920 --> 00:12:43,880 'cause not many people can get down here at his age 214 00:12:43,880 --> 00:12:45,360 and do what he's doing. 215 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:54,000 This Christmas, Tommy is already notching up the rescues. 216 00:12:56,600 --> 00:13:00,120 A group of swimmers are in trouble at Backpackers Rip. 217 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:03,120 Four people all need saving 218 00:13:03,120 --> 00:13:05,520 and Tommy has no back-up. 219 00:13:06,560 --> 00:13:09,680 Bringing in one swimmer on a board is tough enough. 220 00:13:10,880 --> 00:13:13,560 Tommy hauls in all four. 221 00:13:14,600 --> 00:13:16,360 He's got four people on his board. 222 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:21,320 To actually bring people in, four has to be the max. 223 00:13:21,320 --> 00:13:24,160 The most I've seen. It's solid. It's impressive. 224 00:13:27,480 --> 00:13:28,960 Alex and Amy from England 225 00:13:28,960 --> 00:13:31,960 are lucky their Christmas didn't end in tragedy. 226 00:13:34,240 --> 00:13:36,960 Must have got... Lost track of where we were. 227 00:13:36,960 --> 00:13:38,960 When we were trying to swim in, 228 00:13:38,960 --> 00:13:41,600 the wave would come over and then it would pull us back out 229 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:43,240 and we just felt helpless. 230 00:13:43,240 --> 00:13:44,520 We felt stuck 231 00:13:44,520 --> 00:13:46,560 and the sense of it all, running out of breath and energy. 232 00:13:46,560 --> 00:13:48,080 Couldn't get back to the beach. 233 00:13:51,920 --> 00:13:55,520 While the north end of Bondi is family friendly... 234 00:13:56,760 --> 00:13:58,960 ..the south is a danger zone 235 00:13:58,960 --> 00:14:01,120 for even the strongest swimmers. 236 00:14:04,440 --> 00:14:08,720 Tommy has spent most of his Christmas rescuing people from the south end. 237 00:14:10,960 --> 00:14:12,720 Mid-afternoon. 238 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:15,280 He sees a parent's worst nightmare - 239 00:14:15,280 --> 00:14:17,960 two children way out of their depth. 240 00:14:17,960 --> 00:14:21,560 I could just see a clubbie going to someone. 241 00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:24,960 From the beach, all I could see was floaties. 242 00:14:24,960 --> 00:14:28,600 One of the floaties I was looking at, I could just see the hat, 243 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:30,520 so I couldn't even see the head. 244 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:33,760 I went straight out. 245 00:14:36,640 --> 00:14:39,240 There was a clubbie there with the kids. 246 00:14:39,240 --> 00:14:42,000 I don't know how old the kids were, maybe four, maybe six. 247 00:14:43,680 --> 00:14:46,120 But it's just not where kids should be. 248 00:14:46,120 --> 00:14:50,000 It's real deep water and it just runs out so quick. 249 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:52,680 Those little things - they aren't gonna save anyone. 250 00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:57,120 All they're gonna do is mostly float them out through the rip. 251 00:15:00,320 --> 00:15:03,520 The children are oblivious to the danger they were in. 252 00:15:03,520 --> 00:15:06,960 Their parents are nowhere to be seen. 253 00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:12,320 What are these kids doing there? Who's responsible? 254 00:15:18,480 --> 00:15:22,040 I went around looking, with the kids, for the parents... 255 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:25,680 ..and just couldn't find anyone. 256 00:15:43,240 --> 00:15:45,440 the most dangerous rip at Bondi. 257 00:15:46,760 --> 00:15:49,720 The kids seem unaware of the close call. 258 00:15:51,080 --> 00:15:53,880 Tommy can't track down the parents. 259 00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:04,080 TOMMY: I can't leave my post. 260 00:16:04,080 --> 00:16:06,520 I knew where the parents were - they were up the hill 261 00:16:06,520 --> 00:16:08,760 but they weren't anywhere near the water. 262 00:16:08,760 --> 00:16:13,560 The parents - more than 200 metres from where their kids were swimming. 263 00:16:13,560 --> 00:16:16,520 They just left the kids - let the kids go. 264 00:16:16,520 --> 00:16:18,280 They nearly drowned. 265 00:16:18,280 --> 00:16:20,360 I can't go up, mate, but, um... 266 00:16:21,520 --> 00:16:25,320 I, um, get fired up because I've got four kids 267 00:16:25,320 --> 00:16:28,680 and when they're near the water, 268 00:16:28,680 --> 00:16:30,360 um... 269 00:16:30,360 --> 00:16:35,360 it's really important to know every second that...where they are. 270 00:16:35,360 --> 00:16:38,200 And these guys, they're not even anywhere near the beach! 271 00:16:38,200 --> 00:16:41,200 They're not even on the beach. They're up near the trees. 272 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:44,240 We're not baby-sitters down here, 273 00:16:44,240 --> 00:16:47,520 so if I had have got there any later - good chance they'd drown. 274 00:16:53,960 --> 00:16:56,680 South End is putting Tommy to the test. 275 00:16:56,680 --> 00:16:58,000 Coming! 276 00:16:58,000 --> 00:16:59,640 Within minutes, he's back in. 277 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:05,560 Two girls have been swept off a sandbank. 278 00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:10,120 A volunteer lifesaver is helping the women 279 00:17:10,120 --> 00:17:12,960 but he's also battling the rough conditions. 280 00:17:16,240 --> 00:17:18,280 Tommy arrives just in time. 281 00:17:20,160 --> 00:17:22,200 When I approached the girls, 282 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:23,720 they were pretty gassed. 283 00:17:23,720 --> 00:17:26,200 I got to the first girl... 284 00:17:27,320 --> 00:17:29,560 ..got her just holding on to the rope 285 00:17:29,560 --> 00:17:31,960 but she slowed me down from getting to the other one. 286 00:17:31,960 --> 00:17:33,720 The other one panicked. 287 00:17:39,200 --> 00:17:40,800 Panic just doesn't help. 288 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:43,000 Your body goes into this sort of shock. 289 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:44,800 You get all these negative thoughts, 290 00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:46,680 you get gassed really quick. 291 00:18:11,840 --> 00:18:13,720 With the swimmers still panicking, 292 00:18:13,720 --> 00:18:16,360 Jack swoops in on the ski to lend a hand. 293 00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:24,720 The jet ski was there, so one of the girls went on the jet ski 294 00:18:24,720 --> 00:18:27,320 and I put the other girl on the front of the board 295 00:18:27,320 --> 00:18:29,200 and we caught a little wave in. 296 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:30,720 Here! Jump on. 297 00:18:39,040 --> 00:18:40,600 She settled down. 298 00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:43,560 Like, once you're there with them and they're breathing again, 299 00:18:43,560 --> 00:18:46,560 you can see a change in their face 300 00:18:46,560 --> 00:18:48,720 and even their heart-rate drops and their breathing drops 301 00:18:48,720 --> 00:18:50,840 and...and they relax. 302 00:18:57,560 --> 00:18:59,760 At the end of the day, it's Christmas Day, 303 00:18:59,760 --> 00:19:01,600 you've got the adrenaline going. 304 00:19:01,600 --> 00:19:03,760 I really enjoy doing rescues. 305 00:19:03,760 --> 00:19:05,760 It's all happening, mate! It is, isn't it? 306 00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:07,520 This is what we live for. It's good! 307 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:12,480 I'm a bit smarter, I think, this year, 308 00:19:12,480 --> 00:19:14,840 um, with my time and energy. 309 00:19:14,840 --> 00:19:16,960 He's on fire. 310 00:19:16,960 --> 00:19:20,240 Tommy was just amongst it, doing double rescues, triple rescues. 311 00:19:20,240 --> 00:19:23,120 FADDY: Tommy's a new lifeguard but a really experienced waterman, 312 00:19:23,120 --> 00:19:26,160 so when he's patrolling a section of the beach, you just know it's safe. 313 00:19:26,160 --> 00:19:30,880 Last year, Tommy saved Christmas Day and this year, he's done it again. 314 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:44,400 doesn't mean you miss out on the action. 315 00:19:45,840 --> 00:19:48,600 Sometimes, the action comes to you. 316 00:19:49,760 --> 00:19:51,320 From Hollywood hunks... 317 00:19:51,320 --> 00:19:53,120 Bondi Central to all lifeguards. 318 00:19:53,120 --> 00:19:55,320 It's David Hasselhoff. 319 00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:57,720 ..to uninvited guests. 320 00:19:57,720 --> 00:19:59,920 Gonna be our new pet. 321 00:19:59,920 --> 00:20:01,760 Call him Chips. Chips the leech. 322 00:20:01,760 --> 00:20:03,920 When that bell goes... 323 00:20:03,920 --> 00:20:06,040 (BELL CHIMES) MAN: I'm on it. 324 00:20:06,040 --> 00:20:08,920 ..they never know who or what might be waiting. 325 00:20:10,040 --> 00:20:12,000 Hey! How are you? 326 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:15,560 There was a mother and her son and the son was holding a bucket. 327 00:20:16,560 --> 00:20:19,680 Young Raphael has made a rare find... 328 00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:25,120 ..something Harrison has never seen at Bondi. 329 00:20:25,120 --> 00:20:26,800 I don't know - I thought that, you know, 330 00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:29,360 maybe he might have caught a little fish or something in the rock pool 331 00:20:29,360 --> 00:20:31,640 and he just wanted to show me and it was pretty cute. 332 00:20:32,640 --> 00:20:35,680 All I could see was a couple of shells, a bit of seaweed 333 00:20:35,680 --> 00:20:37,400 and all of a sudden, 334 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:40,680 I saw the most venomous thing you could ever find down here at Bondi. 335 00:20:41,840 --> 00:20:46,000 A beautiful - and deadly - blue-ringed octopus, 336 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:49,880 fresh from the kids' pool at North Bondi. 337 00:20:49,880 --> 00:20:51,400 I caught it! 338 00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:53,080 WOMAN: He did and he... 339 00:20:55,480 --> 00:21:01,240 Blue-ringed octopus venom is 1,000 times more toxic than cyanide. 340 00:21:01,240 --> 00:21:06,240 One bite contains enough venom to kill 26 people. 341 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:12,800 Raphael seemed pretty cool, calm and collected 342 00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:14,520 with such a deadly creature. 343 00:21:14,520 --> 00:21:16,120 However, his mum, on the other hand, 344 00:21:16,120 --> 00:21:18,480 knew this had to be handed in to the lifeguards. 345 00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:23,920 I don't know. 346 00:21:23,920 --> 00:21:25,840 Let's go put it back in the ocean, eh, Will? 347 00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:27,800 Harrison takes charge 348 00:21:27,800 --> 00:21:30,560 with Operation Re-house Henry... 349 00:21:30,560 --> 00:21:32,360 Sit down here, mate. 350 00:21:34,440 --> 00:21:37,440 ..this time, well away from the kids' pool. 351 00:21:39,080 --> 00:21:42,000 If anyone finds a blue-ringed octopus at Bondi, 352 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:44,240 it's where they live and it's their home. 353 00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:46,240 However, if it is in the kids' pool, 354 00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:48,120 probably best to let the lifeguards know 355 00:21:48,120 --> 00:21:50,240 and, uh, we'll put it back in the ocean. 356 00:21:51,680 --> 00:21:55,240 Being a lifeguard here for 11 years, I think I've seen it all. 357 00:21:55,240 --> 00:21:59,040 Nah. The blue-ringed octopus - that takes the cake.