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Prime video. That is it for us

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(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

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OSHER GUNSBERG: On Bondi Rescue...
Just hold them up, buddy.

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..the first rescue
for some junior lifeguards.

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It was all him. It was all him.
Wow! How good, bro?

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Come in here.

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And a first for Jackson.

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I'm feeling a bit nervous
at this point,

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but I'm gonna have to do it.

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A search is on.

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A man capsized near cliffs.

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Just miss it by a wave
is life or death.

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(HELICOPTER WHIRRS)

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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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(WAVES LAP GENTLY)

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'Boondi'...

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..a local Indigenous word meaning

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'the noise made by sea waves'.

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(WAVES CRASH)

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I'm doing the welcome today

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on behalf of the Bidjigal people

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and the Gweagal people.

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I must acknowledge
the Gadigal people as well,

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who have also been here
for many, many generations

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since first sunrise, first day.

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This place is as much yours
as it is ours.

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My culture is your heritage

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and we need to look after it...

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..together.

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(CLAPPING STICKS CLAP)

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TROY: January 26,

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and this is a different way
of celebrating Australia Day.

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(DIDGERIDOO PLAYS)

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It's the inaugural Reflection Day.

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It's a sign of reflecting on
the past

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and putting hope into the future.

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This is the first time this has ever
happened down at Bondi.

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Change is important. You know,
it's not a day of celebration.

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It's more a day of
reflect and respect

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and acknowledgement to
the oldest culture in the world.

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Troy Quinlan grew up at Bondi.

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It's also in his blood.

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As a lifeguard, you know, you really
respect the area and the elements

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and the culture around the area.

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So it's just an amazing experience.

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After the ceremony,
I met with Kevin on the beach

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and he ended up doing
the smoking ceremony.

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I felt a little bit of goosebumps
when it was happening.

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(DIDGERIDOO PLAYS)

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That's quite special and it's
kind of a way of a new start.

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Really big honour to be a part of.

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Yeah.

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And it's come from a good place.
Yeah.

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We got to do it in your office.
Yeah!

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(BOTH LAUGH)

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Thank you.
Thanks, brother.

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Enjoy the rest of your day.
You too.

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Thanks, mate.
Thanks.

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(LAIDBACK MUSIC)

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Today definitely shows that
there is change in the air

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and I'm proud to be
part of the change

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and, yeah, could say proud to be
an Australian.

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(UPBEAT MUSIC)

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HOPPO: It's a public holiday today.
It's a big crowd.

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North Bondi is just really
chock-a-block at the moment.

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It's gonna be 30-odd degrees today.

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A lot of people out in the sun.

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So we need to be on the ball,

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not only in the water
but also on the beach today.

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ALL: We love Bondi!
(GIRL SHRIEKS)

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My bikini only comes out one day
a year and here's my booty.

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(LAUGHS)

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Sun's out. There's a great crowd
here. What's there not to like?

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Just means coming to Bondi Beach

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and wearing a banana outfit,
you know?

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Bondi is a circus.

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But sometimes performances go wrong.

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We met him yesterday, so... (LAUGHS)

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Captured on his friend's phone.

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Pressure is on.

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And then...then he...
(BLEEP)!

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(BOTH LAUGH)

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(LAUGHTER)

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(OMINOUS MUSIC)

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JACK: See this guy did a backflip
and messes it up

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and he's sort of stayed
on the ground.

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Has he done something to himself?

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I thought he was
just mucking around.

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He was getting filmed by the girls.

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And I'm like, "Oh, no, this is
serious. He's hurt himself."

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So, buddy, what's your name, sorry?

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Jacob.
Jacob.

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I'm not too worried
because he's sitting up,

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he's grabbing at his ankles,

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so it rules out a spinal injury.

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Jacob, can you push?
Uh...yeah.

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Little bit? How hard?

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Oh, it hurts right now.

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Like, out of 10, with, like,
10 being the worst pain ever,

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one being nothing.

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Six maybe.
OK, pull.

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Pull, pull, pull, pull, pull, pull.
Uh, yeah, that hurts.

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Do you think it's broken?

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I think it's just a sprain
and a lot of swelling.

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I reckon you'd be in a lot more pain
if it was broken.

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Peacocking and sort of blokes
that age down here

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can be a bit of
a recipe for disaster

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'cause they like to act
macho and tough.

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I was doing a backflip,
but I landed like kinda bad.

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Poor Jacob didn't look tough
when he was on the ground

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with his ankle in the air.

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(GIRLS AND JACOB SPEAK INDISTINCTLY)

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He's gonna be fine,
but his biggest bruise

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is probably gonna be to his ego.

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My favourite thing to do on
Australia Day is go to the beach.

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(KIDS SCREAM)
You can celebrate being Australian.

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Australia's just a good country
and I love it.

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(SHRIEKS) Yeah! Yeah!

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A day at the beach is one of
the great Australian traditions.

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At Bondi, generations of kids

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have been inducted into
the joys of the surf.

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There's a strong surf culture
down here

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which starts at a very young age.

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You just have to look out here
at any given day

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and you'll have kids
from two years and up

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just getting amongst it.

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Young surfers have
their own Aussie slang.

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They're called grommets or groms.

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That's been around forever,
that word.

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We were grommets.

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Um, my son's a grommet.

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I started surfing down here at North
Bondi when I was four years old.

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That's kind of where
my love of surfing started.

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Yeah, look where I ended up.

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Today, surfers of all ages revel
in the swell.

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But the rips are no fun for swimmers.

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I just had this feeling
that it was gonna get busy.

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So I'm watching the south corner...
(WOMAN SCREAMS)

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..and I just hear this scream.

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Oh, shit. Wait, wait, wait, wait.

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And looked around, and sure enough,
there was two people in trouble.

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The notorious Backpacker's Rip
strikes again.

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Chappo has seconds to decide
whether to paddle out.

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They were screaming,
so they were panicking.

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They were in trouble.

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You know, and they can fatigue
really quickly.

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So I had to get out to them quickly.

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Before I could even get the board
off the buggy,

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two very unlikely people
came to the rescue.

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Lifeguards aren't always
the closest people.

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Often, it's surfers in the water.

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When people start to panic,

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seconds can be the difference
between life and death.

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Surfers are our friends,
but this one's pretty crazy.

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CHAPPO: There's two people
in trouble about 50 metres out

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in Backpacker's Rip.

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OSHER: Before Chappo gets out,

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two surfers come to the rescue.

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As surfers, we just help anyone
in trouble

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when they're in the ocean.

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We learn that at an early age.

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A young grommet surfer
has used his board

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to keep the drowning swimmers afloat.

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When I got there, the little grommet
had passed them the board

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and he was basically performing
the rescue for me.

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A father and daughter
cling to the grommet's board.

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The father was really breathless.

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It was pretty impressive that

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these two little grommets,
when they're in there,

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just to be aware that
they were in trouble.

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That's hard enough in itself,

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let alone actually
performing a rescue.

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And so I thanked the boys
and then I took over

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and I don't think I did a great job
at it, just quietly. (LAUGHS)

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# Now give it a beat... #

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Yeah, he's got two on the board.

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The kid with the rash on
is facing him.

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Yeah, he's doing the good old
traditional, unconventional rescue.

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So awkward!

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I don't even know what position
you call that.

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It's sideways, upside down,
back to front.

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It's great entertainment.

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We get a bit of a laugh out of it.

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The grommets just carried on surfing
after the rescue and...

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..and I just wanted
to congratulate them

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on basically saving
these two people's lives.

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Local legends Freddy and Yocham

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eventually emerge to debrief
on their heroics.

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Was that your first rescue?
Oh, yeah.

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First rescue?
Yeah.

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How old are you?
10.

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Wow! (LAUGHS)

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What a fantastic rescue.
It was all him. It was all him.

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It was all him? It was all you.
He just called me after it.

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Maybe you can be a lifeguard
one day, huh?

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Y-yeah.

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Yeah, we'll give 'em a little
Aussie hero status, for sure.

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It's a great story.

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Chappo got them both on.

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And, like, which is
really, like, challenging

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because it's a...

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Like, it's a big board, but for
three people, that's really hard.

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Plus with the big rip
going out there as well.

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And then Chappo brang them
a little bit that way

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and then they got a wave in.

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They did save the day,

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and there's a lot of good kids
coming up, great surfers,

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turning into great little watermen

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and, um, you know,
the future's looking bright.

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Thanks for the chat. Sweet.
See ya.

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TROY: It's the end of the day

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and we haven't had too many
incidents on the beach.

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Usually down here
on the 26th of January,

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you'll see across the beach people
partying and just going crazy

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and today it was
completely different.

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It was more of a day of
reflect and respect.

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Hopefully it never goes back
to the way it used to.

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Bondi's lifeguards
are elite watermen.

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As first responders, they also need
to be highly trained at first aid.

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Minor cuts and abrasions,
bandaging, fin chops -

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we're expected to know
how to do all of it.

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Somebody let go of their board
and their fin got me in the finger,

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so it sliced it right open.

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While most situations are minor,

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no-one knows better than Jackson
that a potentially fatal emergency

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is never far away.

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I've been here nine years now
and I've seen some heavy stuff,

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picking up some bodies
out of the water.

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I've been unfortunate enough
to lose a couple of patients.

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It certainly takes its toll,
but it's all a part of the job

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and a part of what we do
as a big team.

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Yeah? Yep, buddy.

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I was sitting in the tower.

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I sort of just heard a bit of panic
coming from behind the gate.

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MAN:

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Yes?

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MAN:

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JACKSON:

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Come in here.

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Thank you.

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The first thing I noticed
when I saw her,

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she had quite blue lips

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and a distinct, like, rash on...
all over her back.

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00:12:07,280 --> 00:12:11,360
14-year-old Chelsea and her parents
are visiting from South Africa.

250
00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:12,840
So what's happened?

251
00:12:12,840 --> 00:12:15,400
MAN:

252
00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:16,600
OK.

253
00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:18,080
Has she got any allergies at all?

254
00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:19,600
WOMAN:

255
00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:22,520
We needed to work out
what had happened to her.

256
00:12:22,520 --> 00:12:24,400
We needed to use
a process of elimination.

257
00:12:26,720 --> 00:12:28,880
WOMAN:

258
00:12:31,920 --> 00:12:35,360
Beardy and Jackson need answers fast.

259
00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:37,600
She's having a reaction.
Her lips are all swollen up.

260
00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:40,080
Yep. Have you been in the water?
No.

261
00:12:40,080 --> 00:12:42,960
We asked whether
she was in the water

262
00:12:42,960 --> 00:12:44,600
or anything she'd been
in contact with.

263
00:12:44,600 --> 00:12:45,880
Ambulance.

264
00:12:45,880 --> 00:12:47,920
Bondi Beach.

265
00:12:47,920 --> 00:12:49,920
It's the lifeguard tower.

266
00:12:49,920 --> 00:12:53,760
Can you feel any restriction
breathing in your throat?

267
00:12:53,760 --> 00:12:55,360
We aren't getting the answers
we needed,

268
00:12:55,360 --> 00:12:57,880
so we're just trying to work out
what it is.

269
00:12:57,880 --> 00:13:00,640
Then crucial information
from Chelsea's dad.

270
00:13:04,920 --> 00:13:06,200
Oh, OK, yeah.
Yeah.

271
00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:09,200
Dad tells us she's had prawns.

272
00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:11,800
So straightaway,
for me, anaphylaxis.

273
00:13:11,800 --> 00:13:15,480
Yeah, I think probably maybe
a bit of anaphylaxis to it.

274
00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:18,400
Yeah, we can have an EpiPen.
We've got an EpiPen there.

275
00:13:18,400 --> 00:13:19,520
With the EpiPen,

276
00:13:19,520 --> 00:13:21,120
you put that straight into
a patient's leg

277
00:13:21,120 --> 00:13:23,200
and that administers
life-saving adrenaline.

278
00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:25,840
We're gonna call the paramedics
to come down.

279
00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:28,320
We do all the training down
at the beach with the EpiPen,

280
00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:30,360
but I've actually never administered
the pen before.

281
00:13:30,360 --> 00:13:32,680
It's not an easy technique.

282
00:13:32,680 --> 00:13:35,160
Both the ends actually look
quite similar.

283
00:13:35,160 --> 00:13:37,800
There's a button on one end.

284
00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:39,680
And if you put it in the wrong way,

285
00:13:39,680 --> 00:13:42,000
you get the needle
straight in the thumb.

286
00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:44,360
And it is a thick-gauge needle.

287
00:13:44,360 --> 00:13:48,360
I was about to give her the pen
and I was reading the instructions

288
00:13:48,360 --> 00:13:49,480
on the proper technique.

289
00:13:54,040 --> 00:13:55,920
I'm feeling a bit nervous
at this point.

290
00:13:55,920 --> 00:13:59,040
I honestly think I'd be better off
paddling out in 8-foot surf

291
00:13:59,040 --> 00:14:00,680
trying to pick up a patient.

292
00:14:00,680 --> 00:14:02,080
But I'm gonna have to do it.

293
00:14:07,240 --> 00:14:08,600
JACKSON:

294
00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:09,800
MAN:

295
00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:11,160
OK.
Two hours.

296
00:14:11,160 --> 00:14:15,800
OSHER: 14-year-old Chelsea has been
rushed to the tower by her parents.

297
00:14:15,800 --> 00:14:19,640
Lifeguards suspect she's suffering
an allergic reaction

298
00:14:19,640 --> 00:14:22,240
after eating prawns
for the first time.

299
00:14:22,240 --> 00:14:24,480
BEARDY: Anaphylaxis, food, seafood.

300
00:14:24,480 --> 00:14:25,720
We're administering an EpiPen.

301
00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:27,720
Chelsea's finding it quite hard
to breathe

302
00:14:27,720 --> 00:14:30,240
and her airways are actually
beginning to close up.

303
00:14:30,240 --> 00:14:32,680
Yeah, we're just gonna give you
an EpiPen.

304
00:14:32,680 --> 00:14:35,160
This is the first time
I've used this EpiPen.

305
00:14:35,160 --> 00:14:36,440
So I'm feeling a bit nervous.

306
00:14:38,200 --> 00:14:40,680
I've gotta get the adrenaline
straight into Chelsea

307
00:14:40,680 --> 00:14:42,760
while we've got the ambulances
on their way.

308
00:14:47,160 --> 00:14:48,560
Alright.

309
00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:50,080
This is interesting.

310
00:14:50,080 --> 00:14:52,720
MAN: It's OK, it's OK, it's OK.
(CHELSEA GROANS)

311
00:14:52,720 --> 00:14:55,760
One, two... That's alright. It's OK.
It's OK.

312
00:14:55,760 --> 00:14:57,560
Yep.
(PEN CLICKS)

313
00:14:57,560 --> 00:14:59,440
Yep.
There you go. That's OK.

314
00:14:59,440 --> 00:15:02,360
It'll make you feel better.
That's alright. That's alright.

315
00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:04,040
(GROANS)

316
00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:05,360
How are you feeling? Better?

317
00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:07,160
A little bit.
A little bit?

318
00:15:07,160 --> 00:15:09,120
Yeah.

319
00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:11,640
As soon as I administered
the pen into Chelsea's leg,

320
00:15:11,640 --> 00:15:14,520
within moments she was feeling
a thousand times better.

321
00:15:14,520 --> 00:15:16,560
CHELSEA:

322
00:15:16,560 --> 00:15:19,680
Well, it's a first for everything.
First time...

323
00:15:19,680 --> 00:15:21,680
It was the first time
I've given an EpiPen too.

324
00:15:21,680 --> 00:15:22,840
WOMAN: Oh! Wow.

325
00:15:22,840 --> 00:15:25,520
So I tried to act like I knew
what I was doing, but...

326
00:15:25,520 --> 00:15:27,360
Think we got it in there.
Just stuck in!

327
00:15:27,360 --> 00:15:28,360
(ALL LAUGH)
Yeah.

328
00:15:29,840 --> 00:15:31,560
You look like you're feeling
much better.

329
00:15:31,560 --> 00:15:33,320
Yeah? That's good.

330
00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:36,040
I know the next time that I'm facing
a situation like this,

331
00:15:36,040 --> 00:15:38,720
I'll be a lot calmer because
I know exactly what to do.

332
00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:42,400
The ambos feel as though
it's the safest thing

333
00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:43,880
to take her back to the hospital

334
00:15:43,880 --> 00:15:45,560
to make sure she's OK.

335
00:15:45,560 --> 00:15:48,480
Jacko's developing really well
as a lifeguard.

336
00:15:48,480 --> 00:15:51,480
He's really picked the reins up
and is tracking really well.

337
00:15:51,480 --> 00:15:53,680
That might be
her first and last prawn

338
00:15:53,680 --> 00:15:56,280
and hope she enjoyed it
because, um...

339
00:15:56,280 --> 00:15:57,800
Instead of the prawns,

340
00:15:57,800 --> 00:15:59,800
she might have to stick to
just the hot chippies.

341
00:16:04,480 --> 00:16:07,760
Serving as a lifeguard
is a dream for many

342
00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:12,000
but a reality for just a chosen few.

343
00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:14,480
For 21-year-old Chase,

344
00:16:14,480 --> 00:16:17,920
pulling on the famous Bondi blue
was his calling.

345
00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:21,840
I was 17 when I first started
down here and still at school,

346
00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:24,200
which was pretty lucky for me
to get this job

347
00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:27,880
and got to finish
my end-of-year exams

348
00:16:27,880 --> 00:16:30,760
while I was still working
down the beach on my breaks.

349
00:16:30,760 --> 00:16:33,080
Growing up in North Bondi,

350
00:16:33,080 --> 00:16:35,920
as groms getting little boards
and learning how to fish,

351
00:16:35,920 --> 00:16:38,280
it's a great privilege.

352
00:16:38,280 --> 00:16:39,800
And I get to work down here

353
00:16:39,800 --> 00:16:42,040
and start here at such
a young age on the beach.

354
00:16:46,320 --> 00:16:49,720
Today, the beach is no playground.

355
00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:52,840
The weather keeps swimmers away.

356
00:16:52,840 --> 00:16:56,600
But lifeguards know
emergencies can arise

357
00:16:56,600 --> 00:16:59,880
anytime, anywhere.

358
00:16:59,880 --> 00:17:01,880
We patrol not only Bondi Beach

359
00:17:01,880 --> 00:17:05,200
but an area that stretches
all the way up to Sydney Harbour -

360
00:17:05,200 --> 00:17:08,160
10km on a jet ski.

361
00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:10,080
Some of the biggest jobs
come around the corner.

362
00:17:11,160 --> 00:17:14,760
KC and Chappo have taken a call
from the water police.

363
00:17:17,640 --> 00:17:20,320
There's a report that there's
someone in the water

364
00:17:20,320 --> 00:17:22,200
who's fallen off their surf ski

365
00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:24,040
around at Diamond Bay.

366
00:17:25,120 --> 00:17:28,280
Diamond Bay is 3km north of Bondi,

367
00:17:28,280 --> 00:17:30,000
along the cliffs.

368
00:17:32,240 --> 00:17:34,960
Straightaway, our first instinct is
we've gotta launch the ski

369
00:17:34,960 --> 00:17:37,800
and...and hopefully get this person
while he's still alive.

370
00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:44,120
Yeah?

371
00:17:46,720 --> 00:17:48,240
OK.

372
00:17:48,240 --> 00:17:51,160
It takes us probably five minutes
to get around the corner,

373
00:17:51,160 --> 00:17:53,480
but we're a lot closer
than the water police

374
00:17:53,480 --> 00:17:55,080
right inside the harbour
on their big boats.

375
00:17:58,160 --> 00:17:59,160
Oh, OK.

376
00:18:00,960 --> 00:18:02,640
We're definitely pretty concerned

377
00:18:02,640 --> 00:18:05,440
because it was kind of the unknown
that we were going into.

378
00:18:05,440 --> 00:18:07,760
Just looking for a needle
in a haystack.

379
00:18:07,760 --> 00:18:10,120
We just know that the report's
looking for something green

380
00:18:10,120 --> 00:18:13,080
and hopefully that's the person
and not the ski.

381
00:18:13,080 --> 00:18:15,720
CHAPPO: You don't just come back to
a beach around there.

382
00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:18,520
You're in front of 30-metre cliffs,
so there's nowhere to go.

383
00:18:18,520 --> 00:18:20,840
You don't wanna get washed up
on the rocks.

384
00:18:20,840 --> 00:18:22,800
You don't wanna get eaten
by a shark.

385
00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:25,720
We don't know how long
he's been in the water for.

386
00:18:25,720 --> 00:18:29,200
And you're three or four kays' swim
to any beach.

387
00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:31,400
Waves are coming in over your head
on the jet ski.

388
00:18:31,400 --> 00:18:34,680
You've got that time and pressure
to get to them as fast as you can.

389
00:18:36,440 --> 00:18:37,960
Definitely scary.

390
00:18:37,960 --> 00:18:39,440
It's life or death.

391
00:18:43,560 --> 00:18:47,000
OSHER: A man has fallen off
a kayak or surf ski

392
00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:49,320
3km north of Bondi.

393
00:18:50,560 --> 00:18:52,440
If he's still alive,

394
00:18:52,440 --> 00:18:55,640
he risks being smashed
against the cliffs.

395
00:18:55,640 --> 00:18:57,680
It's a race against time.

396
00:18:57,680 --> 00:19:01,080
Worst-case scenario is not being
able to find him.

397
00:19:01,080 --> 00:19:02,920
You're looking for a needle
in a haystack.

398
00:19:02,920 --> 00:19:04,520
A little handle bobbing up
in the water.

399
00:19:04,520 --> 00:19:07,560
Just miss it by a wave when you've
got the ocean, when it's that rough.

400
00:19:09,120 --> 00:19:11,760
Chase has been searching
for over five minutes

401
00:19:11,760 --> 00:19:13,360
when the police arrive.

402
00:19:13,360 --> 00:19:16,400
That's when the police boat
finally meets me.

403
00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:18,440
CHASE:

404
00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:22,640
And I say, "Look, I've searched
this whole 200-metre area."

405
00:19:36,960 --> 00:19:38,520
I kinda let them go their way

406
00:19:38,520 --> 00:19:40,040
and they're following back my way.

407
00:19:40,040 --> 00:19:41,840
And I was like,
"I've already gone that way,

408
00:19:41,840 --> 00:19:43,440
"so I'll go back closer
to the cliff."

409
00:19:44,840 --> 00:19:46,640
And on my way back closer
to the cliff,

410
00:19:46,640 --> 00:19:48,560
I kinda see the green object.

411
00:19:49,960 --> 00:19:51,200
It's a person still floating.

412
00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:55,880
We both spotted the guy
right about the same time.

413
00:20:02,120 --> 00:20:03,840
And they threw the guy
straight on board.

414
00:20:06,040 --> 00:20:08,840
And they were very concerned about
him as he's been there for a while

415
00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:10,880
just bobbing
out in the middle of nowhere.

416
00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:16,960
CHASE:

417
00:20:18,480 --> 00:20:19,760
Got him.

418
00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:22,680
CHASE:

419
00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:32,440
Lifeguards learn the man is 53
and an experienced paddler.

420
00:20:35,840 --> 00:20:37,600
Swept off his ski by a wave,

421
00:20:37,600 --> 00:20:40,760
he swam a kilometre to Diamond Bay,

422
00:20:40,760 --> 00:20:43,120
hoping to make it onto a ledge.

423
00:20:43,120 --> 00:20:45,720
But the swell was too dangerous.

424
00:20:45,720 --> 00:20:47,880
When he was found,

425
00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:51,400
he'd been in the water
nearly two hours,

426
00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:54,440
saved by his green life jacket

427
00:20:54,440 --> 00:20:57,240
and a dog walker
who called the police.

428
00:20:57,240 --> 00:20:59,720
It's pretty lucky that someone
ended up finding him.

429
00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:01,320
Otherwise he could've been there
for days.

430
00:21:02,920 --> 00:21:06,920
The man was treated for hypothermia
and well enough to go home.

431
00:21:10,840 --> 00:21:14,040
A new dawn brings a new adventure.

432
00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:20,640
On a day off, Chase heads out
on his own jet ski

433
00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:23,440
with fellow lifeguard
and fishing buddy Max.

434
00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:31,680
So on my days off,
I always go fishing.

435
00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:33,960
But this day was just
unlike any other.

436
00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:36,760
We tried going out as far
as we could - about 30km out.

437
00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:40,760
There's just dolphins
jumping everywhere.

438
00:21:40,760 --> 00:21:43,160
They were pretty much catching
the wake of our jet skis

439
00:21:43,160 --> 00:21:44,840
and riding them like waves.

440
00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:46,520
Magical.

441
00:21:46,520 --> 00:21:48,360
It was so beautiful to see.

442
00:21:50,240 --> 00:21:54,520
Oh, my God, that thing's huge!

443
00:21:54,520 --> 00:21:57,400
Max caught his first fish, and I'm
driving over to help Max out.

444
00:21:57,400 --> 00:22:00,320
But as I'm driving,
my rod starts going as well.

445
00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:01,760
Whoa! Yes!

446
00:22:01,760 --> 00:22:04,160
Ohh! I need...
(SHOUTS INDISTINCTLY)

447
00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:05,520
Ooh-hoo-hoo!

448
00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:08,640
Max is screaming to help me land
his fish, but I'm on mine too.

449
00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:10,360
Ohhh!

450
00:22:10,360 --> 00:22:11,920
Yeah!

451
00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:13,440
Yeah, both at the same time.

452
00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:15,600
Double-hooker! Yee-hoo-hoo!

453
00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:17,640
I wanna land my fish.
He wants to land his.

454
00:22:17,640 --> 00:22:19,320
(MAX SCREAMS)
Ohhh!

455
00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:21,840
Oh! (LAUGHS)

456
00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:24,040
We got two very nice mahi-mahis.

457
00:22:24,040 --> 00:22:27,520
Max's was the biggest one the pair
of us had caught for a while.

458
00:22:27,520 --> 00:22:30,320
And I was looking at his going,
"Oh, my God, how good's that?"

459
00:22:30,320 --> 00:22:31,800
And then my one come up.

460
00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:33,360
(SCREAMS)

461
00:22:33,360 --> 00:22:35,640
Yeah!
Ohhh!

462
00:22:35,640 --> 00:22:38,640
My one was, I think,
1.4, 1.5 metres long.

463
00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:41,240
Which was about 12 kilos.

464
00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:43,120
You don't get that every day.

465
00:22:43,120 --> 00:22:45,480
(MAX AND CHASE CHEER)

466
00:22:45,480 --> 00:22:48,080
It's as Aussie as it gets
when you can come down,

467
00:22:48,080 --> 00:22:50,520
be able to cook up
fresh seafood on the beach.

468
00:22:50,520 --> 00:22:52,400
Fish tacos tonight, eh?
Yeah!

469
00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:53,640
You're gonna love this.

470
00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:55,800
That's unreal.

471
00:22:55,800 --> 00:22:58,160
Nothing better than fresh fish.
Mm-hm.

472
00:22:58,160 --> 00:22:59,200
Nailed it?
Nailed it.

473
00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:01,000
Mm-hm. Yep.

474
00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:03,480
That was epic.
The best.

475
00:23:05,080 --> 00:23:07,640
The world we live in now,
everything's so easily accessible.

476
00:23:07,640 --> 00:23:10,040
So it kind of reflects back to when

477
00:23:10,040 --> 00:23:12,560
people used to have to catch
and cook their own food.

478
00:23:12,560 --> 00:23:15,440
Being able to hunt for your own food
and cook it up,

479
00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:18,320
yeah, definitely brings it back
to what they used to have to do

480
00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:20,520
with the traditional owners
of this land.

481
00:23:20,520 --> 00:23:23,240
That is disgusting...
(LAUGHS)

482
00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:24,640
..disgustingly good.

483
00:23:24,640 --> 00:23:26,200
(ALL LAUGH)

484
00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:28,040
OSHER: Next time...
(WOMAN SCREAMS)

485
00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:29,200
This is drastic now.

486
00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:31,320
..when things go wrong...

487
00:23:31,320 --> 00:23:33,000
We need to go to the last resort.

488
00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:34,240
And...
Go!

489
00:23:34,240 --> 00:23:36,280
..lifeguard against lifeguard...

490
00:23:36,280 --> 00:23:38,520
Go.
It's on like 'Donkey Kong'.

491
00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:40,920
..with a dirty trick uncovered.

492
00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:43,200
There's been a disqualification.
(PEOPLE ROAR)

493
00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:47,760
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