Coogee Lifeboat

A lifeboat at Coogee Beach in January 2010

Australian for life

A surf lifesaving poster seen in a shop window in Ulladulla, NSW in January 2013. If we can't see you we can't save you

Surf rescue lifeguard

A surf rescue lifeguard at Clovelly, Sydney in November 2010

Surf rescue

A surf rescue vehicle at Clovelly, Sydney in November 2010

Surf rescue boat

A surf rescue boat off Tamarama in Sydney in November 2009

Smashing surf

A surf rescue boat and a huge swell at Tamarama in Sydney in November 2009

Priceless

Great sign at the Tamarama Surf Lifesaving Club, Tamarama, Sydney, in November 2009

Saving a life

Surf lifesavers training at Tamarama, Sydney, in November 2009

Surf rescue training

Surf lifesavers practising on the beach at Tamarama, Sydney, in November 2009

Surf rescue

Surfer with a surfboard on the beach at Tamarama, Sydney, in November 2009

Swim between the flags

Painted sign of Larry the lifeguard urging people to swim between the flags, taken at Coogee Beach, Sydney in August 2009

Lifesaving flag

Lifesaving flag at Coogee Beach, Sydney in August 2009

Surf rescue boat

A surf rescue boat at Coogee Beach, Sydney in August 2009

Up and away

Surf lifesavers training at Coogee Beach in Sydney in February 2008. Cool. I'd love to be on the dinghy when it goes over the waves like that!