Saving Lives at Bondi Beach

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pronounced Bond-eye,
not Bond-ee

Story of Lifesaving
Dangerous Environment
Popular but Risky
A New Club
Learning to Save Lives
Training and Tests
Competitions
Helping Other People

The Story of Surf-Lifesaving

Bondi Beach is a very famous beach in Sydney. Bondi started the first surf lifesaving club in the world.

Surf Life Saving Organisations now operate in 26 countries around the world. No-one set out to start a world-wide organisation. It started with people simply helping each other.

 

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Visit the Bondi Surf Club web site for more stories. Many thanks to Brent at the Bondi Surf Club for the use of their logo. There are many more stories on their web site.

Back to the Front Page "At the Beach", a PRACE Language Learning Project.
(» © Copyright »). Text by Anne Dunn. Base URL (web address) is http://www.vicnet.net.au/~prace/beach/