Intro & Welcome Sad news last weekend with the loss of life at Ben Buckler/Mermaid Rocks on Saturday around 5:45pm. This incident demonstrates how rapidly something can go wrong. The review for this incident will include evaluation of the surf warnings and ways to ensure tourists are aware of the risks. On Sunday night we saw a team […]
Bondi Surfer No. 101
Photo: Christmas Day 2019 at Bondi with Baldock’s PM patrol. Intro & Welcome The Clubhouse has returned to normal after the high energy Bushfire Relief activities. However, the Club is still committed to supporting the South Coast Surf Clubs in their community rebuilding activities. This will include: providing relief patrols to the South Coast Clubs when requested to […]
Bondi SBLSC Kayak Auction
Bondi SBLSC Kayak Auction The Bondi Surf Bathers Life Saving Club is auctioning off a hand-crafted wooden kayak to raise funds for bushfire relief on NSW’s south coast. The kayak was crafted by a man who lost his own home to bushfires 35 years ago and took more than 600 hours to build. He saw […]
Bondi Surfer No. 100 – Special Edition
Bushfire Support Special Edition #2 We know the RFS teams have had many busy weeks and are still working hard. The forecast is that heavy rain on Thursday should extinguish many fires and allow a move from emergency to recovery. As lifesavers we generally have an important but relaxed duty. We walk up and down […]
Bondi Surfer No. 99 – Special Edition
Bushfire Support Special Edition These last few weeks we have been amazed and proud of our South Coast Surf Clubs who have been the ultimate examples of the lifesaver spirit. Confronted with a situation beyond all control they provided sanctuary, support and services to a whole region. Many of our members experienced this support directly. […]
Bondi Surfer No. 98
Intro & Welcome It was so good to see the Surf Rescue Certificate team graduate last weekend. Along with the Shark Baits and Lightning Bronze this means we now have over 500 active lifesavers with 35% under the age of 18. This means the Youth section of the club is strong, but it needs help, […]
Bondi Surfer No. 97
Friday morning Ins and Outs – aka Love Squad – has gained its own paparazzi. The featured shot is from last Friday and they’ve also featured twice on Aquabumps. Intro & Welcome Summer is almost upon us and it has been great to see our patrols looking so strong and capable on the beach. Every […]
Bondi Surfer No. 96
Photography: Paul Howard Intro & Welcome Thanks to the 202 people who took the time to update us on how the Club is performing. This represents over 18% of our membership and is a great response rate, so thank you all. The Net Promotor Score was +67 (up from +64 in 2016) – this is […]
Network 10 in Partnership with Bondi Surf Bathers Life Saving Club
We are so proud to announce our partnership with Network 10 for the 2019/20 season! “Hey, Bondi, welcome to the Daily Bailey weather wall. The forecast where you get it all and we are proud pumped and privileged, Network Ten, to be in partnership with the Bondi Surf Life Saving Club. Bondi. The most […]
Bondi Surfer No. 95
Intro & Welcome The season begins! This Saturday the flags will be raised for another season. Thanks to everyone who has worked so hard over the past couple of months to be ready for this day, especially the Lifesaving team who have had to raise two new patrols, integrate Patrol Logging and Swaps apps, setup new Patrol iPads […]