Tommy Williams loves his job as a lifeguard.
The 23-year-old spends his summers at the Woolamai Beach Surf Life Saving Club clubhouse with his fellow lifesavers and friends and his office is a lifeguard tower overlooking the surf.
Having been …
Category: Lifesaving Operations
Four members of Life Saving Victoria’s (LSV’s) multicultural engagement program are preparing to hit their first milestone as lifesavers, with the aim to complete their Surf Rescue Certificate (SRC) this December.
Abbas Mirzayee, Atifa Rezaei, Mahdi Mousavi and Anoushka Jithesh …
It may be off season for Victoria’s volunteer lifesavers but Waratah Beach Surf Life Saving Club’s Marine Search and Rescue Service (MSAR) unit, including MSAR Coordinator Daniel Millton are still operating during the cooler months.
The MSAR unit responds to …
While Victoria’s 57 volunteer lifesaving clubs have taken down the red and yellow flags until season 2021-22, the Westpac Lifesaver Rescue Helicopter Service will still be on standby ready to help as required.
This wouldn’t be possible without our incredible …
Life Saving Victoria thanked its volunteers for their efforts during season 2020-21 at its annual Valuing Volunteers Evening, held at URBNSURF Melbourne.
The Valuing Volunteers Evening concluded National Volunteer Week, a week where LSV takes the time to thank its …
For a swimmer caught in a rip or struggling in the sea, the sight of Life Saving Victoria’s Rescue Water Craft (RWC or jet skis) hurtling through the waves to assist is most welcome.
Being so agile in the surf …
James Coutie has one of the more unusual roles of LSV’s volunteers, as our Chief Remote Pilot.
The Point Lonsdale SLSC member oversees using drones to perform beach surveillance and mapping as part of a modern water safety initiative.
Giving …
Hamish McKendrick is one of our valued volunteers who helped keep Victorian swimmer safe during season 2020-21, spending his summer patrolling the Mornington Peninsula.…
After five months, Victoria’s 57 life saving clubs have taken down the red and yellow flags for the last time in 2020-21, marking the end of the state’s longest and busiest lifesaving season to date.
The extended season, which was …
Lifesavers have turned Victorian beaches pink in a series of Pink Patrols to celebrate Life Saving Victoria’s (LSV’s) female leaders this International Women’s Day.
Led by females, the majority female or all female patrols symbolise the importance of women in …