Thursday, 14 November 2024
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Albert Park electorate surf lifesaving clubs
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Albert Park electorate surf lifesaving clubs
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Nina TAYLOR (Albert Park) (10:11): With summer pending I wanted to salute the terrific efforts of our surf lifesaving volunteers of the 2023–24 season, considering their patrols are about to kick off again. So for the St Kilda Life Saving Club: Shayan Gundwadena, Simon Lewis, Alexander Aloshi Hopfner, Andrew Ronaldson, Benjamin Wayne, Dr Michael Powderly. For the South Melbourne Life Saving Club: Finton Collins, Sebastian Collins, Lachlan Hirth, Greg Jones, Silvana Mandial, Alistair Nolan, Ben O’Mahoney and Nick Vouk. Then for the Port Melbourne Life Saving Club – and, I should say, some 200 to 300 hours as well – over 18 members: Tia Passon, Nick Strang, Jessica Monahan, Joseph Mersieka, Phoebe Brown, Andrew Kanay, Katherine Kanay, Belinda Jiel, Benjamin Gray, Imogen Cooper, Darell Gill, Fiona Carl, Armando Bretton, Brett Armstrong, Tara Scott, Joshua Pryor and Malcolm Hyde. And then for under-18 members: Isabelle Wright, Ruby Mersieka, Tom McFarlane, Eloise Barnes, Ruby Webb and Suzy Pollard. I found out yesterday that there is a wonderful Beachsafe app. It means you can look to see where the patrols are on, because we know that if you swim between the flags you are not going to drown. That is the safest place to be when in the water, and we encourage everyone to do that over summer.