RNLI lifeguards have been saving lives in Western Australia as part of the International Lifeguard Exchange scheme.

Leon Bennett and Harry Parsons, who usually patrol in Cornwall, saw in the New Year with very similar rescues on Yallingup beach. On 1 January, Leon helped rescue a man and his two children (aged 5 and 8) from a strong rip current. The next day, Harry saved a 6-year-old girl and her father from a rip in the same place.