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Lifeguard lessons

SAFETY EDUCATION
Celebrity lifeguard
Trent ‘Maxi’ Maxwell is I can’t wait to meet
swapping Bondi for the beaches everyone and inspire
of Cairns as part of his water the next generation
and fire safety crusade.
of lifeguards and first
Words: Renee Cluff responders
As a lifeguard on the hit television show
Bondi Rescue, Trent Maxwell is known Trent Maxwell He will also be available for community
Director
for being a hero of the sand and sea. Live Learn Survive events at local libraries and schools to
He started volunteering at the tender teach both water and fire safety.
age of 16 and remains the youngest ever “My education program is becoming a The television star is no stranger to
professional lifeguard to patrol the world- community. We put the kids at the heart the Far North. In 2013 he rode a jet
famous beach. of every decision we make and we know it ski from Sydney to Cairns as part of a
Now aged 29, he’s also a firefighter, is changing lives.” campaign to reduce stigma surrounding
children’s book author and director of Maxi will be holding a beach safety clinic mental health.
education program Live Learn Survive. at Ellis Beach Surf Life Laving Club on 26
It’s for this latter role that he’s visiting June and again the following day at the MORE: lifeguardmaxi.com.au
Cairns nippers at the end of June. Cairns SLSC at Palm Cove.

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