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Professor Rob Brander, aka ‘Dr Rip’, is a coastal scientist, beach safety researcher and science communicator in the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of New South Wales in Sydney where he leads the UNSW Beach Safety Research Group. He has studied beaches for over 35 years starting in Canada where water temperatures convinced him to move to Australia in 1993 and do his PhD on rip currents at the University of Sydney. He has published over 100 scientific articles and book chapters on coastal science and is the author of the best selling book 'Dr Rip's Essential Beach Book'. Rob began his popular community beach safety education program ‘The Science of the Surf’ in 2001 and gained the nickname ‘Dr Rip’ for his habit of releasing harmless purple dye in rip currents to educate people about this important hazard. He is a past recipient of an Australian Museum Eureka Prize for Promoting Understanding of Australian Science Research and enjoys bodysurfing very much. He is a Life Member of the Tamarama Beach Surf Life Saving Club and in January 2023 was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for his service towards beach safety education and research.
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It’s birthday week for Maxi and would you believe his birthday is also National Situational Awareness Day, a phrase he has said over a million (maybe) times as we have travelled around schools. Leig has been out and about and met the incredible PCYC Emergency Services Cadets and saw the Aqua Accessibility program launched by our friends at Bay Island Water Sports in Brisbane who have made water activities inclusive for everyone which is just amazing. Enjoy this weeks catch up with Maxi and Leigh.
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So excited to finally talk about the 2nd edition of the Maxi the Lifeguard paperback books and share that Book 1 will be back out in time for Christmas, we could not be more excited to share the newly illustrated book that will get a new lease of life. This weeks tip is all about making sure new never enter the water without a floatation device and we also talk about stepping out of your comfort zone, we promise it will be worth it.
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5 years ago one of our Live Learn Survive water safety talks in Scarborough, England led a young girl to join her local Lifesaving Club in Retford, Nottingham. This week she completed at the Inter-Club segment of the Lifesaving World Championships on the Gold Coast, obviously we had to go and find her and meet the rest of the club. These are the stories that make us so proud, Leigh has promised to visit the club when she heads back to Nottingham next year.
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Even when the sun is shining, open water can be VERY cold is the Tip of the week and Maxi learnt this himself this week going out for a swim at Bondi, make sure you are always prepared and have the right clothing and equipment for the conditions. Some great news this week as both Leigh and Maxi were able to meet up in person with our friends from the Santa Theresa Lifeguards in Costa Rica as we met and welcomed them to Brisbane and Sydney.
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It was back on the road this week with flights and ferry rides, we were so happy to be visiting more schools thanks to the generosity of corporate sponsors and our own Live Learn Survive charity from our Creating Little Superheroes February event. We also travelled over to the Southern Moreton Bay Islands which rewarded us with the most epic sunset sail home, we hope this week has been great for you all too.
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Celebrating 7 years, today it’s officially Live Learn Survive’s birthday, the day it was officially registered and became an entity, and what a fantastic 7 years it has been, we have loved all of it and today celebrate every child we have every had the privilege to meet. To everyone who has every cheered us on, donated their time and support to us we are truly grateful, so here’s to the next 7 years, where we promise to keep making learning fun.
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Honestly, we think our Dad jokes got better this week, but that might just us being optimistic ha! Make sure you take time to rest is our tip of the week and we congratulate the amazing government in Zambia that thanks to offering freed education have seen over 2 million extra children educated since 2021, how amazing is that!
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Maxi has had a run of house fires call from his Fire Station, which if you are a regular listener you will know Leigh calls it the Action Station as it’s not stop, so this week we send out a reminder to make sure you make fires safe, or switch them off before you go to bed. We also send a shout out to our friend Mike Burton who 365 days ago set him self a challenge and this week he completed it, enjoy this catch up with Leigh and Maxi.
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Bringing the spirit of the Olympics to the podcast this week and cheering on all the athletes with their efforts and sportsmanship but we are celebrating too! After our trip to the Maranoa region we received the best message on Friday saying they had heard 3 children go home to their families to talk about getting smoke alarms in their homes, great works kids you get the gold from us, we are SO proud of you.
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Over 1000kms to Outback Queensland in 3 days to visit 6 schools in the week of World Drowning Prevention Day! Why? Because in Australia more people drown inland than they do at the beach. Our promise at Live Learn Survive was education for every child, not matter their location and what fun we had, we hope you enjoy this recap of a few days in a wonderful part of Australia making new friends.
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The band is back together, Leigh is back from the UK and shares a few stories about meeting some of the very special people who supported our 42 challenge last year. This week Leigh and Maxi are about to hit the road and head out inland to South Western Queensland visiting schools along the way, donating books and meeting some amazing people doing great work in their community.
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Tommy Richardson is the lead for Open Water Safety within Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service’s Education and Engagement Department. He is a serving Firefighter and Swift Water Rescue Technician within Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service with 19 years of service, in addition to having been an active Water Safety Advocate for many Years. In the 2018 New Year’s Honours list, Tommy received his Queens Fire Service Medal for his passion and dedication in raising awareness of the dangers in and around open water throughout the UK. Tommy collaborates with many organisations across the UK, including RoSPA, RNLI, RLSS and NFCC in their aims to deliver Life Saving Water Safety Awareness, and reducing the number of incidents and fatalities that occur in and around open water.
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Today we are joined by Matt Lawson of Surfing NSW and Surfers Rescue 24/7. Surfers Rescue 24/7 is a Surfing NSW aquatic safety program initiative aimed at saving lives in and out of the water through education, training and preparedness. Surfers, who are in the water year-round from dawn to dusk are often the first responders in aquatic emergencies. With less than 5% of our beaches patrolled, we know that surfers play a vital role in saving lives and are often the unsung heroes in countless lifesaving rescues. The Surfers Rescue 24/7 board rescue course is a two-part coarse that teaches surfers and ocean users CPR and specialised rescue techniques using their surf craft to save lives in emergencies. The rescue techniques have been developed and endorsed by NSW Professional Lifeguards, The Australian Lifeguard Service and some of the world’s most elite surfers, including World Champions Mick Fanning, Layne Beachley, Mark Richards and Kelly Slater and is supported by the NSW State Government.
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Earlier this year Mike Burton was a guest on our podcast, Leigh made a promise to visit him in Lincolnshire when she was in England, and a promise is a promise right, so today we bring Mike with Leigh direct from England!
Mike is passionate about mental health, wakes up at 4am every day to record his motivational messages and is now a keynote speaker inspiring people to believe in themselves! Enjoy something different this week as we finally meet in person and reunite on our podcast!
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Cooper Chapman’s was a young pro surfer living an extraordinary life, yet in 2018 his youngest sister found herself struggling with the loss of two of her closest friends during her final year of school as did Cooper. How could kids in the very same town be so unhappy that they’d taken their own lives? A year later Cooper began to build the concept for ‘Good Human Factory’ in 2019 - a mental health organisation that seeks to normalise mental health discussions and inspire the global community to think about mental health differently. Incorporating in-school and corporate workshops, a podcast, an accountability community and merchandise, the Good Human Factory has grown more rapidly since 2022 than Cooper could have imagined. “Since 2020, we’ve shared workshops with over 40,000 high school students across NSW, Victoria, Queensland and Tasmania - and over 15,000 of these were last year alone. Sharing his own personal story, as he shares his own mental health journey through his surfing career, challenging audiences to connect with their values - rather than basing their self-worth on external factors. Cooper say he can’t believe the support and impact we’ve had in such a short time.”, well to be honest we can and we know you will enjoy this chat as much as we did.
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Erin Pogmore has been a firefighter for 12 years, and has recently been promoted to the rank of Station Officer. Erin has a passion for rescue, and is currently a water rescue instructor with Fire and Rescue NSW. She is a member of the AUS-2 Urban Search and Rescue team, was the winner of the 2023 Rotary Emergency Service Community Awards and has been a volunteer with the NSW SES for 22 years.
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Lots of little things all come together in the end to become great things is the message for this week. It’s also good to talk, so after an incredibly hard 24 hour shift Maxi came along to tell us a little about his day and how going for a run helped manage the stress of it all. Our final catch up in Australia before we bring you some wonderful guests, enjoy this weeks catch up with Maxi and Leigh.
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Celebrating Leigh’s birthday this week and also celebrating a new board member for our charity, we are thrilled to welcome Jenny to our team, we are very grateful for her support to have her on board. Maxi has had a quitter time at the beach thankfully and the important lesson this week is Boat Safety which accounts for more drowning than you would think so please listen and stay safe on the water.
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Challenging weeks always make us reflect and be grateful for those around us. Another spinal injury at the beach for Maxi, a great trip to Melbourne meeting with some inspiring people for Leigh. This week we bring facts about one of Maxis favourite things, museums, when did you last visit one? Many are free and they all offer a whole array of interesting things to learn about, enjoy this week’s catch up from Live Learn Survive.
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