Coogee Surf Life Saving Club
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The Coogee Surf Life Saving Club is a foundation member of the surf lifesaving movement in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. It was founded in 1907 by a group of concerned locals and has a proud history of no lives being lost whilst its members have patrolled. Coogee SLSC celebrates its 100 year anniversary in 2007, the Year of the Lifesaver.

Coogee SLSC has a glorious history, which includes many firsts in the lifesaving movement. These include the first night surf carnival, the first mass rescue, the first shark attack
Shark attack
A shark attack is an attack on a human by a shark. Every year around 60 shark attacks are reported worldwide, although death is quite unusual. Despite the relative rarity of shark attacks, the fear of sharks is a common phenomenon, having been fueled by the occasional instances of serial attacks,...

 and the development of the resuscitation technique. The Coogee SLSC clubhouse sits at the southern end of Coogee beach. To this day, the club's activities are managed and run by volunteers, with the assistance of a variety of community concerned sponsors.

Coogee SLSC has a representative on the Wylie's Baths
Wylie's Baths
Wylie's Baths is a tidal pool near Coogee Beach, in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, noted for holding the first Australian Swimming Championships, and for being one of the first swimming baths for mixed gender swimming in Australia. Wylie's Baths was built in 1907 by...

 Trust and conducts patrols at Wylie's Baths
Wylie's Baths
Wylie's Baths is a tidal pool near Coogee Beach, in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, noted for holding the first Australian Swimming Championships, and for being one of the first swimming baths for mixed gender swimming in Australia. Wylie's Baths was built in 1907 by...

 during summer.

The Club conducts an annual swimming event around Wedding Cake Island
Wedding Cake Island
Wedding Cake Island is an island off Coogee Beach, Sydney, which protects the beach from most swells. It is also known as Lemo's Island....

each November. The event began in 2000 and attracts hundreds of competitors each year and is a prominent event on the Sydney Ocean Swim calendar .

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