Having heard so much about the life-guards on my trip to Australia,I could hardly wait for the time wher I should see them in action. I had been told that they were a speacial selected body of men all of whom were strong swimmers. Australian beaches sometimes provide quite unexpected danger and as they are crowded in summer, the life-guards duties are to save people from drowning, bring in those who have been carried too far out by swift currents, and above all, to keep a shary look-out for unwelcome visitors like sharks.