Beach to Bush since 1994

Beach to Bush is a very popular Surf Lifesaving NSW primary school aged surf education program. The program offers students in regional areas of NSW an introduction to surf lifesaving, focusing on beach and surf safety along with being safe around dams and inland waterways. It is one of the longest running educational program for SLSNSW and has reached a milestone of 30 years since its inception in 1994.
Over the past 30 years our surf lifesavers have “gone bush” each year prior to the summer season to provide beach safety education to nearly 270,000 students. Many of our lifesavers have participated year after year as they absolutely love meeting and educating rural students! The B2B program is constantly evolving to deliver high quality sessions for each new generation. The Beach to Bush program continued its delivery to students even throughout the 2020 pandemic.

Looking back over the last 30 years of Beach to Bush

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Happy birthday messages from students, teachers and surf lifesavers!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEACH TO BUSH! Namoi Valley Christian School

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEACH TO BUSH! Namoi Valley Public School

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEACH TO BUSH! -Quirindi Public School

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEACH TO BUSH! - Woolbrook Public School

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEACH TO BUSH! - Bald Blair Public School

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEACH TO BUSH! - Bald Blair Public School

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEACH TO BUSH! - Bald Blair Public School

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEACH TO BUSH! - Bald Blair Public School

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEACH TO BUSH! - Bald Blair Public School

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEACH TO BUSH! - Tamworth Public School

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEACH TO BUSH! - Tamworth Public School

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEACH TO BUSH! - Chandler Public School

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEACH TO BUSH! - Kingstown Public School

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEACH TO BUSH! - Sandy Hollow Public School

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEACH TO BUSH! - Bendemeer Public School

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEACH TO BUSH! - Surf Lifesavers Adrienne & Justine

Check out what our team of dedicated volunteer surf lifesavers have achieved in 30 years:

students
274,067
Students reached
school
1,963
Schools visited
presentation
3,317
Presentations delivered
Surf education (2)
553
Volunteer presenters
2371505
30
Years B2B has been educating rural NSW students

Thankyou messages from some of our B2B primary students:

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Message from Sissy

"Thank you for teaching us about water safety. I found out that you have to swim between the yellow and red flags"
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Message from Isabella

"Thankyou for teaching us about water safety. I learnt that when you are drowning you put your hand up straight. I learnt so much because of you sharing all your information. Thankyou."
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Message from Gracie

"Thank you for teaching us about water safety. I learnt that sharks don't eat people that much. I hope you have a great time at the beach"

Have a look at our previous Beach to Bush programs...

Private: Beach to Bush 2022

Our dedicated surf lifesavers met over 10,000 students during their Beach to Bush tours in rural NSW in 2022

Private: Beach to Bush 2021

For the first time Beach to Bush 2021 was brought to schools virtually with over 7000 students meeting our dedicated lifesavers.

Private: Beach to Bush 2020

Beach to Bush 2020 was an amazing tour with over 9000 students attending a beach and coastal safety session with our lifesavers over three weeks.