You’d be surprised how $5 could help us. This June we have launched our inaugural $5 Bucks to Save a Life Appeal on facebook We service a region in excess of 4 million people in NSW, if just 4,000 people donated $5, we would have the cost of FIVE major rescue flights covered! That could […]
The boys from Bondi Rescue are featured in a brand new calendar for 2016 produced by Mojo Downunder, with sale proceeds to support Westpac Life Saver Helicopter and the Sydney Children’s Hospital Foundation. By purchasing a calendar you will be helping us save lives and help many sick children, so please get behind Harries and […]
The Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter service is featured nationally in this 3rd installment of the series, which airs on Channel 7 at 7pm on Thursday nights (check your local guides). Our Greater Southern Region Service was featured in the first episode on December 3, with a winch rescue off Jervis Bay performed by members […]
Today we are proud to be celebrating the 5th anniversary of the establishment of our Moruya rescue base for the South Coast Community! Since 2010 we have built another vital service which has flown hundreds of missions and saved many lives. Westpac Life Saver Helicopter CEO, Stephen Leahy has released a media statement outlining the achievements […]
We’re going to start running some features on our City2Surf supporters for this year’s race, and we are proud to announce the team from North Bondi Lifesavers are not only participating in support of our service, but they have signed up as Gold Charity Runners with an aim to raise $10,000! By getting behind the […]
This is a profile featuring Westpac Life Saver Helicopter Crewman Clay Allison. Clay has over 20 years experience in the service and was chosen to be a part of the “Sense of Purpose” series for Fairfax Digital. Video is courtesy of Fairfax Media.
In a first for our service, members of our mighty Sydney & Moruya based crews will be paddling from the Bega Shire on the NSW South Coast to Bondi Beach between April 25 and May 3. We aim to raise funds and awareness for our service along a region that keeps us very busy all year […]
The staff and crew of the Westpac Life Saver Helicopter wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Thank you in particular to everyone who has supported us this year. If you’d like to support our Christmas Appeal, please click here. Without your generous assistance we wouldn’t be able to sustain the […]
We recently embarked on a project to clean up our Base of old and unwanted waste, from surplus furniture to broken chairs, old analogue televisions, boxes of recyclable paper waste and general rubbish. This was also an opportunity to set up our merchandise space in a more organised fashion and “spruce” up our reception area. […]
The generous team from Hoselink (with Bella the wonder dog!) recently visited our Sydney Base to donate some much needed product to assist with the cleaning and maintenance of our aircraft. Our engineering team, staff and crew were thrilled with the fantastic retractable hoses, high pressure washers and accessory fittings which will make a big […]
