SPLASHING TIME: Beach lovers enjoying the waves at Bondi Beach in Sydney. Cameras have made it easier to monitor Bondi for a couple of years and have more recently been installed at nearby beaches.
SYDNEY: Australia’s best known lifeguard Bruce ‘Hoppo’ Hopkins knows there’s nothing better than the naked eye to spot the dangers of the surf — rip currents and sharks.
But the head lifeguard at Sydney’s most famous beach Bondi is happy nonetheless that local authorities have installed cameras to help scan the water, a move officials believe saves lives.
