{"id":89807,"date":"2023-01-22T04:00:59","date_gmt":"2023-01-21T17:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/?p=89807"},"modified":"2023-01-18T15:48:22","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T04:48:22","slug":"anglesea-slsc-re-open-patrol-observation-tower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/news\/anglesea-slsc-re-open-patrol-observation-tower\/","title":{"rendered":"Anglesea SLSC re-open patrol observation tower"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ANGLESEA SLSC has reopened its patrol observation tower to help keep swimmers safe as crowds continue to descend on the town&#8217;s beaches.<\/p>\n<p>Anglesea SLSC management decided last weekend to reopen the tower which has been closed for three years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Anglesea SLSC club president David Marsh said the tower would provide lifesavers with another vantage point to keep the beach safe, particularly during busy periods.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_89820\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89820\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-89820 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/IMG_0954_91190-1-600x380.jpg?_t=1673928027\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"380\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-89820\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The tower is now open after being closed for three years.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_89817\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89817\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-89817 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/IMG_0969_91495-1-600x380.jpg?_t=1673928009\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"380\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-89817\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The re-opening of the tower will help the beach be a safe haven for locals and tourists.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s fantastic for us, it&#8217;s so important for the infrastructure of the surf club and it provides that observation and view like no other.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You can see quite clearly from Point Roadknight all the way to Point Addis and everything in between.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We won&#8217;t use it every patrol and will reserve it mostly for those real busy days, but it&#8217;s that eye in the sky so to speak.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This summer, we will send a couple up there and then everyone else is on the beach patrolling and roving around.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;During the development of the club, we shut it for a few years and used an observation room, but realised in the end that the two complemented each other really well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_89819\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89819\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-89819 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/unnamed-file-600x380.jpg?_t=1673928020\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"380\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-89819\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left, Anglesea SLSC members Oliver Jurcevic, Matilda McIntyre, Xavier Butler and Anglesea SLSC president David Marsh.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He said that the Californian-style lifesaving patrol tower officially celebrated its 43rd birthday last week and was &#8220;considered an integral part of the surf club&#8217;s history and it&#8217;s certainly an iconic landmark&#8221;.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_89808\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89808\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-89808\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/p1005ASLSCAlcoaTower_41287.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"627\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-89808\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chris Porter (Anglesea local and owner\/founder of Go Ride a Wave), Graeme Hazeldine, Des Hay (Alcoa), Charles Lyne and Ajax Sutherland (Life member of ASLSC) at the tower in 1980.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The tower increases our reach and ability to provide a safe aquatic environment for Anglesea locals and tourists.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We thought it was time to use it again and it&#8217;s worked really well already, we were able to help spot a shark recently.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve had great feedback from our patrollers about the vantage point; 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