The 2008 UBD Australian Surf Life Saving Championships will be held at Scarborough Beach from 1 to 6 April 2008.

The competition saw national and international lifesavers compete in a number of dramatic lifesaving contests including events simulating real situations.

Drowning deaths occur quickly, silently and in almost any body of water including nappy buckets, farm dams, rivers, lakes, beaches, ponds, water features, inflatable pools and home swimming pools and

Royal Life Saving Society Australia is aware that many people are often fooled by the seemingly calm water of rural waterways.