0:00:00 > 0:00:04They're the Brits who race to the rescue down under.
0:00:04 > 0:00:06Multiple patients, critical...
0:00:06 > 0:00:10Everyday heroes - saving lives,
0:00:10 > 0:00:12battling fires...
0:00:12 > 0:00:14You need to get out now! It's too late!
0:00:14 > 0:00:16It can be extremely dangerous.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18..and fighting crime...
0:00:18 > 0:00:20- Calm down. Put your arm down. - Police! Open the door!
0:00:20 > 0:00:23..from the big city to the outback.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25Our policing district is bigger than the whole of the UK.
0:00:25 > 0:00:27From the bush...
0:00:27 > 0:00:30He's been crushed between one of those dingo diggers and a Ute.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32..to Bondi Beach.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35The search continues for a British tourist who hasn't been seen
0:00:35 > 0:00:37since he went for a swim.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40You never quite know what you're in for or what's going to happen.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42- 332.- Very high impact.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44He's really quite critically injured.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47Brits on blue lights under blue skies.
0:00:55 > 0:00:59Today down under, a British flying doctor is fighting to save
0:00:59 > 0:01:00a biker who is bleeding to death.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03To try and stop this horrible pain, we're going to give you drugs
0:01:03 > 0:01:05and drift you off to sleep.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08Policeman Kurt helps collar a dangerous snake.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10Can't go this way.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12- There he is.- Coming through.
0:01:13 > 0:01:18And former Royal Navy pilot Kevin rescues a man bitten by a shark.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20I recognised it was a great white straight away.
0:01:20 > 0:01:24The damage was fairly massive. He took me to the bone.
0:01:29 > 0:01:35Humidity, 92. Rainfall last ten minutes, two millimetres.
0:01:35 > 0:01:39A storm front is heading for Sydney.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42The air ambulance crew must meet it head on.
0:01:43 > 0:01:47Thank you. The departing crew is heading for the Hartley area.
0:01:48 > 0:01:52100 miles away, a biker is fighting for life.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56Scottish flying doctor Caroline Macari's mission is to save him,
0:01:56 > 0:01:59but the weather could stop her.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02I have very little details, but as much as we know so far
0:02:02 > 0:02:05is that there's two cars and a motorbike involved.
0:02:05 > 0:02:09Rescue, 24. We're looking at 15, 25, I think.
0:02:09 > 0:02:10The sun's shining in Sydney,
0:02:10 > 0:02:13but the forecast for their destination is bad -
0:02:13 > 0:02:15low cloud and rain.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18Rescue 24. We will probably
0:02:18 > 0:02:22have to go in via Bathurst, the Bathurst area,
0:02:22 > 0:02:26and that to the scene is going to take us roughly 40 minutes, 4-0.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29Copy. Understood.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32To get to the biker, they're crossing the Blue Mountains,
0:02:32 > 0:02:36towering up to 4,000 feet and wrapped in low cloud.
0:02:37 > 0:02:42I have Rescue 21 that's also proceeding to the area.
0:02:42 > 0:02:46Their ETA to the scene is roughly 15, 13.
0:02:46 > 0:02:51They're still 15 minutes away, and there is an update on the biker.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53The motorbike is a single rider.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56The crew are currently assessing him.
0:02:56 > 0:03:00High speed, thrown from the bike and he's currently in a ditch.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02Copy.
0:03:02 > 0:03:06Got a reduced level of consciousness or he's probably got a head injury.
0:03:06 > 0:03:10And has definitely got a broken leg and arm.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12And his heart rate is very low.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15So it might be a bit of losing blood somewhere.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18Another chopper is on its way.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20Rescue 24, Rescue 21.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22Just confirming, Nathan, you think you're going to get in?
0:03:22 > 0:03:24Rescue 21,
0:03:24 > 0:03:26the weather is looking good from our side.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28There's a fairly high cloud base.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35It's taken them 45 minutes to reach the scene,
0:03:35 > 0:03:38but the weather is at least improving.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41Looks like we might have a bit of right-to-left slope.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43- We'll assist it on the ground.- Yeah.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46Ten degrees. That's pretty good.
0:03:51 > 0:03:55100 to run. Are you clear of the trees?
0:03:55 > 0:03:59They are trying to land as close as possible to the biker.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01You got 50 to run.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09The other chopper has arrived first.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12Now Caroline is going to take over the victim's care.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14Here's the orange boys.
0:04:16 > 0:04:21British expat Russell Brown was out for a ride on his high-powered bike.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23He was only 15 miles from home.
0:04:23 > 0:04:27He's had at least one contact with a car and wound up in a ditch.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30He had an unrecordable blood pressure and radial pulse.
0:04:30 > 0:04:35Obvious open femur fracture with quite a lot of blood loss.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37He has very serious leg injuries.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39..No obvious pain in the pelvis.
0:04:39 > 0:04:43He's also got a right humeral fracture.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45Left lower limb seems intact.
0:04:45 > 0:04:46He's losing blood, fast.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49Medics have already started trying to replace it,
0:04:49 > 0:04:51but it's proving difficult.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53There's a first unit of blood going through at the moment,
0:04:53 > 0:04:56and we've got a second unit of blood coming up in a second.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59- We've had to put the tourniquet back up on this leg.- Right.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02Just because we're not getting good haemostasis with compression.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05He has come up with that first unit to a systolic of 110.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07- Yeah.- OK?
0:05:07 > 0:05:10- What is the GCS like now?- GCS is 14.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15Pretty pale and sweaty, isn't he?
0:05:15 > 0:05:17So what...? Is that a big wound, or what?
0:05:17 > 0:05:20It's about this long and there's multiple compounds between
0:05:20 > 0:05:22mid femur and mid tib fib.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24Have you ever seen him move it?
0:05:24 > 0:05:27- No. I've seen him move this leg quite a bit.- Yeah.
0:05:27 > 0:05:28He was happily moving that.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31He did have quite a bit of pain when we put the T-POD on.
0:05:32 > 0:05:36- So he can move this foot, but this foot...- Never has been seen?
0:05:36 > 0:05:38No. And he hasn't had a pulse in it throughout.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40We have to control the bleeding.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43So let's go a little tighter with the tourniquet.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45- Caroline, you happy with that?- Yeah.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47Russell's in critical condition.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49He needs a blood transfusion.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52Even with that, there are real fears
0:05:52 > 0:05:57he may not survive a long flight to hospital in Sydney.
0:06:08 > 0:06:12It's the end of another day in the outback town of Laverton,
0:06:12 > 0:06:14500 miles from Perth.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17And British police officer Kurt Whedon from Kent
0:06:17 > 0:06:20is starting another night shift.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22Tonight, I'm working with Sarah.
0:06:22 > 0:06:23It's going to be a long night.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27She's my other half.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30Sarah is Kurt's partner, on and off duty.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32She's from Liverpool.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36..in the way of the handbrake. You want to move it?
0:06:36 > 0:06:39- Where do you want it? - Just away from there.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44Their workload here is very different
0:06:44 > 0:06:46from the way it was back home.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49Just weird, Laverton.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52It's one of those, it's either a flat-out, full, busy,
0:06:52 > 0:06:56not enough of you, people fighting and stuff going on,
0:06:56 > 0:06:57or it's like this.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59Ghost town.
0:06:59 > 0:07:00Doing loops.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04But there's some action at last.
0:07:04 > 0:07:05Kurt's just spotted a colleague
0:07:05 > 0:07:10having difficulty arresting a dangerous suspect in a back garden.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16- Is it a snake?- Yeah.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18Mind. Don't go that side.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20Can't get out this way.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22There it is. It is getting out.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25Coming through, coming through, trying to get through.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28- Was it inside your house? - It was right on the front porch.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31- He's going... He's going through that next garden there.- Is he?
0:07:31 > 0:07:33Just give him a good old yank.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38- Standing on it.- Come on.
0:07:39 > 0:07:43It's in. Did it go in? Think so.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46- Yep.- Yay!
0:07:46 > 0:07:50- I was going to catch it myself. - Yeah, course you were.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53Why are you getting it out of the bag? What do you do with it?
0:07:53 > 0:07:56I'm going to take a photograph of it and then I'll go and release it.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01Definitely a python.
0:08:01 > 0:08:05He's got... He's got the barbecue lit up now, ready.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08I'm going to get a picture of it and let you know what it is.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11- Yeah, cool.- Cheers.
0:08:11 > 0:08:15It looked like a python, but we're certainly not snake experts.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17The last dealing I had with a snake up here,
0:08:17 > 0:08:19we thought we had it trapped
0:08:19 > 0:08:22but it got away and it was a deadly gwardar,
0:08:22 > 0:08:24which one bite can kill you.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27I'm glad they did that rather than me. I'm not a big fan of snakes.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29Or anything creepy that can kill me.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38It is such a small place.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40You don't get away from it, you know,
0:08:40 > 0:08:43even on your days off and your time away from work.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45You're still in this tiny community.
0:08:47 > 0:08:52And I think you do get to a point where you...
0:08:52 > 0:08:54You do feel like you've just got to leave.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58- It's like being in a little fishbowl.- Yeah.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00Metaphorically and literally.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02You drive round and it's such a small place
0:09:02 > 0:09:04when it's quiet and nothing going on.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07And also, everybody knows everybody.
0:09:07 > 0:09:11And...you know, there's no escape.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21The outback is notorious for wild weather.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26And a storm is skirting the town.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31The lightning has started a bushfire.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34And Kurt's heading out alone to check it out.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40We're well out of town. It's not a big issue.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43The wind's blowing in that direction, taking it away from town.
0:09:43 > 0:09:47It's just the type of real tinder-dry grass, so it'll just
0:09:47 > 0:09:51go and burn itself out on one of the natural sort of firebreaks
0:09:51 > 0:09:54that are here, these natural pathways.
0:09:54 > 0:09:58When we get back, I'll just phone the local volunteer fire brigade
0:09:58 > 0:10:01and Tiff, she's the lady that deals with this, she might come and have
0:10:01 > 0:10:04a look and monitor it, but because it's so far away from town
0:10:04 > 0:10:07and it's small grass stuff, I doubt they will come out to it.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09It's just two weeks
0:10:09 > 0:10:12since three people died in a wildfire in Western Australia.
0:10:12 > 0:10:17There are up to 60,000 outbreaks every year in this state alone,
0:10:17 > 0:10:19but this one's low risk.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21Are you still in the office?
0:10:22 > 0:10:25Do you want to get Damien or something?
0:10:25 > 0:10:27Just get him to contact Tiff.
0:10:27 > 0:10:31There's a bushfire and it's just outside the village and...
0:10:32 > 0:10:34OK.
0:10:36 > 0:10:37So they know about it?
0:10:37 > 0:10:39All right, then.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42See you in a bit. Bye.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44So they already know about it.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47Someone's contacted 000 to the fire brigade and told them,
0:10:47 > 0:10:48just so they know.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51Kurt's heading back to base.
0:10:52 > 0:10:56Last year, we had a lot of people, we think, setting these alight
0:10:56 > 0:11:00over by the golf course side and they looked pretty dramatic,
0:11:00 > 0:11:02because it's all the...
0:11:02 > 0:11:05Cos, erm, obviously the grass is just so dry, it goes up, but cos
0:11:05 > 0:11:09there's nothing else, it's all low scrubland, it looks dramatic
0:11:09 > 0:11:13when it first goes up, and then it pretty quickly burns itself out.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15SIREN
0:11:17 > 0:11:19I don't know why they put sirens on.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30All right? Can you turn it off a minute?
0:11:30 > 0:11:34You know where all the dumped cars are, at the back of the village?
0:11:34 > 0:11:36It's that side of that and it's with the scrub.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39It's quite away from those two houses, by all those dumped cars.
0:11:39 > 0:11:40< Yeah, we know.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43All right. Well...
0:11:43 > 0:11:45You don't...
0:11:47 > 0:11:49They're the volunteer fire brigade.
0:11:51 > 0:11:55So they'll go out and have a look
0:11:55 > 0:11:58and throw some sand about and some water, I suppose.
0:12:00 > 0:12:04Back in Kent, a quiet night on duty rarely featured wildfires
0:12:04 > 0:12:06and dangerous snakes.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08But Kurt would like more action.
0:12:08 > 0:12:12He's soon leaving the outback to start a new job in a bigger town.
0:12:24 > 0:12:29At the side of a country lane on the edge of the Blue Mountains,
0:12:29 > 0:12:32Scottish flying doctor Caroline Macari is hard at work.
0:12:32 > 0:12:36She's fighting to save British-born biker Russell Brown's life.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39We want to make sure your organs are fine, OK, sweetheart?
0:12:39 > 0:12:42So to try and stop this horrible pain, we're going to give you drugs
0:12:42 > 0:12:45and drift you off to sleep and we'll look after you
0:12:45 > 0:12:48and get you to hospital, OK, my love?
0:12:48 > 0:12:51I know it's pretty scary, but everything's fine.
0:12:51 > 0:12:55She's going to anaesthetise Russell for his flight to hospital
0:12:55 > 0:12:56in Sydney, 90 miles away.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58Can we have a look?
0:12:59 > 0:13:01Put that there in case.
0:13:01 > 0:13:05Russell's right leg is shattered, and he's losing a lot of blood.
0:13:07 > 0:13:11They're sliding a tube down Russell's windpipe
0:13:11 > 0:13:16so they can control his breathing. Russell is now unconscious.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20He's pretty unwell. He's losing a lot of blood from his leg.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23He's had quite a large blood transfusion already, so we're trying
0:13:23 > 0:13:27to rush him to the hospital to try and get that dealt with properly.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30We just had to put him, for pain relief, put him in a coma
0:13:30 > 0:13:32and breathe for him.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35He's in a lot of pain and he was...
0:13:35 > 0:13:38Feeling pretty unwell with it.
0:13:38 > 0:13:42Now the race is on to get their patient to hospital.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45But the weather is still against them.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48Clouds sitting on top of the hills and below the hills
0:13:48 > 0:13:50and even now it's probably only 600-800 feet.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53We've got a thunderstorm to the north of us.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55We've got another one to the south of us.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00His blood pressure is a real problem.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02I think it's his massive amount of bleeding.
0:14:02 > 0:14:05He's got a huge wound on his thigh bone and a lot of bleeding
0:14:05 > 0:14:08from that despite tourniquets even being placed on there.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10He's already had four units of blood before we even got here,
0:14:10 > 0:14:14so the main thing right now is to try and get him to the hospital
0:14:14 > 0:14:16where we can help deal with it properly.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19He might have bleeding elsewhere as well that we're not seeing
0:14:19 > 0:14:21right now, so potentially his pelvis,
0:14:21 > 0:14:25but yeah, right now his blood pressure is a real problem.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28It's 90 miles to hospital in Sydney.
0:14:28 > 0:14:3040 minutes in good weather.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39Blood pressure's 95.
0:14:39 > 0:14:43No worries. We've got to put another blood up, eh?
0:14:43 > 0:14:47Russell has now been given five pints of blood -
0:14:47 > 0:14:50half the total in the human body.
0:14:50 > 0:14:54I can't see the left upper quadrant but the right and pelvis is fine.
0:14:54 > 0:14:58I'm getting a bad view over there, but otherwise negative. Erm...
0:14:58 > 0:15:00Is there anything I can do to make
0:15:00 > 0:15:03- this better over here for you, or...?- Well, his arm's in the way.
0:15:04 > 0:15:08They're fighting to keep Russell's blood pressure up.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14Can get the spleen easily, just can't find that kidney.
0:15:16 > 0:15:17Get the right angle...
0:15:19 > 0:15:24They're using ultrasound to try to pinpoint the source of the bleeding.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26Don't seem to be getting on top of it.
0:15:26 > 0:15:30- Have we stopped the bleeding? - Yeah, well, we think we have.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32RINGING
0:15:32 > 0:15:34Westmead Hospital, good afternoon.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36We have an approximately 40-year-old male,
0:15:36 > 0:15:42high-speed motorcycle versus car, ejected into a ditch.
0:15:42 > 0:15:46He has a large laceration of his entire upper right leg.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48At the time of injury, it had nil circulation.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51To control haemorrhage at that location,
0:15:51 > 0:15:55he's also got two tourniquets applied to his right leg.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58He's currently sedated and ventilated.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01We're going to be on your pad in about ten minutes' time.
0:16:01 > 0:16:05There's no improvement in Russell's condition.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07This is the seventh unit of blood.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10That blood pressure's not coming up.
0:16:10 > 0:16:11So there's other blood loss
0:16:11 > 0:16:15or it's something weird like a cardiac contusion or something.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17I mean, he's obviously losing blood.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19He could easily lose a unit in the arm.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21And multiple out the leg.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24If there's femur up the road then he's going to have exploded
0:16:24 > 0:16:25a lot of blood out of it.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27Going to transmit again.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30Air main control. Rescue 24.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32Air main control, replying Rescue 24.
0:16:32 > 0:16:36Thanks. We have a patient on their seventh unit of blood.
0:16:36 > 0:16:40Still got blood pressure 95 on 63, heart rate 142.
0:16:40 > 0:16:44We're headed into Westmead ED. They already know we're coming.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47I just need someone to give them a call, if they don't mind,
0:16:47 > 0:16:51and ask them to make sure they've got the blood ready to go.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53They're approaching Sydney.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55Russell's condition is so serious,
0:16:55 > 0:16:59doctors are being asked to send more blood to the hospital landing pad.
0:16:59 > 0:17:03Thank you. We've arrived, Westmead. Thank you to yourself.
0:17:03 > 0:17:07Caroline's patient is fighting for his life.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10The team's experience has kept him alive
0:17:10 > 0:17:12long enough to reach intensive care.
0:17:12 > 0:17:16Now it's up to the doctors at the Westmead hospital.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22Russell goes straight for emergency surgery.
0:17:22 > 0:17:26He survives, but his injuries are so serious,
0:17:26 > 0:17:29he's still in hospital two months later.
0:17:46 > 0:17:50The dusty, red earth of Australia's outback means that keeping
0:17:50 > 0:17:55anything clean is impossible, and in the remote town of Laverton,
0:17:55 > 0:17:58that includes the local police cars.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00It's Sunday and we're on day shift
0:18:00 > 0:18:03so we have to do what we call fatigues,
0:18:03 > 0:18:07so we have to wash all the cars, just get all the muck off them
0:18:07 > 0:18:11for the week, just empty them out to make sure there's no rubbish inside.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13Yeah, just make them nice and shiny
0:18:13 > 0:18:16so that they're clean for the next week.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18British officers Gary Simpson
0:18:18 > 0:18:21and Lorena Cruz Parker are on a mission.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24Great hose action.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31We're the highest-paid car-washers in the state.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34We'll take this out this afternoon
0:18:34 > 0:18:37and it'll come back covered in red dirt again.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40It's two in the afternoon and it's 40 degrees Celsius.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46During the winter, Laverton can get, like, really quiet,
0:18:46 > 0:18:51cos a lot of the indigenous people will move a bit further north,
0:18:51 > 0:18:56cos it's relatively warm throughout winter there, so today, for us,
0:18:56 > 0:19:00it's hopefully going to be relatively quiet.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02But here we have a car.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04SIREN
0:19:04 > 0:19:08This driver's being stopped for a random check.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10Where are you off to, just the pool?
0:19:10 > 0:19:13Just to the pool.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16Just get you to blow one long continuous breath until I say stop.
0:19:16 > 0:19:21Keep going, keep going, keep going, stop.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24Aussie drivers often face roadside breath tests.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26The police don't need a reason.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29All good.
0:19:29 > 0:19:31Thank you.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33Here's your licence. Thank you.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36No alcohol. She hadn't been drinking,
0:19:36 > 0:19:39and her licence was all good, so, yeah, good stop check.
0:19:41 > 0:19:45Next, they're going to respond to reports of antisocial behaviour.
0:19:46 > 0:19:51Neighbours have complained about trespassers in an abandoned house.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54People keep going in the back garden, trespassing,
0:19:54 > 0:19:57and it's just a continuous pain for us because people keep
0:19:57 > 0:20:00ringing up and saying that they're not allowed in there,
0:20:00 > 0:20:03so we'll just go and tell them to all clear off.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06And obviously this premises isn't occupied at that moment.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15Hello.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17Hello.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19You guys aren't allowed in here.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21- No?- No.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23INAUDIBLE
0:20:23 > 0:20:24..hot weather.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27I know, but this house, there's nobody living in it any more,
0:20:27 > 0:20:29so if you're in here, then you're trespassing.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31Has someone been inside the house?
0:20:31 > 0:20:35Obviously, you can see that it's been broken into.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41Well, you guys can't sleep in here. It's not your house.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43My God, it's smashed up, innit? Look at the whole house.
0:20:43 > 0:20:47The squatters don't understand what the fuss is about.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50- You know that this isn't Diane's house any more.- I didn't know that.
0:20:50 > 0:20:52You just told me a minute ago.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55You just told me she doesn't live here and Cynthia said she doesn't.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57The truth is, mate, you shouldn't be in here.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59Yeah, I know, but someone gave me permission to come here.
0:20:59 > 0:21:03- Who gave you permission? Who's that? - Cynthia Munro.- Why's that?
0:21:03 > 0:21:06She has got no link to this address at all.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09- And you know that Cynthia doesn't live here.- And now look at it, mate.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12- It's an absolute tip. - We wanted to sleep.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14We won't come back here no more, then.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17Well, I know you won't come back in here no more.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19No-one's going to be coming back here.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23People in the town have just decided to come here and just make camp,
0:21:23 > 0:21:28and as you can see, this place is just an absolute bomb.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31There's hardly a window that hasn't been smashed.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34The inside looks like a tornado's gone off.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37No-one's got permission to be here. Now, look at all the damage.
0:21:37 > 0:21:38That's going to cost thousands.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41We've come here, we've caught people inside,
0:21:41 > 0:21:43we've caught people in the driveway...
0:21:43 > 0:21:45They need to come up here and secure it anyway
0:21:45 > 0:21:47because people are just going to keep coming back.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49We're fighting a losing battle.
0:21:58 > 0:22:00He was just saying, you know,
0:22:00 > 0:22:03"We've got nowhere to live, we want to lie in the shade,
0:22:03 > 0:22:05"we're not doing any harm."
0:22:05 > 0:22:09Now, obviously we do care that they've got nowhere to go
0:22:09 > 0:22:12and they don't want to sit out in the sun, but at the same time,
0:22:12 > 0:22:14if you look at the state on the place...
0:22:14 > 0:22:18If the place hadn't been trashed, you might be a bit more lenient.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21I mean, they're there, saying, "You've got to respect us,"
0:22:21 > 0:22:24cos they live out bush, etc, but...
0:22:24 > 0:22:25And I know, to them,
0:22:25 > 0:22:28it might seem petty that no-one lives in the house,
0:22:28 > 0:22:32so why shouldn't they stay in it, but respect needs to run both ways
0:22:32 > 0:22:36and they need to respect that it's not their property.
0:22:36 > 0:22:40The house was later boarded up to prevent unwelcome visitors.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55- REPORTER:- WS News.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58The search continues for a British tourist who hasn't been seen
0:22:58 > 0:23:01since he went for a swim at South Curl Curl on the weekend.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03The 31-year-old was celebrating with friends
0:23:03 > 0:23:05on his last day in the country on Saturday.
0:23:05 > 0:23:10They say they lost sight of him about 100 metres from shore.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12The sea is one of Australia's biggest killers,
0:23:12 > 0:23:16and all of the British flying doctors and pilots who come to work
0:23:16 > 0:23:20down under are trained to survive a crash landing into water
0:23:20 > 0:23:22even before they're allowed to fly.
0:23:22 > 0:23:27Follow the procedure sequentially. Slow the phases down.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29And you'll overcome the fear that you've got to go through.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31The first one's the hardest.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36All right, guys. Hop in. Find a seat.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39So blackened masks, primary exits.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41So no change in what we do, OK? All right. Here we go, guys.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43Listen to my voice.
0:23:43 > 0:23:47We're flying along - double engine failure - brace, brace, brace.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55It's a frightening experience for some,
0:23:55 > 0:23:59but drowning isn't the only danger they could face in the sea.
0:23:59 > 0:24:04These waters are home to several dangerous species of shark.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07And former Royal Navy officer Kevin Ratcliff
0:24:07 > 0:24:10is the pilot of the rescue chopper that is called to
0:24:10 > 0:24:13many of the attacks on the New South Wales coast.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16So I think that probably the conditions we can see out there -
0:24:16 > 0:24:18quite a bit of blue sky, etc, etc, etc -
0:24:18 > 0:24:23are quite well-reflected on the forecast with cloud bases between
0:24:23 > 0:24:252,000-3,000, but, you know,
0:24:25 > 0:24:27scattered sort of cover, good visibility.
0:24:27 > 0:24:32We have a helicopter available here 24/7 at Newcastle.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34Folks on beaches and in the water
0:24:34 > 0:24:39do form a key part of what we have to deal with.
0:24:39 > 0:24:42These waters are perfect for surf sports, but they're also
0:24:42 > 0:24:48an ideal hunting ground for some of Australia's most lethal predators.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50Just tracking out towards the coast.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53We're still about one mile west of the coast at 700 feet.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56Three months ago, Kevin and his team were scrambled to
0:24:56 > 0:25:01a remote beach 100 miles north of their base in Newcastle.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04A local news crew captured what happened next.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08There was a 65-year-old male
0:25:08 > 0:25:10from the Tolworth village.
0:25:10 > 0:25:14He was on a surf ski at lunchtime today
0:25:14 > 0:25:16when we was struck by a shark.
0:25:19 > 0:25:25On the lower left leg, he has some lacerations.
0:25:25 > 0:25:29Dave Quinlivan was lucky to escape after the great white
0:25:29 > 0:25:32grabbed him by the ankle as he was riding his paddle ski.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37Shark attacks are rare here,
0:25:37 > 0:25:40and police immediately closed the beach.
0:25:40 > 0:25:45The fear was the great white could still be around.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47We put "beach closed" signs up at the request of the police.
0:25:47 > 0:25:51One of our members, actually, who was out paddling on his ski,
0:25:51 > 0:25:55has been attacked by a shark. Don't know the size.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58Dave lost a lot of blood.
0:25:58 > 0:26:02The shark severed an artery in his leg and took his Achilles tendon.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06By the time we got there, the guys had provided
0:26:06 > 0:26:10some primary level of care that paramedics can do.
0:26:10 > 0:26:14And then it was our job to sort of administer that higher level of care
0:26:14 > 0:26:17if it was necessary by the doctor and the paramedic that we carry.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28And then we transported him from there by helicopter
0:26:28 > 0:26:32to the trauma centre, which is in Newcastle.
0:26:32 > 0:26:34Thanks to the rescue chopper,
0:26:34 > 0:26:38it took just 35 minutes to get Dave to hospital care.
0:26:40 > 0:26:43It was the start of a long road to recovery,
0:26:43 > 0:26:47after an attack that came out of the blue on a sunny morning.
0:26:50 > 0:26:54Crystal clear day, quiet surf, clear water.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57Perfect conditions.
0:26:57 > 0:27:01The shark just come from the sunshine - I was blinded.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04And it just come across the surf ski.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07I recognised it was a great white straight away.
0:27:07 > 0:27:12And then, to my amazement, I realised it had my leg in its mouth.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15Dave spent two months in hospital in Newcastle
0:27:15 > 0:27:18undergoing reconstructive surgery to his ankle.
0:27:18 > 0:27:22But he knows the great white could have killed him.
0:27:22 > 0:27:26The damage was fairly massive. He took me to the bone.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28And once the shark let me go, I'd sort of gone,
0:27:28 > 0:27:31"Well, I've got half a chance."
0:27:31 > 0:27:33So I'm here to live, I'm here to tell the story
0:27:33 > 0:27:37and I'm grateful for the people that helped me out.
0:27:39 > 0:27:41Three months on, Kevin
0:27:41 > 0:27:43and the crew at the rescue helicopter base have a visitor.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46The man who confronted a great white,
0:27:46 > 0:27:49and lived to tell the tale.
0:27:49 > 0:27:52- Hi, Kevin. - Nice to see you again.- At last.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54It's been a little while, hasn't it?
0:27:54 > 0:27:56Two months, two and a half months,
0:27:56 > 0:27:58- since we were on the beach doing something different.- Exactly.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01So you really can't put much weight on it at all, then?
0:28:01 > 0:28:03- It's crutches all the time? - That's right, yeah.
0:28:03 > 0:28:05Wow, that's a bit of a challenge, isn't it?
0:28:05 > 0:28:06And then with the bone damage
0:28:06 > 0:28:08it'll probably be a couple of years, 18 months.
0:28:08 > 0:28:10Well, you know, I guess after an injury like this,
0:28:10 > 0:28:14you'd be a little circumspect, wouldn't you, about jumping back in?
0:28:14 > 0:28:15For sure, Kevin.
0:28:15 > 0:28:19I'll definitely get back in the salt, but with reservations.
0:28:19 > 0:28:23And I definitely won't go where I used to go.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25And doctors have told Dave
0:28:25 > 0:28:29he will one day be fit enough to get back on the waves.
0:28:29 > 0:28:33But he'll always bear the scars of his encounter with a great white.