Water The Only Place To Be As Thousands Hit Beaches To Escape The Heat

SWELTERING conditions drew thousands of suffering citizens from homes and into the water across the Hunter and Central Coast at the weekend.

Rush Taps Into Local Knowledge For Bells Heat Win

Reigning Australasian Junior Series champion Luke Munro opened his pro surfing year with a strong victory in his first heat at the Jetty Pro Junior at Bells Beach yesterday, but the honour of the day's highest heat score went to local teen Josh Rush.