Life's A Beach

The Life’s A Beach Podcast is presented by Head Lifeguard and TV personality, Bruce ‘Hoppo’ Hopkins. Known to his fans as the fun-loving, down to earth Lifeguard from Bondi Rescue, Hoppo has spent nea…

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151 - Lachie Gill
Hoppo is joined in the beach shack by winner of The Voice 2022, Lachie Gill. Lachie talks about his time on The Voice, from being knocked back on his first ever attempt, all the way to winning the entire thing in 2022. He also talks about his time in the VFL as well as his work in the mental he…
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150 - Quinn Darragh
This week in the beach shack Hoppo is joined be fellow lifeguard and ex-paramedic Quinn Darragh. They talk about Quinn's long term battle with liver disease after being diagnosed as a twelve year old resulting in him eventually needing a liver transplant. They discuss how Quinn has managed to triu…
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149 - Doron Milner
***CONTENT WARNING: This episode deals with serious issues around mental health. If this conversation brings up anything please call Lifeline on 13 11 14 or visit https://www.beyondblue.org.au/. This week Hoppo is joined in the beach shack by former member of the North Bondi Surf Club and long …
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148 - Makua Rothman
Hoppo is joined in the beach shack by Makua Rothman. Makua talks about his time growing up in Hawaii, his journey to becoming a competitive big wave surfer and his music career. He also discusses the challenges he's faced along the way and how has used these experiences to grow as a person. Makua…
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147 - Kiki Sjoberg
This week in the beach shack Hoppo is joined by Kiki Sjoberg. Kiki is a photographer who lives in the Kosciuszko region and has been taking extraordinary photos of brumbies in the wild for nearly a decade. As such, Kiki is very much against the government's wild brumby culling program. She joins …
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146 - Evan Batten
This week Hoppo is joined in the beach shack by Evan Batten. Evan talks about his journey from being a sound recording technician behind the scenes, to being a prominent camera facing journalist on broadcast TV. This extensive experience led Evan to start his own business where he helps enable ever…
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145 - Firerose
Hoppo is back in the beach shack with Firerose. They talk about Firerose's new album Shining Armour and her journey to creating it. Firerose moved from Australia to the US as a 19-year old and has been writing music and acting for as long as she can remember. For all things Life's a Beach, visi…
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144 - Leanne Moss
This week Hoppo is joined in the beach shack by Leanne Moss. They talk about her time growing up in South Africa, before moving to Australia and later Hong Kong. Leanne left Hong Kong in 2019 as the riots were heating up, prompting her to move back to Australia. However, her life was upended in …
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143 - Dave Winner
Dave Winner joins Hoppo in the beach shack to talk about his incredible journey of resilience. Dave has long been a respected figure in the Coalcliff SLSC and Surf Life Saving Illawarra. On a seemingly normal day out in the water back in August 2021, he was doing what he's done countless times w…
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142 - Carl Scully & Mark Goodwin
Hoppo is joined by former NSW Police Minister Carl Scully and former NSW Assistant Police Commissioner Mark Goodwin to talk about their new book The Cronulla Riots: The Inside Story. Carl and Mark talk through how and why they put the book together as well as convey their pivotal roles during the…
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