BONDI rescue lifeguards were taken out of their comfort zone for a hair-raising demonstration by mountain rescue experts.

The Australians swapped their usual sun, sea and sand for a trip up to Saddleworth Moor near Huddersfield.

The Sydney-based lifeguards are the stars of CBS Reality show Bondi Rescue Lifeguards.

In their homeland, the popular show is in its sixth season and is Saturday primetime viewing for millions of fans.

Having spent most of their lives on the sun-kissed New South Wales coastline, three of the brave lifeguards decided to tour Europe and the UK to visit their overseas supporters.

Their busman’s holiday has seen them making media appearances on familiar territory at beaches in Barcelona, Bournemouth and Anglesey.

But their trip to the south Pennines was no day on the beach.

The Antipodeans were taken to Wildnerness Gulley to do a ‘deathslide’ zip-wire joint training exercise with volunteers from Oldham, Woodhead, Calder Valley, Rossendale and Pendle and Kinder Mountain Rescue teams.

Lifeguard Andrew Reid, 32, said: “We wanted to meet people from all over the world that are interested in the show.

“Me and Hoppo (the boss) were talking about it and our marketing people got involved and it just kind of snowballed from there.

“We’ve tied in Sweden and Barcelona and it’s all come together.

“It’s been a really good experience for all of us as we’ve never been to Europe before.”

Andrew and colleagues Troy Quinlan, 23, and Trent Maxwell, 19, said they were a bit worried about heading into the hills but were hoping it could help them learn something.

Added Andrew: “This rescue is different as we deal with stuff on the beach not on the rocks.

“But I suppose what you can take out of it is we can look at the way they do things and somehow find a way do adapt it to the way we do things.

“There can always be a more efficient way to handle a patient, whether it be on the water or on the rocks.

“We do a lot of stuff on the sand but they might do something that might spring to mind when we’re rescuing somebody somewhere else.”

Oldham Mountain Rescue Team Leader, Mick Nield, said the team was happy to show the Australians how they helped save lives on this side of the world.

He said: “We’re used to getting involved with other agencies from around the world but this is the furthest one we’ve been involved with.

“They’re totally different skills, obviously first aid is the same, but it will give them a taster of what we do.”

The Bondi stars are now heading to London for more media appearances before heading back down under.

BONDI Beach is one of the most famous beaches in the world attracting 2.5m people a year

Bondi's lifeguards rescue an average of 2,500 people per year of which about 85% are tourists and non-locals

As many as 16 cameras are on the beach to follow the lifeguards’ work

They deal with everything from shark scares to mass rescues, resuscitations, lost children, thieves and perverts

The show attracts huge international interest and is distributed to 56 countries worldwide including the UK, Sweden, Norway, Germany, Denmark, New Zealand and the United States

It has seen many high drama rescues, including three people being fully resuscitated after drowning and one fatality