Beachsafe vs Xplor Home

Taking a road trip up the coast? On holiday? Or just looking for the right beach for you? Find your nearest beaches in seconds. Brought to you by Surf Life Saving Australia, the Beachsafe app includes the location, weather, surf conditions and hazards plus the local facilities for all Australian beaches. Importantly, the current lifesaving service for each beach is listed to help you find the nearest patrolled beach. Beachsafe also provides expert advice about rip currents, flags and signs, waves, marine creatures, surf skills and more. SLSA recommends swimming at patrolled beaches, between the red and yellow flags. App Features Find a beach • Find beaches near you with your device’s GPS • Use the map view to quickly locate beaches near you • Search for a town, city, region or beach • Save your favourite beaches Patrol service information • Quickly and easily see if a beach is patrolled by surf lifesavers or lifeguards • Find out when a beach will be patrolled using the future search function Conditions • View detailed weather forecasts • See the tide information • Check the swell and wind forecast • Push notifications - Beach closures and major hazard alerts for Beaches that you follow Hazards • Review a beach’s hazard rating • Read detailed summaries of each beach written by coastal safety experts • See hazard information about a patrolled beach including rip currents, stingers and sharks when these have been entered by surf lifesavers or lifeguards Surf Safety • How to identify and escape rip currents • Lifeguard’s top tips • Read about flags and signs • Waves and weather • Surf skills • Marine creatures • Stingers • First aid advice • And more… The Beachsafe app was produced in conjunction with SLSA's beach safety website beachsafe.org.au. If you find this app useful and you wish to help support Surf Life Saving Australia and our 160,000 volunteers, please visit https://sls.com.au. Be safe at the beach, get Beachsafe.

Xplor Home, by Xplor Technologies is the easiest way to stay close to your child's day. See learning, health and wellbeing at a glance, and manage bookings and payments without the back-and-forth. Book your child into any Xplor, QikKids or Discover childcare centre in a few taps. LEARNING JOURNEY See the photos and videos capturing your child's day, chat with educators about their progress, and share the moments that matter with family. HEALTH & WELLBEING Track sleep, nutrition, toileting and sun protection over time, not just the day. Medication and incident records, including digital signatures, are kept secure and easy to find. MESSAGING Talk directly with your centre through Messenger, no more relying on notes at drop-off. BOOKINGS, SIMPLIFIED Book extra sessions in a couple of taps, join a waitlist when a room's full, and see the reason if a booking request is declined. Let your centre know in seconds if you're running late or away. FINANCE & SUBSIDY See what you owe, what's covered, and when payments are due, all in one place. Please note: to log in to Home, your child must be attending a centre with an active Xplor, QikKids, or Discover subscription.