Caloundra’s council at the time, Landsborough Shire Council, asked the Royal Life Saving Society for life saving patrols on Caloundra’s beaches. The Council agreed to provide assistance with transport, accommodation and a surf reel. Frank Venning’s Brisbane club, Metropolitan Life Saving Club, that had been providing weekend summer patrols at Ocean Beach, Bribie Island, responded to the call. The club sent a few of its members from Bribie to patrol Kings Beach during Christmas and New Year of 1929, 1930, 1931 and 1932. Prior to this, there has been local and hinterland volunteers who had carried out lifesaving duties at the beach.