00:00 Getting a skin cancer check for the first time in his life.
00:06 So having a look over the area, this is the only one that does stand out, it's a little
00:09 bit different.
00:10 Beachgoer Branko Kalina will now need to see a specialist to see if a sunspot could be
00:16 something more.
00:17 You just think, oh well, it's not going to happen to me or it's not possible.
00:21 It's an attitude many Aussies share and one which the joint Australians of the year say
00:27 is killing us.
00:28 When it comes to tanning, we are swimming outside flags.
00:33 Professors Georgina Long and Richard Scolia are melanoma treatment pioneers.
00:38 According to their research, more than 16,000 Australians will be diagnosed with melanoma
00:43 this year, while 1,300 will die from it.
00:47 At Worilla on the New South Wales South Coast, Jay Allen has pulled up his truck to offer
00:52 free skin checks.
00:54 That's why we've got it here, so we can try and bring that ragged down.
00:56 Yeah.
00:57 It's an issue that's close to his heart after surviving stage 3 melanoma.
01:02 I had 44 staples from my stomach to my thigh and I had to go for scans and blood tests
01:06 every three months for five years.
01:08 And you know, 32, I had the weld on my feet and all of a sudden it changed overnight and
01:12 my life was in the hands of my doctors.
01:14 The young generation is our future.
01:16 We really need to start pushing out that awareness because what we do know is that skin cancer
01:21 and the damage is done to your skin early on in your years.
01:23 What's an Australian summer without a day at the beach?
01:28 And while the weather's not exactly the best here at South Narrabeen, nothing will stop
01:32 these kids from the bush getting their first taste of the ocean.
01:36 30 indigenous kids are embracing the surf and learning that even on cloudy days, sun
01:44 safety is just as important.
01:47 My hat, stay in the shade when it's hot.
01:50 Some simple advice we could all follow.
01:53 follow.
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