A national marine rescue organisation run entirely by volunteers. Our volunteers work hard to raise funds to deliver marine rescue and education services across five states, from Port Vincent SA to Cape York QLD

New AVCG website As our organisation moves forward, the need to provide our members, associates, community, boating industry and government departments with better online communication, up-to-date information and services, we have developed a new AVCG ecommerce website. The AVCG website is light-years ahead in terms of functionality, features, navigation and overall appearance. The AVCG website will be in a TESTING stage over the next three weeks. Please report any website problems, changes, requests and issues to webmaster@coastguard.com.au	Emergency Services Exercise Search and rescue services from around north Queensland amassed in Townsville on Saturday to undertake a series of simulated missions staged to check their competency. Water police, SES, Volunteer Coast Guard, Volunteer Marine Rescue, Emergency Management Queensland, the Queensland ambulance service, and state emergency helicopter worked together on the exercises which serve as practice and performance check. Read More	Unfortunate Events Lead to Boating Tragedy Reading this story from the US, I could not help but think. Would this happen here in Australia if it weren't for the Australian Volunteer Coast Guard and our associate Volunteer Marine Rescue Organisations that provide FREE assistance to anyone regardless of cost or the level of danger involved? Read More

Whatever happened to that vessel "Earthrace"? Although we could provide radio coverage and assistance from Queensland to Tasmania, we unfortunately had no idea as what was to follow. Not long after "Earthrace" changed her name to 'Ady Gil', she was struck by a Japanese whaling boat and sank. In a interview conducted by an ABC reporter, the skipper at the time Pete Bethune had said that if the boat wasn't sold, then they might head south and take on the Japanese whalers Read More	Scatch & Win Your chance to win $55,000 in cash and vouchers with a Australian Volunteer Coast Guard Scatch & Win ticket and you will also be supporting our great organisation, thank you and good luck The Australian Volunteer Coast Guard Scratch & Win Promotion. Authorised under VIC Permit No. 09/1726. *Not tax deductible. Starts: 08/06/2009 and closes 5pm AESDT on 01/06/2010. Enter Now	Practicing safety on the water When boating all precautions should be taken and a parent's job is never over, and that's especially true while boating. Do you let your small child go for a car ride without being put into a car seat? Probably not and besides that it would be against the law... The same consistency will help you get your child to always wear a life jacket on the water. Read More