Magazine sizzles with hot stories

February's edition of The South West Magazine gets into the summer vibe and dives in with Bunbury’s surf lifesavers, checks out tunes at Southbound and chows down on a dish from Foragers’ Sophie Zalokar.

Keeping beachgoers safe is quite a task for surf lifesavers, as people throw themselves into the cool waves on scorching days.

We drop into the Bunbury Surf Life Saving Club and witness the dedication of the dozens of volunteers who give up their weekends to look out for others.

Read about the tunes, tents, highs and lows of the ninth annual Southbound music and camping festival.

We visit Boyup Brook’s patron of live country music shows, Harvey Dickson, ahead of the town’s music festival.

And get into the kitchen with Foragers’ chef and owner Sophie Zalokar, to whip up a jewelled black rice salad.

All of this and more in The South West Magazine, free in Thursday’s South Western Times.