Coast battered by powerful southerly change A lifeguard on duty at Bondi Beach in very windy conditions / Picture: Damian Shaw Source: News Limited THE sun might have been shining but for beachgoers it was anything but pleasant by the sea. A southerly change with winds of up to 89km/h battered the coast on Sunday afternoon leaving destruction in its wake. A four-year-old was taken to hospital with minor injuries after a tree fell on a family's campsite on the south coast. Tourists take pictures of each other on a very windy Bondi Beach / Picture: Damian Shaw Source: News Limited The gusts kept SES volunteers busy with 117 jobs recorded in Sydney alone by 3pm, many involving trees. They attended an incident at Narrabeen where a tree fell on a car. In Redfern, a tree crashed on to power lines threatening two homes. Despite the windy conditions, Surf Life Saving NSW spokesman Matt Miller said the beaches had been busy. "The huge winds are playing a bit of havoc but there have been no incidents," Mr Matt Miller said. The southerly has transformed the beaches into choppy and miserable conditions. Lifeguards Husaim Gholami and Warwick Heeson on patrol at Bondi Beach / Picture: Damian Shaw Source: News Limited