1960-70s Phillip Island Vic surf trips by Steve Campbell

During the late 60s and early 70s many WA surfers made the long trip across the Nullarbor to surf good waves on Phillip Island in Victoria.

Recollections of Phillip Island Vic surf trips by Steve ‘Horny’ Campbell (Yallingup).

In the late 60s and early 70s I made numerous trips across the Nullarbor dirt track to Phillip Island.

On my first Phillip Island trip in 67/68, I travelled with George Scheffener, Peter Carter, John Fox and Ian ‘Prive’ Morris.

In 1972, I drove my yellow Kombi from WA to Phillip Island with my girlfriend.

We stayed in rental houses in Ventnor and Woolamai and I worked on the Phillip Island Shire ‘Shit Truck’.

These are some of my pics from the 1972 surf trip to Phillip Island.

1972 South Australia en route to Phillip Island Vic.

A couple of ex South Aust surfers (Crow boys) travelled from WA to Vic with us, but they stopped at Kennett River in Vic and didn’t want to go any further, apparently the Crow boys were not popular in Vic!

I took the next pic back when there were Twelve Apostles, some have fallen in to the sea since then. There are good surf breaks nearby at Port Campbell.

1972 Phillip Island Vic.

If we had a good guy on the Shire shit truck, he would let us take our surfboards in the back of the truck and go surfing during our breaks. See next pic.

I thought I was real popular and had a lot of friends at Ventnor, then I discovered they only came to the house to try and get into the chick’s pants! See next pic.

It is called Right Point, even though the wave is a left-hander. Further around the bay there is a right-hander called Flynn’s Reef. It was Murf’s signature surf break! See next pic.

Click on this link to view 1960-70s Phillip Island Vic surf trips by Rod Slater, Mal Leckie and Steve Cockburn.

Coming soon 1966 First WA surf trip to Phillip Island by Craig Brent-White and Peter Dyson.

Long Live fun surf trips!

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