Queensland surfer Mark Favell made his first trip to WA with Jeff Carroll and his brother Steve in the early 70s. The lads settled in the South West at Dunsborough.
Julie Wakefield moved from Queensland to WA in 1973. Initially she lived in Scarborough, but only six weeks after arriving, she moved down South where she met and subsequently married Mark Favell.
These are Julie’s 70s & 80s South West recollections and photos….
In the early 70s we lived at Mark’s dad’s place in Beach Road at Dunsborough with Andy Jones. We all worked at the Dunsborough Bakery.
The house is still there, we checked it out when we visited the South West in 2015.
Photo: Early 1970s Mark’s dad’s house in Dunsborough. Julie Favell pic.
L-R Jack Farrell, unknown, Andy Jones, Mark Favell and Kerri.
This photo was taken around early to mid-70s, it was taken in Dunsborough in one of the many other houses we lived in. North Street I think!
Photo: Mid-70s Julie Favell in North St Dunsborough. Julie Favell pic.
We used to work night shift until dawn in the Dunsborough Bakery then Mark, Andy Jones and Neil Juster would go surfing. In the next shot,‘Granite’ the dog was named after ‘Granites’ surf break at Noosa Queensland.
Photo: 1973-74 Neil Juster & Mark Favell on Yallingup Beach with Granite the dog. Julie Favell pic.
Photo: 1970s Mark Favell surfing solid Yallingup. Julie Favell pic.
Mark is surfing in the slot on the first wave on the left.
Photos: Early 70s Mark Favell surfing Yallingup. Julie Favell pics
Mark had a 1958 VW Beetle, which from memory was a fully imported vehicle from Europe, supposedly as the story went. I think it was purchased off one of the Vidler boys. Photo does not show the larger tyres we used to drive up the dirt track to Three Bears.
Photos: 1970s Mark Favell surfing Three Bears. Julie Favell pics.
Photos: 1970s Three Bears surfing pics. Julie Favell pics.
Top left: Peter Wallace. Other surfers unidentified.
Bottom left: small day Bears Bombie with Cape Clairault (Injidup point) in the back ground.
Photo: mid 70s Mark Favell surfing Injidup Car Park. Julie Favell pic.
This surfing shot of Mark is labelled Rocky Point, but it was actually the Farm.
Photo: mid 70s Mark Favell surfing the Farm at Bunker bay. Julie Favell pic.
Photo: 1970s dammed creek behind The Farm surf break at Bunkers Bay. Julie Favell pic.
In the late 70s we managed a property at Eagle Bay on 40 acres which now is an estate. The old house we lived in was up a bit on the hill, with three cottages on the water’s edge, no electricity, kero fridges, kero lamps, wood stove.
Photo: Late 70s our house and Mark’s VW beetle at Eagle Bay. Julie Favell pic.
Photos: Late 70s Views from our house a bit up the hill at Eagle Bay. Julie Favell pics.
Left: view over Geo Bay from our house verandah.
Right: bush walk from our house down to cottages at Eagle Bay.
Photo: Late 1970s one of the cottages at Eagle Bay and Southey the dog. Julie Favell pic.
Jerry and Claire Guinness owned and managed Dunsborough Store/Post Office. Claire also did a Newsletter for Dunsborough for many years.Jerry was a Councillor for Busselton Shire. Mark & I worked for them in the store, on their Eagle Bay property and their farm on Commonage Road.
Photos: Late 70s Guinness property on the hill at Eagle Bay. Julie Favell pic.
Left: view of the only house on the beach at Eagle Bay and Jerry & Claire Guinness’s new home on the hill to the right.
Right: view over Eagle Bay from Guinness property on the hill.
This photo shows Mark with Andrew Jones and his new Ducati motor bike. I think from memory, Andrew had at least two bikes (both Ducati’s) during that period.
Photo: Late 70s Mark Favell and Andrew Jones with his new toy on the Guinness farm Commonage Road Dunsborough. Julie Favell pic.
In the late 70s Mark and I worked at the Dunsborough Bakery and Caves House Hotel.
Goog was still alive then and he was the owner of Caves House. Well it was two brothers, but we never meet the other brother, as he had passed away before I started working there. Caves pub was managed by Wendy & then Em.
I remember at the same time we had offered to purchase the Bakery in Forrestfield from Colin White. Em was going to retire. Not sure how many knew this, but Em approached me to manage Caves House, I was honoured to have been asked, love that place. Sadly I had to decline as we had already agreed to purchase Forrestfield Bakery.
It was a shock to me when visiting Caves House in 2015. The road no longer goes around Caves House anymore, plus all the other additions. Inside the pub was two separate rooms, main bar and lounge, both had separate external entries.
We use to love listening to Nancy and Vance Burrow’s band with lead vocals by Gina Pannone at Caves Hotel sessions.
Circa 1980 Mark & I built a house, which I designed in Chester Way, Dunsborough. It is still there today. This photo was taken in 2015 when I finally got back to visit the SW after all those years.
Photo: 2015 the house Julie designed and built (circa 1980) Chester Way Dunsborough. Julie Favel pic.
Circa 1984 we lived at Smiths Beach on top of hill in a double A frame house which is still there, I checked it out last trip to the SW. It was then owned by Colin and Marion White which was another property we looked after, as Colin and Marion sold Dunsborough Bakery and moved up to Forrestfield as they purchased another Bakery, which eventually Colin sold to us and Dave Dwyer.
Claire Guinness has since passed away, Jerry last I heard, when he dropped in a few years ago was living at Tea Gardens, NSW. Colin White has passed away. Marks Dad is still with us and now lives in England. Mark has one brother Ray lives in Queensland. Marks mother passed away a few years ago (lived in Queensland).
Mark passed away on 5 November 2006. A ceremony (Jeff Carroll did the ceremony) was held at his other favourite beach Mudjimba Beach on the Sunshine Coast and his ashes spread over the ocean by our two sons Adam and Connor. They were joined by many friends forming the traditional surfing circle, equally we sent some ashes to WA where Mark’s Dad John Favell, Andy Jones and a SW crew spread his ashes at Yalls, with an ending note “Eternally surfing East to West”.
Mark and I have two sons. Adam was born in 1983 Busselton Hospital and Connor born in 1990 Nambour Hospital. Adam now lives in Lithgow NSW and Connor did until 2 years ago, but now lives in Scarborough WA.
Photo: Dec 2016 Julie & Mark’s sons Adam & Connor Favell.
Currently I am living just on western edge of Blue Mountains at Lithgow in NSW. I have lived there for 15 years with my husband Chris. We are both involved in the Lithgow Environment Group which was started by us and a few others concerned for the natural areas and coal mining here. The Group had its 10 year anniversary last year.
Queensland surfer Mark Favell made his first trip to WA with Jeff Carroll and his brother Steve in the early 70s. The lads settled in the South West at Dunsborough.
Julie Wakefield moved from Queensland to WA in 1973. Initially she lived in Scarborough, but only six weeks after arriving, she moved down South where she met and subsequently married Mark Favell.
These are Julie’s 70s & 80s South West recollections and photos….
In the early 70s we lived at Mark’s dad’s place in Beach Road at Dunsborough with Andy Jones. We all worked at the Dunsborough Bakery.
The house is still there, we checked it out when we visited the South West in 2015.
Photo: Early 1970s Mark’s dad’s house in Dunsborough. Julie Favell pic.
L-R Jack Farrell, unknown, Andy Jones, Mark Favell and Kerri.
This photo was taken around early to mid-70s, it was taken in Dunsborough in one of the many other houses we lived in. North Street I think!
Photo: Mid-70s Julie Favell in North St Dunsborough. Julie Favell pic.
We used to work night shift until dawn in the Dunsborough Bakery then Mark, Andy Jones and Neil Juster would go surfing. In the next shot, ‘Granite’ the dog was named after ‘Granites’ surf break at Noosa Queensland.
Photo: 1973-74 Neil Juster & Mark Favell on Yallingup Beach with Granite the dog. Julie Favell pic.
Photo: 1970s Mark Favell surfing solid Yallingup. Julie Favell pic.
Mark is surfing in the slot on the first wave on the left.
Photos: Early 70s Mark Favell surfing Yallingup. Julie Favell pics
Mark had a 1958 VW Beetle, which from memory was a fully imported vehicle from Europe, supposedly as the story went. I think it was purchased off one of the Vidler boys. Photo does not show the larger tyres we used to drive up the dirt track to Three Bears.
Photo: Mark’s 1958 VW Beetle at Eagle bay. Julie Favell pic.
Photos: 1970s Mark Favell surfing Three Bears. Julie Favell pics.
Photos: 1970s Three Bears surfing pics. Julie Favell pics.
Top left: Peter Wallace. Other surfers unidentified.
Bottom left: small day Bears Bombie with Cape Clairault (Injidup point) in the back ground.
Photo: mid 70s Mark Favell surfing Injidup Car Park. Julie Favell pic.
This surfing shot of Mark is labelled Rocky Point, but it was actually the Farm.
Photo: mid 70s Mark Favell surfing the Farm at Bunker bay. Julie Favell pic.
Photo: 1970s dammed creek behind The Farm surf break at Bunkers Bay. Julie Favell pic.
In the late 70s we managed a property at Eagle Bay on 40 acres which now is an estate. The old house we lived in was up a bit on the hill, with three cottages on the water’s edge, no electricity, kero fridges, kero lamps, wood stove.
Photo: Late 70s our house and Mark’s VW beetle at Eagle Bay. Julie Favell pic.
Photos: Late 70s Views from our house a bit up the hill at Eagle Bay. Julie Favell pics.
Left: view over Geo Bay from our house verandah.
Right: bush walk from our house down to cottages at Eagle Bay.
Photo: Late 1970s one of the cottages at Eagle Bay and Southey the dog. Julie Favell pic.
Jerry and Claire Guinness owned and managed Dunsborough Store/Post Office. Claire also did a Newsletter for Dunsborough for many years. Jerry was a Councillor for Busselton Shire. Mark & I worked for them in the store, on their Eagle Bay property and their farm on Commonage Road.
Photos: Late 70s Guinness property on the hill at Eagle Bay. Julie Favell pic.
Left: view of the only house on the beach at Eagle Bay and Jerry & Claire Guinness’s new home on the hill to the right.
Right: view over Eagle Bay from Guinness property on the hill.
This photo shows Mark with Andrew Jones and his new Ducati motor bike. I think from memory, Andrew had at least two bikes (both Ducati’s) during that period.
Photo: Late 70s Mark Favell and Andrew Jones with his new toy on the Guinness farm Commonage Road Dunsborough. Julie Favell pic.
In the late 70s Mark and I worked at the Dunsborough Bakery and Caves House Hotel.
Goog was still alive then and he was the owner of Caves House. Well it was two brothers, but we never meet the other brother, as he had passed away before I started working there. Caves pub was managed by Wendy & then Em.
I remember at the same time we had offered to purchase the Bakery in Forrestfield from Colin White. Em was going to retire. Not sure how many knew this, but Em approached me to manage Caves House, I was honoured to have been asked, love that place. Sadly I had to decline as we had already agreed to purchase Forrestfield Bakery.
It was a shock to me when visiting Caves House in 2015. The road no longer goes around Caves House anymore, plus all the other additions. Inside the pub was two separate rooms, main bar and lounge, both had separate external entries.
We use to love listening to Nancy and Vance Burrow’s band with lead vocals by Gina Pannone at Caves Hotel sessions.
Circa 1980 Mark & I built a house, which I designed in Chester Way, Dunsborough. It is still there today. This photo was taken in 2015 when I finally got back to visit the SW after all those years.
Photo: 2015 the house Julie designed and built (circa 1980) Chester Way Dunsborough. Julie Favel pic.
Circa 1984 we lived at Smiths Beach on top of hill in a double A frame house which is still there, I checked it out last trip to the SW. It was then owned by Colin and Marion White which was another property we looked after, as Colin and Marion sold Dunsborough Bakery and moved up to Forrestfield as they purchased another Bakery, which eventually Colin sold to us and Dave Dwyer.
Claire Guinness has since passed away, Jerry last I heard, when he dropped in a few years ago was living at Tea Gardens, NSW. Colin White has passed away. Marks Dad is still with us and now lives in England. Mark has one brother Ray lives in Queensland. Marks mother passed away a few years ago (lived in Queensland).
Mark passed away on 5 November 2006. A ceremony (Jeff Carroll did the ceremony) was held at his other favourite beach Mudjimba Beach on the Sunshine Coast and his ashes spread over the ocean by our two sons Adam and Connor. They were joined by many friends forming the traditional surfing circle, equally we sent some ashes to WA where Mark’s Dad John Favell, Andy Jones and a SW crew spread his ashes at Yalls, with an ending note “Eternally surfing East to West”.
Mark and I have two sons. Adam was born in 1983 Busselton Hospital and Connor born in 1990 Nambour Hospital. Adam now lives in Lithgow NSW and Connor did until 2 years ago, but now lives in Scarborough WA.
Photo: Dec 2016 Julie & Mark’s sons Adam & Connor Favell.
Currently I am living just on western edge of Blue Mountains at Lithgow in NSW. I have lived there for 15 years with my husband Chris. We are both involved in the Lithgow Environment Group which was started by us and a few others concerned for the natural areas and coal mining here. The Group had its 10 year anniversary last year.
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