Correction 29 April 2017: Rod Slater was born and bred at Triggs and went to Scarborough High because that was the closest high school.
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Scarborough surfer Rod Slater and his surfing mates Buttsy and Choko shifted down south in 1967.
These are Rod’s SW memories and photos.
I finished 5th Year at Scarborough Senior High School in 1966 and in the autumn of 1967 shifted down south with David ‘Buttsy’ Purcell from Watermans and ‘Choko’ (not sure of his real name) from either City Beach or Cottesloe (I think).
We rented a few rooms at the back of an old house in Busselton. The only work we could get was picking up sticks and cleaning paddocks.
We had some good uncrowded waves with the likes of John Balgarnie, Terry James and Alan McGilvray.
When we couldn’t afford to live in the South West any longer, we went back to Perth in early 1968. Back in the big smoke I laboured to raise funds to go surfing over East.
I have included a few photos from our brief attempt to live down south.
Rod Slater
Photo: 1967 David ‘Buttsy’ Purcell at the back of the rental house in Busselton. Rod Slater pic.
Photo: 1967 the boys on Yallingup Beach with surf boards #1. Rod Slater pic.
Photo: 1967 the boys on Yallingup Beach with surf boards #2. Rod Slater pic.
Photo: 1967 Buttsy with Choko and his Vee-Dub sedan in Yallingup Beach car park. Surfside Store holiday accommodation units are in the background. Rod Slater pic.
Photo: 1967 Buttsy and John Balgarnie in Yallingup Beach car park. The historic Hammond cottages are in the background. Rod Slater pic.
Photo: 1967 Buttsy and SW surfing pioneer Terry ‘Rat’ James in Yallingup Beach car park. An undeveloped Valley Road is in the background. Rod Slater pic.
In mid-1968 Rod got on a train in Perth and headed over to the East Coast chasing waves.
Coming soon Rod Slater’s memories of surf trips to Phillip Island in Vic.
Correction 29 April 2017: Rod Slater was born and bred at Triggs and went to Scarborough High because that was the closest high school.
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Scarborough surfer Rod Slater and his surfing mates Buttsy and Choko shifted down south in 1967.
These are Rod’s SW memories and photos.
I finished 5th Year at Scarborough Senior High School in 1966 and in the autumn of 1967 shifted down south with David ‘Buttsy’ Purcell from Watermans and ‘Choko’ (not sure of his real name) from either City Beach or Cottesloe (I think).
We rented a few rooms at the back of an old house in Busselton. The only work we could get was picking up sticks and cleaning paddocks.
We had some good uncrowded waves with the likes of John Balgarnie, Terry James and Alan McGilvray.
When we couldn’t afford to live in the South West any longer, we went back to Perth in early 1968. Back in the big smoke I laboured to raise funds to go surfing over East.
I have included a few photos from our brief attempt to live down south.
Rod Slater
Photo: 1967 David ‘Buttsy’ Purcell at the back of the rental house in Busselton. Rod Slater pic.
Photo: 1967 the boys on Yallingup Beach with surf boards #1. Rod Slater pic.
Photo: 1967 the boys on Yallingup Beach with surf boards #2. Rod Slater pic.
Photo: 1967 Buttsy with Choko and his Vee-Dub sedan in Yallingup Beach car park. Surfside Store holiday accommodation units are in the background. Rod Slater pic.
Photo: 1967 Buttsy and John Balgarnie in Yallingup Beach car park. The historic Hammond cottages are in the background. Rod Slater pic.
Photo: 1967 Buttsy and SW surfing pioneer Terry ‘Rat’ James in Yallingup Beach car park. An undeveloped Valley Road is in the background. Rod Slater pic.
In mid-1968 Rod got on a train in Perth and headed over to the East Coast chasing waves.
Coming soon Rod Slater’s memories of surf trips to Phillip Island in Vic.
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