Former City Beach surfer Bruce King (my brother) spent a lot of his youth chasing waves & women in the South West.
Bruce – On returning from an Africa/Europe trip in 1973 I worked at Cordingley Surfboards in Jersey Street Jolimont where Bill Oddy was the Owner/ Manager. That is whereBill gave me permission to use his trail bike.
In 1973 I rode Bill’s trail bike to Bears on the coastal track from Yallingup.
Back then there was a rough dirt track leading from Rabbit Hill along the top of the cliffs. The hardest part was getting up the sandy hill at the back of Rabbits surf break, once you were over that the track was fairly solid.
Sometimes we tried to get up the hill in old Holdens without success and would spend the whole day digging ourselves out of the bog. The other way to get to Bears was to walk from Sugarloaf Rock.
There were not many 4WD’s in the early 70s.
In the early days Bears beach had a real menagerie of people including Charlie “Dingbat”, Trevor “Yipyip” Anderson, Laurie “Pup” Nesbit, Ronny “Ratshit,” Steve “Horny” Campbell and other rascals. Charlie Dingbat and some of the others ran around naked. No one took water or any supplies but hit the Dunsborough Bakery big time after a day’s surfing.
1973 Bruce and Bill’s trail bike on Bears track. #1. King family pic 1973 Bruce and Bill’s trail bike on Bears track. #2. King family pic 1973 Bruce sitting on the cliff top at Bears. King family pic
Bruce lives with his wife Anne in Dunsborough WA and is still surfing in the South West.
Former City Beach surfer Bruce King (my brother) spent a lot of his youth chasing waves & women in the South West.
Bruce – On returning from an Africa/Europe trip in 1973 I worked at Cordingley Surfboards in Jersey Street Jolimont where Bill Oddy was the Owner/ Manager. That is where Bill gave me permission to use his trail bike.
In 1973 I rode Bill’s trail bike to Bears on the coastal track from Yallingup.
Back then there was a rough dirt track leading from Rabbit Hill along the top of the cliffs. The hardest part was getting up the sandy hill at the back of Rabbits surf break, once you were over that the track was fairly solid.
Sometimes we tried to get up the hill in old Holdens without success and would spend the whole day digging ourselves out of the bog. The other way to get to Bears was to walk from Sugarloaf Rock.
There were not many 4WD’s in the early 70s.
In the early days Bears beach had a real menagerie of people including Charlie “Dingbat”, Trevor “Yipyip” Anderson, Laurie “Pup” Nesbit, Ronny “Ratshit,” Steve “Horny” Campbell and other rascals. Charlie Dingbat and some of the others ran around naked. No one took water or any supplies but hit the Dunsborough Bakery big time after a day’s surfing.
Bruce lives with his wife Anne in Dunsborough WA and is still surfing in the South West.
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Three Bears surf break & track in the 70s published 9 November 2016.
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