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Easter holidays at Yallingup in the 50s

Easter breaks spent surfing and/or salmon fishing at Yallingup beach has been a tradition since the mid-1950s.

This is a collection of 1950s Easter holiday snaps at Yallingup beach.

1954 King family Easter holidays at Hammond Cottage Yallingup.
L-R Jim, Bruce & dad Ern King holding gutted salmon caught Yallingup beach. Photo courtesy King Family
1956 Yallingup beach boys. Photo courtesy John Budge.
L-R unknown, Bernie Huddle, Don Bancroft, Cocko Killen, Rob McNab, Bill Prately, Dave Williams, unknown x2, Tony Harbison, Garth Hammond, John Budge, Artie Taylor, unknown.

1956-57 surfers camping Yallingup car park. Photo John Budge
L-R Tony Burgess, unknown, Red Abbott (in hammock), Bernie Huddle, Alan Hamer, unknowns (3).
1957 Tony ‘Harbo’ Harbison with broken ‘Toothpick’ plywood surfboard on Yallingup beach. Photo courtesy Brian Cole.
1958 Holidays at Yallingup beach. Women’s wooden change shed in the background. Photo courtesy Ralph Upton Dunsborough WA.
L-R Cousins Alec & Brian, sister Rita and Ralph Upton with six pack and hair.
1958 Holidays Yallingup Keith Kino, Ian Scott & Ken Hamer with wooden steps and men’s wooden change room in background. Photo courtesy the late Brian Cole.

1958 Surfers enjoying a cleansing ale in the beer garden at Caves House Yallingup. Photo courtesy the late Brian Cole.
L-R Barry ‘Joe’ King, Artie Taylor, Don Bancroft, Dave Williams, Ian Scott, Tony Burgess, Ken Hamer others unidentified.
1958 Surfers having a ‘flako’ at Yallingup with portable record player and Brian Cole hollow ply Malibu surfboard. Photo courtesy the late Brian Cole.
L-R Colin Taylor, Dave Williams, Keith Kino and Bruce ‘Moonshine’ Hill.

1959 Easter holiday at Yallingup with life-saving reel & his-n-hers wooden change-rooms on the beach front. Photo courtesy the late Brian Cole.
1959 Hanging out at Yallingup Easter holiday. Men’s wooden changing shed in the background. Photo courtesy the late Brian Cole.
L-R Laurie Burke, Des Gaines, John Peterson, Jim Keenan & Ray Nelmes.

Have a happy and safe Easter.

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