Category: 50s

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Yallingup Beach Then and Now images

Sand movement has changed the layout of Yallingup Beach in recent years. Winter storms and high tides have gouged sand from the main…

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Vale Colin Taylor 1938-2022

COLIN TAYLOR AN EARLY SURFER FROM THE FIFTIES PASSED AWAY IN BRISBANE AGED 84. HE HAD A TWIN BROTHER ARTY WHO NOW RESIDES IN…

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Trigg Island memoirs by Jim Keenan

WA surf pioneer Jim Keenan started surfing in the 1940s, initially at metro beaches (including Rottnest) before heading down south to Yallingup and…

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1950s Metro Surfing Memoirs by John Budge

WA surf pioneer John ‘Budgie’ Budge started surfing in the mid-50s, initially at metro beaches before chasing waves in the Mandurah and South…