Surfing Rotto in the 50s – revisited
Wadjemup (Rottnest Island) is situated 18 kilometres off the coast of Fremantle, Western Australia. Surfing has been a popular pastime on the Island…
1973-74 Rotto surf trip images by Jim McFarlane
Mainland surfers have been making surf trips to Rottnest ‘The Rock’ Island since the mid-1950s. The pioneer surfers were primarily renegade clubbies from…
Rottnest Island – Strickland Bay Surfing Pioneers
With Rotto waves attracting WSL Pro Surfers in May 2021 it seems like a good time to revisit this Rottnest promo video published…
Mirror surfing images by Ric Chan #3
NZ surf photographer Ric Chan made regular surf trips to Rotto in the 70s to snap surfing shots for general media and surf…
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