Storms ’22

Sand swept away at Elouera during winter storms. Right along the Cronulla beach front it was more of the same. photo Chris Stroh

’74 Storms

From our own family album. Took this photo in May ‘74 when cyclone damage was almost complete. This was the kids playground once located in Mitchel Road high above the wall. Note the monkey bars are at the bottom, and the rocket is about to end up at the bottom very soon. No holding back spectators in 1974! photo Neil Moulang courtesy Historic Cronulla Sutherland Shire.

Bate Bay Rd 1970

1970 Building the road at the top of Bate Bay Road. Just over the hill, and a couple of years later, Council’s Wanda Beach Tip began operating. The tip site eventually became Lucas Reserve at Wanda. Tim Vanderlaan Photo Collection

1976 The Wanda Sand Hills

1976  The once majestic Wanda Sand hills. The sand was simultaneously extracted by a water dredge from below, and by truck and grader from above. The curved line below the grader is significant. The sand below the line was Georges River “river” sand, and above the line,  Wanda beach sand. Tim Vanderlaan Photo

Jacko

Brian Jackson 1935 -2021

Early 2021. Brian Jackson enjoyed nothing more than his pre dawn walks to the end of the Crescent Head pathway to watch the waves and offer advise to passing surfers. Tim Vanderlaan photo.

Jacko R.I.P

2021. Brian Jackson spent much of his time each year at Crescent Head. Each morning, before sunrise he would walk out the the point and watch the waves, giving advice and having conversation with passing surfers. When he saw this image he described it as his “pathway to paradise”. RIP. Tim Vanderlaan photo.

 

Jacko R.I.P

Early 2021. Brian “Jacko” Jackson, at his special place on the point at Crescent Head. Tim Vanderlaan Photo.

Billy Dews

1997. One of the surfing stars of the sixties, Billy Dews photographed at North Cronulla in 1997. RIP Billy. Tim Vanderlaan photo.

Barry Nicols 1927

, Paddle Boarder Cronulla 1927 photo Unknown