Posted: April 25, 2020 at 5:30 am
Shark Island 1985. Not sure who it is, but I do recall it was around the time when some pro surfers where in town for one of the big comps held in Cronulla. Tim Vanderlaan Photo
Posted in Shark Island
Posted: April 25, 2020 at 5:19 am
Winter afternoon at Wanda 1983. 14 year old Laurie Vanderlaan on his custom Jackson 6 channel. Tim Vanderlaan Photo
Posted in 80's
Posted: April 25, 2020 at 5:14 am
Tracks cover Dec 1980 Cronulla Point.
Posted in Uncategorized
Posted: March 17, 2020 at 10:08 am
Herbie scores a dredger at Shark Island in ’78. Shot with a Nikonos II by Chris Stroh
Posted in 70's | Shark Island
Posted: March 17, 2020 at 9:37 am
1981 The Wanda beer tent. The Australian surf life saving titles were held at Wanda for the first time and tooheys was the beer of choice. “I feel like a tooheys or two”. Tim Vanderlaan Photo.
Posted in 80's
Posted: March 17, 2020 at 9:20 am
Remember the house on the hill just above Wanda surf club. this belonged to the Liddelows family Circa 70s and 80s, heres a few shots from the photo album
Posted in General
Posted: March 17, 2020 at 9:10 am
Gary Hughes from SURF Magazine, May issue 1978 photo Dave Shaw.
Posted in The Point
Posted: March 17, 2020 at 9:04 am
After coping a fin to his skull in Hawaii Gary used a (Canadian Ice Hockey) helmet to cover the “soft spot” where the surgeons had removed a large segment of smashed skull-bone & allowed me to surf and compete, before my cranioplasty (plate insertion)…Photo Getty Images
Posted in 70's
Posted: January 31, 2020 at 2:02 pm
1978 Elouera Beach. A long haired Col O’leary and his younger brother Finbar have been regulars of the Cronulla beach scene for decades. Col is Connor O’leary’s uncle. Tim Vanderlaan Photo.
Posted: January 31, 2020 at 1:54 pm
1968. Racing nippers spraying water. The Wanda surf club (top right) sat high on the hill, and the Elouera surf club (mid shot) had recently been constructed. Tim Vanderlaan photo collection.
Posted in 60's