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

Ross Marshall 81

September 1981  Ross Marshall surfing at the ’81 Charity Classic,  and picking up his 1st place prize. Tim Vanderlaan Photo.

Col O’ Leary 81

1981  Elouera beach.  Col O’ Leary on a “Sky”  twinfin.  Tim vanderlaan Photo

1981 Jason Meakins

1981   Elouera Beach.  Jason Meakins in competition mode.  Tim Vanderlaan Photo

 

1973 Cronulla Surfing Championships

Finalists from the 1973 Cronulla Surfing Championships from left to right Deny Childs, Andrew Britton, Peter Glasson, Wayne Roach and Reno Gillespie. Photo courtesy of Wayne Roach

Dane Wilson

June 1995. Dane Wilson. One of the surfing stars featured in the Chris Bystrom’s Longboard videos of the 1990’s, “Living Long” & “Skateboarding’s not a crime”. Tim Vanderlaan Photo

Sept 1981 Reno Gillespie

Sept 1981 Reno Gillespie a finalist in the Elouera charity classic at Elouera Beach. Tim Vanderlaan Photo

Stay Out or Else ’67

The Leader front page 1967 courtesy of Historic Cronulla and Sutherland Shire

The Hooker Sand Factory ’78

1978. The Hooker sand factory at Wanda. During the late 70’s and 80’s the speed of sand extraction really accelerated by the use of dredging which creating the huge lagoons. Five hundred homes are now built on this land. Tim Vanderlaan Photo

 

1978. The Party at Parkos

1978. The party at Parkos. The “Jackson” social club were a bunch of surfers who loved to surf, drink beer and ride “Jackson surfboards”.
This shot shows Firey “the glasser”, Rob McLaggan -with the six pack, Jimmy “skinny” Parkinson -“the shaper” and Suddsie on the ground. Tim Vanderlaan Photo1978.