Phyllis O’Donnell and Midget Farrelly photo Gary Crockett
Former Manly locals and ’64 world champions Phyllis O’Donnell and Midget Farrelly unveil the National Surfing Reserve statue at South Steyne today at a great beach side ceremony. I was surprised at the large show of hands in response to the question of who was at the famous world championships in 1964. The ever jovial Barton Lynch, another local champ, did a good job describing the organic, unplanned and spontaneous quality of Manly’s surf history awareness. Even Dave Jackman, who made national headlines in 1961 when he cracked the Queenscliff Bombora, put in an appearance.
Hi Gary!
Would love to chat about opportunituies to utilise and profile historical surfing images and items from ‘Surf City’ with the Manly Festival of Surfing.
Last year (November) we had over 60,000 atendees, with the first year featuring the Morning of the Earth concert.
I’d love to have more historical and educations elements on show if you have any ideas?
http://www.manlyfestivalofsurfing.com.au
centremanager@manly.org.au
Meegan
2 Mar 11 at 2:16 am
Thanks for the interest Megan – we’d definitely be interested in collaborating with you or sharing info.
Can I call you to discuss…?
Gary
Gary Crockett
2 Mar 11 at 2:21 am