mid 6os Manly photo by Herman Kalkreuter in Manly: South Pacific Playground 1967 Manly Council publication
According to this great council publication… the growing popularity of surfboard riding is clearly indicated by the numbers of young Australians, seen in the picture, with their surfboards waiting to carry them at breakneck speed on the crests of Manly’s ocean rollers… The lasses in the picture are typical ‘down under’ fresh air addicts. They spend hour after lazy hour on the warn sands letting the sun tan their bodies to the soft golden brown so much envied by their less fortuntate mates living in more distant suburbs.