Farewell Margaret
With sadness we note the passing of a Torquay treasure, Margaret Ganly.Margaret, who was 104 was the descendant of one of our earliest settlers, William Pride and we doubt there …
Arthur Leonard Long crossing Bass Strait 100 years ago
Wonderful time today celebrating 100 years of the first air crossing over Bass Strait by Arthur Leonard Long.Joining us was Pirrie Shiel who has researched Arthur Leonard Long and the …
First flight across Bass Strait
100 years ago on Monday 16 December, Lieut. Arthur Leonard Long left Stanley in Tasmania and was the first to fly across Bass Strait. His first stop was Torquay on …
Surf Culture in Torquay during the seventies
There is some fabulous footage of Torquay in the seventies from an ABC weekend Magazine that appeared in 1972, up on our webpage. A few familiar faces here !! Click …
100 Year Price Family Album Found
A Christmas present was a piece of gold for Torquay/Geelong. It was the Price family album containing photos of Col. John Longville Price, family members and images from back home in …
Spotlight on Corangamite-a swing back to Labour
Corangamite swung back to the Labor party for the second time when Richard Armstrong Crouch was elected in 1929. Crouch a lawyer and the son of a miner from Ballarat …
The Country Party wins Corangamite
Chester Manifold won the of Corangamite seat back from James Scullin in 1913, this time standing for the Commonwealth Liberal party. The CLP was a merger of the two non- …
May 14th 1970 World Surfing Titles
May 14th 1970 saw the final day of the first World Surfing Titles held in Australia. This was a big event for little Torquay and while the surfing started at …