Winter Edition Out Now
The winter edition of History Matters is out now. A great story on how the Torquay Motor Yacht and Angling Club was formed then evolved into separate organisations and the …
The Day The Cavalry Arrived
Horses have played a special role in the story of Australia. For the first hundred years of European settlement, they were the only means of transport across most of our …
Celebrating Teachers
Today, World Teachers’ Day celebrates teachers with the theme “Teachers: Leading in crisis, reimagining the future”. The day provides the occasion to celebrate the teaching profession worldwide, take stock of …
Scammell Shipwreck
Today is an autumn day not much different to that 129 years ago. We have warnings of damaging winds. I bet the Captain of the Scammell wished he had such …
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 …
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 …
Scammell House
Margaret Ganly shares her memories of growing up and living in the house built from the 1891 wreck of the Joseph H Scammell. Canadian sailing ship the Joseph H Scammell …