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Aerial view of Long Reef Beach, headland, and golf course; Collaroy Beach at upper left. Long Reef is a prominent headland on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, Australia. Connected to the mainland by a tombolo, the reef has an extensive wave-cut platform. Long Reef is a popular recreational destination and is one of the more interesting ...
SS Collaroy was an iron paddle steamer which often travelled between Newcastle and Sydney. The ship was named after a sheep station near Cassilis in the Hunter Valley, Australia. It was launched in 1853 in Birkenhead, England. [1] The ship's name is now the location of the present day suburb of Collaroy. [2] [3] The stranded SS Collaroy
Rusty is an Australian surfboard and surfwear brand formed in 1985 by Rusty Preisendorfer. [2] [3] It also operates in the US under the name Rusty Surfboards.Notably, Rusty has worked with professional surfers such as Josh Kerr, [4] Jamie O'Brien, C. J. Hobgood, Wade Carmichael, [5] Liam "Letty" Mortensen, [6] and Jacob "Zeke" Szekely.
In 1881, the steamer "Collaroy" ran aground on Long Reef at the southern point of the suburb. Crowds came from all around the district to see the wreck that subsequently gave its name to the suburb. Its anchor can still be found at the Narrabeen Primary School. [7] Collaroy Plateau Post Office opened on 1 April 1949 and closed in 1988.
Although Collaroy is a separate suburb, its beach lies along the same stretch. All beaches have their own Surf Life Saving Club. All beaches have their own Surf Life Saving Club. Narrabeen beach is mentioned in the Beach Boys song Surfin' U.S.A. , [ 6 ] which in their live concert on 28 November 1992 at North Narrabeen Reserve they performed at ...
Collaroy Heights Estate, 1922, subdivision plan, printed by William Brooks and Co. This area was originally part of Narrabeen but was renamed after the S.S. Collaroy ran aground on the beach in 1881. [2] [3] It was refloated and later wrecked on the Californian coast in 1889. [4] Most of Collaroy's development has occurred since the mid ...
Long Reef may refer to: Long Reef (New South Wales), a prominent headland in the Northern Beaches of Sydney, Australia; Longreef, an Australian rock band from Sydney
By the mid-1960s, patronage on the Port Jackson & Manly Steamship Company's formerly lucrative Circular Quay to Manly service was declining. The company introduced a hydrofoil service halving the travelling time from 30 to 15 minutes but at a premium fare. Introduced in 1965, the first hydrofoil was a 75-seat PT20 from Hitachi, Kanagawa named ...