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Jimmy, the oldest of the three brothers. Byron pigsticker, goofy foot, good bloke.

Anyone here an old enough Byron hand to remember young Jim? His funeral is next week. Getting few on the ground these days.

Doyle was a gent, smiled whether he won or lost.

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Plus he could ring it out

You ought to know, Steve, that that piece has been read 23,453 times ..

I had one in 1962 .. I guess things haven't improved

When in doubt of all who surround you ... go deeper.

Roger remains The Goat. He's been forecasting on the front page for a hundred years. Every now and the we'd bump into each other at Avalon, and depending on the current state of affairs that existed between the local lads and Larry the Avalon surf reporter, would either cross the road to keep out of...

I kept most of Larry's reports in a scrapbook, and in those distant days if anyone wanted a word they emailed me. I kept them too. Friday 8 December 2000 11:05 am. The Around the Bends Surf Report. 'It's dangerous out there Goat' ... I told him as I was drying off in the carpark twenty minutes ago.'...

A tapeworm. Know it.

Steve .. write it up mate, please. I miss your words.

updated 1937 - October at Byron Bay: surf skier bitten. 1937 - October at Byron Bay pier: diver bitten. 1958 - January at Brunswick Heads: surfer bitten. 1962 - January at Lennox Head: surfer bitten. 1964 - June at Julien Rocks: fisherman killed. 1968 - February at Brunswick Heads: swimmer bitten. 1...

Got that, ta

Wubic, I've been googling all day and believing everything I read - it's only bullshit if someone knows better - and the hills are alive old mate, some of the old boys up here still remember Dr John, and I'm f.cked if I know how Dylan scored a Nobel prize for literature and Cormac McCarthy didn't!

Thanks lads, the updated list is on petebowesdotcom ... the info is appreciated, especially the early years

Lennox Head, was there an attack a year or so ago!

I know it's incomplete ... but this is what I'm going with, just year/month/place .. Bruns to Evans Head. 1964 – June at Julien Rocks: fisherman killed. 1982 – March at Tallows: surfer has his legs bitten. 1993 – June at Julien Rocks: diver killed. 2008 – April at Lighthouse Beach: bodyboarder kille...

ChrisB ... Try the Trove site, they have most newspapers online.

Derek H, eat your heart out, you too Rasta.