Neverland
American and Australian surfers in Byron Bay 1960s & 1970s
$55.75
- Hardcover
184 pages
- Release Date
3 September 2024
Summary
Neverland is a social history of a surf town in Australia – which happens to be Byron Bay.
It is the story of the surfers, American and Australian, who found and made Byron Bay their home in the 1960s and 1970s, changing its history forever. These stories, as told to the author, are of a time in Byron Bay that charts the forces that created modern Byron Bay: culture wars, freedom, rebellion. They believed they were going to change the world.
It tells the story…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780987152244 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0987152246 |
| Author: | Tricia Shantz, Simon Baker |
| Publisher: | Surf Research |
| Imprint: | Surf Research |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 184 |
| Release Date: | 3 September 2024 |
| Weight: | 862g |
| Dimensions: | 22mm x 217mm x 251mm |
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Critics Review
‘Byron Bay is rich in stories: something has happened in every corner, behind every tree, on (and under) every blade of grass…and of course in every take-off spot. This book is a treasury of those tales that give Byron its unique living spirit. To read it is to feel that you have been welcomed into a tribe.’ – Malcolm Knox, Australian journalist, author and surfer
‘Tricia has successfully woven personal stories of drama and daring into a layered social history of the far north coast seen through the eyes of a community of American and Australian surfers tied through a bond of understanding and respecting a feeling. A feeling born out of the joy we experience playing in the waves, how simple and yet how powerful that connection can be.’ – Simon Baker, award winning actor and director, a surfer and north coast resident
Tricia Shantz
Tricia Shantz is a social geographer/research consultant and journalist who works in the fields of journalism, urban planning, social planning and community development. She lives in Byron Bay, Australia and is committed to knowing the environmental and social construct of her community. She co-publishes and edits the Byron Guide magazine about people, politics and culture.
Tricia co-wrote and published her first two books with Rusty Miller: Turning Point Surf Portraits and Stories from Bells to Byron 1970 - 1971 in 2012 and Turning Point II Surf Portraits and Stories Hawaii: Oahu-Kauai-Maui 1968-1972 in 2014. A third book, No Fixed Abode; Stories from the streets around Byron Bay in 2017, was in association with the Byron Bay Community Centre and Byron Writers Festival.
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