Nancy Bird Walton | Our Spirit in the Sky At the age of 4 Nancy was balancing on a six-foot back fence with her arms out stretched and as her mother remembered, she called herself an ‘eppy plane’. Australia and the world were in awe of those amazing young men in their flying machines and little...
Sir Jack Brabham | A Knight’s Tale Sir Jack Brabham was a three-time Formula One World Champion Driver and two-time Formula One World Champion Constructor, becoming the first driver to win the title in a car of his own design and construction. ‘Black Jack’ Brabham had all the pre-requisites...
Midget Farrelly was the ‘first man’ to win the first official surfing world championship at Sydney’s Manly Beach in 1964, and dominated the sport throughout the decade. Midget was a ‘water baby’, craftsman, leader and visionary. He grew up and lived in paradise on the Northern Beaches of...