S.S.WOLLONGBAR /  JETTIES / WHALING
S.S.Wollongbar, grounded...On Saturday afternoon, May 14th 1921, about 200 metres off shore and getting ready to depart at 5 pm, the S.S.Wollongbar was tied to the jetty at Byron Bay after loading a cargo of butter, bacon and bananas, it was low tide and there were strong wind and waves.  Waiting to board the passengers and crew,  the captain could feel the keel bumping on the seabed.  He tried to head into deeper water but when the moorings were freed the Wollongbar was caught on a sandbar and it turned broadside to the waves.  The wind and waves kept pushing the ship closer to land.  The cargo was unloaded and furniture was saved off the ship. I used to sit on one of the beautiful swivel timber dining chairs when I was working  in the office at Norco Co-operative Ltd.                                                                                        
THE FIRST JETTY AT MAIN BEACH WAS BUILT IN 1888. DAMAGED BADLY IN A CYCLONE.  THE SECOND JETTY WAS BUILT IN 1929 (670 METRES LONG). IT ALSO WAS BADLY DAMAGED IN A CYCLONE.  THE BIG CRANES AT THE END ARE APPARENTLY STILL UNDER THE OCEAN  IF YOU SNORKEL OVER THE AREA YOU CAN SEE THEM.  THE GREEN FROG LOCOMOTIVE THAT PULLED THE WHALES IN  IS STILL STORED IN A SHED AND KEPT IN GOOD ORDER.
SLICING WHALES
THE BLUBBER WAS COOKED AND THE DREADFUL SMELL WOULD BE RIGHT ACROSS THE TOWN, INSIDE THE HOUSE, BUT MUCH WORSE OUTSIDE...No.70093
BYRON BAY JETTY.
JETTY...No.70305
JETTY BYRON BAY
WALKING ALONG THESE RAILWAY LINES WAS LOADS OF FUN...No.70304
HARPOONED WHALE
No.70303
whales byron bay
CUTTING WHALES INTO PIECES...No.70302
WHALING BYRON BAY
WHALES BEING SLICED...No.70301
SLICED WHALES GOING TO BE COOKED
A WHALE AFTER BEING SLICED INTO PIECES...No.70299
whales byron bay
HARPOONED WHALE...No.70300
GREEN FROG THAT PULLED THE WHALES ALONG THE JETTY
THE GREEN FROG ENGINE THAT PULLED THE HARPOONED WHALES ALONG THE JETTY TO BE SLICED AND BOILED. THE SMELL WAS DREADFUL WHEN THE WIND WAS BLOWING TOWARD TOWN. THE ENGINE IS KEPT IN A SHED AT BYRON BAY...No.70270
SHIP PASSENGERS JONSON STREET.
JONSON STREET HEADING TO THE JETTY IN THE BACKGROUND...No.70249
JETTY
PART OF A JETTY...No.70014
MOUTH OF A WHALE
Photo: Courtesy Byron Bay Services Club.Photo: .No.70074
BRINGING A WHALE TO BE SLICED
A HARPOONED WHALE BEING PULLED ALONG BY THE GREEN FROG LOCOMOTIVE, WHICH IS STILL SITTING IN A SHED IN BYRON BAY. ..No.70067
FISHING BOATS AT THE JETTY
INFORMATION FROM ARTHUR MALIN...THE FIRST JETTY AND BOATS WERE ALL WIPED OUT IN THE 1954 CYCLONE. THE BOAT ON THE LEFT WAS HAROLD (CHARPOT) MALINS FIRST BOAT. THE SMALL BOAT ON THE RIGHT BELONGED TO LESTER PHILLIPS AND WAS HIS FIRST BOAT. THE BOAT AT THE BACK WAS HARRY FIELDS AND ROY DOHERTY WAS HIS DECKIE.Photo:Arthur Malin...No.70184
WOLLONGBAR BEING UNLOADED.
1922 S.S.WOLLONGBAR, SHIP IS BEING UNLOADED. I SAT ON A CHAIR OUT OF THE DINING ROOM OF THE WOLLONGBAR WHEN I WAS WORKING IN THE OFFICE AT NORCO CO-OPERATIVE LIMITED WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER...No.70123
TWO JETTIES
BYRON BAY HAD TWO JETTIES, THE FIRST AT MAIN BEACH AND THE SECOND AT BELONGIL BEACH. THIS PHOTO SHOWING BOTH JETTIES. BOTH WERE DAMAGED BY CYCLONES.LOOKING INTO THIS PHOTO BOTH JETTIES ARE VISIBLE WITH A SHIP LEAVING THE NEW BELONGIL JETTY.Photo:Jan Hackett...No.70006
BYRON BAY JETTY
SS WOLLONGBAR AT THE FIRST JETTY AT MAIN BEACH. NOTICE THE HORSES PULLING THE CARRAGE...No.70157
WOLLONGBAR SHIPWRECKED
S.S.WOLLONGBAR, MAIN BEACH AFTER IT WAS SHIPWRECKED.Photo Know What I Miss about Byron Bay..www.facebook.com/groups/kwimabb/ No.70059
FIRST JETTY AT MAIN BEACH.
INFORMATION FROM ARTHUR MALIN...EARLY 1930's. THE FIRST JETTY AT THE END OF JONSON STREET. FOSTERS KIOSK IS ON THE RIGHT. THEY CATERED FOR PASSENGERS ARRIVING OFF SHIPS. ARTHUR MALIN REMEMBERS OFTEN ENJOYING A SMALL ICE CREAM BUCKET WITH A TIMBER PADDLE BOUGHT FROM THE KIOSK..Photo:Arthur Malin...No.70179
BULLOCK TEAM MOVING BUILDING
1929. A UNIQUE SIGHT AT BYRON BAY ON MONDAY WAS THE SHIFTING OF THE N.C.S.N Co.'s OFFICE FROM WHERE IT STOOD TO THE NEW JETTY. IT WAS HAULED BY 40 BULLOCKS ON A BIG SLIDE, AND WAS A GREAT FEAT, WITNESSED BY A LARGE CROWD. Photo:know what I miss about byron bay...No.70248
BYRON BAY JETTY
THE FIRST JETTY IN THE BACKGROUND WITH THE WOLLONGBAR BREACHED.Photo:Iain Cummings...No.70057
JETTY BYRON BAY
PART OF THE JETTY AT MAIN BEACH.Photo:Jan Hackett...No.70007
LISMORE PEOPLE WOULD COME ON THE TRAIN
1888 IS WHEN BYRON BAY'S FIRST JETTY WAS BUILT AT MAIN BEACH WHERE THE SMALL GROIN IS NOW AT THE END OF JONSON STREET. THE SECOND JETTY WAS BUILT IN 1929 (670 METRES LONG). Photo: Know What I Miss about Byron Bay..www.facebook.com/groups/kwimabb/ No.70176
WOLLONGBAR BEING UNLOADED.
S.S.WOLLONGBAR BEACHED.Photo:Courtesy Byron Bay Services Club...No.70075
JETTY IN THE BACKGROUND.
No.70175
UNLOADING THE SHIP
S.S.WOLLONGBAR SANK AT MAIN BEACH IN 1922 DURING A CYCLONE. A SMALL SECTION OF THE WRECK IS STILL VISIBLE TODAY. NOTICE THE HILL BEHIND HAS HARDLY ANY TREES...No.70005
CYCLONE DAMAGE
DAMAGED IN A CYCLONE, THE CRANES ARE STILL UNDER THE WATER TODAY...No.70211
SECOND JETTY KIOSK AT BELONGIL BEACH
SECOND JETTY WHALING SHED...No.70245
BYRON BAY JETTY
No.70192