By MICK ROBERTS © FOR over 120 years the boat sheds at Sandon Point, Bulli have provided a place for anglers to store their vessels. This is the story of fishing at Sandon Point and the boat sheds that have remarkably survived countless storms, fires, and government regulations. The Sandon Point sheds are all that…
THE heavy seas which were running during the week swept away a portion of the eastern end of the Bulli Colliery Jetty. The seas were too heavy to enable an inspection to be carried out to ascertain the full extent of the damage. –Illawarra Mercury Friday 16 October 1942 The old Bulli jetty, damaged…
BY TELEGRAPH (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) BULLI, Thursday. While a heavy north-west gale was blowing this morning, a boat belonging to the collier “Woonona” fouled a cable near the Bulli Company’s jetty and capsized. A seaman named W. Jacobsen was drowned. Jacobson’a body was washed ashore, and found this afternoon by Constable Duke, within a short…
Bridge nears completion at Old Bulli THE girders of the bridge over the Prince’s Highway, at Old Bulli, were placed in position yesterday. The girders were lifted into position with a mechanical hoist, and were laid in one movement, within a quarter of an inch of the required position. When the bridge, which is being erected for…
By MICK ROBERTS © Updated January 2020 THE late Peter Chamberlain had vivid memories of his dad telling him yarns about working on the Bulli Jetty when I interviewed him for this story. I interviewed Peter, who lived with his wife Bronwen on Bulli Hill, back in the 1990s. He sadly died in 2019. Peter told…
Looking Back 