BOBBY ATKINS - Part One

BOBBY ATKINS - Part One 

... Bobby (Bobby Barrel or Bobby Beach - depending on who you talk to) Atkins is a unique Noosa original. Really .. as he was amongst the very first to surf the fabulous points of Noosa back in the 1960's. With only a few years of surfing under his belt he arrived in Noosa on that first day to see the surf at Noosa's First Point and National Park peeling perfectly towards shore and not a sole out surfing. It was high summer with glorious sub-tropical weather caressing sparkling blue water under an equally sparkling blue sky. Within days he not only scored perfect waves but a job and free accommodation. He thought he'd died and gone to heaven. No wonder he has never left. Oh, he's been here and there a bit, but traveling was not his thing - Noosa was. Having been a constant local for so many decades he has plenty to share. Names of the original crew pop up in his tales along with the more famous who have mainly come and gone. He's seen it all.