Year |
Entry |
1956 | Swarbrick Jetty built. Terry Swarbrick sailed first yacht in Swan Bay (Walpole Inlet). He, Claude and Frank Cooper et al built a small boat shed near site for Swarbricks Jetty. |
1958 | Walpole Yacht Club: Inaugural meeting 13th February. First public meeting 27th February. Meeting 17 April: proposed site changed from Swan Bay to Coalmine Beach. late 1958: Lean-to boatshed built and jetty construction started there. |
1959 | Walpole Yacht Club Lease and permit to build boatshed/clubhouse granted....Jetty completed...timber came from old Kent River Sawmill. |
1961 | Walpole Yacht Club given a 21 year lease @ £5 per year...Foreshore reclamation (sleepers from Nornalup Railway). |
1999 | WYC becomes Walpole Yachting and Boating Club (WYBC). |