Notable Australian instrumental groups of this period included The Atlantics, The Denvermen The Thunderbirds, The Planets, The Dee Jays, The Joy Boys, The Fabulous Blue Jays and The Whispers.

It was also covered by the Australian surf group The Atlantics on the album Delightful Rain in 2006.

Other important acts include early rockers Lonnie Lee & the Leemen, Dig Richards & The R ' Jays and Johnny Rebb & The Rebels, surf group The Atlantics, beat groups Ray Brown & The Whispers, The Missing Links and The Throb.

The Atlantics, from Sydney, Australia, were not exclusively surf musicians, but made a significant contribution to the genre, the most famous example with being their hit " Bombora " ( 1963 ).

During this time, Fredericton saw its first passenger trains since the early 1960s when Rail Diesel Cars were instituted from Halifax via Moncton and Saint John to replace the Atlantics connections.

* Phalanx ( album ), a 1983 live album by Australian surf rock band, Australian Crawl

Most Australian soap operas focus on a mixed age range of middle-class characters and will regularly feature a range of locations where the various, disparate, characters can meet and interact, such as the café, the surf club, the wine bar, or the school.

* Tracks ( magazine ), monthly Australian surf

The other key part of surf life saving is the competitive sport which evolved from the training activities of lifesavers at Australian and New Zealand surf beaches, though most events share little with modern Inflatable Rescue Boat ( IRB ) based surf rescue techniques.

Though mainstream audiences in the early sixties preferred a clean-cut style – epitomised by the acts that appeared on the Nine Network pop show Bandstand – there were a number of ' grungier ' guitar-oriented bands in major cities like Sydney and Melbourne, who were inspired by American and British instrumental and surf acts like Britain's The Shadows – who exerted an enormous influence on Australian and New Zealand music prior to the emergence of The Beatles – and American acts like guitar legend Dick Dale and The Surfaris.

Australians also support or participate enthusiastically in a wide variety of sports, including Australian Rules Football and a vibrant surf culture.

From the junior Nippers to the adult Ironmen and Ironwomen, tens of thousands of Australians compete in surf lifesaving training and competitions, with Australian Surf Life Saving Championships attracting large interest.

Another Australian surf band who were known outside their own country's surf scene was the Joy Boys, whose hit " Murphy the Surfie " ( 1963 ) was later covered by the Surfaris.

1970: Quiksilver boardshorts with a swan logo make their first appearance in Australian surf shops.

Advertisements for Australian sheepskin boots, advertised as “ ugg boots ", first appeared in Californian surf magazines in 1970.

Dan Rumour Band appeared on the Australian surf music project Delightful Rain released October, and a documentary film of the same name on Australian television in December.

* The Surfer Sketch-in which Mack is instructing the rest of the cast in surf safety ( in a very broad Australian accent ), a conversation which moves into a discussion of circus theatre.

Little Pattie is the stage name of Australian singer, Patricia Thelma Amphlett OAM ( born 17 March 1949, Paddington, Sydney ) later Patricia Thompson, who performed as a 1960s surf pop singer and then in adult contemporary music .< ref name =" Talking "> Her debut single from November 1963, " He's My Blonde Headed, Stompie Wompie, Real Gone Surfer Boy ", achieved # 2 chart success in Sydney and peaked at # 19 on the national Kent Music Report.

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Mambo ( also, 100 % Mambo and Mambo Graphics ) is an Australian surf and street clothing brand.

* Mambo Graphics, the company behind the Australian surf clothing brand Mambo

Like most other Australian coastal towns Inverloch has a local surf lifesaving club.

Some celebrities have used them to surf ( Jennifer Love Hewitt ); Marlon Wayans famously said " Brothers don't surf " and in 2009, Hugh Jackman, upon winning his first one, said he was no longer the only Australian without a surfboard.

Bassist Nick Seymour ( ex-Plays with Marionettes, Bang, The Horla ) is the younger brother of singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Seymour of the now defunct Australian rock group Hunters & Collectors.

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Scott Owen, double bass player for Australian rock band The Living End

Australian player Brian Cain otherwise known as Indiana Phoenix mixes a range of playing techniques with modern equipment developed by playing with traditional acoustic guitar players to heavy rock and metal bands.

* 1952 – Graeme Strachan, Australian rock singer ( Skyhooks ) ( d. 2001 )

* 1949 – Daryl Braithwaite, Australian rock singer ( Sherbet )

The MCG, often referred to by locals as " The G ", has also hosted other major events, including International Rules between the Australian Football League ( AFL ) and Gaelic Athletic Association, international Rugby union, State of Origin series ( rugby league ), FIFA World Cup qualifiers and International Friendly matches, serves as the finish line for the Melbourne Marathon and also major rock concerts.

Men at Work are an Australian rock band who achieved international success in the 1980s.

In 1978, he formed a duo with Ron Strykert, which expanded with the addition of drummer Jerry Speiser and Australian progressive rock keyboard player Greg Sneddon.

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* Midnight Oil ( band ), also known as " The Oils ", Australian rock band

The Australian alternative rock band, The Go-Betweens dedicated a track off their 1994 album The Friends of Rachel Worth, When She Sang About Angels in reference to Smith's long time influence on themselves.

A new generation of Australian garage rock bands, inspired mainly by The Stooges and MC5, was coming even closer to the sound that would soon be called " punk ": In Brisbane, The Saints also recalled the raw live sound of the British Pretty Things, who had made a notorious tour of Australia and New Zealand in 1965.

The fledgling Australian and New Zealand rock scenes that formed in wake of Beatlemania were most influenced by British psychedelia, often with bands of first generation immigrants, who returned to further their musical careers.

* Persia ( EP ), 1984 extended-play record by Australian rock band The Church

Pub rock is a style of Australian rock and roll popular throughout the 1970s and 1980s, and still influencing contemporary Australian music today.

In the 1980s, Crowe and friend Billy Dean Cochran formed a band, " Roman Antix ", which later evolved into the Australian rock band 30 Odd Foot of Grunts ( abbreviated to TOFOG ).

* Stella One Eleven, an Australian pop / rock band formed in 1997