Riding the waves of life

Rebecca Riddle
Updated November 29 2016 - 9:25am, first published November 28 2016 - 1:30pm

The only time 86-year-old Ron (Basher) Blackney hasn’t enjoyed the ocean was March 18, 1961. That was the day he watched his mate Ken ‘Smithy’ Smith get attacked by a white pointer in Warrnambool’s Lady Bay.

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Rebecca Riddle

Rebecca Riddle

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