A relaxed Malcolm Turnbull took off his shoes and walked bare-footed across the golden sands of Bondi beach last Saturday while mingling with surf lifesavers, officially launching the 2017-18 surf lifesaving season for the four Waverley district clubs and christening three generously donated inflatable rescue boats. The Prime Minister and Member for Wentworth called in at Bondi on his way to Garden Island for the launch of the Australia’s newest warship, HMAS Hobart, and offered words of encouragement to the voluntary lifesavers and nippers representing the Bondi, Tamarama and Bronte clubs. He then removed his shoes before christening the new IRBs, commonly known as “rubber duckies”, for the three clubs, which were purchased through a grant from the Clovelly community branch...

It must have been in the late 1960s when foot running moved from purely athletic events to the mainstream and was rebranded as "Jogging". An American, Dr. James Fixx, wrote a book claiming that he had once been a fat slob and running had changed his life The book became a huge best seller around the world. Predictably, the US craze quickly made it to Australia. Soon after, the promenade and the streets of Bondi were filled with joggers of all shapes and sizes.  Jogging fashion did not exist. Normal dress for men was an old footy jumper and shorts with the preferred shoes being Dunlop " Volley OC " tennis shoes. Later, American running magazines came flooding in, featuring famous...

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