The launch of National Arthritis Week 1991 was held with an event in Bourke Street Mall in Melbourne. This photo, taken at the event, depicts (from left to right): middle-distance runner, Sharon Stewart (Commonwealth Games bronze and silver medallist), David Parkin (Carlton Football Club Coach), and Frances Murphy (Victorian Surf Life Saving Champion) sitting in a hot tub/spa. Sharon and David are each holding a PhysiCal branded milkshake cup. Behind the trio is a display board with a "Move it or lose it" sign, photos depicting warm water therapy and exercise, and photos promoting bananas as a health food. This photo appears on the cover (page 1) of the Vol 4 No 2, Winter 1991 issue of the Arthritis Foundation of Victoria's quarterly magazine, Arthritis Update, and on page 4 of the same issue under the heading, "Our front cover". The photo also appears on the cover of the 1991 Annual Report.B&W photo of a man and two women sitting in a hot tub/spa. Two of them are holding up PhysiCal branded take-away drink cups. Behind them, there is a display board with a sign and some photos of people in warm water (such as a hot tub/spa or a swimming pool). The sign is titled, "Move it or lose it", followed by a logo and the text "ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION OF VICTORIA Yarra Boulevard, Kew, 3101 For Further Information: Tel. (03) 862.2555". On either side of the sign, there is a photo of a woman in a not tub/spa. A third photo (directly below the sign) depicts the same woman in a spa with two children (one child is obscured). A fourth photo (right) depicts a small group of people partaking in warm water exercises in a swimming pool. There are two small photos superimposed onto the larger photos (each depicting a close up of a man's face) with the text, "Bananas are good enough for me".[On a MOVE branded sticky note, handwritten in blue ink] Arthritis Update Vo.l 4 [sic] No. 2 1991 Front cover Arthritis Week launch [underlined] Carlton Football Coach David Parkin w [On another MOVE branded sticky note, handwritten in blue ink] Commonwealth Games Medallist Sharon Stewart (left) and Frances Murphy Vict. Surf Life Saving Champion in Bourke St Mall.arthritis foundation of victoria, afv, national arthritis week, naw, launch, sharon stewart, middle distance runner, commonwealth games, bronze medalist, silver medalist, david parkin, carlton football club, coach, afl, frances murray, victorian surf lifesaving, champion, hot tub, spa, warm water therapy, warm water exercise, move it or lose it, bourke st mall, physical, bananas, healthy food, healthy diet, healthy eating, arthritis update, annual report, 1991

This is one of four surf oars now on display at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village. The oars were once owned by the Warrnambool surf Live Saving Club. They are painted in the original club colours of brown and white. The Warrnambool Surf Life Saving Club was formed in 1930, and the elected President was Mr Fletcher Jones (later Sir Fletcher Jones). It is one of the oldest lifesaving clubs on the Victorian Coast. The donor was a member of the surf boat crew that won the 1952 Victorian Surf Boat Championships; the crew comprised Geoff Scott, Ron Blackney, Wes McLaren, Jim Tibb, and Stan Stephens. This oar is significant for its connection with the Warrnambool Surf Life Saving Club and as an example of equipment used for saving lives at sea in the local Warrnambool community. Oar, one of four oars. Timber handles with flat blades painted in the original club colours of brown and white. The oars originated from the Warrnambool Surf Life Saving Club, .flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, warrnambool, maritime museum, maritime village, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, surf boat oar, original oar, warrnambool surf life saving club, wslc, oar, brown and white, wslc colours, rowing oar, lifesaving

This is one of four surf oars now on display at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village. The oars were once owned by the Warrnambool surf Live Saving Club. They are painted in the original club colours of brown and white. The Warrnambool Surf Life Saving Club was formed in 1930, and the elected President was Mr Fletcher Jones (later Sir Fletcher Jones). It is one of the oldest lifesaving clubs on the Victorian Coast. The donor was a member of the surf boat crew that won the 1952 Victorian Surf Boat Championships; the crew comprised Geoff Scott, Ron Blackney, Wes McLaren, Jim Tibb, and Stan Stephens. This oar is significant for its connection with the Warrnambool Surf Life Saving Club and as an example of equipment used for saving lives at sea in the local Warrnambool community. Oar, one of four oars. Timber handles with flat blades painted in the original club colours of brown and white. The oars originated from the Warrnambool Surf Life Saving Club.flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, warrnambool, maritime museum, maritime village, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, surf boat oar, original oar, warrnambool surf life saving club, wslc, oar, brown and white, wslc colours, rowing oar, lifesaving

This is one of four surf oars now on display at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village. The oars were once owned by the Warrnambool surf Live Saving Club. They are painted in the original club colours of brown and white. The Warrnambool Surf Life Saving Club was formed in 1930, and the elected President was Mr Fletcher Jones (later Sir Fletcher Jones). It is one of the oldest lifesaving clubs on the Victorian Coast. The donor was a member of the surf boat crew that won the 1952 Victorian Surf Boat Championships; the crew comprised Geoff Scott, Ron Blackney, Wes McLaren, Jim Tibb, and Stan Stephens. This oar is significant for its connection with the Warrnambool Surf Life Saving Club and as an example of equipment used for saving lives at sea in the local Warrnambool community. Oar, one of four oars. Timber handles with flat blades painted in the original club colours of brown and white. The oars originated from the Warrnambool Surf Life Saving Club.flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, warrnambool, maritime museum, maritime village, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, surf boat oar, original oar, warrnambool surf life saving club, wslc, oar, brown and white, wslc colours, rowing oar, lifesaving

This is one of four surf oars now on display at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village. The oars were once owned by the Warrnambool surf Live Saving Club. They are painted in the original club colours of brown and white. The Warrnambool Surf Life Saving Club was formed in 1930, and the elected President was Mr Fletcher Jones (later Sir Fletcher Jones). It is one of the oldest lifesaving clubs on the Victorian Coast. The donor was a member of the surf boat crew that won the 1952 Victorian Surf Boat Championships; the crew comprised Geoff Scott, Ron Blackney, Wes McLaren, Jim Tibb, and Stan Stephens. This oar is significant for its connection with the Warrnambool Surf Life Saving Club and as an example of equipment used for saving lives at sea in the local Warrnambool community. Oar, one of four oars. Timber handles with flat blades painted in the original club colours of brown and white. The oars originated from the Warrnambool Surf Life Saving Club.flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, warrnambool, maritime museum, maritime village, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, surf boat oar, original oar, warrnambool surf life saving club, wslc, oar, brown and white, wslc colours, rowing oar, lifesaving

This pole was used in the construction of the first Torquay Lifesaving Club clubhouse in 1945. it was dug up by club members from the mouth of Spring Creek, where it had been laid as part of defence strategy during WW2. In the 1940s 'Tank Traps' were placed across low lying Victorian Beaches to stop potential invading Japanese forces. This pole was salvaged from the ashes of the fire which destroyed the first TLSC clubhouse in 1970.This wooden pole was used in the foundations of the first Torquay Surf Life saving Club club house. Timber pole associated with WW2 and Torquay SLSC, damaged by fire in 1970.torquay lifesaving club, 'tank traps', local war defences, world war 2