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Tricia Shantz, author
Dimensions: 244 x 210, portrait, hardcover, 276 pages
Published by Surf Research
Publication Date: August 2026
ISBN 978-0-9871522-5-1
Distribution by Surf Research
Australian Shipping: $15.00 per order
International Shipping: $65.00 per order
About the author
Tricia Shantz is a social geographer, research consultant, and author who works and lives in Byron Bay, Australia. She is committed to knowing the environmental and social construct of her community.
Tricia co-wrote and published her first two books with Rusty Miller: Turning Point Surf Portraits and Stories from Bells to Byron 1970 - 1971 in 2012 and Turning Point II Surf Portraits and Stories Hawaii: Oahu-Kauai-Maui 1968-1972 in 2014.
A third book, No Fixed Abode; Stories from the streets around Byron Bay in 2017, was in association with the Byron Bay Community Centre and Byron Writers Festival. Neverland. American and Australian surfers in Byron Bay 1960s and 1970s was published in 2022 with a re-print in 2024.
She co-publishes and edits the Rusty’s Byron Guide magazine about people, politics and culture.
Musicland. When the Music Came to Byron 1970-1995 is her most recent book.
Tricia Shantz, author
Dimensions: 244 x 210, portrait, hardcover, 276 pages
Published by Surf Research
Publication Date: August 2026
ISBN 978-0-9871522-5-1
Distribution by Surf Research
Australian Shipping: $15.00 per order
International Shipping: $65.00 per order
About the author
Tricia Shantz is a social geographer, research consultant, and author who works and lives in Byron Bay, Australia. She is committed to knowing the environmental and social construct of her community.
Tricia co-wrote and published her first two books with Rusty Miller: Turning Point Surf Portraits and Stories from Bells to Byron 1970 - 1971 in 2012 and Turning Point II Surf Portraits and Stories Hawaii: Oahu-Kauai-Maui 1968-1972 in 2014.
A third book, No Fixed Abode; Stories from the streets around Byron Bay in 2017, was in association with the Byron Bay Community Centre and Byron Writers Festival. Neverland. American and Australian surfers in Byron Bay 1960s and 1970s was published in 2022 with a re-print in 2024.
She co-publishes and edits the Rusty’s Byron Guide magazine about people, politics and culture.
Musicland. When the Music Came to Byron 1970-1995 is her most recent book.