Talk:Bells Beach, Victoria

2005 Comments
Though I've heard the Bells reference to Point Break before, I'm struggling to find any evidence the ending scenes of this film were in fact filmed at Bells. IMDB fliming locations for Point Break lists Bondi Beach. Rather than remove the content, I've added a citation required tag. -- Longhair 22:12, 19 December 2005 (UTC)
 * The article says they weren't filmed at Bells. Rather, it was set at Bells, and I'm fairly sure the film credits suggested it was filmed there. If you have a search for this, I suspect you'll find some better sources documenting the contradiction. Ambi 08:40, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

Headline text
The following text was on the main page. Someone care to merge with article?--220.253.90.196 09:36, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

Little correction: Quote from: http://walkabout.com.au/locations/VICBellsBeach.shtml Easter Festival Most famously, this is the site of a surfing contest which was first held in 1962, although the competition attained a more official status when it became an interstate Easter event in 1963, making it the longest-running professional surfing event in the nation and the world. The consistency and excellence of the surf saw Bells become the site of the world amateur board-riding championships in 1970 and, in the early 1970s, the first surfing reserve in the world. It has since become a fixture on the world professional circuit. In the year 2000 it was listed as a site of historical significance by the Victorian branch of the National Trust.

Renaming
Should this article be at Bells Beach, Victoria? -- Longhair 05:03, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
 * It's a beach, not a locality. :) Ambi 06:19, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

Waimea
No way Bells is bigger than Waimea, bro. --The Yar 13:51, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Weird text
When looking up Bells Beach, I am getting one of the weirdest introductions I have seen on Wikipedia.

I expect an article to start with "Bells Beach is a beach located in [state, province, country, etc] famous for its [...] This text, however, starts with 'Bells Beach is where you say hi. The main break is known...'

That is very puzzling to me. There is no reference to what country we are talking about at all, and only after a few paragraphs of jargon I am starting to understand this is probably surfers' lingo. Non-surfers might not know what a 'break' is.

I think the first lines should say that it is in Australia and that it's a surfers' location, to get the main info through.

And that 'Bells Beach is where you say hi' is sheer nonsense as far as I am concerned. I can say 'hi' anywhere.

62.58.28.105 (talk) 16:31, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

William Bell not a master mariner
Not sure where the reference to master mariner comes from. William Bell was a grazier and before that a Geelong businessman. See https://www.torquayhistory.com/brief-history-of-torquay/people/pioneer-william-bell/ Matilda talk 23:24, 30 June 2023 (UTC)