It is with pleasure that I am able to speak highly of Bill and all of his staff. They are highly a professional, efficient and immaculately presented sales and service team.

We all know a barrow-load of gold won't buy a good name!

This dedicated group of outstanding people earn the respect and confidence of myself through the quality of excellence in service they provide which is respected by all who have dealings with them.

Barry McGregor

Dear Bill,We would like to say a big thank you for the very professional way you went about the sale of our property. You were most helpful answering any questions that we asked and putting us at ease with the quick sale of the hours. It was good doing business with Hookers and all the staff at Torquay were most helpful.Thanking you,June and Jack Jewson

The very first inhabitants of the Torquay area were members of four aboriginal tribes, the Wathaurong (Barrabool), Gerariture (Barwon), Bengalat (Bellarine) and Yaki Yan Gurt tribe. The tribes would gather on the banks of Spring Creek where they would feed on edible roots, small mammals, fish, crayfish, shellfish and berries. Tragically these populations were virtually wiped out by a plague of smallpox from the north before the arrival of white settlers. The first white settlement occurred soon after the establishment of Melbourne and Geelong. Squatters brought thousands of sheep to the banks of Spring Creek and eventually settled on the foreshore area in the early 1840’s. The earliest recorded settlers in the Torquay district were Henry Tait, a pastoralist, and his wife Emma. They took… more