Gary Clist loves the minutiae of local history, the stuff that often falls between the cracks. These small contributions from his lost collections appear on the Who remembers Noosa before it was cool? Facebook page.
1. Kooringal
I was recently fortunate to be allowed to copy this excellent little brochure of Kooringal Units in Hastings Street. John and Zoe Holmes owned the Noosa Store and Drapery in the early 1950s and about 10 years later they had Kooringal, on the eastern end of Hastings Street. I’m not sure if they had it built or bought it from a previous owner.
2. Noosa Sound
Noosa Sound was finally opened in 1973. I took these photos early 1974 when not much had yet happened. Original prices were around $9000 for a dry block to around $13,500 for waterfront. Seems incredibly cheap now, but still represented quite an investment for most of us back then.
3. Our place in Tewantin
By the mid-1970s the original Bull family home ( built 1916) in Tewantin had become a second-hand shop and real estate agency run by my parents. We lived upstairs in flats that had been constructed by the Harlow family in the 1950s, and run as holiday accommodation called Triplelinks.
4. Real estate
No exact date, but I think these brochures are early 1970s. I’m sure someone remembers buying a block there around that time. In 1970 I bought a 506 square metre block on Weyba Street from an earlier release. Cost $1100 with a $50 deposit and $22 a month repayment. It was even affordable on my $25 a week wage as an 18-year-old. No young person could do something similar now, unfortunately.
