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Pacific Cable Station

Pacific Cable Station

The cable was laid in a six foot deep trench that ran through sand dunes at Main Beach before being connected to another cable to cross the Nerang River and terminate at the Cable Station in Bauer Street. Read this story
Miami Ice

Miami Ice

After the end of World War II, two recycled army huts were used for the construction of the Miami Ice works which opened in 1947 on Kratzmann Avenue in Miami. Read this story
Magic Mountain

Magic Mountain

Illuminated at night, the castle's bright orange turrets were a landmark for fishermen and a navigation aid. Read this story
Kinkabool

Kinkabool

Kinkabool was constructed next door to Margot Kelly’s Hibiscus Restaurant on a small block in Hanlan Street that had previously been the location of the Flamingo Nightclub. Read this story
Greenmount Guesthouse

Greenmount Guesthouse

Guesthouses were founded throughout the South Coast in the latter part of the 19th and early 20th century but those at Coolangatta became legendary. Read this story
Paula Stafford

Paula Stafford

Initially called Fiesta, the shop was later known as The Tog Shop, The Bikini Bar and finally Paula Stafford of Surfers Paradise. Read this story
Lena Cooper

Lena Cooper

Lena was a keen reader and writer and kept diaries with details of personal experiences and local events. Read this story
Keith Williams

Keith Williams

Keith purchased a dairy farm at Carrara on the Nerang River where he created the Surfers Paradise Ski Gardens. Read this story
Jim Cavill

Jim Cavill

Jim Cavill is credited as being responsible for the naming of Surfers Paradise and was an active in founding the Surfers Paradise Surf Life Saving Club in 1929. Read this story
Ivy Hassard

Ivy Hassard

During her career in aviation Ivy designed many of own her flying outfits and in 1946 she opened the first fashion boutique in Surfers Paradise. Read this story
Helena Davenport

Helena Davenport

In addition to running her school, Helena wrote leading articles for The Southern Queensland Bulletin newspaper. Read this story
David Fleay

David Fleay

While in Tasmania, David Fleay took a photograph of the last captive Thylacine (Tasmanian Tiger) which has long been regarded as ‘the best and clearest’ ever taken. Read this story
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