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Sticky floors, sweaty bodies and $4 basics drew big crowds to a Sunshine Coast nightclub where plenty of memories were made and lost. SEE OUR HUGE PIC GALLERY

Enjoying 240v’s glory days are (from left) Leah Smith and Kirsten Dick, James Southeron, Felicity McIntosh and Chris Andrews and Nicola Kendall, Jay Tedge and Lisa Hyde.

A nightclub renowned for its cheap drinks and electric atmosphere represented a different time in Sunshine Coast hospitality for former owner Clayton Williams.

Bar 240v was famous for its $4 basic spirits during its run in Mooloolaba between 2003 and 2011.

Raw Group director Clayton Williams, who owned 240v, said it was a different world.

“We always found we were a lot more connected to the community as we would always get a fair few sporting stars or well known people that were in the area,” Mr Williams said.

240v nightclub owner Clayton Williams promotes an event at his Mooloolaba venue in 2010. Picture: John McCutcheon.

He said sporting teams such as the Melbourne Storm, Brisbane Broncos and the Collingwood Magpies were some of the top drinkers he remembered from his time at the helm.

“It was different to today where only some of them will go out if they’re playing their away games,” he said.

“It was common for a fair few of the players to roll in and enjoy themselves while we were able to keep certain things under wraps.”

It was very likely that the club goers were getting down to the era’s top hits such as “Yeah!” by Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris, “We Belong Together” by Mariah Carey and “SexyBack” by Justin Timberlake.

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Mr Williams said running the venue was more difficult once larger corporations started to make their mark on the area.

“We were locally owned and operated so once Woolworths came in and bought O’Malleys, The Wharf and others it was a triangle of me competing against those other venues,” he said.

“The site was purchased and was developed into what is now Sea Pearl Resort.”

Mr Williams said the appointment Jarrod Bleijie as the Member for Kawana was a real positive.

“Mr Bleijie was able to get onto the Attorney-General which was very beneficial for us as before then we had quite a few bikies and ‘wanna be’ gangsters who made things quite hard to deal with,” he said.

“Those VLAD laws that were introduced made my job a little bit easier.”