Gold Coast Flashback:Cheap property and computers from the best 1990s ads from the Gold Coast Bulletin

Expensive screen savers, cheap housing prices and interest rates of more than 8 per cent. SEE THE VERY BEST OF GOLD COAST ADVERTISING FROM AUGUST 1995

INTEREST rates of more than 8 per cent, Paul Keating’s last months as Prime Minister and Batman Forever in cinemas. Welcome to the world of August 1995.

On the Gold Coast, house prices remained relatively low, with house and land packages at Burleigh advertised for $137,900 and a three-bedroom Arundel home at $124,900.

PART ONE: BEST GOLD COAST ADVERTISING 1975

A Burleigh Waters house and land package was just $137,900.

A full Aussie breakfast at Fisherman’s Wharf cost $6, while a roast lunch was $5.

Best Gold Coast advertising from 1995

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Interest rates were significantly higher compared to today’s lows, with Westpac offering 7.75 per cent, 7.10 per cent at Citibank and 8.25 per cent at St George.

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Screen Savers were absurdly expensive. These days they’re free.

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Meanwhile, tickets for the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers’ multimillion-dollar stage show went on sale as entrants opened for the Tropicarnival 1995 Queen Quest.

Among the biggest changes between 1985 and 1995 was the significant increase in home personal computer usage and the imminent arrival of the internet.

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The Power Rangers were all the rage in 1995.

By August 1 1995, the Windows 95 operating system was three weeks away from release, while PCs equipped with a 540mb hard drive, Windows 95, MS World and Encarta 95 cost $299.

Most astonishing for modern audiences would be the idea of paying $49 for a screen saver, something which cost nothing today.

Mobile phones had also been invented, with an NEC Sportz costing $379.

The Sega Saturn was an infamous flop on the market and was the beginning of Sega’s downward spiral. It retailed for an astonishingly high $899.