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
History
Don't miss out on the headlines from History. Followed categories will be added to My News.
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 full Aussie breakfast at Fisherman’s Wharf cost $6, while a roast lunch was $5.
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.
PART TWO: BEST GOLD COAST ADVERTISING 1985
FLASHBACK: 50 YEARS OF GOLD COAST PUTT PUTT
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.
FLASHBACK: GOLD COAST BUILDINGS NOW AND THEN
FLASHBACK: INSIDE THE MERMAID BEACH CINEMA
FLASHBACK: REMEMBERING THE MERMAID BEACH MCDONALDS
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 one that got away’: Coast’s most infamous unsolved crime
A man raped multiple women across the Gold Coast and Tweed Heads and murdered a man during a year-long reign of terror before disappearing suddenly. THE TERRIFYING STORY
‘Utterly unforeseeable’: What led to double-stabbing inside Coast home
Two people were found stabbed to death in a northern Gold Coast home in an incident which made headlines around the country before a court was told what really happened.