Remembering Mooloolaba’s old glory days

HISTORIAN Bill Lavarack has spent recent years chronicling the history of Buderim, so he thought it was only fair to give Mooloolaba some attention.

1/20Buderim farmers on holiday at Mooloolaba about 1920. (Courtesy Buderim Historical Society)

2/20Prawning fleet 1965. (Courtesy Sunshine Coast Council Heritage Library)

3/20Charles Clarke's Buderim to Mooloolaba bus on the Mooloolaba road in 1925. (Courtesy Len Olive from Gertrude Clarke collection)

4/20Christmas campers ca 1930 (Courtesy Buderim Historical Society)

5/20Crowds gathering to see the Duke of Gloucester Mooloolah River 1934. (Contributed Len Olive from Gertrude Clarke collection)

6/20Day trippers at Mooloolaba about 1930. (Courtesy Len Olive from Gertrude Clarke collection)

7/20First Mooloolaba Surf Life Saving team 1923. (Courtesy Ken Chadwick)

8/20Fish Board jetty and swimming area 1955. (Courtesy Sunshine Coast Council Heritage Library)

9/20Hotel Mooloolaba 1938. (Courtesy Sunshine Coast Council Heritage Library)

10/20Mooloolaba about 1945 (Courtesy Buderim Historical Society)

11/20Mooloolaba beach about 1955. (Courtesy Sunshine Coast Council Heritage Library)

12/20Mooloolaba from the air about 1951. (Courtesy Len Olive from Gertrude Clarke collection)

13/20Mooloolaba State School 1940. Arthur Parkyn head teacher. (Courtesy Sunshine Coast Council Heritage Library)

14/20Mooloolaba's canal estate under construction 1972. (Courtesy Sunshine Coast Council Heritage Library)

15/20Mooloolah Heads Aquatic Carnival about 1920. (Courtesy Buderim Historical Society)

16/20Mrs Hancock's store and guest house 1930s. (Courtesy Bev Lavarack)

17/20Picnic at Mooloolaba about 1930. (Courtesy Len Olive from Gertrude Clarke collection)

18/20Advertising post card from about 1945. (Courtesy Bev Lavarack)

19/20Beach erosion 1936, the lifesavers' clubhouse nearly lost. (Courtesy: Len Olive from Gertrude Clarke collection)

20/20Bondoola Guest House about 1930. (Courtesy: Len Olive from Gertrude Clarke collection)