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HOLIDAY HAUNTS.

Islands Off the Coast.

Some years ago Mr. H. V. Gibbs enjoyed a trip arranged by the Tourist Bureau amongst the islands off the Queensland coast, and later paid a visit to parts of the Barrier Reef with a scientific party. His impressions formed the basis of an interesting discourse to workshops employees in the lunch-hour yesterday.

Opening his address with the remark that a holiday amongst the islands was of more than passing interest, Mr. Gibbs, in a breezy talk, gave a glowing picture of the attractions offering on the coast from Moreton Bay to Galdstone, to those who sought an unusual holiday. At one time there was a proposal to take Brisbane’s water supply from Stradbroke Lakes, he said, but owing to the difficulties of carrying the water under the sea it was abandoned. Captain Cook was reputed to have first landed in the

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LINDEMAN ISLAND.

Tourists Delighted.

Further praise of Lindeman Island was given by tourists who returned from Lindeman Island by the ketch Tonka on Friday evening. Among those who returned were Mrs. F. E. Shortt, Misses A. and K. Sheldon, Edith Webster, and S. Frederiksen, of Brisbane.

“It is one of the most glorious of places,” said Miss A. Sheldon. Miss Sheldon, who has been to Cairns previously, and also has travelled Europe, said she did not believe Lindeman could be surpassed for scenery. “We do not say it is better than on the other side,” she observed, “but it is quite equal in its own way.”

“Absolutely everything possible has been done to give us a good time. We have seen eveything there is to be seen,” chimed in the rest of the party – “all except a dugong! As for Lindeman, we like everything connected with it.

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SLADE POINT.

A quiet and pretty seaside place which has became very popular recently is Slade Point, five miles distant from Mackay Post Office by the road which goes past the gates of the harbor, and through a shady scrub.

There are 100 residences along the shores of the five beaches, which stretch from the harbor site to M’Cready Creek, a run of several miles of good bathing and fishing spots.

There is an abundance of shade trees right to the water’s edge, and happy picnic parties may be seen in many nooks on holidays. Several shops cater for the needs of the public, and a school is to be built next month.

At the southern end, facing Slade Rock, there is a rocky headland where the angler may pay attention to bream and other fish which inhabit the deep pools. Along the sandy beaches whiting and flathead

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The Cyclone at Mackay.

BREACH IN THE EAST POINT SPIT.

COLLAPSE OF SANDY CREEK BRIDGE.

[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.]
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

MACKAY, February 7.
The men at the Pilot Station report that a breach has been made in the East Point Spit, 150ft. wide, by the recent cyclone. The current is running through, and it is thought that part of the stone retaining wall has been washed away.

A report has been received of the collapse of the Sandy Creek Bridge at 9.30 yesterday morning. The bridge was repaired last year, four new spans and new cylinders being put in. Three of the new spans have been swept away, and are now lying two chains below the bridge. When the bridge collapsed the water was 9in. over the handrail. The northern approach to the Sydney-street Bridge further collapsed during the night, when two cyclinders subsided, and all the others are more

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W.S. Wallis & Co Butchers Advertising:

Head straight to this Butchery and score every time.
The best Meats await you here.
TRY OUR TENDER STEAKS.
W. S. WALLIS & CO.
Wood Street, Mackay.
Phone 44. P.O. Box 140.

*****

APPETISING MEALS.
Just wrap your teeth around one of our
JUICY STEAKS
and you will enjoy real delight.
Whether is is Veal or Beef, Lamb or Mutton which you prefer, you will find the Very Choicest Meat here at Low Prices.
W.S. WALLIS & Co.
Wood Street, Mackay.
Phone 44. P.O. Box 140.

*****

Satisfy Your Hunger.
There is nothing half as good as a plate of our choice
Special Corned Beef.
It is a really sure hunger chaser.
Try a piece for Dinner tonight.
W.S. WALLIS & CO.
Wood Street, MACKAY.
Phone 44. P.O. Box 140.

*****

Satisfying Sausages
“How good they taste.” That will be your verdict
and the family’s also, when you serve our delicious
SAUSAGES
Order some to-day. Try also our PORK FILLETS
and SAVELOYS.
W.S. WALLIS & CO.
Wood Street, MACKAY.
Phone 44. P.O.

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The Brisbane Courier
30 August 1930

SUNNYBANK – FRUIT GROWING AND MARKET GARDENING

Sunnybank, situated about 10 miles from Brisbane, along the Southport railway line, possesses a variety of rich soils, and is notable for its production of tropical fruits – particularly pawpaws – and for market-gardening.

Although the district was settled many years ago, when Brisbane was in its infancy, little had been done up to 20 years ago in the way of extensive development. Since then, however, Sunnybank has become one of the best-developed and prolific agricultural areas around the metropolis. The Sunnybank of these days may be said to comprise two sections – residential, immediately along the railway line, and the other a strip of rich ridgy country back from the line. On this section are several families holding well-improved farms of from 5 to 15 acres in extent.

One of the earliest settlers was the late

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The Brisbane Courier
9 May 1928

A BIG GRANADILLA.

A giant granadilla was brought to the “Courier” office yesterday by Mr. E. A. Aldridge, who grew it at his home at Stanley-terrace, Taringa. It was 1ft. 11½in. long, and 1ft. 7½in round the sides. The granadilla is a tropical fruit, but Mr. Aldridge says he has no difficulty in growing them in Brisbane, even at this time of the year. He has four vines all of which are good bearers, and a visitor from Cooktown, the home of the granadilla, informed him that they bore the best fruit he had ever seen.

Queensland State Archives Item ID 392321, Photographic material

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The Palmwoods-Buderim Tramway was a private industrial tramway on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast.

The length of the line was seven miles, fifteen chains (11.5km), which ran from the Queensland Government Railways station at Palmwoods, across undulating country to Forest Glen on the Bruce Highway, and then climbed to the top of Buderim ‘Mountain’.

Maroochy Shire Council established a committee in 1903 to consider the possibility of a tramway to Buderim. An Order in Council for the construction of the line was granted in 1911 and it opened for business of 1 December 1914. Despite initial success, the First World War halted planned expansion and the tramway began to lose money in the 1920s due to lower farm output. The Great Depression finally sealed its fate.

The final run was on 10 August 1935 and it was dismantled soon after. The earthworks are still visible and were listed on the

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From the Queensland Heritage Register

Buderim House was built c1915 for Herbert Victor Fielding, son of pioneer Buderim sugar planter, mill owner and fruit grower John Fielding, who in 1876 selected nearly 49 hectares on the northern slopes of Buderim Mountain.

In the 1880s competition from imported sugar forced Buderim sugar planters into crop diversification, and by the late 1880s, Herbert Fielding was growing bananas on a large scale on the family property. Following John Fielding’s death in 1890, the farm, by then reduced to about 40 hectares, passed to his wife Jane. When Herbert Fielding acquired the property in 1906, it extended from Orme Road to Mill Road and across the present Gloucester Road to the creek. He was a successful farmer, and in the early 1900s attended state-wide agricultural conferences as the representative of the Maroochy Pastoral Agricultural Horticultural and Industrial Association.

He is believed to

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The Brisbane Courier
22 February 1927

BALLANDEAN

The Grape Crop – Much relief is felt at the lifting of the restrictive regulations concerning the sale of grapes in Brisbane. The low prices and lack of demand consequent on the prosecution of grape vendors in Brisbane for not conforming to the regulation caused consternation amongst growers, many of whom ceased marketing their crop until better prices obtained. Practically no grapes have gone forward to Brisbane for some days.

Queensland State Archives Item ID 392321, Photographic material

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