Tallebudgera Recreation Camp, Gold Coast Highway, Palm Beach, 5 September 1963

Queensland State Archives posted a photo:

The original photograph caption makes reference to National Fitness Camp.

The first National Fitness Camp was held at Currumbin in August 1943. After World War 2 it moved to a new site on Taliebudgera Creek and was held annually during the summer. The site was renamed the Tallebudgera Recreation Camp in the 1980s.

Queensland State Archives, Digital Image ID 649

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Aerial view of Innisfail, c 1946

Queensland State Archives posted a photo:

The Evening Advocate
27 May 1946

Innisfail May Have Air Feeder Planes

Notice that Innisfail is to be included in the Australian National Airways service in the future was received at Thursday’s monthly meeting of the Johnstone Shire Council.

The Chairman, Cr. C. J. Duffin, remarked “It is pleasing to see that Innisfail has not been forgotten and that we still may get some recognition.”

Queensland State Archives, Digital Image ID 6769

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