Queensland State Archives posted a photo:
Tropical island an ideal setting for Service personnel on leave
At Arcadia Beach on Magnetic Island, just off the Queensland coast at Townsville, is what has been voted by servicemen and servicewomen the most beautiful recreation and rest centre they have known.
Most suitably named, the island has been a magnet for all troops on leave, and at Arcadia, perhaps the loveliest of all the island’s many beaches, the YMCA and YWCA, under the direction of the ACF, have established a leave centre.
A line of huts near a grove of tall coconut palms offer a holiday such as many “southerners” have never before known.
The centre, which has taken the name Arcadia, is staffed by the Army and members of any branch of the Services are entitled to spend from one to four days’ leave there.
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