The Gold Coast Then and Now

dabbler · Guru

RE: The Gold Coast Then and Now

PeterInSa · Guru

Re (and the porpoise pool at Coolangatta,)

I collected the entry fee there in my early teens with a Coolangatta local mate when on school holidays.

And the adjacent snapper rocks where every so often a big wave would wash some fisherman into the sea.

Peter

Leo · Senior Member

Hi Peter,

Shot with 8mm film, remember the movie cameras we thought were cool?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvoSfqwVP2o

Gaylehere · Guru

Thanks for the links etc. I haven't been to Currumbin sanctuary for years. What's it like now?

Big Gorilla · Guru

When I was a young boy in short pants, my parents took my sister and I to a holiday house in Burleigh Heads for several years running. We caught the train to Southport then a bus to Burleigh. Had great fun there as a kid. Now I'm an old fella in short pants, I wouldn't go there again. Too expensive and Commercial, too much crime and drugs.

PeterInSa · Guru

Thanks for the Vid Leo, Great memories.

I was there prior to any infrastructure, just a fence around the pools and I recall having to check to see if there were no large swimming items in the pool after large seas, I never did swim in the pools after dark.

Peter