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Cooloola Drive - Photo taken in 1972 before building construction.
Do you remember way back when…: Cooloola Drive was quite literally just a drive?
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Way Back When - Life Saving Reel 1966 - Photo credit: Gympie Regional Library Collection
“Do you remember when……… surf rescue involved using the life saving reel?”: Photo taken 26 March 1966 at Rainbow Beach. Does anyone know who
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Fishing party at Tin Can Bay ca.1925 - State Library of Queensland
Who’s Keen for a Tin Can Bay Party?: November is going to be a big month for Tin Can Bay
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Do you remember way back when… the Carlo boat ramp was not sealed?
Do you remember way back when…: …the Carlo boat ramp was not sealed?
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The Road to Rainbow was just a sandy track in 1959. This photo was taken and is printed with permission from Gympie The real treasure is the town FB page.
Do you remember way back when…: …the road to Rainbow was just a sandy track? This photo was
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April, 2005, Volume 7, Issue 4, Rainbow Beach Community News - Mainstay shipwreck
Historical Cooloola: The story of the Mainstay: Shipwrecked in 2005, the sailing yacht, Mainstay, floundered on the beach at
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Has your house been built yet? Marilyn Stone's image from 1982 is only one of many submitted to the new Rainbow Beach history project
Help Make History: Margaret Grant  After visiting many historical museums while on our recent holiday
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Russell Miller with Detection Dog Maya testing out the ‘Pets on Board’ service on the Mary Valley Rattler
All Aboard! And bring your PET!: Queensland’s famed Mary Valley Rattler steam train has gone out of its
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The amount of erosion needed to expose the MV Natone
More on the shipwreck of the MV Natone: Following last month’s article on the Trish Burgess book ‘Wyatt Earp –
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The book, Wyatt Earp: The little ship with many names, will be released by publisher Connor Court in mid May
Wyatt Earp: The little ship with many names: The Natone Shipwreck is part of Rainbow Beach’s history. Lee McCarthy talks
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