History Archive

Glamour girls at Double Island. Jessie Mallet far right
Bevan and Joy Anderson’s Rainbow Beach: Our family has been visiting Rainbow for holidays since the early ‘70s
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The front cover of the first Rainbow Beach Newspaper produced on December 17, 1998
Happy 21st Rainbow Beach Cooloola Coast Community News!: So where were you 21 years ago? I know where Caroline Taylor
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Back: Greg Biddle, Larry Dawson, George Day, Robin Perro, Allan Deen, Wayne Hewitt, Front: Billy Nolan, Garry Hewitt. They are wearing the togs they had to buy the day before to enter the March Past in.
Garry Hewitt’s Rainbow Beach: The Rainbow Beach Surf Club was formed in 1965/66 with the required
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An aerial photo of Rainbow Beach from 1965 showing the Mineral Sands Building, the three mining houses, the Surf Club, Phil Rogers’ shop and a few caravans (supplied Garry Hewitt)
Happy Golden Anniversary Rainbow Beach!: We all know and love this town, and many know a little
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Inskip Lighthouse - The restored light sitting up in the coast guard radio tower
Shedding light on Inskip history: Recently, the radio tower at the Tin Can Bay Coast Guard base
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HMAS Wyatt Earp - an early photo in the 1930s
The bones of HMAS Wyatt Earp: It has been 100 years since the Natone, or Wyatt Earp first
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Remembrance Day is even more significant this year, as it is now 100 years since World War I ended, you are invited to join services in Rainbow Beach (pictured from last year) or Tin Can Bay
Commemorate the centenary of the Armistice: Remembrance Day Sunday November 11 2018 The Rainbow Beach RSL Sub Branch
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Some of these faces from this class in 1955 can enjoy a reunion on October 13
Historic Cooloola – The old Tin Can Bay School: Annette Bailey The name Tin Can Bay conjures up many visions, but
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Local Veteran, Bob Carroll loading rockets in Vietnam
Why is August 18 recognised as Vietnam Veteran’s Day?: The Vietnam War was a long and bloody war, running from 1962
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Early last month, remnants of the Cherry Venture were seen on Teewah Beach, now safely buried back under the sand
A little bit of history repeating – Cherry Venture exposed: Last month, rusty remnants of the shipwrecked Cherry Venture began to appear
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