tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-768256566462414032.post7164554376695909492..comments2024-03-23T12:52:32.450+13:00Comments on The Paddock: Noosa: Surfing the '60sPaulinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15276284964859313257noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-768256566462414032.post-110768923864408982016-03-09T19:54:33.837+13:002016-03-09T19:54:33.837+13:00It is still a beautiful place but it would be nice...It is still a beautiful place but it would be nicer without the tourists.diane bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002292118984909883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-768256566462414032.post-48323168254812261202016-03-08T15:22:32.609+13:002016-03-08T15:22:32.609+13:00While one can't always 'go back there'...While one can't always 'go back there' the memories keep the spirit of a beloved place alive. I guess that for a new generation, this will be the Noosa of memory!Pondsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407539138546412482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-768256566462414032.post-74085222967627073582016-03-08T04:14:32.267+13:002016-03-08T04:14:32.267+13:00While i've never had the pleasure of being the...While i've never had the pleasure of being there, i can imagine from your descriptions that it was a fun place to be back in the day, and still is but for different reasons.messymimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10649529601786689712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-768256566462414032.post-36262688498796082302016-03-08T01:56:24.071+13:002016-03-08T01:56:24.071+13:00Noosa of the Sixties...I knew it well. My childho...Noosa of the Sixties...I knew it well. My childhood and teenage years were spent in Gympie...and Noosa was part of our stomping ground; and even more particularly when I was a teenager in the early to mid 60s. Every weekend my girlfriends and I spent at Noosa. We stayed either at the old Laguna Guest House on Hastings St. or in a flat half way down along Hastings Street, heading towards Noosa Woods (that no longer exists). And sometimes we stayed at "The Beach House" which also was a guest house on the beachfront. It later became "Annabell's Restaurant"...and it now has been torn down and a new, modern complex built on the beachfront site.<br /><br />My older brother Graham was a lifesaver in the Noosa Lifesaving Club, as was my first husband.<br /><br />Then from 1979 to the beginning of 1986, my second husband (now also ex...but still a very good friend) and I lived at Sunshine Beach and I had a small business in Hastings Street...a greengrocery/healthfood store. And it stood on the site where the old Laguna Guest House used to be. It was called the "Laguna Arcade". The Ken Rosewall tennis courts were at the rear of the arcade...on Noosa Parade, Noosa Sound - a canal development that one was called "Hay's Island". It was all mangrove area back in the Sixties.<br /><br />It no longer exists, either. A high-rise was built on the site by Ariadne back in the late 1990s...or thereabouts.<br /><br />Peter and Fay Lobbin had the store in the middle of Hastings Street in those days...they sold groceries, milkshakes etc.<br /><br />Great memories of a wonderful time..of a wonderful era.<br /><br />Noosa will always have a special place in my heart. Thanks for the memories. :)Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-768256566462414032.post-75084095195676682392016-03-07T20:45:26.680+13:002016-03-07T20:45:26.680+13:00I love that walk! Beautiful Noosa!I love that walk! Beautiful Noosa!Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17541748309832254889noreply@blogger.com