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Tweed Heads / Coolangatta  -  Point Danger


StateLibQld_1_294451_Aerial_view_of_Tweed_Heads,_ca._1950.jpg  
Date:   Circa 1950     (according to source)
   
Photo source:   State Library of Queensland

Postcard - Point Danger - Gold Coast - Murfett Publishers P55708 - 1000x640.png  
Date:   1960's ???
   
Photo source:   Postcard  ("Murfett Publishers P55708")
   
Larger view:   Click here     (3000 x 1919)
   
Comment:   Rear at here

Point Danger - Postcard - 1 - 1000x706.png  
Date:   Before 1965
   
Photo source:   Postcard
   
Larger view:   Click here     (2000 x 1412)
   
Comments:  
• Greenbank Island Development Scheme yet to start (land reclamation)  (about 1964/65)
• The later pet porpoise pool is at far left

Point Danger - Postcard - 8 - 1000x700.png  
Date:   Between 1961 and 1970
   
Photo source:   Postcard  ("Kibble K 207")
   
Larger view:   Click here     (1662 x 1163)
   
Comments:  
• The later pet porpoise pool is present
• No lighthouse yet  (built 1970, opened April 1971)

Point Danger - Postcard - 2 - 1000x698.png  
Date:   Between 1968 and 1970
   
Photo source:   Postcard
   
Larger view:   Click here     (2000 x 1396)
   
Comments:  
• Woolworths built on reclaimed land  (opened June 1968)
• No lighthouse yet  (built 1970, opened April 1971)
• Quarry at base of Gul Place is visible

Point Danger - Postcard - 3 - 1000x715.png  
Date:   Between 1970 and 1973
   
Photo source:   Postcard  (of poor quality)
   
Larger view:   Click here     (2000 x 1430)
   
Comments:  
• Lighthouse present  (built 1970, opened April 1971)
• Tweed Mall yet to be built  (in 1973)

Point Danger - Postcard - 4 - 1000x716.png  
Date:   Between 1970 and 1976
   
Photo source:   Postcard
   
Larger view:   Click here     (2000 x 1432)
   
Comments:  
• Lighthouse present  (built 1970, opened April 1971)
• Road in front of lighthouse: a 1976 postcard shows a new road with cul de sac and gutters

Point Danger - Postcard - 12 - 1000x714.png  
Date:   Very close to following postcard.
   
Photo source:   Postcard
   
Larger view:   Click here     (3000 x 2141)

Point Danger - Postcard - 5 - 1000x700.png  
Date:   Between 1973 and 1976
   
Photo source:   Postcard
   
Larger view:   Click here     (2000 x 1400)
   
Comments:  
• Tweed Mall present, so post 1973
• Road in front of lighthouse: has just been properly sealed, with cul de sac and gutters added
• Road in front of lighthouse: postcard following, presumably circa 1976, shows the cul de sac to be worn

Point Danger - Postcard - Australia Post GC1.8.76 - 1000x671.png  
Date:   Circa 1976 ???
   
Photo source:   Postcard  ("Australia Post GC1.8.76")
   
Larger view:   Click here     (3000 x 2014)
   
Comments:  
• "GC1.8.76" on the postcard's rear suggests circa 1976
• Later than the preceeding postcard.  For example, there is now a pathway running down the hill from the lighthouse.

Point Danger - Postcard - 6 - 1000x700.png  
Date:   Post 1970
   
Photo source:   Postcard
   
Larger view:   Click here     (2000 x 1400)
   
Comments:  
• Lighthouse present  (built 1970, opened April 1971)
• Twin Towns Services Club resort building present

Postcard - Tweed Heads - 1982 - PC-068 - 1000x691.png  
Date:   1982
   
Photo source:   Postcard
   
Larger view:   Click here     (1594 x 1101)
   

Point Danger - Postcard - 11 - 1000x662.png  
Date:   ???
   
Photo source:   Postcard
   
Larger view:   Click here     (2000 x 1324)
   

Point Danger - Postcard - 10 - 1000x705.png  
Date:   ???
   
Photo source:   Postcard  (Nu-Color-Vue of Australia)
   
Larger view:   Click here     (2955 x 2082)

Point Danger - Postcard - 9 - 1000x687.png  
Date:   Pre 1994
   
Photo source:   Postcard  (Murray Views W134C)
   
Larger view:   Click here     (1715 x 1178)
   
Comment:   Postmarked 1994
   
Comment:   Fresh landscaping over pool remnants at Snapper Rocks

Point Danger - Postcard - 7 - 1000x689.png  
Date:   ???
   
Photo source:   Postcard
   
Larger view:   Click here     (1968 x 1355)

Postcard - Point Danger Gold Coast Australia - Murray Views GC 61 - 1000x688.png  
Date:   ???
   
Photo source:   Postcard  (Murray Views GC 61)
   
Larger view:   Click here     (3000 x 2063)