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TheOldClubhouseMEMORIES
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| Do you recognize anyone in the photograph above, if so, come down to
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| BACK ROW: DENNIS MAHER, ??, ??, LYN ?,GLOVER TOWNEND. FRONT ROW: RUSSELL CHANT, ??, | ||
| Back when boards were long and bikinis were wide, Golden Four Drive was the highway and local lads played on the disused rail line that ran beside it. The Bilinga Inn dominated the skyline and the Gold Coast was still years away from Max Christmas' vision of high-rise heaven.
Don McCulloch was the club captain in 1968 and answered to either of his nicknames: 'sewerage' or 'slooshguts'. The clubhouse was a two-story fibro and timber building set close to the beach and was said to have been half of the old Kirra toilet block. Some remember it painted a luid green. | It shared the block with the boathouse and tower. Downstairs on the northern corner facing the beach was an eating area packed with trestles. Behind that was a rough kitchen and behind that, stairs to the bunkroom which took the whole top floor.
Initiation for new members are worth asking former clubbies about and parents were not at all happy with the drinking songs. "Lady from Spain I adore you. Let me pull down your pants and explore you." | In 1968, Bilinga was a place where everyone knew each other and the surf club was an important community center. The simple old clubhouse was not only home to members, but was a stomping ground for many other locals.
Everyone turned out with crowbars and hammers on the appointed day and the old building came down easily. Similarly, there were plenty who helped to erect its successor. Chris Green |
From The official Newsletter of Bilinga SLSC, MARCH 1998
Converted from the_old_clubhouse.pdf
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Bilinga SLSC 257 Golden Four Drive, Bilinga, Qld 4225 | 
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