Past times in Tea Gardens Myall Coast Myall Coast - popup ad Myall Coast News by News Of The Area - Modern Media - December 29, 2023 Les Wilkie. SINCE the public toilets opposite the Tea Gardens Police Station have been recently beautifully enhanced, I checked back to when they were erected in 1963, the same time as the boat loading ramp was also being completed a short distance away. The Tea Gardens and Hawks Nest Chamber of Commerce, which had been formed in 1958, was responsible for these projects – its aim was to improve our area and make it more attractive to tourists. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us – (02) 4981 8882. Email us – media@newsofthearea.com.au Dr Pacy was the first President and George Hurle the Secretary. The bridge at Karuah had been built in 1957 and the road to it from the 12 mile was sealed in 1960, so our area was becoming increasingly busy, especially in holiday times. The Mungo Brush Regatta was held around Christmas each year and the only access was by water until the Chamber pioneered the course of the new road to the Myall Lakes in 1958, with plans to extend the link to the Bombah Point ferry – this happened later, as the preliminary budget was only £200 (about $3,700.00 today). 1959 saw the opening of the Yacaaba Lookout, another of Dr Pacy’s wishes. An Ambulance Station was also on the Chamber’s list and this eventuated in 1968. The need for a bridge linking Tea Gardens and Hawks Nest was first mentioned by the Chamber in 1958 and in 1963 it was placed on a priority list to be built within a minimum of two years and a maximum of four, but despite their hopes it was, as we know, ten years. The fifty year anniversary will soon arrive. By Ann JOHNSON, Tea Gardens Family Research and Local History Inc. The Tea Gardens Chamber of Commerce team.
