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Ouch! I remember that place. Used to go there with my Nanna.

Oi! I'm only 63! :P

I didn't take it as rude. Just cheeky. That's OK. Fond childhood school holiday memories of the ride in from Mt Gravatt on the tram with Nanna.

The TC Beirne Department Store is a heritage-listed former department store at 28 Duncan Street, Fortitude Valley, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Robin Dods and built in 1902. Further extensions were made through to 1938 to the designs of Dods and Hennessey & Hennessey. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TC_Beirne_Department_Store#The_TC_B...

Tin Can Bay, situated on the western shore of a mainland inlet south of Fraser Island, is 200 km north of central Brisbane. It is thought that the name came from the anglicization of tin-kun, an Aboriginal expression describing a narrow-leafed coastal vine, or of similar-sounding expressions meaning dugong, big fish, or mangroves. The protected shallows of the inlet were ideal for exploitation. Dugongs were hunted for their oil, and a dugong station was set up at the mouth of Kauri Creek (eight km north of the inlet) in the 1850s. Timber was rafted out for Maryborough sawmills, and oysters were cultivated and harvested at the mouth of Schnapper Creek, the waterway running through Tin Can Bay township. In 1922, after only a few humpies had been built at Schnapper Creek, township lots were put up for sale. They were bought mostly by residents of Gympie and Widgee Shires for holiday houses. In the 1930s, the cheap land and plentiful fishing attracted permanents affected by the economic Depression. A school was opened in 1934, and the town was known as Wallu until it reverted to Tin Can Bay in 1937. By the early 1950s the population had grown to about 240, with a wharf and fish market (1945). In 1957 a prawning ground was found, bringing in a trawling industry. Tin Can Bay became a fishing port and ultimately the boating and fishing resort it is today. A sealed access road, a hotel, and reticulated electricity followed in a few years. A new fish market was opened in 1971. Source: queenslandplaces.com.au/tin-can-bay#:~:text=By%20the%20ea....

Tin Can Bay is in Queensland, Australia. The most popular species caught here are Mangrove red snapper, Shovelnose guitarfish, and Surf bream. Source: fishbrain.com/fishing-waters/3Pvfo5_O/tin-can-bay

For those that don't know, Tin Can Bay is about 3 hours drive north of Brisbane and 50 minutes from Maryborough, nestled between Kauri Creek and Rainbow Beach. It is one of the last places where you can feed a wild dolphin or two. There seem to be yabbies to dig on most exposed banks at low tide. Good whiting and flathead would push up over there as the tide rises. There was a great sample of summer whiting, with a lot close to 30cm, along with some good pan-sized flathead. Bream and tarwhine were literally everywhere. Source: tackletactics.com.au/Species/Saltwater/Whiting/The-Tin-Ca...

From GARDENING AUSTRALIA: Newstead House is Brisbane's oldest surviving residence. I love its tranquillity, its history but I especially love its gardens. The property was first established in 1846. Since then has been the home of a Darling Downs grazier, a Moreton Bay District police magistrate, and other prominent businessmen and politicians, until it was taken over by the local government in 1918. The homestead originally had a garden planted for food and the front lawns were created to establish a visual connection to the river. But we are interested in the trees. Newstead Park, like many other 19th-century heritage properties, is home to some great irreplaceable assets - grand old trees. Some favorites are: * Crow's ash Flindersia australis a magnificent tree from tropical Australia. The specimen in the park was probably planted before the house was built so it must be over 160 years old. It produces dense foliage, large leaves and then creamy white flowers. * A tree that's unique to Newstead House is a crepe myrtle known as Lagerstroemia speciosa. It was planted about the same time as the house was built and it's claimed to be the largest tree of its kind in the southern hemisphere. * Another was the Ficus virens or Cunningham's fig which sits in the centre of the round-about at the entrance to Newstead House. It was there before the house was built which makes it over 200 years old. These grand old trees perfectly complement the grandeur of the house and garden and are an essential part of our history and environment. These trees are irreplaceable and need to be preserved for future generations. Source: www.abc.net.au/gardening/factsheets/newstead-house/942940...