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‘The advent of the motor car and construction of roads and bridges saw tourist numbers increase dramatically...sand
garden competitions were held on Boxing Day, joy rides in small planes were popular, The Queensland Band of Hope
and Young People’s Union organised ‘Happy Times for Young People’, and from 1935 surf-o-planes could be hired.’87 As
one local resident wrote in 1990 ‘Locals [in the 1920s] from all over the Shire knew it as the perfect spot for a days
outing, to swim, to picnic, to relax...the rainforest was majestic, the beach unspoilt, the fishing wonderful.’88
It is an outstanding example of a beachside caravan park/camping area on the southern coast of Queensland. While the
area has adapted to changing needs, the original use as an area of public recreation has been maintained. It is a
relatively intact example of such a beachside recreation reserve.
Additionally, the area is associated with many of the pioneer names of the Shire who either lived in Hastings Street or
spent holidays camping and fishing in the Woods.
It is recommended that Noosa Shire Council consider assessment criteria a, b, g and h under the Guidelines for
Historical and Indigenous Cultural Heritage Management, dated 2001, as relevant to this place.
6.12.4       INTEGRITY
The former caravan park was professionally landscaped by local Glen Gloster and opened up as a picnic area. The road
to the river mouth was properly constructed, with parking bays and access to the beach at intervals. Additionally, bike
and walkways were introduced along the inlet and other facilities in tune with the environment and the needs of the
general community were constructed. Extensive replanting was undertaken by the broad community in what was, at the
time, a remarkable display of wide community spiritedness.
An agreement between the Noosa Parks Association and Council in 1996 established a twenty-year plan to establish the
Noosa Park’s Association Park on Noosa Spit. ‘The Association is committed to extending the littoral rainforest character
of Noosa Woods well out onto the Spit.’89




87
     Rosaland Butler, Hastings Street, p. 47.
88
     Jay Fredericks, ‘Woods attracts comment’ (To the Editor), Noosa News, 24 August 1990, p. 6.
89
     Gloster, M, The Shaping of Noosa, Noosa Blue Publishing Group, Noosa Heads, 1997, p. 107.