Monday, March 28, 2016

Even nostalgia isn't what it used to be:
Batemans Bay in bygone days


Batemans Bay in the 1920s


The main street in 1921


Annette's General Store in the 1930s


The pool enclosure in the 1940s


The theatre in 1940


The sharkproof baths


The bowling club in 1954


The punt in 1954


The punt next to the new bridge which opened in November 1956;
click here for a history of the bridge


The punt


The hospital in the 1960s


An aerial view in the 1950s


The newly opened Soldiers Club


The Bay's Orient Street in the 1960s