Tweed Cont..

Happy Birthday Muriel

Slowish day today. Kept myself amused by walking to Coolangatta to find the spot where Merv & Shirley took some photos on their honeymoon in 1951.

    

This is the edifice that was erected on or about this very spot in 2001

Inside this Border Marker are some old photos, sadly no captions, but this one caught my eye.

It's the same house / shed as in Shirley's photo in 1951. I think that it's the Customs House on the border and the man is holding the gate open as the border was originally fenced and closed. One had to pay Customs Duty to take goods across, also it was closed in 1919 as a quarantine measure during a Spanish Flu epidemic. Also during WWII it was not closed, but used as a checkpoint to regulate movement of civilians and enlisted men, many on R&R. The fence was removed some time in 1950.

Oh well, I'm easily amused