The sprung floor was
wasted on waltzers when Cloudland became Loudland. Catriona
Matthewson writes about 1957, when the sedate waltzers at
Cloudland Ballroom in Brisbane were overrun by a crazy bunch
of kids like Rubber
Legs Rafino.
It was more than a
swimsuit, a sash and some cash. The
Sun Girl Quest
was enough to empty the pub.
It was so politically incorrect, writes Peter
Cameron.
Mrs Hinkler had her
hands full with young Bert. At the age of six her dreamer son
became fascinated with a flock of ibis near his Bundaberg home
and he tried to fly
off the top of the henhouse, writes Ashleigh Frater.
