Solving the MYSTERY: Why are there 2 COOMERAS?

[@bluebludded]

I don’t no what I need the boardroom for but I feel I need to book it 😂great work 👌

[@sierracharlie7293]

The Toowong Cemetery has a chequered past, have you thought about that one Rob ?

[@sonictommo22]

I use to come here for the great history lessons of SEQLD.. Now I also come for the boardroom add..😂 Great content Robbo keep it up 👍🏻

[@aftonline]

As a Gold Coaster, I hope this is the beginning of a new trend of videos about the Gold Coast. I live in Mudgeeraba, which has a lot of history from the old logging days. Don't know a lot about it, but there's a statue of a fellow with a big saw and his dog in the centre of Mudgeeraba :)

[@jesusislukeskywalker4294]

wallaby bob’s pub 🚬🤠 played a few gigs there..

[@jimtekkit]

19:06 The reason for this "land removal" would have been sand mining, I know this because my grandfather had a sand mining operation in Oxley Creek in the 90's. The general idea is that creek flats contain significant amounts of sand of suitable quality for producing materials like concrete, so it's quite a valuable resource. As you'd expect it makes creek sections significantly wider and deeper from all the dredging work.

[@hestikakala3027]

If my memory serves me the sand mining operations belonged to the Hinze family. The celebrity Kirsty Hinze should know about the controversial businesses the Hinze family had in Coomera.

[@lachlanj1228]

If it was sand mining on Forestdale side of Johnson rd l probably knew him

[@jimtekkit]

@@lachlanj1228 That's the spot. Does Fred Adermann ring a bell? He sold the sandpit to Boral I believe and they were on that side as well.

[@BradGryphonn]

@jimtekkit Much like the land between Lawnton and Strathpine along the North Pine River. They've been digging sand and gravel there for at least 50 years that I know of.

[@TheTigerQuoll]

Queensland Cement Works up the road for the big boys back pocket.

[@thehodge168]

Going to be totally honest i usually skip through the ads. But man you got me with your ad for the boardroom. What an ad mate. Champion.

[@Graveyardshiftaus]

I had to watch it again. I’ve still got the beat in my head too.

[@rhondah6847]

Thanks Rob. I find your videos really interesting, especially this one as my mother grew up in Upper Coomera in the 20s and 30s. She remembered Russ Hinze as a slim young man who was a good dancer. My father worked on the arrowroot farm during the Depression when there were many nationalities working there. It saddens me to see that a once peaceful, idyllic place has been lost.

[@t-rocks1960]

Great Video again Mate, One on My Friends did the two way Radio for Big Brother. Also named Rob. I expected Russ Hinze's Grave to be, well, Bigger !! Looking forward to the next adventure. .T-rocks.

[@rjyadventures]

Extra comedy in this one. I like your sense of humour that is so casually delivered with all the historical information. You must spend a lot of time researching before making these video's. Another great video. Thank you.

[@turfblacksmith]

Anyone know where I can hire a boardroom in Beenleigh?

[@timothyjohns3561]

I love the Rob Unhinged vibe of this video. A bit punchy today 😂. Super interesting as always.

[@GlennosMetals]

Pls.take me to the boardroom. Wow Rob nice place...❤😅

[@phoenixrising7047]

You fuel my enthusiasm for knowledge of our locale. Unsure how many facts I will retain but certainly interesting to watch mate.

[@mikeyhau]

I think that the dredging of the river was for gravel extraction, and I suspect Russ Hinze had something to do with it.

[@malcolmknowles9310]

Company name was Maralinga.

[@leeanne144]

I live in Upper Coomera. Interesting facts..thanks. I remember driving on that single lane highway over the bridge passing trucks within centimetres ! Love the dad humour too🤣

[@a.t2427]

Great video and that was also the most entertaining sponsor ad I've ever seen 😂

[@Til468]

Holy shiv Rob. I need a Boardroom now.

[@BradGryphonn]

Speaking of theme parks, the last time I went to a theme park was in the 70s when I was a young teen. Seaworld. I have never been to any of the other theme parks. Oh, and thanks again for the education, Rob. My grandfather was offered quite a few hundred acres of land down Gold Coast way in the 30s (I think) for 800 pounds. He turned down the purchase because he thought nothing would ever happen down in the swamps.

[@theoztreecrasher2647]

An Aunt and Uncle bought a "farm" between what is now Southport and the highway when the old fellah got out of the Army after the War. The relies derided the purchase as useless for farming. But at the bottom of the quarriable hill was a gully area filled with plaster sand. Forward quite a few decades and the old Aunty was still residing on the remnant of the hill like Grandma Clampett surrounded by Industrial Estates sited on the quarried out and developed areas and levelling her musket and acid wit at the strings of young shysters who'd turn up regularly to make her an offer she couldn't possibly refuse! 😜🙄🤣🤣

[@patriciapitt4228]

And once again BIG Thanks sounds like you have been into smart 🧠 pills to be able to say and do all sorts of things, guess that is why we love what you do, cheers 🥂 you sure need a drink after that one...

[@sandybrisbane4167]

It's western Auckland now.

[@skatedd2451]

Love your show great to get to know history of Brisbane... love history

[@uzetaab]

OMG! That ad for the sponsor spot was amazing!

[@walkaboutwithrob]

Glad you liked it!

[@samcash6487]

Hollywood cottage was known as the big brother cafe at one stage but sadly was demolished along side the Thunder River Rapids Ride in 2018. Would love to see more gold coast videos!

[@shak650l]

Waiting for the why are there 3 Mt Gravatt's next :D Also ill take three of those boardrooms please!

[@mikeyhau]

I second that suggestion.

[@frodo3468]

Mt Gravatt is where the mountain is. Mt Gravatt east is east of said mountain and upper mount Gravatt is further up. 😝

[@shak650l]

@@frodo3468 no need for Rob to do a video now 😀

[@paulkeys175]

He could hire a boardroom with a pretty assistant to plan his next walk, but with all those post it notes, someone is sure to get offended.

[@tomsteginga2506]

Loved every part of this video Rob. More Dad jokes please and keep up the great work👍

[@stevedobson7837]

Great video, that wier was called the hinz wier as their farm was just back towards oxenford a couple of hundred meters. You bought back many memories, thanks.

[@Foul_Quince]

The American high-dive spectacular - direct from Mexico!

[@geoffreyfox60]

Thank you Rob that was a nice informative show on this part town and now I know where ten ton russ is buried 💕 it❤😂🎉😢😮😅😊😊😅😮😢🎉😂❤

[@jayrush01]

I dont know wtf this video is about but i really need to have a meeting at this boardroom place..

[@MetalMania3DTV-TAS-AUS]

Sweet episode Rob, congratulations on 20K just about there, awesome stuff 🍻🍻 KC 🇦🇺🤝🇦🇺😎😊👍

[@adamjones1805]

Now I know where the street name I live on Arrowsmith comes from. Can you do an Ormeau history? I know there was gold mining around the area. This channel always provides interesting information. 👍

[@b0b555-h7q]

Thanks Rob. Really enjoyed the video. Have lived around here for the last 25 or so years. Didn't realise I drove past Russ Hinze's grave every day. I remember trekking down the old highway from and back to Brisbane back in the late 70's and 80's. That original Coomera bridge was always a bit scary. Speed zone dropped to 80 there, but with big semi-trailers whizzing across what is a quite narrow bridge it was a little harrowing. There was often a police radar in the 80 zone there. Don't know if this is urban legend or not, but I remember when an exit/entry for the old highway was built on the south side of the river, whose sole purpose it seemed was to deliver traffic to the Oxenford Hotel, owned we were told by Big Russ himself. Minister for Main Roads getting a highway exit installed for his benefit the rumour was. Does that sound like the politics in QLD in the 70's and 80's??

[@bowdendrift]

Gday Rob, the widening of the river was caused by sand dredging. Also in 1974, the water was as high as the top rail on the original bridge for the hiway. Classic video mate, well done 😂

[@VHMMP]

Our family legend has it that my paternal grandfather was the first person to drive a motor car from Brisbane to Sydney in a continuous manner. I recall reading his journal and that it took him a day to reach Beenleigh. I can only assume he crossed the old ford on the Coomera River as I don't recall reading about it in his journal. Rob, maybe you should document the old lion safari parks. Thanks again for a great doco.

[@malcolmknowles9310]

Great Utube again Rob! The Hollywood house in Dreamworld you mentioned was owned at one time the Day family, The grandson was Thomas Day who was one of the main suspects in the unsolved Gatton Murders of the 3 Murphy family siblings on Boxing day 1899. Also the area dredged of rock beside the river, changing the course of it was done by a Hinze company called Maralinga. Used to love swimming at the causeway there. .

[@ozziecozzie274]

That family of ducks has been there since Adam was a boy! My son went to Oxenford States School (Michigan Dve) for his primary education and it was local knowledge to watch out for the duck family!

[@MrJustme1961]

Coomera moved ahead & the sand mining went ahead because of one name Hinze.. The Minister for everything who grew up & lived in the area made sure things got done in Coomera & if you did not like the going on. Tough.. I was a regular courier to Big Brother plus I also delivered the suitcases for the contestants... In time gone bye I use to have a regular feed at the servo when it was MOBIL, regularly their for a Mix Grill.. its now 7/ eleven opposite the school...

[@DJMarke]

Back in the day i was a paper boy at springwood and big Russ always stopped and got both papers in his Holden statesman and always tipped me. I was the youngest Qlder accepting graft money....lol

[@lingtrees240]

Great video once again. Very interesting. Obviously you filmed before Christmas, as the Tornado tore through both Coomeras.

[@walkaboutwithrob]

I filmed this video on Friday the 2nd and Saturday the 3rd of February, 2024.

[@lingtrees240]

@walkaboutwithrob wow. I'm surprised. The destruction along the old Pacific hwy near the boathouse tavern was significant. Keep the videos coming, mate. Thankyou..

[@lordoffishtown4455]

Across the road from the BP Station/truckstop there’s an area of housing called the Landing with an image of a Bi-plane. You actually had a shot of it in the video. I have always wondered if it was the site of an old aerodrome perhaps?

[@willow777]

Yes it was. On Abraham Rd. Small planes and the tiger moth plane rides took off from there around 25 years ago

[@orangejuicepony6881]

Coomera counter went off on this one!

[@mariegilliland2843]

My Mum used to fish in the Coomera River near the bridge in the 70’s. My bother and I used to swim across to the other side.

[@darinhodge8015]

The landing was used before its development by gold coast tiger moth joy flights who were originally located at the old surfers paradise raceway the owner of the tiger moths was Bruce Macgarvey

[@johnno.1985]

Thanks Rob, great job as always

[@jamesru1]

I done the traffic control for the upgrades on tamborine Oxenford Rd and where the servo sits was our site office/yard and my ute was always parked next to the Anzac memorial

[@sandramackin9817]

Never really thought about a ferry at Coomera, only ever thought of Beenleigh ferry. Interesting how the roads were to get to Sydney... Good one again, thank you.

[@walkaboutwithrob]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@sandramackin9817]

@@walkaboutwithrob always do. Relaxing to watch your videos.

[@7hilladelphia]

Beaut little place that. Has a couple of nicely placed benches, you can rest & admire the tranquility - so surprising too because of the hustle bustle nearbye. Servo if you're keen for a drink or whatever is not far from either. A special little place that.

[@brysonjiuji]

cool drone shots! excellent as always

[@vike996]

Any chance you can also solve the mystery of why we have Mount Gravatt, Mount Gravatt East, and Upper Mount Gravatt (which is the southernmost of all three??)

[@malcolmknowles9310]

Poor old Mt Gravatt South always gets left out

[@MG-hx1cc]

Great video, really interesting. One of my favourites thus far

[@walkaboutwithrob]

Thanks indeed!

[@macquariepark]

Luv ya work Rob.. youve made enternal digital record .. thanks mate.. keep doing it....Danny

[@vv8134]

Great as usual 🎉

[@johnledingham852]

Rob, you said there's a cockatoo. That caught my attention so I reran the video. There was only one Rob. You may have opened a can of worms in this interesting programme after all. (Yes I chose to use the English spelling of program.) Keep putting good stuff together as you are, and I'll keep watching old sausage.

[@trudiswanson9855]

Arh yes, the old "road to the beach", they old GC H'way. Nice day for filming. Thanks Rob.

[@thomasdavie4813]

Thank you Rob. Have been living in Pacific Pines for over 5 years now and this "backyard" information really answers a lot of questions.

[@doncoleman4938]

I've just discovered footage of me at the opening of Dreamworld. We were there on opening day, yet don't remember the TV cameras panning into the crowd. Spotted myself and my mate. Who knew I'd end up in one of Rob's videos?

[@walkaboutwithrob]

That's really cool! What a great find

[@NortyShazzy]

Hi, i would love you to do a video on Coombabah 4216

[@Sareybeary]

New level unlocked: make a video about why there's three Wynnum stations.

[@macquariepark]

Ok Rob .. seriously!.. .. the meeting place .. GENIUS!.. dont stop .. its really important what you are documenting..

[@the_aussie.transportfan8869]

Thanks for talking about the railways in Coomera, I always enjoy the information about Queensland’s railway history.

[@TBird89]

I’d like to see you continue all the way to the Tweed border. How did people get along the Goldie coastline with all that swamp and lagoons.

[@walkaboutwithrob]

They got through it with hard work, determination and resilience.

[@UsualmikeTelevision]

Great video Rob!!!

[@WalkingandTalkingAussieGirl]

love seeing the old pictures. Now ill be thinking of all of this history every time I drove past Coomera. I can't believe you worked in the Big Brother Control room!!

[@FKNSND]

I’ve been waiting for this one. Well done mate, yet again put together brilliantly.

[@BradGryphonn]

Nice ad, Rob!

[@yardman111100]

Spent quite a bit of time in both Coomeras just like many Gold Coast people have. Great video. For me it's just a place where the Gold Coast truly starts or ends and l cant wait to pass by it.

[@OzzieLife]

Great video, thanks for posting.

[@maiin0w]

Was excited for this episode Rob. Thanks. If you are doing a Gold Coast series I would like to put my suggestions in for a Nerang and Mermaid Beach which goes back to John Oxley who apparently was one of the first to travel along the Tweed and Brisbane Rivers. Cheers!

[@jessdean5500]

Thank you for another very informative video Rob always enjoyable

[@aussiemanreacts]

Hey Rob, something that always pissed me off is how we haven't named the creeks properly, its all just what the original map makers wrote down as place holders. Things like "sandy creek" "stony creek" "x mile creek" repeated all around the country and we are just too lazy to bother changing it. They should be named after historical people from the area or events etc.

[@shellebelle53]

Really, really enjoyed this video Rob. So much to learn when you start digging. I'm pretty sure the quacky slime ducks had a cameo in one of your other videos 😊 The snakes will get out of your way generally before you've even seen them. Cool that you worked on Big Brother...although I never watched the show. I remember travelling down the Coast on the old freeway...there was always cars broken down overheating on the side of the road but we just breezed past cause we had a Volkswagen Kombi campervan which was an air cooled engine 😊 Again, thank you for the time and dedication you put into these...it's greatly appreciated.

[@duncaninglis5407]

You do great work mate & I see your channel growing every week 👍

[@byronmitchell2067]

Love this Rob. I really love that you didn’t need Jack Sim to help fund it.

[@IloveSharksPro]

Lovely video rob

[@teganward9159]

Great video! Please do Tamborine Mountain next :)

[@ronsmith2241]

Thanks Rob. Another good video. Very well researched. Fancy that is where old Russ Hinze ended up. Dodgy indeed.

[@patryanlrd666]

Lots of Binstead’s around Beaudesert

[@VilmasTravels]

Very interesting info thanks for sharing full support travel safe and God Bless

[@mayhemsforbigboys]

I love your channel!! Please do a video on the history of Kenmore!! Keep up the good work!

[@alexio1942]

i grew up on a street off marshall lane

[@tbillington]

First time I've watched a sponsor segment three times 😂

[@dani83red]

The Coomera Count, so funny 😂

[@CC-qj6gh]

I found this really Interesting! My dad put all the steal up for the tower of terror back in the 80s

[@flubba86]

Tower of Terror opened in 1997. The tower itself was built in 1996. Definitely not in the 80s.

[@CC-qj6gh]

In 1996 I was 2... I thought it was the 80s or it might of been the giant drop

[@flubba86]

@@CC-qj6gh Giant drop opened in 1998, more than a year after tower of terror opened I found a photo dated November 1996 showing the beginning stages of the construction of the tower.

[@peternewman958]

We live in NEWTOWN 4305 in Ipswich, then theres Newtown 4350 in Toowoomba. Plus the other Newtown in other states. The 2 Qld ones with similar postcodes can be a PITA with postage. 🤪🤪

[@a.t2427]

I used to live in Toowoomba and now I live in Ipswich. A parent at my daughter's school said they live in Newtown and I said "Wow! That's such a long way to travel everyday!" (thinking they met Toowoomba as I didn't know there was a Newtown in Ipswich at the time) they looked at me like "Wtf" 🤣🤣 I felt so silly after I realised there is a Newtown a short drive away.

[@harryfredricks3627]

Cheers Mate another well informed video - be great if you head north periodically too 😉

[@walkaboutwithrob]

Actually I've shot several videos on the northside.

[@harryfredricks3627]

I have seen those - was hoping for more - i'm greedy LOL @@walkaboutwithrob

[@mjfirthau]

That lake below the weir was quarried for river stone and sand, above the weir was quarried as well, in fact at the northern end you will see metal structures built up the cliff.

[@mrmatthewjflanagan]

Lived off Binstead Way for a few years and loved being in that area. Top fella!!

[@clubgus07]

Rob i have taken a liking to Westfield Coomera and the BCC Atmos cinema there. its really come a long way also in 2006 - 2017 years at Dreamworld i remember missing the last TX bus or the bus timetable didnt match the train timetable to Brisbane or something like that it was really middle of nowhere and had to walk to the train station:( now its growing new suburb. Binstead Way at Pac Pines or Oxenford im sure the Binstead family had major influence thx for the tour of the Coomeras

[@richardbaker2701]

Really cool to see this and so surprising. Coomera always seemed to me like a modern suburban area developed from the scrub as part of the natural outwards growth of the Gold Coast. Interesting to see how much history there is there but also sad how little is preserved

[@classicandclunker]

Another great video, Rob. I had no idea the Dreamworld Parkway was the original road south!

[@jamesru1]

Have you done a video on the lion park in Loganholme where hyperdome now is

[@walkaboutwithrob]

I haven't, no. If I did cover the lion safari park it would have to be part of a larger video i.e. not just the lion park.

[@b0b555-h7q]

Are you sure the lion park was at Loganholme? I recall it was at Yatala. I do remember a waterslide park at what is now the Hyperdome.

[@jamesru1]

@@b0b555-h7q yea it was in Yatala my bad and the slide was the hyperdome I have only been in Queensland for 10 years so it's only stories I've heard

[@KellyKachowski]

Another great video rob! If you're doing more on the gold coast in the future, I'd love to see something about mudgeeraba! Very historic place with a decent amount of old things still around to see. Theres even a few heritage walks around to take you to all the different places.

[@walkaboutwithrob]

I almost did a video on Mudgeeraba last year. Will get to it...

[@prescriptionpete866]

Thanks mate, nice to learn some history about my local area

[@servantofgod5642]

Thoroughly absorbing ! as the toffs say.

[@brettplayford9808]

the girl in the add was fire. wasn't expecting that.

[@beckfromoz3191]

Do you know Michael Turner from Big Brother..his nick name was Tank or just Mick, tall guy, huge smile, really really nice guy. I think if you met him you would remember him.😁

[@IanDaniel-DataAnalytics]

Thank you

[@70darryl]

thank you, love this video, i work at the end of Pinewood street, theres a nursery, cheers

[@shadesofgray9917]

I've lived in Coomera for the last 20 years now, really interesting stuff, surprised you didn't mention the old airstrip that's now where the Coomera landings estate is

[@anthonyc559]

Really interesting, thank you

[@josephkelly4893]

Great video once again Rob.

[@hoightb]

So what was going on at 6.50, were you putting out a cigarette? Or doing a toe dance? Lol Great vid again mate 👍

[@teddyrobinson2540]

I really enjoyed that! Have lived in UC for 10 years and didn't know east of the M1 used to be called Lower Coomera. Just a quick question, there was talk a few months ago that the WW1 Soldier at Charlie's Crossing was to be moved to Siganto Park. Have you heard anything on that? They're putting in traffic lights at the T junction and council decided to plonk him on the side of the road. The favoured alternative was to place him in Siganto Park. Personally I think it would be nice to see "Charlie" moved to a quieter spot looking east towards the river rather than being disrespectfully stuck in traffic. The new spot would give those attending Anzac Day dawn service a nice quiet spot by the river with good access.

[@devonbryant2946]

The last I read they where thinking of moving it to Tallowwood park. They where consulting the community so should be an update soon

[@teddyrobinson2540]

@@devonbryant2946 thank you! Much appreciated 🙂

[@martinfiedler8057]

Confirmed by Donna Gates, Tallowwood Park @@devonbryant2946

[@teddyrobinson2540]

@@darrenyorston oh goodness, yes I have seen the pines there but never realised the significance of them, or that some were removed. That is really sad. I'm going to follow up on what's happening with "Charlie". If he is being moved to Tallowwood Park or elsewhere, and it goes without saying that new Norfolk pines should be planted near him, perhaps from the seeds of the existing. My sister is good at propagating so will check that out and I'll get hold of Donna Gates the local councillor and see if we can get an update on everything. Hopefully further updates can be posted on Donna's FB site or the local community fb site. And thank you re the pines info, really appreciate it! Let's see if we can do something. Cheers

[@willow777]

‘Charlie ‘ is definitely going into Tallawood park. This year will be the last ANZAC parade at Charlies Crossing. Coomera Valley Rotary are the custodians of the cenotaph. It will have landscaping around it, but I’ll definitely bring up the pines with the club.