In 1947 the Koopa resumed carrying passengers on pleasure trips from Brisbane to Bribie Island much to the delight of many. The following are a sample of the happy holiday makers making the trip during this latter era of the Koopa which ended in 1953.
1947 - KOOPA CHEERED AT BRIBIE
BY A STAFF WRITER.
Residents of Bribie gathered on the jetty today and gave three cheers for the Koopa when she arrived on her first trip since her return from war service.
The entire population of the island — men, women, children and dogs — was there to turn on a welcome. For them it meant again a regular and comfortable connection with Brisbane.
As she moved down the river this morning on her first pleasure trip in five years office staffs and dock workers came out to wave a welcome.
The Koopa has had a complete "face lift" to prepare her for her peacetime activities. She has been refitted, freshly painted inside and out, seats, cabins and saloons have been done over, and her engines and boilers overhauled.
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| The Koopa, popular excursion steamer of pre-war days, leaving the city on the resumption of her regular schedule of trips to Bribie Island today. The Telegraph 4.2.1947 p. 6 |
Many of the people who travelled on her today did so for purely sentimental reasons, because it was her first trip since the war. Some were old Bribie residents who used to travel backwards and' forwards to their home. One woman made the trip up from Bribie specially to travel back by the Koopa today.
Off to Bribie - 1947
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| Miss Mona Neven hurried up the gangplank of the Koopa this morning in the rain. She was off to Bribie Island to relieve as post mistress there. The Telegraph 20.2.1947 p. 3 |
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| "Once we leave you can't come up here," said Captain J. Davis of the Koopa to little Eunice Moyle when she boarded the Koopa for Bribie today. So he showed her all the gadgets before the ship left the wharf. The Telegraph 28.6.1947 p. 7 |
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| Kay Chapman (left) and Shirley Clayton aboard the Koopa as they left today for a week-end at Bribie. The Telegraph 28.6.1947 p. 7 |
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| Off for a holiday at Bribie, Mrs J.F. Gilroy and her three children Michael, Margaret and Peter, about to take their luggage aboard the Koopa. The Telegraph 28.6.1947 p. 7 |
Holiday Smiles - 1948
It was an occasion for smiles today after the wretched week-end weather. The happy picnickers depicted here went down the bay on the Koopa.
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| Miss Pat Hambleton was ready for the day's sunshine with a shady straw hat. Brisbane Telegraph 3.5.1948 p. 3 |
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| Misses Beth Dooley, Val Snow, Shirley Gorring, Beth Gentner and Alisa Groth happily make their way to the ship. Brisbane Telegraph 3.5.1948 p. 3 |
REFERENCES
Koopa cheered at Bribie. Telegraph 4.2.1947 p.3 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article186699546
PHOTO - The Koopa resumes. Telegraph 4.2.1947 p. 6 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article186699548
PHOTO - Miss Mona Neve. Telegraph 20.2.1947 p. 3 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article186692756
3 PHOTOS - Off to Bribie. Telegraph 28.6.1947 p. 7 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article186718941
2 PHOTOS - Holiday smiles. Brisbane Telegraph 3.5.1948 p.3 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article212178620
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