The following article outlined the land development plans for Dux Creek and an estate on the northern side of the creek. The photo shows how the area looked almost 50 years ago.
The new Solander Lake development on Bribie Island, is rapidly taking shape.
Two Gold Coast enterprises, who between them have helped put the city on the map as the "Venice of Australia," with waterway developments, have combined to bring a distinctive style of waterfront living to Banksia Beach on Bribie. Dredges, scrapers and teams of men from Blondells Pty. Ltd. have moved in and the first stage of the major Solander lake development is well underway.
The first section of filling, to provide choice lakeside allotments, is nearing completion. About eight hectares (20 acres) of the lake will be dredged in the first stage, but eventually it will cover 24 hectares (60 acres).
Solander Lake will pave the way for Brisbane commuters, apart from the obvious attraction as a holiday centre. The estate, being prepared jointly by McIlwain Enterprises and the Custom Credit Corporation, will consume up to $20 mil. in a 10-year span. The result will be a combination of waterfront and other home sites, recreation and foreshore areas and shopping centres.
The Caboolture Shire Council lost no time in getting the water main through to Banksia Beach and the Solander Lake estate. The council received a cheque for $60,000 from the developers, to be used on the water supply extension, during a ceremony to mark the beginning of the estate in August, last year. Within months, the main had been planned and work was under way. The main has been extended from Verdoni Street to Banksia Beach.
Caption: The first aerial picture [1978] of the birth of Solander Lake centre, on Bribie Island. The estate is in the foreground, with the major road system clearly shown. In the centre is the first stage of the huge lake development. The relationship of Solander lake to the rest of the development on Bribie Island is also visible, with the bridge connecting the island to the mainland in the top right of the picture.
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Solander is progressing. Article from unknown publication, 1978.
Holthouse family collection scrapbook, BIHS historical collection HH99.
