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Brisbane - Buranda - Buranda Bowls Club Jubilee Sign (21 Jan 2007)

Former Buranda Bowls Club

Update January 2012: Thanks to Kevin from Brisbane for advising that the club was completely demolished in about 2010 when the Langlands Park Busway Station was built to form part of the Eastern Corridor Busway.

According to a heading on the notice board, the club was operating as recently as 2005 but by the state of the bowling greens its been at least a year since they were maintained.

The club house is still in very good condition and was mostly securely locked up. One door, to a storage area was standing open however. The club rooms seem to be used by someone still as there is a TV and VCR set up with seating in front of the screen and various provisions can still be seen on the benches in the kitchen. Also, a refigeration or air-conditioning compressor is still operating at the back of the club building.

If you have any information about this club and its history I would love to hear from you by email or in my Visitor's Book.

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The main entry gate to the playing greens at the Buranda Bowls Club. The clubhouse is out of sight to the left.	The surface of the main green at the Buranda Bowls Club is suffering badly in our current drought. It's some time since it received its customary TLC.	The honorary sign identifying the main green of the Buranda Bowls Club is still in place however...
The main Buranda Bowls Club building is still in excellent condition.	The Buranda Bowls Club building is shaded by a long verandah.	The side entrance to the Buranda Bowls Club.
The service area at the rear of the Buranda Bowls Club. There is a compressor still operating at the end of the passageway here.	The Buranda Bowls Club celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1998 but alas didn't make it to its 60th.	The main entry door into the bar of the Buranda Bowls Club.
The main bar of the Buranda Bowls Club looks as if it's ready for the next shift to start!	The kitchen of the Buranda Bowls Club still seems to be operational with signs of recent use.	The Buranda Bowls Club notice board in the main bar shows 2005 as the likely year of closure.
There is seating stacked and stored all through the Buranda Bowls Club.	This poignant memorial plaque is fixed to the wall in the room now used to store chairs in the Buranda Bowls Club.	Speakers, a piano and all kinds of other, now surplus, equipment is stored all around the former Buranda Bowls Club.
The Buranda Bowls Club storage sheds were probably used to store the equipment used to maintain the greens.

Please do contact me with your feedback or comments, especially any extra background or information you may be able to provide, and while you're here why not sign my guest book so I know you've been visiting.

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Last Updated: 20 February 2012