Here, dear reader, for your enjoyment a look into the past of Balmoral Beach, brought to us by reader Bill Church … thanks, Bill, for lending the book The Good Old Days, A Pictorial History of Australia (by Stephen Brooke, 1989 Golden Press Pty Ltd, ISBN 0 7302 0583 5).

It’s a collection of interesting photographs out of archives from all over the country … where – curiously – not a single word is said about the photographers. Anyway, enjoy … I contrast old and new here.