Comments for Cloudland

Comment on History by Charles Costello

Charles Costello — Fri, 25 May 2012 07:53:50 +0000

Great place for an evening of romance although there wasn’t much of that one night in October 1970 when a typical Brisbane storm sent torrents of water through the roof and onto the sprung floor. The Sounds of Seven kept playing of course although the lead singer suggested to the dancers that they should stay away from the ‘deep end’. After the storm had finished there were no trains or buses and taxis were in short supply so quite a few people had to walk home.

Comment on History by David Cheales

David Cheales — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:04:15 +0000

Kerrith, I played in one of the Cloudland bands (Jim Diamond and the Lancers) in 1965 and have some photos I would share if you care to contact me. Cheers, David

Comment on History by alzadame

alzadame — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 12:39:36 +0000

Brisbane is unbelievable,,,,at the same time when Europe was rebuilding its historical buildings..to their past splendour,after the War,even right up to the 1990′s, Brisbane was doing the opposite,destroying its historical buildings,and on a rather large scale.
If you can ever get to view like 35mm color slides of Brisbane from the 1950′s/60′s especially landcape views, you can really gauge the large loss of not only the beautiful Cloudland,,but almost 100′s of other structures like halls,office buildings,pubs and the like,in and around Brisbane…..

Comment on History by Stephen L

Stephen L — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:14:00 +0000

I only ever went there twice; once for a university exam and later for a concert by Ian Dury and the Blockheads! That was a bit of a crazy experience, given a really hot night (we are talking about Brisbane here). I also remember the remnants of the funicular still in place in the late 1960′s and hearing a lot of reminiscences about Cloudland’s glory days. It was all a bit faded and rundown as I recall it, but a wonderful fragment of a part of Australia’s history and popular culture that has now vanished. Along with the Regent Theatre and the Bellevue hotel we have lost something rather special. Sadly most of what made Brisbane very distinctive and strangely delightful is now gone (and of course, the trams).

Comment on History by Alison Bateman

Alison Bateman — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:31:33 +0000

I was devastated when Cloudland was demolished, I used to go to the
60′s nights on Friday nights, before it was torn down.I went with 3
friends, the men were mostly decent too! ‘Cloudland’ was a Brisbane
Icon that should have been preserved as part of our Heritage and not
torn down. I was in tears when I heard what had happened. I’d love to
get a book,(if there was one printed), about the history of ‘Cloudland’.
By: Ally on 27th January, 2012.

Comment on History by Jen

Jen — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 07:05:33 +0000

My Aunt and Uncle lived in a railway house above Bowen Hills station, I used to look at Cloudland at night, unfortunately I didn’t ever get to go to it, my parents spent a bit of time there as well, the same thing happened here in Tamworth with the Capitol Theatre, middle of the night demolishing job

Comment on History by Cliff Rix

Cliff Rix — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 07:01:13 +0000

My uncle Jim Rix used to play Sax and clarinet in the band Wonderful memories of a great place and good music. 4KQ used to cross to Cloudland every Saturday night and I would listen glued to our old “His masters Voice” radio.

Comment on History by Rene Kling

Rene Kling — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 00:59:03 +0000

Hi I’m a private collector of rock ‘n roll memorabilia and I would dearly love to get hold of anything related to the Buddy Holly performances held at Cloudland in 1958 – programs, photos, tickets, stories – anything! I would be happy to pay a reasonable price for any of the above – I can be contacted by email at renekling@gmail.com or by phone on 0421314984.
Regards,
Rene Kling

Comment on History by Madison Hebbard

Madison Hebbard — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 00:51:35 +0000

You all need to take a trip to Toowoomba to see a magnificent Theatre.
The Empire – it has the most amazing story behind it about fire and flood in it’s history. I lived in Toowoomba for ten years and loved getting dressed up for Opera’s and Ballet to attend one of the most beautiful Regional Theatre’s in Australia.
Sure you may sit beside someone in jeans, but when I go to the Theatre I dressed in respect of the performers. Often they hold Black Tie events and they are truly “Cloudland Quality”, with true old fashion values. Surely some wealthy entrepenaur can see the Value in re-building Cloudland Ballroom in it’s full glory on a hill somewhere in Brissy?.

Comment on History by Susannah Lye

Susannah Lye — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 09:25:10 +0000

My parents performed together in the music group The Sounds of Seven at Cloudland (John Lye on drums, Jeanette Burke vocals) so it was nice to come here and read stories of people who were there and enjoyed a place I heard so much about, but I never saw as I was born after it was demolished.
If anyone has any photos of the Sounds of Seven could you please contact me via e-mail as I would love to see old photos of my parents back in the day