PLACE REPRESENTED: Hervey Bay (specifically Pialba), Queensland , Australia

ITEM: Coffee Mug

NOTES: Pialba is a coastal town and central business suburb of Hervey Bay, Shown is the Urangan Pier (which is actually in Urangan … though much of a muchness). The Hervey Bay railway line from Maryborough to Pialba opened in 1896 and was used to transport harvested sugarcane to the Maryborough Sugar Mill in addition to daily passenger trains. The extension to Urangan and the Urangan Pier ( 1107 metres) opened in 1913 and was used for the transfer of cargo between rail and ships. It was closed in 1985, and 239 metres of it was demolished, but, due to public outcry, 868 metres of the pier was left. The photograph on the mug is taken from the end of the (then railroad) pier looking back to the mainland.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s

MADE FROM: plastic

MADE IN: Australia

MANUFACTURER: Patina

DIMENSIONS: 11cm high x 7.5cm diameter

PLACE REPRESENTED: Surat, Queensland , Australia

ITEM: Mug NOTES: Surat, Queensland … population 426 … country Queensland, remote Queensland, small town Queensland. So small the pictures on the mug are generic ones from the surrounding region.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s

MADE FROM: ceramic material

MADE IN:  unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 13cm wide x 10cm high x 8cm diameter

PLACE REPRESENTED: Noosa Heads, Queensland , Australia

ITEM: Mugs

NOTES: Noosa Heads on the Sunshine Coast of Queensland is a town popular with beach types, especially discerning ones. This pair of vividly coloured mugs with the first “o” in Noosa depicting the sun sums up sunny, happy Noosa days. Sunshine is so central that there is even a sun on the inside of the cup.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s

MADE FROM: ceramic material

MADE IN:  China

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 7cm diameter x 10.5cm high