Brennan Park, Bongaree (Qld.)

BERNIE & SALLY BRENNAN came to Bribie Island in 1941, and after the War opened a General Store in the front of a wooden cottage at No 7 Toorbul Street. Brennan’s Store served the basic needs of the few residents and the thousands holiday visitors who camped in canvas tents in this park and all along the Bongaree Foreshore . In 1958 it became the islands first Golden Casket ticket agency, selling the winning ticket to a local resident in 1965. Brennan’s Store served the community for 33 years until 1978, and over all those years Sally washed the kit for the Surf Club volunteers until her death in 2011.