A great garage sale in the following residence up for sale on Magnetic Island revealed interesting stories about artists and musicians who passed through its intriguing portals over 40 years .
Ollier ,56 , was hit on the head by a stray golfball during a charity match on Magnetic Island and suffered severe brain damage which paralysed him down one side . He sued the Magnetic Island Country Club, where Greg Norman had played when he was a boy, and Mark Shanahan 49, who hit the the ball, the case receiving much coverage in overseas golfing magazines . He was awarded $2.6 million in damages from Shanahan . A set of golf irons bearing the name American Ben Hogan was for sale . Could these have belonged to Ollier ? And what about that set of drums ?
Members of Midnight Oil were said to have dropped in . Old signs, including advertising ones , are nailed under the house.
The artistic sign below is at the entrance to an interesting room . A couple once asked if they could move into the premises and were given a verbal okay . They came back and said they had five children , was the invite still applicable ? They were given the green light and everybody was living there "in harmony" two years later .
Near the swimming pool, which comes complete with a Kombi van in which is kept the pool equipment, is a decorated cocktail trolley . Almost forgot to mention that a variety of coins were noticed embedded in concrete paths .
An idea of the wide range of items for sale is gleaned from the following shot, a large Buddha painting on offer as well .
There was much old furniture upstairs, hand crafted wooden pieces downstairs , including the one below .
NOTE: Johnnie O'Keefe got on exceptionally well with the Northern Territory News crusading editor , "Big Jim " Bowditch . When Bowditch flew to America with Qantas in a press party to see the new Jumbo jets he had a spectacular wardrobe provided by The Wild One .Bowditch had just intended wearing a pair of long pants, not shorts, and borrowing a jumper and a coat , there being no need for such clobber in Darwin.
From his own wardrobe, O'Keefe gave him a double- breasted ,pin- striped , blue -black gangster type suit, with wide lapels and padded shoulders .There was also a mauve suit. , four dress shirts, ties, built up shoes,and even floral underpants! O'Keefe threw in a thousand dollar Spanish leather overcoat and a pair of gold cufflinks O'Keefe had been given when he appeared on the Johnny Carson Show in America .
