Each year the Magnetic Island History and Craft Centre produces a calendar illustrated with photographs from the past . In the case of the one for 2018, the cover photograph is the honeymoon cottage , with an insect wired verandah, from the Arcadia Hotel , used by Service personnel on leave during WWll. It was relocated to the Magnetic Museum in 2014.
The month of July in the calendar surprises with a c1947 view of a group of topless men on the verandah of a building , with the large outline of a white thumb up hand next to a name , WANGANUI , a place in NZ . It was one of several pre-war huts used by Arcadian lifesavers and friends . The man standing in the group appears to be wearing a towel like bathing togs or , as a joke, a baby diaper . The limited edition calendar sells for $30 , contact through mihccmagneticmuseum@gmail.com. Any information about how the building came to be called Wanganui and the names of those in the photo would be well received.
