Property Advert of the Week: 3 Pacific Avenue, Tamarama (1971)

Below is an advertisement for 3 Pacific Avenue in Tamarama dating from 1971.

Source: Parkes (Sales) Pty. Ltd. 1971. Untitled (Advertisement). The Daily Telegraph, June 12: 42.

What is disappointing is the absence of a photograph of the views from the apartments as it is located on one of the best streets in the suburb, which includes ocean views.

Apartment 14 was sold in January for around $1.5 million, which is a outstanding return on the $22 000 spent in 1971.

Property Advert of the Week: Mornington, Bondi (1971)

The unit complex at 3 Campbell Street, Bondi is very noticeable on the landscape at the southern end of Bondi Beach. $35 000 bought you an apartment with "million dollar views" which certainly lives up to it five decades later.

Source: Home Units Pty. Ltd. 1971. "South Bondi headland:" (Advertisement). The Daily Telegraph, January 2: 27.

MILESTONE: Opening of Syd Enfield Drive (1979)

This year is forty years since Syd Enfield Drive was completed. Originally the road was known as the Bondi Junction Bypass. The section of road was part of a vision to form the (never built) Eastern Suburbs freeway that would connect Bondi Junction to the city.

It would also form part of the commercial redevelopment of the suburb along with the construction of the Eastern Suburbs railway line, and would eliminate through traffic through the centre of Bondi Junction.

Construction took less than two years before being opened to traffic on 9 January, 1979. The road was opened by local State MP and Minister for Consumer Affairs - Syd Enfield.

In 1988, the bypass was named Syd Enfield Drive in honour of the former MP.

With traffic now bypassing the commercial heart of Bondi Junction, it led to creation of the Oxford Street mall.

Source: Anon. 1979. "By-pass today, mall tomorrow". The Sydney Morning Herald, January 10:1. 

Property Advert of the Week: Oscar on Hollywood, Bondi Junction (1995)

This week, we head to Bondi Junction where Meriton were selling apartments in the Oscar on Hollywood complex.

Source: Meriton Premier Apartments. 1995. "Oscar on Hollywood" (Advertisement). The Sydney Morning Herald, June 24: 84. 

Property Advert of the Week: Opus 1 Bondi Junction (1998)

This week, we head to Bondi Junction where $315 000 bought you an apartment in the Opus 1 Tower in 1 Adelaide Street in 1998. Westfield Bondi Junction was yet to be expanded, but within a few years, it would come right to their door.



Source: PRD Reality. 1998. "Feel the Rhythm of Sydney" (Advertisement). The Sydney Morning Herald, June 11: 17 (Real Estate Liftout). 

And as a bonus, a photo of the building taken by yours truly.