An old club that stood empty for more than a decade is back on the market, as 
locals remember the venue for its cheap beers and barefoot 
bowls. The old Surfers Paradise Bowls Club is for sale for the first time in two years, after a deal struck by the previous owner  Mayor Tom Tate fell through. The nearly 5000 
square metre property sits on Remembrance Drive in Surfers 
Paradise, positioned in the middle of the busy 
strip.          The nearly 5000 square metre property sits on Remembrance Drive in Surfers Paradise, positioned in the middle of the busy Gold Coast stripMayor Tate 
bought the venue back in the mid 2000s, planning to rescue the local 
club from financial ruin with the help of two 
other business partners.  However after 
several years of the modest club making little profit, he and his partners decided 
to close its doors for good back in 2010. At 
one point the bowling club was set to be remodelled into a 56-storey high rise building, with Mayor Tate heading the development application. But those plans 
were abandoned last year and the development was never built.          At one point the bowling club was set to be remodelled into a 56-storey 
high rise building, with previous owner Mayor Tom Tate launching the 
development applicationHowever the beloved club's bar, bowling greens and bistro still 
remain intact, featuring decor reminiscent of early 2000s bowls clubs and 
RSLs. 'We're relaunching the site, it's coming back on the market for the first time in two years,' agent Be          




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Agent Ben Evans described the venue, which is the second 
oldest bowls club on the Gold Coast, as a 'time portal' into a 
rich chapter of the areas historyFacebook users responded to the news by sharing their memories of happy days they spent at the 
iconic Gold Coast venue. '10 years! Barefoot surfers bowlo sundays,' one local man remembered. 'It was our home for 
a very long while, miss those days,' another shared. One man revealed 
a detail from a boozy night him and mates 
spent at the club. 'Remember when you put a trolley through the front 
door...', he said, tagging his guilty friend in the comment.  Canford Real Estate Agents is currently running an expressions of interest 
campaign on their website which will be live until May 20.  



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