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Flooding in Cavill Avenue near Orchid Avenue with two men pretending to fish the flooded road, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, November 1958

Flooding in Cavill Avenue near Orchid Avenue with two men pretending to fish the flooded road, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, November 1958

After heavy rain, this part of Cavill Avenue often stayed flooded for many hours. This regular occurence was known locally as Lake Ludoma, after the nearby private hospital of the same name. (Information source: Alexander McRobbie, The Fabulous Gold Coast, 1984, p. 139).