DURING World War I, the people of Canungra raised money to build a suitable War Memorial to honour those the brave people that enlisted from Canungra and surrounding shire, including Tamborine Mountain, Tamborine, Biddaddaba and Beechmont. The trustees of The Canungra War Memorial fund faced considerable difficulty in reaching a consensus on both the location…
n 1916, David Lahey, the forward-thinking owner of Lahey’s Sawmill, set out to create something unique in Canungra: The Bellissima Guesthouse. Built in response to the region’s growing prominence as a hub for travellers and businessmen associated with the sawmill industry, Bellissima was an architectural gem that brought both elegance and modernity to the quaint township.
As I was born and grew up in Canungra, I am a genuine local to the area; my grandparents were among one of the first original settlers who came to Little Flying Fox Valley in 1935 to settle in the district and begin their life as dairy farmers. This was the same year the Canungra…
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