Jenny Rankine spent most weekends and holidays at Bonnie Vale while growing up. Her family began vacationing there in a friend’s cabin in 1955 and Jenny’s father, Noel Blom, built a cabin in 1958, which was co-owned by Jenny’s parents and her auntie Mabel Davies. Jenny has fond memories of spending time with her family at Bonnie Vale and of the community that was there and provides great descriptions of both.
P39470 – View from the ‘Merry Inn’ cabin looking towards the water – Bonnie Vale, January 1965
P39469 – View from the Bundeena Shops (i.e., the current Post Office) – January 1965
Jenny Rankine (Blom) and her cousin, Kim
P39471 – Bonnie Vale beach: Kim McMullen (cousin), Jan Brown (friend), Mark McMullen (cousin) and Mabel Davis (Aunt) – January 1965
P39472 – The front row cabin adjoins Helen Scaife’s cabin – Bonnie Vale, January 1965
P39473 – Jan Brown in front of Atkinson’s Cottage – Bonnie Vale, January 1965
P39474 – Jan Brown and Jenny Rankine (Blom) on Bonnie Vale Beach, January 1965
P39475 – Waiting for Cronulla ferry on Bundeena Wharf, Horden’s Beach in background. F: Carol Brown, Kim McMullen, Mark McMullen, Jenny Rankine (Blom). B: Jan Brown, Mabel Davis – January 1965
P39476 – Kids playing in water – Bonnie Vale, January 1965
P39477 – Kids playing in water – Bonnie Vale, January 1965
P39478 – Jenny Rankine (Blom) on friend’s boat in Bonnie Vale – January 1965
P39479 – Noel Blom with a friend’s boat in Bonnie Vale, January 1965
P39450 – Norma Blom at the age of 30 – 1956
P39451 – Gary Blom, aged 5 – 1956
P39452 – Noel Blom, 1956
P39453 – ‘Merry Inn’ – Cabin No. 110 – 1959
P39454 – Jennifer Rankine (Blom), 1959
P39455 – Friends at Bonnie Vale, circa.1959
P39456 – Bonnie Vale friends
P39457 – Jennifer Rankine (Blom) (left), Garry Blom and cousin Kim, 1961
P39458 – Jennifer Rankine (Blom) outside the ‘Merry Inn’ cabin, 1962
P39459 – Jenny Rankine (Blom) and her cousin Kim outside the ‘Aqua Villa’ cabin
P39460 – (Left to right) Alma Archer, Mabel Davis, and Norma Blom, outside the ‘Aqua Villa’ cabin
P39462 – (Left to right) Norma Blom, Alma Archer, unknown, unknown, and Mabel Davis
P39463 – Jennifer Rankine (Blom) with her aunt, Mabel Davis, on Bonnie Vale beach – 1966
P39464 – Noel Blom in front of the ‘Merry Inn’ cabin – 1968
P39465 – Noel Blom outside the ‘Merry Inn’ cabin dressed as Tiny Tim
P39466 – The Blom children and friends on the beach outside Atkinson’s cabin
P39467 – The Bonnie Vale ‘gang’ socialising
P39468 – Ronald Newman and Gary Blom, circa.1961
P39461 – Outside the ‘Aqua Villa’ cabin, circa.1970