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Halse Lodge

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Alternative NameBay View GuesthouseBay View HouseHillcrest LodgeAdditional Information
Halse Lodge, formerly known as Bay View, then as Hillcrest Guest House, is a two-storeyed timber guest house which was substantially rebuilt during the 1920s. The site of Halse Lodge has been associated with boarding/guest house accommodation from the early 1880s and it is the only guest house in Noosa Heads to survive from the 1920s and one of few sites in southeast Queensland which has operated continuously as a seaside guest house from the late nineteenth century to the present.

The land on which Bay View was erected was granted to James Forsyth and comprised 80 acres. Title records indicate that although the land was purchased in 1871, the register was not actually signed until December 1880. The land was transferred to Walter Hay, reputedly Forsyth's cousin, in 1881. Hay is credited with successfully finding/marking a route from Gympie to the Noosa River and the subsequent establishment of the town of Noosa. He placed an advertisement in the Gympie Times in March 1882, advertising that the house known as Bay View was available for letting.

During the 1890s, the property was leased to Robert Walker, then to Heinrich Walkmann. Bay View was progressively enlarged and was one of two guest houses operating in Noosa by the turn of the century; the other being Laguna House located in Hastings Street. Photographic evidence indicates that by 1900, Bay View comprised a two-storeyed timber building with a detached structure at the rear. It is assumed that this forms the basis of the present building, which has had several owners since that time. It was substantially rebuilt and extended during the 1920s, after which time it was known as Hillcrest Guest House.

Hillcrest Guest House was acquired by the Anglican Church in 1959, and renamed Halse Lodge, after Archbishop Halse. By this time the property included just over two acres of land. Between 1959 and 1988, few alterations were undertaken to the building which was used for group accommodation of up to eighty people. In 1988 substantial renovations were undertaken including the additions of a new front entry and kitchen block, demolition and erection of a new ablutions wing, refitting and re-roofing the caretaker's wing, and the erection of a new activity centre. Minor alterations were also undertaken to the main buildings, including reopening the verandah at the rear of the dining room, and the addition of internal doors to some of the upstairs rooms. In 2024, the building again underwent renovations in preparation for its chapter as a holiday guest house.
Heritage ListingQueensland StateAddress2,Halse Lane,Noosa Heads

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'Noosa Vale' (l) and Bay View Guesthouses , Noosa Heads, ca 1928

Bara Kaat with Lorna Marton painting, Halse Lodge, Noosa Heads, ca 1990s

Bay View Guesthouse, Noosa Heads

Bay View Guesthouse, Noosa Heads, ca 1880

Betty Freeman holding a Koala, Bay View Guesthouse, Noosa Heads

Betty Freeman with her Koala friend, Bay View Guesthouse, Noosa Heads

Catch of the day, Bay View Guesthouse, Noosa Heads

Cattle, Bay View Guest House, Noosa Heads

Cattle, Bay View Guesthose, Noosa Heads

Construction and accommodation, Hastings Street, Noosa Heads, 21 March 1981

Cow bales, below Bay View Guest House, Noosa Heads

Extension, Halse Lodge, Noosa Heads

Fancy dress party, Bay View Guest House, Noosa Heads

Fishing catch, 'Bay View Guesthouse, Noosa Heads

Fishing catch, Bay View Guest House, Noosa Heads

Fishing party, Bay View Guesthouse, Noosa Heads

Guests, Bay View Guesthouse, Noosa Heads

Heritage Library Catalogue

A history of Halse Lodge : a boarding house at Noosa Heads / a course project towards Post Graduate Diploma in Applied History at the University of Queensland, St. Lucia.

Bayview Noosa (9 Morwong Drive & 33 Viewland Drive, Noosa Heads): environmental impact appraisal, September 1999 / coordinated by McWilliams Consulting Engineers.

Halse Lodge : a slice of history 1988-1996, a collection of memories / Marijke Stagg

Halse Lodge Collection

Proposed alterations & additions, Halse Lodge, Noosa Drive, Noosa Heads : Environmental impact statement

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Halse Lodge: A slice of history 1988 - 1996

Hillcrest Guesthouse Guest Book 1939-1945

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Walter Hay

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Halse Lodge Collection

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Dianne Clement Oral History

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Halse Lodge, Church of England Conference Centre, Noosa Heads, Qld

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Bayview Guesthouse

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Halse Lodge, 2 Halse Lane, Noosa Heads

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