Wild Weather Unearths A Demolished Relic From The Jazz Age

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Wild storms at a Sydney beach have unearthed a long-demolished relic from the Jazz Age.

Erosion following abnormally high tides and torrents of rain at Coogee Beach in Sydney's east over the weekend have brought two pylons from the long-forgotten Coogee Pleasure Pier to the surface.

The storms took metres of sand off multiple beaches around the Sydney region including Collaroy, south Palm Beach, Coogee, and Stockton Beach in Newcastle.

But beach-goers on Tuesday were surprised to find the concrete pylons had emerged after almost 90 years underground.






Beach-goers on Tuesday were surprised to find the concrete pylons had emerged after almost 90 years underground at Coogee Beach


The pier was built in 1928 as a seaside resort modelled on similar seaside pavilions in England. 

According to Randwick Council, crowds gathered to watch the first pylon being drilled into the sand in July 1926. 






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Main attractions included a 1400-seat theatre, a 600 capacity ballroom and a 400-seat restaurant. 

The pier also had a shark net to ease the minds of 800,000 anxious swimmers within the first four months of construction in 1929.






The pier was built in 1928 as a seaside resort modelled on similar seaside pavilions in England







Main attractions included a 1400-seat theatre, a 600 capacity ballroom and a 400-seat restaurant


As the crowds thinned in the early '30s, storms damaged the building and the pier was demolished in 1934-35.

The last time the pylons came to the surface was following storms in 2016.

Coogee beach was closed to swimmers on Tuesday as dangerous rips were reported and torrent cloud waves reached two-metres.

Sydney has received a third of its annual rainfall during the last four days, as the heaviest rain in 30 years inundated the city.


















Water lapped at the back fences of properties along the beach in Collaroy


More damaging conditions are expected for the upcoming weekend when swells could reach 2.5m on Friday, a Bureau of Meteorology forecaster told Daily Mail Australia.

'This could be very damaging for the north coast, especially as the tropical cyclone currently off the coast of New Caledonia moves south and south west,' she said.

'It won't directly impact the New South Wales coast but it will bring challenges such as hazardous surf conditions.'