Cotton Tree Caravan Park

**Cotton Tree Caravan Park** wani wurin shakatawa ne da aka jera a cikin al'adun gargajiya a Cotton Tree Parade, Cotton Tree, Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia . An kara shi a cikin Queensland Heritage Register a ranar 3 ga Afrilu 2009.

## Tarihi
Ƙananan Kogin Maroochy sun fara bunkasa a matsayin wurin shakatawa a cikin shekarun 1880. A kan kudancin bakin ta, inda Cotton Tree Caravan Park yake, an buga wani Wharf da Ruwa na 215-acre a cikin 1873. Masu yin hutu sun kafa sansani a kan ajiyar tsakanin bishiyoyin auduga na asali (*Hibiscus tiliaceus*). Amfani da ajiyar, kusa da kwanciyar hankali, mai zurfi na kogi, ya nuna abubuwan da aka fi so na Zamanin Victorian don yin iyo a bakin teku, jirgin ruwa da kamun kifi. Irin waɗannan wurare don shakatawa a Arewacin Coast (wanda yanzu ake kira Sunshine Coast) sun haɓaka a wannan lokacin a Caloundra da Tewantin . 

Sojojin Ceto sun kafa yankin a matsayin wurin shakatawa. An shirya sansanin "Maroochy Heads" na shekara-shekara a kan gajeren hutu tsakanin Kirsimeti da Sabuwar Shekara. sansanin ya samar da ayyuka da yawa na addini da na nishaɗi ga mazauna yankin da mutanen tsibirin Tekun Kudancin da ke aiki a gonakin sukari a Buderim da ke kusa, tare da barasa, caca da rawa da aka haramta. An fara bayar da rahoton sansanin ne a shekara ta 1896, lokacin da sama da mutane 200 suka zauna a wurin ajiya. Daga baya tallace-tallace da Sojojin Ceto suka yi ya nuna cewa sansanin na iya fara tun daga farkon shekara ta 1888. 

Sansanin ya zama sanannen taron shekara-shekara. A kan Kirsimeti 1905, mutane 400 sun kafa sansani a wurin ajiya. Yankin rairayin bakin teku nan da nan a kudancin bakin kogi a hankali ya zama sananne don yin iyo kuma a cikin 1908 an shigar da kayan ceton rai. Duk da yake kyawawan wuraren shakatawa na yankin Maroochy sun sami karin haske a cikin shekarun 1900 kuma masu yawon bude ido na waje sun zama gama gari, masu sansanin sun fi yawa daga Blackall Range da gundumomin da ke kewaye da Nambour har zuwa lokacin yakin basasa

A cikin shekarun 1910, sansanin, wanda aka tallata a matsayin 'Nature's Pick Me Up', ya karu zuwa makonni biyu. Ana samun alfarwa don hayar, an gina su da karamin kuɗi. An ba da abinci a cikin alfarwar cin abinci kuma an yi amfani da babban marquee don tarurruka, yayin da kiosk da Sojojin Ceto ke sarrafawa ya sayar da burodi, abin sha, lollies da 'ya'yan itace. Sauran kiosks masu zaman kansu guda biyu suna aiki a shafin a shekarar 1913. An nutse rijiyoyi a cikin yashi don samun ruwa mai kyau kuma Majalisar Maroochy Shire ta gina sabon tashar jiragen ruwa da wuraren wanka a shekarar 1912. 

A cikin 1908, gwamnatin Queensland ta haɗa da yawancin ajiyar 1873 a cikin binciken da ta yi na garin Maroochydore (wanda ya haɗa da Cotton Tree). Rashin yiwuwar ƙasar jama'a ya jawo juriya mai ƙarfi daga masu sansani da Majalisar Maroochy Shire, kuma tallace-tallace na ƙasa ba su ci gaba nan take ba. Wani yunkuri na biyu a shekara ta 1914 don sayar da garin Maroochydore ya haɗu da tsayayyar jama'a. A ranar Boxing ta 1914, sama da mutane 500 sun nuna adawarsu a taron jama'a da aka gudanar a wurin ajiyar a cikin Salvation Army marquee. A farkon 1915 sabuwar Gwamnatin TJ Ryan Labor ta sanar da niyyar su ci gaba da tallace-tallace. Yayinda aka gabatar da rashin amincewa tare da Ma'aikatar Lands kuma masu zanga-zangar sun soki 'sanya al'adun mutane don kuɗi', gwamnati ta ci gaba da siyar da rabon a ƙarƙashin hayar har abada daga Disamba 1915. 

Sauran kadada goma sha bakwai na asalin ajiya an sake sanya su don sansani da nishaɗi a watan Satumbar 1916. Wannan ɓangaren arewa maso gabas na ajiyar ba a gabatar da shi don sayarwa ba saboda an dauke shi da ruwa. Bayan tallace-tallace na ƙasa, yawan masu sansani na yanayi a cikin ajiyar ya bayyana ya ragu, har zuwa 1926, lokacin da aka lura da "gidajen zane" fiye da shekarun da suka gabata. Haɗin Sojojin Ceto tare da shafin ya ragu, an maye gurbinsa da aikin Methodist a lokacin rani na 1919/20. An bayar da rahoton sansanin Sojojin Ceto na karshe a 1929, tare da alfarwa 100 a wurin ajiya.

Harkokin Majalisar Maroochy Shire wajen gudanar da ajiyar Cotton Tree a hankali ya karu a lokacin yakin basasa. An gina sabon tashar jiragen ruwa a 1923 kuma an gina sabbin wuraren wanka a 1929. Tsabtacewar ta kasance muhimmiyar damuwa ga karuwar yawan baƙi zuwa shafin, tare da Sufetocin Lafiya yana tabbatar da cewa an tsabtace rijiyoyi da dakuna a Cotton Tree kafin hutu. A karkashin Shirin Ingantawa na Seaside, majalisar ta inganta damar shiga ajiyar a lokacin 1940, tare da kudaden sansanin da aka gabatar a wannan lokacin. An kuma kafa sabbin wuraren sansani a bakin rairayin bakin teku da ke kudu zuwa Mooloolaba. A shekara ta 1941, an sake sanya ajiyar, tare da Majalisar Maroochy Shire a matsayin mai kula.

A lokacin yakin basasa, wuraren shakatawa na bakin teku a kudu da arewacin Brisbane (Gold da Sunshine Coasts na yau) sun zama masu dogaro da samar da isasshen hanyoyi da gadoji don jawo hankalin da isar da yawan masu yawon bude ido. Inganta hanyoyin sadarwa a wannan lokacin ya yi tasiri sosai ga ci gaban masana'antar yawon bude ido a yankin Maroochy. Har zuwa ƙarshen shekarun 1920, Kogin Maroochy shine babbar hanyar sufuri zuwa Maroochydore, tare da yawancin baƙi da suka isa ta hanyar kaddamar da mota a tashar jirgin kasa ta Cotton Tree, ta hanyar Tashar jirgin kasa ta Nambour da Moreton Mill. A cikin 1922 Majalisar Maroochy Shire ta fara aiki a kan hanyar da ta dace da motoci tsakanin Nambour da Maroochydore. A shekara ta 1927 an inganta hanyar zuwa Babban Hanyar, yadda ya kamata ya kawo karshen rawar da Kogin Maroochy ke takawa a matsayin babbar hanyar sufuri ga Maroochydore.

Sashe na farko na Bruce Highway, tsakanin abin da ke yanzu Rothwell da Eumundi, an buɗe shi a watan Disamba na shekara ta 1934. A karo na farko, masu yawon bude ido daga Brisbane suna da damar shiga Arewacin Kogin, tare da tafiya zuwa Maroochydore da ke ɗaukar kusan awanni biyu. Halin ci gaban yawon bude ido a bakin tekun Arewa da wuraren shakatawa na dutse sun kasance babban abu a cikin yanke shawara don rarraba kudade na Main Roads ga wannan aikin, kuma lokacin da aka fara buɗewa, an rarraba babbar hanyar a matsayin hanyar "tafiya".

Rahoton shekara-shekara na Main Roads na 1937 ya yi sharhi game da ci gaban "mai ban mamaki" na wuraren shakatawa na bakin teku na Arewacin Coast, musamman Maroochydore da Caloundra, bayan gina babbar hanyar, kuma ya rubuta karuwar zirga-zirga a kan babbar hanyar da hanyoyin da ke haɗawa. An kammala hanyar bitumen tsakanin Ofishin Jakadancin Maroochydore da Cotton Tree a watan Janairun shekara ta 1937. 

Ingantawa ga hanyar sadarwa ta inganta farkon yawon shakatawa a Arewacin Tekun. Caravanning, ainihin wani nau'i na sansani, ya bunkasa sakamakon karuwar amfani da mota a lokacin yakin basasa. Siffofin farko na caravans sun fi kama da motoci; motoci tare da jikin da masu su suka gyara don haɗawa da ɗakin baya don barci da ajiya. Masana'antun Australiya na motoci masu jan kaya sun bayyana a ƙarshen shekarun 1920, wasu suna motsawa cikin masana'antar daga gina jikin mota. Har ila yau, motocin da aka gina da kansu sun shahara, tare da littattafan da aka buga akan ginin su da kayan aiki. A shekara ta 1937, masu sha'awar Australiya suna da nasu mujallar kuma kayan aikin mota a cikin jaridu suna ba da sararin samaniya ga caravans. An bayar da rahoton Caravans tare da alfarwa a wuraren sansanin Maroochy a ƙarshen 1937, tare da wurin zama na farko na yankin, Tooway Park kusa da Caloundra, a cikin gini a wannan lokacin. A shekara ta 1939, an yi rajistar motoci 169 a Queensland.

Ga masu yawon bude ido masu arziki waɗanda suka yi hutu a wuraren sansani na bakin teku, masu ba da izini sun ba da 'yanci da sassauci, ba tare da sadaukar da ta'aziyya ba. A matsayin "gida mai nisa daga gida", wanda ya dace da kayan zamani, motoci sun bambanta da sauƙin zango a ƙarƙashin alfarwa. Sun kasance madadin otal-otal da gidajen baƙi na gida, waɗanda suke da buƙata sosai a lokacin lokutan da suka fi dacewa kuma suna ba da matakan inganci daban-daban.

Lambobin sansani a Cotton Tree sun karu a ƙarshen shekarun 1930, kuma sun ci gaba da yin hakan bayan ƙarshen Yaƙin Duniya na II. Lokacin bazara na 1945/46 ya ja hankalin jama'a zuwa Maroochy kuma a lokacin rani na 1950/51, an bukaci ƙarin rijiyar ruwa ga masu sansani. An kafa 'yan sanda a wurin ajiya a lokacin hutu kuma akwai halartar yau da kullun na jami'ai daga Ma'aikatar Lafiya ta Maroochy Shire. An gina sabon ofishin ranger a lokacin Kirsimeti 1953, lokacin da kimanin mutane 4000 suka kafa sansani a bakin tekun tsakanin Maroochydore da Mooloolaba .