the construction of the sundale bridge and the deviation of highway to the west of main beach in the late 1960s was preceded in the 1950s by early reclamation of the nerang river to the west of the earlier subdivision and the area centred on tedder avenue dates only from that time. a different subdivision pattern in that portion of main beach is the result. similarly the land to the north of the early subdivision - the sand spit that formed one bank of the bar - was only recently developed. until the 1870s and 1880s the only activity in this area was limited to facilities associated with the southport yacht club and other maritime activities.