Lorne Victoria Australia

c1915, Lorne Hotel, Stirling Store, Post Office, Browne Store.

130 Mountjoy Parade

State Electricity Commission Office
Lorne Surf Shop
Lorne Corner Store

Lorne VIC 1972 Showing Foodland Chemist The Lorne Hotel and The Games Source NAA

The above photo, according to David Baldry shows SEC on corner then Games, Jack and Peg Hickey had the fruit and veg shop, then Sos O’Sullivan estate agency, the Whitley’s Chemist, Jarratts Gift Store, Foodland, and News Agency. Brendon Telford adds there was taxi rank in front of The Games, Murray Fletcher was the driver.

: State Electricity Commission office. (LHS photo B697)

: 1984, old SEC office

: 2009, Lorne Surf Shop

: 2025, Corner Store

132 Mountjoy Parade

Central Cafe (Owned by Mr & Mrs Tutungi)
The Games
Sales Outlet

: c1950s, c1960s, The Central Cafe, Marine Parade (now Mountjoy Pde), Lorne, specialising in fish and grills. State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/67491

: 1984, the Games

134 Mountjoy Parade

Take Away Food
Andrews’s Chicken Joint established in 1981

: 1984, Take Away Food

: 2009, Chicken Joint

136 Mountjoy Parade

Lorne Real Estate

: 1984, Lorne Real Estate

: 2009, chemist

138 – 140 Mountjoy Parade

Jarratt’s Gift Shop
Hughes Chemist
Lorne Pharmacy
Souvenirs
Retro Baby
Delux
Bueno Shoes

: Hughes Chemist 138 Mountjoy Parade (LHS photo)

: Mountjoy Parade (LHS photo B328)

: 1984, Wilmot’s Pharmacy

: 1984, Souvenirs Shop

: 2009, Newsagent

: 2025

142 Mountjoy Parade

Schram Bros Grocery
Baldry’s Store
Souvenir Shop
News Agent
Lorne Surf Shop
Lorne Surf Shop – Rip Curl Australia
Mountjoy Parade shops (LHS photo 9137)

1984, Baldry’s Supermarket

1984, Newsagent

144-146 Mountjoy Parade

M & T Browne General Store
Marine Café
Chris’s restaurant (demolished in 1985 for construction of the Cumberland Resort)
Cumberland Resort

1917, Depature of the coach. THE ROSE SERIES, P. 2145. (LHS photo 533)

Marine Café

The Marine Café was the forerunner to Chris’s Restaurant at 144 Mountjoy Parade. In Facebook post in c2026 Helen Johnston remembers that the Marine was owned by Bonnie and Bill Whitechurch and had fond memories of ‘Whiting’ and ‘Dusty Road’ ice cream dessert. Whitechurch’s was the ‘go to’ place for breakfast for members of the Surf Club before patrol and surfers. [John Agar Committee for Lorne for Lorne page in the Surf Coast Times, 26 December 2025] Bonnie Whitechurch (Esme Beatrice Whitechurch) was mother of Peter and Elizabeth (Libby). [Herald Sun, 3 July 2008].

Chris’s Restaurant

A young Greek man, Christos Talihminidis, new to Lorne in 1972, bought the Marine Café from Mrs Whitechurch. He then opened the pink-painted Chris’s Restaurant at 144 Mountjoy Parade. Chris’s roasted potatoes will go down in the annals of Lorne and the Surf Coast as a stand-out culinary triumph. The restaurant was demolished in 1985 to make way for the Cumberland Resort.

Chris’s Restaurant

: (LHS photo 2828)

: Marine Parade (LHS photo B043)

: Chris’s restaurant, News Agent, Baldry’s Supermarket (LHS photo B696)

: 1984, Chris’s Restaurant

: Brownes Lane photo 2025

: 2009, Browne’s Lane

: 2025, Pink house, Browne residence.

148 Mountjoy Parade

Commercial Bank of Australia (CBA)
Westpac Bank (CBA became Westpac 1 Oct 1982)
Cumberland Resort

: Westpac Bank before demolition of Cumberland Guesthouse

: 1984, Westpac Bank

150 Mountjoy Parade

Post Office
Cumberland Resort

: c1920

: 2009, Cumberland

152 Mountjoy Parade

1878, John Stirling Bakery and Store, first shop in Lorne
1906, Anderson Store. The Geelong Advertiser reported on 20 December 1906, “Today two changes of some importance took place, one being the re-opening of the old familiar “Stirling’s” store, under a new name and regime, it having been bought by Messrs. Anderson, and will be used as the bakery and grocery.
Cumberland Resort