Vic Perren Memorial Park

Named after Vic Perren, the park, on the corner of Fourth and Memorial avenues at Cotton Tree, is diagonally opposite the house that Mr Perren built in 1937 and called home for the next 63 years. Nambour-born Mr Perren was introduced to Cotton Tree during childhood holidays. He met his wife, Myrtle, when she holidayed at a boarding house his mother owned in Cotton Tree where the high-rise, Chateau Royale, now stands. He worked as a projectionist showing silent pictures at Jazzland, an entertainment house at Cotton Tree, and later worked for the Moreton Sugar Mill at Nambour. Mr Perren's recollections of Cotton Tree are held on record by Sunshine Coast Libraries. Date named: 2 January 2011.