The navy base became run down after the war, eventually closing in 1957.
It is in an active Navy base where, quite literally, the world changed.
Apart from the navy base there is an Aboriginal community in the town.
Parker ends up taking the horse to the Navy base and training her.
Still there was always the Navy base to bolster the local economy and keep the town on the map.
Although the Navy bases will remain, business leaders realized they had to look elsewhere for growth.
"What difference is a Navy base going to make?"
His only reference was a 1943 aerial photograph from the nearby Navy base.
There is a small navy base and some beach bungalows.
Navy base had the remotest idea that anything was other than normal.