In the mid-1980s, Judith Durham lived a tranquil existence close to Yandina.
In the middle of the 1980s, Judith Durham, the beloved lead vocalist of the Seekers, resided in Kiamba, close to Yandina. It has been verified by multiple locals that she owned a home at the end of Hillcrest Road in Kiamba.
On August 5, in Melbourne, the Australian singer passed away in palliative care due to complications from a long-term lung illness.
Australia lost one of its earliest international stars and the voice behind numerous songs that have served as the soundtrack to countless lives when she passed away at the age of 79.
Elton John, who had called her “the purest voice in popular music,” was one of her admirers.
On November 21, 1969, Ms. Durham wed her musical director, British pianist Ron Edgeworth. Prior to purchasing property in Kiamba in the middle of the 1980s, they resided in the UK and Switzerland. It’s thought Ms. Durham went to Kiamba to be closer to her mother, who was residing at the time in a nearby assisted living facility.
Locals have claimed on the Gazette’s Facebook page that the well-known musician wrote numerous songs and a book while residing in a secluded area of Kiamba.
Ruth posted on Facebook, saying, “I once saw her outside the old Franklins at Nambour.” She grinned back at me, and I couldn’t help but smile too. Her husband used to sing at the nursing home where I worked, too, I remember. Her lovely voice will endure.
“She owned land up Hillcrest Avenue in Kiamba… up Yandina’s back,” Susan stated. My land and house were on the same street. It’s still her original house. It is largely a rainforest and covers about 50 acres. Years ago, she sold it.
“I met her every week in Yandina,” Mark stated. She would visit her grandfather’s modest fruit stand beneath his home once a week.
“I have been lucky enough to find the song I composed when I lived on the Sunshine Coast with my late husband Ron Edgeworth,” Ms. Durham wrote in a letter in 2017. It was in the slopes above Yandina that we shared so many lovely memories. “Sunshine Coast, You I Love” is the name of the song, and I wish to record it some day
