I have always wondered about whether to post to this thread, as I dont really have any concrete information. In 1986/87 I was working as a casual pizza delivery driver to fund my uni studies. I worked for a franchise called "Silvios Dial a Pizza" and they had a small store on the corner of Wacol Station Road and Akenside Street. It was right in front of the Wacol railway station. Burned in my memory because as delivery drivers we always groaned if we got caught by the boom gate at the railway station if we had to head to western suburbs like Sumner Park.
I am absolutely sure that directly opposite the store on Wacol Station Rd that there was a telephone box. Its still here on Google Street View.
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-27...ata=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1swbvMYOAY6uoaHuqA8r5YkA!2e0
Would this have been where Sharron would have made her phone call from? I think the store was always open until 11pm and brightly lit. I have always wondered why she didn't come to the store? Or did it close a bit early (10:30pm) - I can't honestly remember. And I was only 18 at the time so can't really remember all the details. I didn't have "permanent" shifts so have no way of knowing if I was working that night or not.
I do remember the Army Barracks clearly as we used to deliver there regularly, and that we had to stop at the box and get clearance from the guard at the gate. But the whole area around Wacol in those days was very dark and not very developed - hardly any street lighting or residential houses. We used to deliver to Redbank, Goodna, Gailes, and then all the Summner Park, Jamboree Heights and Jindalee areas. But I don't remember ever delivering to any residential address that was actually Wacol! In those days it was just the Wacol Park Asylum (for the criminally insane) on one side and the army barracks on the other. Seriously an awful place to run out of petrol.
I still live in Brisbane, but in the inner CBD. On the rare occasion I go out that way, the roads have changed so much I have trouble picturing where her car was and where the phone box was.