Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  He roa te hītori o Meter Maids e ōrite ana ki ngā takutai onepu o te wāhi hararei tino rongonui o Queensland, engari kua mutu pea te wā mō ngā tohu kākahu bikini o Surfers Paradise. Kua wehewehea te hapori o Gold Coast e te tikanga 50 tau, me nga kaiarahi pakihi e karanga ana mo te mutunga o te waa, i kii te Sunday Mail. I tīmatahia i te tau 1965, ko Meter Maids te whakaaro o te kaiwhakawhanake Gold Coast a Bernie Elsey nana nei i whakauru te kaupapa ki te aukati i te panui kino e pa ana ki nga mita waka hou kua whakauruhia. Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. Kua whakahuatia e ngā kaipupuri pakihi ā-rohe he tawhito rawa te Surfers Paradise Meter Maids, ā, kāore i te whakarato i tētahi ratonga. Ko te nekehanga tautohetohe e uru ana ki nga wahine taiohi e kakahu ana i nga bikini koura e haereere ana i te waahi tuuruhi nui me te tuku moni ki nga mita kua mutu, e ai ki te paetukutuku Surfers Paradise Meter Maids. Engari e kii ana nga rangatira o nga pakihi o te rohe kaore te roopu e mahi i tetahi ratonga a te iwi i te mea ko nga ahunga whakamua i roto i te hangarau mita mita e kii ana kaore i te whakaatuhia nga waa mutunga. E whakapono ana rātau kei te takahi a Meter Maids i ngā ture a te kaunihera e ārai ana i ngā taonga waitohu, e ai ki te perehitini o te Gold Coast Chamber of Commerce a Peter Yared, he pakihi te rōpū ināianei. 'Ki taku whakaaro kua tae ki te wa kia neke atu ratou,' i kii ia ki News Corp. I tiimata i te 1965, ko nga Kaitiaki Meter te whakaaro o te kaiwhakawhanake Gold Coast a Bernie Elsey nana i whakauru te kaupapa ki te aukati i te panui kino e pa ana ki nga mita waka hou kua whakauruhia. E mea ana ngā kaihautū pakihi kua tae ki te wā kia neke atu rātou nā te mea kua kore e whai pānga nā te mea he hiko ngā mita tūnga waka. Ko Peter Yared o te Gold Coast Chamber of Commerce i kii ko te roopu inaianei he pakihi. 'Kāore anō rātou kia mahi i tētahi ratonga mō te hapori... Kāore rātou e mahi i tētahi mea i roto i te rohe, engari ko ngā tūruhi huruhuru.' I kī a Mr Yared kua kore e whai pānga ngā Meter Maids nā te mea he hiko ngā mita tūnga waka, ā, kāore anō kia rite ki ngā huringa o te wā. 'Kei te ngana mātou ki te horoi i te ingoa o Surfers Paradise me te maha o nga kaimahi he manene...
E karanga ana ngā kaiārahi pakihi kia mutu te Surfers Paradise Meter Maids. Kua 50 tau te roa o ngā tohu o te Gold Coast, ā, i tīmata i te tau 1965. Engari e ki ana te kaiwhakahaere matua o Meter Maids he wāhanga rātau o te ahurea Gold Coast. I kii ia he 'rahi kore e whakamahia' hei awhina i te whakahou i te rohe.