Ka taƙaita labarin:  Meter Maids suna da dogon tarihi daidai da rairayin bakin teku na rairayin bakin teku na Queensland wanda aka fi so bayan hutu, amma lokaci na iya ƙarewa ga gumakan Surfers Paradise da ke sanye da bikini. Wannan al'ada ta shekaru 50 ta raba jama'ar Gold Coast, tare da shugabannin kasuwanci da ke kiran ƙarshen zamani, The Sunday Mail ta ruwaito. An fara shi a cikin 1965, Meter Maids shine tunanin mai haɓaka Gold Coast Bernie Elsey wanda ya gabatar da shirin don kawar da mummunan tallace-tallace da ke tattare da sabbin ma'aunin filin ajiye motoci. Gungura ƙasa don bidiyo. Masu kasuwancin gida sun lakafta Surfers Paradise Meter Maids a matsayin wanda ya tsufa kuma ba ya ba da sabis. Matakin da ake ta ce-ce-ku-ce ya hada da 'yan mata sanye da bikinis na zinare suna tafiya a babban titin yawon bude ido kuma suna sanya kudi a cikin mita da suka kare, a cewar shafin yanar gizon Surfers Paradise Meter Maids. Amma masu kasuwancin gida sun ce kungiyar ba ta yin aikin jama'a kamar yadda ci gaba a cikin fasahar mita na filin ajiye motoci yana nufin lokutan karewa ba koyaushe ake nunawa ba. Sun yi imanin cewa Meter Maids suna keta dokokin majalisar da ke hana tallatawa ta hanyar tallata kayan kasuwanci, wanda shugaban majalisar kasuwanci ta Gold Coast Peter Yared ya ce ya sa kungiyar ta zama kasuwanci a yanzu. 'Ina ganin lokaci ya yi da za su ci gaba,' in ji shi News Corp. An fara shi a 1965, Meter Maids shine tunanin mai haɓaka Gold Coast Bernie Elsey wanda ya gabatar da shirin don kawar da mummunan tallace-tallace da ke tattare da sabbin ma'aunin filin ajiye motoci. Shugabannin'yan kasuwa sun ce lokaci ya yi da za su yi ƙaura kamar yadda suka zama ba su da mahimmanci yanzu saboda ma'aunin filin ajiye motoci na lantarki ne. Peter Yared na Gold Coast Chamber of Commerce ya ce kungiyar yanzu kasuwanci ce. 'Ba sa yin wani aiki ga al'umma... Ba sa yin komai a yankin sai dai masu yawon bude ido.' Mista Yared ya ce Meter Maids ba su da mahimmanci kamar yadda ma'aunin filin ajiye motoci yanzu na lantarki ne kuma ba su ci gaba da sauye sauye ba. 'Muna kokarin tsaftace sunan Surfers Paradise kuma yawancin masu aikin gida baƙi ne...
Shugabannin kasuwanci suna kira da a kawo karshen Surfers Paradise Meter Maids. Alamomin Gold Coast sun kasance a kusa da shekaru 50 kuma sun fara a 1965. Amma manajan kamfanin Meter Maids ya ce suna cikin al'adun Gold Coast. Ya ce sun kasance 'wadatar da ba a amfani da ita ba' don taimakawa sake fasalin yankin.