Who would have thought Drive-In's could make a comeback

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Who would have thought Drive-In's could make a comeback

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FormulaNova > 9 months ago, 23 May 2020

FormulaNova

15090 posts

23 May 2020 8:28pm

Apparently the drive-in in Sydney has reopened.

Go figure. Everyone thought they were dead, but I guess how else can you now watch a movie around other people, but not?

Are there any other drive-ins in Aus? Not a drive-in bottleshop...

MDSXR6T

1019 posts

23 May 2020 9:41pm

We have one that has never(?) closed in Perth, in Kingsley. I've taken the kids a couple of times and it's a bit of a novelty night out and I think you get 2 movies on the night?

GPA

2529 posts

23 May 2020 9:54pm

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MDSXR6T said..
We have one that has never(?) closed in Perth, in Kingsley. I've taken the kids a couple of times and it's a bit of a novelty night out and I think you get 2 movies on the night?

Correct, they've been operating since 1973.

sebol

753 posts

23 May 2020 9:57pm

Love it, the only place to watch a movie with the family dog

Drive in are awesome, Kingsley one is anyway.

theDoctor

NSW

5786 posts

24 May 2020 2:21am

Apparently there's a place in Sydney you can drive in where they'll come on your back

MDSXR6T

1019 posts

24 May 2020 7:16am

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sebol said..
Love it, the only place to watch a movie with the family dog

Drive in are awesome, Kingsley one is anyway.

The outdoor cinema in East Perth is doggo friendly and i've seen the odd one at Camelot as well but i don't know if it's allowed.

GPA

2529 posts

24 May 2020 7:59am

The only other operating drive-in in WA is up at Dongara...

I remember sitting outside the fence at the one that was just off Marmion Ave in Hillarys (next to the old BMX track) in the very early 80's. It was a long time ago, but I have a vague memory that they used to show porn. There was a line of deck chairs on the Southern fence line and all the Sandman wagons were rocking and rolling

sn

2775 posts

24 May 2020 2:19pm

quadraphonic sounds in my shed - guess where they came from....

lotofwind

NSW

6451 posts

24 May 2020 6:09pm

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GPA said..
The only other operating drive-in in WA is up at Dongara...

I remember sitting outside the fence at the one that was just off Marmion Ave in Hillarys (next to the old BMX track) in the very early 80's. It was a long time ago, but I have a vague memory that they used to show porn. There was a line of deck chairs on the Southern fence line and all the Sandman wagons were rocking and rolling

So the "drive- in" was what they called "Netflix and chill" , in the olden days ??

Carantoc

7194 posts

24 May 2020 4:38pm

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GPA said..
The only other operating drive-in in WA is up at Dongara...

Is the one in Pannawonica still operating ?

Toph

1875 posts

24 May 2020 5:41pm

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GPA said..
The only other operating drive-in in WA is up at Dongara...

The Kununurra drive-in still operates.

FormulaNova

15090 posts

24 May 2020 6:36pm

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lotofwind said..

So the "drive- in" was what they called "Netflix and chill" , in the olden days ??

Yeah it was back in the days when you lived at your parents' house and had to go somewhere else for 'watching movies'.

What's that, you still live at your parents house? Yeah, it probably is the same then.

cauncy

8407 posts

24 May 2020 10:28pm

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sn said..

quadraphonic sounds in my shed - guess where they came from....

Hopefully not Dongara, as someone stole a heap
Cheers

cauncy

8407 posts

24 May 2020 10:32pm

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Our drive in at Dongara is very popular with locals and tourist, lucky to get in, pre corona they show a couple of times a week, run by volunteers and SLSC
Who do a great job, it's a great attraction and well used

japie

NSW

7145 posts

25 May 2020 11:23am

I had a root in a VW Beetle in 1976 at the Grahamstown Drive in in South Africa.

The town is fog prone and it was common for the projectionist to ask drivers to start their engines to lift it.

It wasn't a memorable root!

Gazuki

1363 posts

25 May 2020 10:00am

Was the doc there?

japie

NSW

7145 posts

25 May 2020 12:02pm

No

Just me the root and the fog.

firiebob

3177 posts

25 May 2020 12:04pm

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japie said..
I had a root in a VW Beetle in 1976 at the Grahamstown Drive in in South Africa.

The town is fog prone and it was common for the projectionist to ask drivers to start their engines to lift it.

It wasn't a memorable root!

Only one at a drive in

japie

NSW

7145 posts

25 May 2020 6:10pm

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firiebob said..

Only one at a drive in

Never used to go that often but South African women can be notoriously hard to convince!

Tequila !

1028 posts

25 May 2020 5:12pm

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japie said..

firiebob said..

Only one at a drive in

Never used to go that often but South African women can be notoriously hard to convince!

Sure.. hard to convince midgets that would fit in the vw bug

bigbear

QLD

151 posts

25 May 2020 7:30pm

When I was a young wipper snapper, you didn't go to the drive in to watch a movie.

firiebob

3177 posts

25 May 2020 7:14pm

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Tequila ! said..

japie said..

firiebob said..

Only one at a drive in

Never used to go that often but South African women can be notoriously hard to convince!

Sure.. hard to convince midgets that would fit in the vw bug

I'm over 6' but when you're young and keen even my Corolla was no handicap

cauncy

8407 posts

26 May 2020 10:33am

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bigbear said..
When I was a young wipper snapper, you didn't go to the drive in to watch a movie.

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