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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: Bird on July 14, 2012, 08:56:27 PM
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Went to the drive in!!
http://www.lunardrive-in.com.au/ (http://www.lunardrive-in.com.au/)
Boy didnt that bring back some memories. And its very reasonablly priced I thort!
Might also do a mid week and see the 3 Stooges this time, it didnt look bad on the screen next to us.. spiderman on the left of us looked ok too!!
Last time I went was to Caringbah Drive in hidden in the boot of Thickys Chrysler by Chrysler...
http://www.drive-insdownunder.com.au/ (http://www.drive-insdownunder.com.au/)
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Last drive in I went to was the Wagga drive in back in '85. Before that was the one in just north of Adelaide back in '83. Those were the days. :cup:
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Nice! I went down to Dromana a few months ago it was awesome :cheers:
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imagine trying to get 3 or 4 blokes in the boot of a Kia ;D
at least the old Valiant was good for at least 6 in the boot 8)
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When I was younger a "drive in" theatre was where you went to try out your clutch >:D
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Last drive in I went to was the Wagga drive in back in '85. Before that was the one in just north of Adelaide back in '83. Those were the days. :cup:
it was almost a fortnightly/monthly thing back then, so common to go to the movies, jumpin the fence, or piled into someones car/floor/boot... :)
although I did miss having the crappy speaker hanging off the window this time :(
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When I was younger a "drive in" theatre was where you went to try out your clutch >:D
care to divulge just who's Clutch you were testing out ;D
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Keep it clean gents, this is a family site and not a boys club. >:(
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I wonder if the drive in will make a come back in the show "The Shire," looks like great viewing and nothing like when I grew up there.
To keep it on track the drive in was always a good night out with friends
GG
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Went to the drive in!!
http://www.lunardrive-in.com.au/ (http://www.lunardrive-in.com.au/)
Boy didnt that bring back some memories. And its very reasonablly priced I thort!
Might also do a mid week and see the 3 Stooges this time, it didnt look bad on the screen next to us.. spiderman on the left of us looked ok too!!
Last time I went was to Caringbah Drive in hidden in the boot of Thickys Chrysler by Chrysler...
http://www.drive-insdownunder.com.au/ (http://www.drive-insdownunder.com.au/)
As a Kid we lived about 200yards up the road from Caringbah Drive in
and used to climb under the fence.
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When did they start showing movies at the drive-in? :angel:
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I remember sneaking people in to the drivein at Mareeba in the boot of the car!!
Wow the adrenalin used to pump!!
hahaha thems were the days!!
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Years ago I was living in Tooronga and there was a drive in just up the road ( where Myers head quarters are now), anyway 4 of the guys I was boarding with were deaf & dumb, and 1 night they told me they were going to the drive in & did I want to go, so muggins me said yes.
B*****ds parked in Toorak road , they could lip read the show while I didn't have a clue what was being said, pr**ks ;D ;D
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although I did miss having the crappy speaker hanging off the window this time :(
I only commented last night about the mate of mine who drove off witht the speaker still attached to the car window! lol
My boys just looked at me blankly ... they had NO idea!
Cheers Chippy :D
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our panelvan club do drive-in nights a fair bit.
Nothing like seeing 10 to 20 panelvans all drive in and reverse into the car parks.
Then all the tailgates open up and we set up.
Great nights out in our tin tents.
Gecko
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When living in Kununurra, we used to go to the drive in every weekend over the dry, great night out.
And we always make sure we see at least one movie when re-visiting KNX
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The Yatala drive in is rad, I have a hilux tipper which I throw a queen size mattress in the back of, we face the wrong way and tilt the tipper a little, then all four of us pile in the back
Unreal fun
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The Yatala drive in is rad, I have a hilux tipper which I throw a queen size mattress in the back of, we face the wrong way and tilt the tipper a little, then all four of us pile in the back
Unreal fun
Love yatala!! Futon in the back of the ute, engel for drinks. Just wish the rain would stop so i can see ice age 4.
For the kids of course...
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The drive in closed at Warwick many moons ago. They knocked all the bumps out of it and put houses there. Funnily enough I reckon 80% of the people living there may well have been conceived there.
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The drive in closed at Warwick many moons ago. They knocked all the bumps out of it and put houses there. Funnily enough I reckon 80% of the people living there may well have been conceived there.
:cup: your probably right :cheers:
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Our drive in promotes
"if you don't like the movie you can slash the seats"
oldie but a goodie
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Went to twin drive in in Melbourne many many moons ago, with my then GF and a mate who'd not long become single. I don't recall what we went to see but took a wrong turn (honest we did) and ended up parked, watching Emmanuelle L'Anti Virge, before we realised our mistake.
Well. Poor old mate's getting all hot under the collar because he's not long split up with his girlfriend. A single girl, as in a girl in the car to our right on her own, had all of his fantasy juices flowing full bore. He just couldn't make the move to her vehicle to see if she wanted company! :angel:
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Ahh, memories of Caringbah drive in. My mum never lets me forget the time when I was about 2 and they stuffed me full of lollies and crap and then I vomited all over my dad in the drivers seat. They tied to keep watching but couldn't take it any longer. Came back the next week and banned me from any food. Started going to Bass Hill drive in with our kids for a few years until closed down to put more housing. Very disappointed, the movies were a sell out each week.
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We often head up to our local drive-in (read 45 min trip) at Headon Greta, http://www.drive-in.com.au/ (http://www.drive-in.com.au/) to catch a movie or 3, makes a great night out,
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Went to the last night of the drives at Toronga Village . as l recall almost everybody left with their speaker as a momento . Not me l was a good boy then , though had to drive home as couldnt walk :cheers:
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Took my girlfriend at the time,now my goodwife,to the drive-in in bussleton WA, about 8 years ago.
Don't know if its still there or not, don't even remember what movie was showing.
It was a great night, kicking back in the front seats, radio tuned into the right station, no noise from people talking, no kids kicking the back of the seat, making out during the boring bits,it was great fun!
Sadly, very few drive ins around nowadays.
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Took the kids and friends to the drivein during the school holidays in the new challenger.
Folded the seats up and put matresses down. We fit 5 kids aged 3 - 10 and 1 adult (to keep the peace) in the boot. The rest of us just had our camp chairs around. Was a great night.
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and tomorrow night I might hit up Dromana
http://drivein.net.au/index.htm (http://drivein.net.au/index.htm)
kids wanna see Frankenweenie but aint on till 830 at Dande
http://www.lunardrive-in.com.au/now-showing/ (http://www.lunardrive-in.com.au/now-showing/)
All welcome :)
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and tomorrow night I might hit up Dromana
http://drivein.net.au/index.htm (http://drivein.net.au/index.htm)
kids wanna see Frankenweenie but aint on till 830 at Dande
http://www.lunardrive-in.com.au/now-showing/ (http://www.lunardrive-in.com.au/now-showing/)
All welcome :)
tomorrow night the kids have got a school gig but I'm up for the next one cheers
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tomorrow night the kids have got a school gig but I'm up for the next one cheers
well you should just take the missus and use the brownie points you scored from getttin her drinks at Tolmie... or has she forgot them.. ;)
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well you should just take the missus and use the brownie points you scored from getttin her drinks at Tolmie... or has she forgot them.. ;)
too right mate women have looooong memory's or selective :cheers:
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I often wondered why drive ins started closing down - are they that costly to run? I used to go to the Gladstone one almost every weekend and it was always at least a third to half full, even with crappy movies.
We used to back the ute in with a mattress in the back to sit on, you could watch the movie or lie back and gaze at the stars. Good times.
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I often wondered why drive ins started closing down - are they that costly to run?
land value..
http://www.drive-insdownunder.com.au/editorial/currenteditorial.htm (http://www.drive-insdownunder.com.au/editorial/currenteditorial.htm)
What was once cheap outer suburban land on the fringes of towns and cities soon became future shopping centres and housing estates. The multiplex boom that continues today also convinced exhibitors to move capital back into more profitable indoor theatres. The closure and sale of a moderately profitable drive-in could finance the construction of an indoor venue that could realise ten times the revenue of the drive-in. Many drive-ins that have closed since the late 1980s have been worthwhile ventures, but a small trading surplus is peanuts compared to land worth ten million dollars.
We will never again see the proliferation of outdoor theatres contributing a large percentage of box-office revenue, but the 700-odd drive-ins worldwide will continue to entertain patrons and will become an icon of any era in which they survive.
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Love the Drive-In ... last one I went to was a 3 movie night at Yatala. Took the girls with me, a lollie jar, lots of cushions, blankets and pillows. I used to own a van then, so the seat came out and the door went up! What a blast. Been to one on the northside as well, but used to go to the one at Maroochydore ... Wises Road I think ... with all my mates from school and work ... those were the days. Lucky for us, one of the boys mum owed the drive-in so we all got in for 1/3 price.
Kit_e
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My 6 year still hates the cinemas because they're too scary and loud but loves the drive-in. It's about an hour from us but we try to go every school holidays.
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THE BEST Drive-in night I ever had..
Caboolture Drive-in, a summer's night
Rocky Horror Picture Show was the main movie and we saw it against a backdrop of a lightning storm way out on the bay
I remember that some of the boys would idle around with the choke out to make their cars sound like they had a big cam in it.
ahhhhh
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The good old days. Panel vans , girls and drive in's. :cup:
One of the best nights was watching "Up in Smoke "
There was a strange smell around the area. Still can't remember how I drove home ;D
Mark
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THE BEST Drive-in night I ever had..
Caboolture Drive-in, a summer's night
Rocky Horror Picture Show was the main movie and we saw it against a backdrop of a lightning storm way out on the bay
I remember that some of the boys would idle around with the choke out to make their cars sound like they had a big cam in it.
ahhhhh
We use to do that, except, we did have a f*@king big cam in it. ;D
A few years back, a group of us went to the Yatala drive-in on motorbikes. we borrowed nearly every chair from the cafe and set ourselves up with the rest of the plebs. was a hoot....
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I was only talking to the wife about taking the kids to Yatala the other day.
I loved the dusk to dawns at Aspley when it was running.
It was also the first thing I done when I got my licence.... Although I think that was at Mt Waverley.
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Ended up at Dromana.. surprised its got 3 screens, but the place is nowhere near as big as teh one back home used to be with 1 screen.
Bit run down the place, but the shop is 50's style, and pretty cool. :)
Each section (or field they call it) holds round 80 cars... there were about 15-20 last night to see hotel transylvania.. was not bad.. 5/10
Will head there again, kids loved it.
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Ended up at Dromana.. surprised its got 3 screens, but the place is nowhere near as big as teh one back home used to be with 1 screen.
Bit run down the place, but the shop is 50's style, and pretty cool. :)
Each section (or field they call it) holds round 80 cars... there were about 15-20 last night to see hotel transylvania.. was not bad.. 5/10
Will head there again, kids loved it.
tis a great spot Bruce, been there a few times last year. Love the diner :cheers:
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I remember sneaking people in to the drivein at Mareeba in the boot of the car!!
Wow the adrenalin used to pump!!
hahaha thems were the days!!
Yes we did the same thing at the same place but they hid under the mattress in the back of the XB Falcon Panelvan. He still has the van down the back shed, and we now live about 500 meters away from the drivein ;D cheers rellbell
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My earliest memory was going to the drivein with a girl friend and her big sister was driving we were lined up down the highway for probably a Kilometer waiting to see GREASE. Well after what seemed like ages we made it to the gate, and they closed it in front of us. We had to walked in and watched the movie from on top of the canteen. The place was packed out.
The other best memory, was the Midnight to Dawn, Monty Python Trilogy, Some young fellas in a green gemini were hanging out down the main street of Mareeba, waiting for midnight, and they decided to follow a car load of girls also loitering down town. Long story short I met the fellas the next weekend and married one of them a few years later. It turns out the other two in the car were my third cousins. Small world. Cheers Rellbell
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The good ol' drive-in...Chulora, Bass Hill, Fairfield, Blacktown (everyone wanting/hunting/borrowing/begging for a Bettle for a special screening when Herbie came out :D )
Showing off to the girl with me in the line up to enter Chullora. Popped the clutch in my HQ Van...snapped 1 axle & twisted the other (http://s16.postimage.org/yzhnj11oh/s_Fun_rofl.gif) (http://postimage.org/) She went & got in a mate's car, wouldn't even help me push it off the road ::)
She'd warmed back up by the end of the night, & stayed with me in the van to make sure no one stole it ;)
Mate upped me the next day, he wasn't happy about having extra's in his car for the night >:D
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Before that was the one in just north of Adelaide back in '83.
That would be Gepps Cross - and it is still in use!! We went there last year which was the first time for me in about 20 years!!
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Years ago I was living in Tooronga and there was a drive in just up the road ( where Myers head quarters are now), anyway 4 of the guys I was boarding with were deaf & dumb, and 1 night they told me they were going to the drive in & did I want to go, so muggins me said yes.
B*****ds parked in Toorak road , they could lip read the show while I didn't have a clue what was being said, pr**ks ;D ;D
That was the first drive-in in Melbourne.