Re: Favor to ask

["Peter Berrett" <pberrett@optushome.com.au>]

Thanks Tom

David Kilderry also lists NSW drive-ins on his page (and other states)

http://www.drive-insdownunder.com.au/australian/nsw1.htm

He already has Tamworth listed though. If you know of any that he has missed
please drop me a line!

Here's the NSW list

NSW

Albury
Alstonville
Armidale
Bass Hill
Bathurst
Blacktown
Broken Hill
Cambelltown
Carringbar
Canberra Starlight
Canberra Sundown
Casino
Chullora
Coffs Harbour
Dapto
Dubbo
Dundas
Fairfield
Fairy Meadow
French's Forest
Gateshead
Gosford
Goulburn
Grafton
Griffith
Heddon Greta
Inverell
Lambton
Lightning Ridge
Liverpool
Lismore
Matraville
Moree
Narrabri
Nowra
North Ryde
Orange
Pambula
Parkes
Penrith
Port Maquarie
Tamworth
Taree
Tibooburra
Tweed Heads
Wagga
West Wyalong
Wollongong
Young

I've already found a couple that were missed on the above list (eg Lithgow).
I'm sure there are others.

cheers Peter





Tom <gunzel3801@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
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> there was a drive in theatre here in Tamworth for many years.
> does this help?
>
> --
> Tom
>
>
> Peter Berrett <pberrett@optushome.com.au> wrote in message
> TYyG5.5800$Xx3.26067@news1.eburwd1.vic.optushome.com.au">news:TYyG5.5800$Xx3.26067@news1.eburwd1.vic.optushome.com.au...
> > Hi all
> >
> > This is not a rail related post but I ask your tolerance for reasons
that
> > will become apparent.
> >
> > I have an interest in Drive-in Theatres and in particular Victorian
> drive-in
> > theatres. As you gunzellers travel all across the countryside spotting
> > trains it seems likely that you have visited many country towns and seen
> or
> > have even visited various drive-in theatres in years gone by. In this
> > respect your gunzelling experience is highly relevant to my question.
> >
> > Here is a list of known Victorian Drive-in Theatres (most now closed)
> >
> > Victoria
> >
> > Altona
> > Bairnsdale
> > Ballarat Skyline
> > Ballarat Village
> > Benalla
> > Bendigo
> > Birchip
> > Broadmeadows
> > Brooklyn
> > Bulleen
> > Burwood
> > Clayton
> > Casterton
> > Cobram
> > Coburg
> > Colac
> > Croydon
> > Dandenong
> > Dromana
> > Essendon
> > Echuca
> > Frankston
> > Geelong Village
> > Geelong Star
> > Grantville
> > Hamilton
> > Horsham
> > Inverloch
> > Kerang
> > Leongatha
> > Maribyrnong
> > Maryborough
> > Mildura Crossroads
> > Mildura Sixteenth St
> > Moe
> > Moorabbin
> > Morwell
> > Oakleigh
> > Portland
> > Preston Hoyts
> > Preston Northland
> > Reservoir
> > Robinvale
> > Rowville
> > Sale
> > Sandringham
> > Seymour
> > Shepparton
> > Stawell
> > Sunshine
> > Swan Hill
> > Terang
> > Toorak
> > Traralgon
> > Wangaratta
> > Wantirna
> > Warragul
> > Warrnambool
> > Wodonga
> > Yarrawonga
> >
> > The list is taken from the following page (which I highly recommend for
> > those so interested).
> >
> > http://www.drive-insdownunder.com.au/australian/vic1.htm
> >
> > Are you aware of any drive-in theatres that are missing from this list?
If
> > so I would be grateful if you could post a reply. My reason for asking
is
> > that when one looks at a Victorian map one see large areas of the state
> (eg
> > around Warracknabeal, Mansfield, Orbost, St Arnaud) which don't appear
to
> > have had a drive-in. I feel sure that one or two have been missed. It
> would
> > help the author of the page and myself no end to find one that we have
not
> > yet heard about.
> >
> > By way of making some sort of tentative link with railways for this post
I
> > am inclined to add that I have noticed that there is some similarity in
> > one's interest in closed railways to one's interest in closed drive-ins.
> > Since a very young age I have always had a fascination with major
services
> > (eg railways) that once performed a valuable service for the community
but
> > due to changes in society have outlived their usefulness and have
> > disappeared but have left their mark on the landscape, I can't drive
past
> an
> > abandoned railway without getting curious about when it ran, where it
went
> > to and when it was closed. Ditto for drive-in theatres.
> >
> > Finally it is interesting that the idea of trains and films were never
> > combined (to my knowledge) to create a train drive-in theatre ie a train
> > would take you a screen where you could watch the film from the train
> window
> > or alternatively hop out and watch from some seats near the screen.
Could
> be
> > a unique idea for a train historical society to try as a way of
> > differentiating their service from other historical societies. The
> Train-In
> > Theatre!
> >
> > cheers Peter
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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