Re: Favor to ask

["Alex Pout" <alpout@optusnet.com.au>]

There was also one in Rutherford, near Maitland.  The posts for the screen
are still there, it's near a kennel we use, next to Maitland airport.

And after a quick and superficial look in the Newcastle street directory
c1960 there was one in New Lambton as well (possibly the Lambton one you've
listed), although it's long gone. A housing estate went in there a few years
ago.

Al

Peter Berrett <pberrett@optushome.com.au> wrote in message
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> 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
> 39eac54f$0$11637$7f31c96c@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au">news:39eac54f$0$11637$7f31c96c@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au...
> > there was a drive in theatre here in Tamworth for many years.
> > does this help?
> >
> > --
> > Tom
> >
> >
> > Peter Berrett <pberrett@optushome.com.au> wrote in message
> > TYyG5.5800$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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