O.M.G. I remember the Sydney Harbour Bridge Toll Gates so well. 1968 I was 12. I remember watching the Sydney Opera House being built. I felt Sydney was SO quiet, but I'd love it to be that way again. Slower pace of life back then. Miss it now.
My dad used to leave keys in his XP Falcon's ignition , overnight , parked on the street . House unlocked at night also . Primary School lunches , salad rolls , meat pies , pasties etc , 10 cents each . On way home , duck into fish and chip shop . Potato scallops , 2 cents each or 6 for 10 cents . Real nutritious hamburger with beetroot , toasted bun , 20 cents . Smokes ......
this is when we came over from Spain. I was 4 years old and we were on the ship for 6 weeks. November 14th 1968. We lived in the barrack like structures out of Gomer Pyle! and then moved to Petersham. I used to put the 20 cents into the basket for dad at the toll booth
Just come across this video, and I'm glad I did. Happy shots of a bygone age. Never to be repeated. I liked the shots of the suspension bridge at Northbridge. But then again, I liked it all.
Sydney was a dream place in 1968 I was 18 years old and was king in my head love the place ,,,Not same any more I was in Sydney visiting my sister and went opera house man tourists all around ,,on my way back to Kingsgrove I took the train and honestly I was the only whits bloke on the train I’m not racist but saying what I saw happy days to you all 👍👍👍👍❤️🦘🦘🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
@ my focus is how Australia changed is it for the good or not nobody knows ,,I enjoyed my youth in Sydney and I’m happy Change is life we get older and we die thats and yes I’m not a Racist I don’t hate no body ❤️🙏👍🇦🇺🦘✝️
I was 10 years old .. it's amazing how little these places have changed over the years. I lived at Roseville and the bridge basically looks the same today.
I don't remember a HK Holden . . . the HR's were 1966 right? Wait a minute, just Googled it: the HK's replaced the HD/HR body shape with something more like the Kingswoods.
You’re right, Sydney now has a population of 5.2 million people, it’s way too many people. Sydney is now overpriced, over populated and the traffic is bad nearly seven days a week.
Greetings from Scotland. ..why is it all these old films you see posted it always looks better to be around then?...from local clips of your old town to foreign lands things seemed a little nicer,simpler but nicer.maybe I've answered my own question there..
Now we're so rich we can't afford houses. ABC today had an article about a single-fronted, one-story terrace sold in Bondi that last exchanged for £1000 in the 50s which would be $37,000 in today's money. Still as it was then. It sold for $2.7 million.
HOW I ..MIISS THOSE YEARS .BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL FABULOUS FUN TIMES ...SIMPLE .REAL ......FUN .VALUE ...FAMILY TIME .VENUE'S .N ...WERE R WE NOW . HELL ... .....
Good times Skippy Batman The Beverly Hillbillies Gilligans Island The Jetsons I Dream of Jeannie Aretha Franklin Say a little prayer the end of the Vietnam War Those were the days 💯
Life before politics completely stuffed it , filled it with kurrys and changed every aspect of Australian culture that our grandparents died for , it will never be the same
My old man bought a white ZA with a 289 in early 1968 which I used to steer while sitting on his lap.. lol. I learnt to drive in it, and he ended up giving it to me in 1978 once I got my licence, and I still have it, and take him and mum on summer drives. A beautiful, classy car, that truly matched the times in Australia back then, and how I miss them.
1968. the year my wife landed in Australia by ship. she was 1 month old only....I visited Sydney in 1994. we got married on the Jerry Bailey vessel cruising on the Harbour on Australia Day of 1997....
Because cars were much more expensive (related to salary) back then, I've noticed tailgating was quite rare in these old videos. These days they get used as battering rams!
Geez you need to watch more older videos. I’ve watched them from a the 50’s and the way they tailgate or pull out in front of traffic or pay no attention to lanes is incredible.
@@mobius2176 I much preferred Oz when we were culturally homogeneous.I don't want to live in an Asian nation.If I wanted to do that I would have moved to Asia years ago.But that's just me and your entitled to your opinion as well.
@@mobius2176 Mostly just the acceleration in population growth. My 2 closest friends are migrants and I agree with you on that aspect. There's also been too many people let in that don't want to assimilate. It makes my job very difficult and frustrating. But most people that object, Object to the overcrowding.
Cool! Was that Condamine Street near the start? Much later, was that the Roseville Bridge? Northbridge hasn't changed much. I wish you had filmed the Harbour Bridge toll collector more clearly, it might've been my Uncle Frank! (who passed away about 2000). Ah, memories. I was in 1st Form then.
The year my old man kicked me out. Rent $8 dollars a week including breakfast in Manly. Benson@ Hedges 38 cents. Wage $28 a week and the a few months latter the mighty Vain won the Champagne by 10 in 1.92. Those were the days.
Back when Australia was a lovely nice laid back relaxed country. Sadly Australia is not like that now. Australia is horrible now and Australia has gone to shit.
It still amazes me that people enjoyed this time....if it was so good, why did you ruin it for something as pathetic as empathy...you opened the flood gates for brown immigrants, now Sydney's a dump. You should be made to live in what you created.
@@Harold_Flite Harold! So nice of you to take time out of your busy schedule to reply. I know you'd rather be doing what you do best, fucking pigs at your local pub for beer money.
So do we get to have a say. 31% of us werent born here. Of those here 50% of their parents werent born here. What are we doing? Lets at least have the conversation. I know my version of australia no longer exists.
A conversation about what exactly? The vid was posted up for pure nostalgia. Blame the population explosion, "progress" or whatever you want but everyone of whatever age knows those times are gone forever. I've never been to Australia but I watched a similar video about 1960's London recently and felt the same emotions, intense sadness about how things have changed but a thankful joy that I was around to experience them.
@@phils2180 yeah phil its your pommie empire not ours we have precisely no history with india shit we didnt have a test with em till 1948. Your indian restaurants may be full at closing time but ours are empty and go out of business. A few scungy inner city colleges popped up in the 90s and next thing security firms sevenelevens and drive thru takeaways were lousy with em. The logistics industry is a frightening place to be these days. And the politics how can they be in the quad and allies with china supporting russia. Makes my head wobbly. Dont get me wrong l love the untouchables.
@@TheGKFront not sure how my comment on the quality has anything to do with me "needing some love" , Im not really looking for anyone at the moment but thanks for the offer and I hope you find Mr right real soon.
Sometimes the nostalgia almost becomes to hard to bear.
1968, I was in third form. What a fantastic time to be alive. ❤❤
O.M.G. I remember the Sydney Harbour Bridge Toll Gates so well. 1968 I was 12. I remember watching the Sydney Opera House being built. I felt Sydney was SO quiet, but I'd love it to be that way again. Slower pace of life back then. Miss it now.
I was in St marys then. I was 12 went to visit about 8 yrs ago same out there all black now.
When life in Sydney was so much simpler and stress free, I could stay in the sixties forever.
Too Bloody Right!
It was better everywhere.
well said !
People that believe that the times of their youth were the best times have a name - Conservatives - and they brought us the lunacy of Trump.
Another left, communist lunatic blaming Trump for everything. If you weren't still wet behind the ears you might think differently!!
Great footage of a great time-love the old holdens etc
My dad used to leave keys in his XP Falcon's ignition , overnight , parked on the street . House unlocked at night also . Primary School lunches , salad rolls , meat pies , pasties etc , 10 cents each . On way home , duck into fish and chip shop . Potato scallops , 2 cents each or 6 for 10 cents . Real nutritious hamburger with beetroot , toasted bun , 20 cents . Smokes ......
Peregrine McCauley
Thanks for your comment I was 14 at the time diving with my dad and my uncle filming. You could buy a can of coke for 10c.
Mmm
It's not a proper burger without beetroot.
@@clicktoday I can remember when a full milk shake was 11 1/2d. Eleven pence ha'penny.
@@amp279 True.
Packet of Peter Jacksons for 80 cents. That was affordable for a 5 year old with pocket money AND they would sell them to you.
gosh thank you so much,so generous of you to share this amazing footage of such a unique lucky happy optimistic time, so sad its over
this is when we came over from Spain. I was 4 years old and we were on the ship for 6 weeks. November 14th 1968. We lived in the barrack like structures out of Gomer Pyle! and then moved to Petersham. I used to put the 20 cents into the basket for dad at the toll booth
They were called Nissen huts. We arrived 1969 from Belfast
We arrived 63 from Scotland
Thank you so very much for sharing this. I was going to have my first birthday of November, 1968. I have lived in Redfern all my life.
Just come across this video, and I'm glad I did. Happy shots of a bygone age. Never to be repeated. I liked the shots of the suspension bridge at Northbridge. But then again, I liked it all.
Awesome old footage. So many recognisable landmarks. 👏
Amazing. Sooooo many HR Holdens, everywhere 😮
Oh Australia. You were so good. What have we done to you.
Australia is horrible and shit now.
@@Playdory we screwed it up breaks my heart I ❤️my Country always will …But sadly Australia is not the same place we knew 🇦🇺❤️❤️
Usa. Unit Nations. All underhand work. Privatisation etc etc etc
Sydney was a dream place in 1968 I was 18 years old and was king in my head love the place ,,,Not same any more I was in Sydney visiting my sister and went opera house man tourists all around ,,on my way back to Kingsgrove I took the train and honestly I was the only whits bloke on the train I’m not racist but saying what I saw happy days to you all 👍👍👍👍❤️🦘🦘🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
It’s ok mate .. your slower to have an opinion and tell the truth with out feeling guilty 👏
I'm sure you saw lots of things. It's what you decided to comment on that shows what your focus is.
@ my focus is how Australia changed is it for the good or not nobody knows ,,I enjoyed my youth in Sydney and I’m happy Change is life we get older and we die thats and yes I’m not a Racist I don’t hate no body ❤️🙏👍🇦🇺🦘✝️
I was in 6th class in 1968 ready for High School 1969, we used to leave front door and rear doors open in summer to cool our fibro home
Sydney' s a melting pot of crap today, you had it at its best. I was born in 1968 and left Sydney in early 2000's, best decision we ever made.
I was 10 years old .. it's amazing how little these places have changed over the years. I lived at Roseville and the bridge basically looks the same today.
My golden years. Thanks
The year i was born,
all those magnificent HK's & HR's.
I don't remember a HK Holden . . . the HR's were 1966 right? Wait a minute, just Googled it: the HK's replaced the HD/HR body shape with something more like the Kingswoods.
Look at all the space on the roads!!Its a bloody nightmare now.
You’re right, Sydney now has a population of 5.2 million people, it’s way too many people. Sydney is now overpriced, over populated and the traffic is bad nearly seven days a week.
@@SVR1968 the big money people want this,not ordinary aussies.
Goes to show how far down the s-bend Australia has slipped since 1968.
Greetings from Scotland. ..why is it all these old films you see posted it always looks better to be around then?...from local clips of your old town to foreign lands things seemed a little nicer,simpler but nicer.maybe I've answered my own question there..
These types of videos are like showing a cool pond to a crab that is being slowly boiled
Perfect analogy.
😵...yes...😭
Bloody hell! That Holden station wagon gunned it!
I'm going to report him to the police. I'll just jot down the rego number! Lol.
Didn't she what...!!!
Thats what i thought also.
I’m 63 we certainly know how to fuck things up
1:43. HT station wagon. My family car through to about 1988. I was born in 73 so it was just ‘there’ in my childhood.
Someone loved their new HR.....great times back then even for a 5yr old
Melbourne and Sydney were at their best in the 50s and 60s. Perth and Brisbane in the 90s and early 2000s.
Good old days
I was driving a Yellow cab in Sydney then, didn't see me though. ;-( Fond memories from the other side of the world now. ;-)
my sister born the next year!, my brother 3 years later, me! 5 years later, but, ( Loved seeing the Hydrafol Ferry ), that brought back memories!.
Nice and quiet Sydney was then..(:>)
Now we're so rich we can't afford houses. ABC today had an article about a single-fronted, one-story terrace sold in Bondi that last exchanged for £1000 in the 50s which would be $37,000 in today's money. Still as it was then. It sold for $2.7 million.
HOW I ..MIISS THOSE YEARS .BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL FABULOUS FUN TIMES ...SIMPLE .REAL ......FUN .VALUE ...FAMILY TIME .VENUE'S .N ...WERE R WE NOW . HELL ... .....
Wow. That’s my hometown
I was nine when this footage was made
Good times Skippy Batman The Beverly Hillbillies Gilligans Island The Jetsons I Dream of Jeannie Aretha Franklin Say a little prayer the end of the Vietnam War
Those were the days 💯
Life before politics completely stuffed it , filled it with kurrys and changed every aspect of Australian culture that our grandparents died for , it will never be the same
Film shot from the front seat of a new ZA/ZB Fairlane by the looks of that! Boy wouldnt you kill for some of the cars in this video, today!
Yep your right it was my Dads brand new ZA fairlane.
I could just see the twin grooves going down the centre of the bonnet, and the fairlane emblem at the end!
My old man bought a white ZA with a 289 in early 1968 which I used to steer while sitting on his lap.. lol.
I learnt to drive in it, and he ended up giving it to me in 1978 once I got my licence, and I still have it, and take him and mum on summer drives.
A beautiful, classy car, that truly matched the times in Australia back then, and how I miss them.
I ride those same roads now and they're pretty much the same.
The year Kentucky Fried Chicken started in Sydney. It all looked so fresh and new and the trees were still yet to grow
I miss Kentucky fried chicken..
Now it’s just KFC 😢
1968. the year my wife landed in Australia by ship. she was 1 month old only....I visited Sydney in 1994. we got married on the Jerry Bailey vessel cruising on the Harbour on Australia Day of 1997....
The leaded fuel and carbon monoxide emissions, those were the days.
Because cars were much more expensive (related to salary) back then, I've noticed tailgating was quite rare in these old videos. These days they get used as battering rams!
Geez you need to watch more older videos. I’ve watched them from a the 50’s and the way they tailgate or pull out in front of traffic or pay no attention to lanes is incredible.
I was born in 2008 looks so cool.
when you could actually drive at the speed limit
Cronulla as well, cool.
I wonder if AI can be used to sharpen videos like this to modern day quality?
Yes!
Insane. Rosy Bridge traffic was so bad we only skated an egged Cop Cars after ten at night.
Brilliant post CT, Beauty.
bloody marvelous
1:21 Sydney Opera House under construction and didn't open until 1973
Late '73. But the Opera House looks almost completed in the footage. It took forever to build.
Better days..
When Australia was a great country before the loony government arrived 😒
So many Volkswagen beetles, I wish it was like that now
My city prior to the gift of multiculturalism.
yeah the multicult has F'd the place!
@@sg-yq8pm Just luv how you lefties like to hide behind childish monikers.
Yeah the unessercary population growth has accelerated a deterioration in our day to day life.
@@mobius2176 I much preferred Oz when we were culturally homogeneous.I don't want to live in an Asian nation.If I wanted to do that I would have moved to Asia years ago.But that's just me and your entitled to your opinion as well.
@@mobius2176 Mostly just the acceleration in population growth. My 2 closest friends are migrants and I agree with you on that aspect. There's also been too many people let in that don't want to assimilate. It makes my job very difficult and frustrating. But most people that object, Object to the overcrowding.
SLOW PLAYBACK SPEED TO 0.75 Guys....Cars weren't this speedy back then!!!!
unfortunately we cannot change the past, never vote for the parties that back stabbed us.
1968 " 1 person could pay off a house now you need 2 people ! ( thanks hydro foil
Meanwhile in the suburbs the people they gave you all this beautiful infrastructure the Warringah freeway etc still didn’t have sewage or hospitals
Glad I knew that World
The glory days of Sydney.. Perth is where you want to be now.
Perth is horrible now like Sydney and all other big cities in Australia.
Wow I think the roads are still the same bitumen
5 years before I was born.. harbour bridge was 36 years old.
Why did I destroyed my time machine?
We can conclude from this film that in 1968 Aussies liked white cars
note the crossing sign suspended over the road you dont see that anymore
You don't see pedestrian crossings any more
@@bert23337 theres a few arounnd but not much
17 years before my time.
Any vespas ?? I have a few 62 63 66
Lots of north-of-the-harbour footage, but what road is 0:14?
North as well..out heading toward the beaches.(i dont know name)
See plenty of 67 HR holdens but could not spot a 68 HK !
I don't remember the Opera house to be finished in 1968. And from that, a very fuzzy video.
Cool!
Was that Condamine Street near the start?
Much later, was that the Roseville Bridge?
Northbridge hasn't changed much.
I wish you had filmed the Harbour Bridge toll collector more clearly, it might've been my Uncle Frank! (who passed away about 2000).
Ah, memories. I was in 1st Form then.
It's most certainly the Roseville bridge
Sure this was 1968? That looks like a cream coloured HT Holden at 3:00. Admittedly, it is rather blurry....... could be an HD!
The year my old man kicked me out. Rent $8 dollars a week including breakfast in Manly. Benson@ Hedges 38 cents. Wage $28 a week and the a few months latter the mighty Vain won the Champagne by 10 in 1.92. Those were the days.
B & H 38 CENTS! I WAS ROBBED!! I paid 40 cents per packet!!
Back when Australia was a lovely nice laid back relaxed country. Sadly Australia is not like that now. Australia is horrible now and Australia has gone to shit.
Wages then were 40 to 50 dollars per week maybe more with over time
Condamine street the early years
Me: that's old.
Also me: that time is closer to my date of birth than the present time.
It still amazes me that people enjoyed this time....if it was so good, why did you ruin it for something as pathetic as empathy...you opened the flood gates for brown immigrants, now Sydney's a dump. You should be made to live in what you created.
Thanks for not beating around the bush and directly blaming brown people Harold.
@@vinnyd91 anytime.
@@Harold_Flite Harold! So nice of you to take time out of your busy schedule to reply. I know you'd rather be doing what you do best, fucking pigs at your local pub for beer money.
So do we get to have a say. 31% of us werent born here. Of those here 50% of their parents werent born here. What are we doing?
Lets at least have the conversation.
I know my version of australia no longer exists.
A conversation about what exactly? The vid was posted up for pure nostalgia. Blame the population explosion, "progress" or whatever you want but everyone of whatever age knows those times are gone forever. I've never been to Australia but I watched a similar video about 1960's London recently and felt the same emotions, intense sadness about how things have changed but a thankful joy that I was around to experience them.
@@phils2180 yeah phil its your pommie empire not ours we have precisely no history with india shit we didnt have a test with em till 1948. Your indian restaurants may be full at closing time but ours are empty and go out of business. A few scungy inner city colleges popped up in the 90s and next thing security firms sevenelevens and drive thru takeaways were lousy with em. The logistics industry is a frightening place to be these days. And the politics how can they be in the quad and allies with china supporting russia. Makes my head wobbly. Dont get me wrong l love the untouchables.
Not many fords
Pity the ugly telegraph poles are still aroundin 2021.
blurry unwatchable shit ,why bother ?
@@vitalsigns2679 its called an opinion you fucking idiot .
@@toomuchinformationforu9919 you sure need some love in your life
@@TheGKFront not sure how my comment on the quality has anything to do with me "needing some love" , Im not really looking for anyone at the moment but thanks for the offer and I hope you find Mr right real soon.
iPhone 5, give the man a break.
No watch it then
before all the lebs moved in