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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Made by Film Australia 1979. Directed by Dean Semler. A shearer, his wife and six children leave their farmhouse at daybreak for the week's big event - a Saturday visit to the nearest town, Lake Cargelligo, New South Wales. There's a trip to the barber, icecream for the kids, the weekly football match and a beer at the pub. Come nightfall, it's either a movie or the local dance. This beautifully shot film from Academy Award winner Dean Semler captures all the atmosphere of a weekly ritual repeated in country towns right across Australia.
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What a beautiful movie about a rural way of life back in the day where people knew how to have fun and respect each other... Stunning how Aussies and Americans are alike as this movie could have been made anywhere in small town America, especially in the deep south..
Thank you for posting, it was delightful to watch.
I miss Australia in the 70's when people weren't so avaricious and aspirational. I reckon we had good lives compared to most other countries at that time - and there wasn't such broad-spread mental illness that there is today. How many narcissists can you count today, compared to then I wonder?
Absolutely brilliant ❤❤❤❤
"here's some money for ice cream, dont come back for an hour or two" fucking love it. I weep when I think about how life used to be and I grew up in the 80`s ad 90`s really.
2 bucks got you half a dozen ice creams back then as well 😋
20 cents would get a serve of fish n chips, wrapped in newspaper in 1973. A meat pie n cake at school lunch on day after dad’s pay day. Petrol 35 cents a gallon. But if I recall correctly overhearing mum n dad sorting the family budget for the week, pay was $45 and rent $9. A three bed brick home $9,000 and a new kingswood $2000 something. Far simpler times.BTW, a new house had no floor coverings, curtains, blinds etc, only a cooker, small HWS and a small path out to the Hills hoist. No carport, driveway, garden; all that one did themselves over time.
That’s how the famous fruit man died ,got punched in the stomach while he wasn’t ready
trotshot drongo
Ah....those were the days.....
Ok, I did say it.
Nothen wrong with that ol mate they were the days
Funny $2 in 2018 won't buy you a can of coke let alone an ice-cream. Times have changed
.......but the average wage was probably $90pw.
Jeez 2 bucks bought a lot in them days ,a cup of chips , sixty cents, bloody brilliant. Only problem it bought a lot of beer, bad.
Thanks for the positive feedback. Yes good question about where these people are today. The film maker Dean Semler is a award winning Hollywood cinematographer and occasional director now. Maybe we should get him back to do a follow up.
Yes that would be fantastic if the filmmaker could go back and do another film now!
Back when Australia was true blue Australian
In response to where are they now, Leon is my dad and he grew up to serve 20 years in the military and has 5 beautiful daughters with his loving wife, my mum.
Thanks for letting us know Larissa. Hope you enjoyed this flashback.
Thanks love
So Wonderful to Hear about
your Dad, Larissa.‼️🤗
Is it possible to tell us, how his Brothers, &. Sister, all Grew Up,
&. what they are doing now.❓
It would be So Appreciated.😌
So cool.🥰
This reinforces just how happy we were as kids in the 70s and 80s, and then things ever so slowly started turning to shit.
Always lived in the country and always will
Wow amazing! We love hearing this kind of feedback from the true locals and thanks for sharing it with others in the community. So pleased it's well received. One of my favourite films in the collection. Your insight and background on some of these 'characters' has given it a whole new perspective. Thanks again for letting us know. Although mainly a cinematographer Dean Semler who directed this film is pretty big in Hollywood now and won an Academy Award for his work on Dances With Wolves.
NFSA Films greatly appreciated
Australia was a much more beautiful place back then .. God i miss those days .. it was a golden age
At that very same time the insidious punk rock and it's politically correct politics was taking hold. 40 years later and we see the results now.
Dean PD that's a bit over simplified mate
Brings a tear to my eye
Ok boomer
This film showed one day in the life of a shearer..This book has five years of life in Lake Cargelligo. Meet the amazing characters who lived in Lake Cargelligo around the time that this great film was made! This was written by the author who has a photographic memory for dialogue and place. All true! You can read more when you go on the Amazon site and click on 'Look Inside'..www.amazon.com/Yorky-Guru-Om/dp/0648674541/ref=sr_1_4? instagram.com/yorkys.tales/oncrid=E9CDYFXTGNYD&dchild=1&keywords=yorky&qid=1590603444&sprefix=yorky%2Caps%2C199&sr=8-4
The language may seem to be harsh..no 'political correctness' in this book..The language is just as was spoken in that time. 'read more' gives links so don't pass by the opportunity to read what life was like in those days..
When you go on the instagram site start at the bottom of the page and work your way up. Excerpts!
This film is a real piece of history, it's Australia as Australians love to both remember and want it to be for the future, we no longer buy veggies from the back of a ute, or indeed load 6 kids in the back of the ute to come to town once a week. Secretly everyone wants to live in this tine I think :)
Come to far south Tasmania.. Ute loads of vegetables and fruits
I miss those days.
@sebastian Sm If we were convicts how did we steal land?
Govts and soldiers steal land dickhead, not people in irons doing hard labour under a whip.
Not secretly.
@sebastian Sm so you think Australia wouldn't of been inhabited by another country,say French , Spanish , Portuguese ,now they have a real track record with indigenous people.your a fool.
I miss parts of old Australia. Don’t get me wrong - lots of stuff has improved heaps. But we also lost a few things on the way. Silly as it sounds, I miss riding in the back of the Ute, milk bars, Sunday sessions, solid old Holdens, rabbit shooting as kids, old radio, …. just simpler times.
Absolutely nothing silly about that , as a New Zealander born in 1964 I miss those days a lot.
People that were lucky enough to grown up like that .Feel sorry for this Generation.
That's my Australia, now dead and gone forever. 1979 I was two years Navy I was only 19. We should be ashamed of ourselves to let such a wonderful country morph into a cesspit.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH YES SIR!!! SIGN ME UP!!!!!!
Please tell me Australia, how did we come from this, to the sad state of "politically correct" affairs we live in today?
But thanks for uploading NFSA Films.
Capitalism
Broken necks, road carnage..
We should all take a stand and take back what is rightfully ours except there’s too many weak pisses around that are too scared to do anything
19:02 Back when the kids who wandered the streets at night would do nothing worse than kick a can along the footpath...and even then the local copper might give them a kick up the arse for it!
When 20 cents got you a bag of about 30 lollies.
In response to where are they now? I live in LC and can tell you many are still here, many have passed away, unfortunately like many country towns most of the shops shown have shut down, cinema, both cafés, the afl teams gave now combined to 1, and the dirt road in the beginning is now tar. The barber still gives the occasional hair cut, the pub is still in the same family, dances at the hall no longer happen either,
This film showed one day in the life of a shearer..This book has five years of life in Lake Cargelligo. Meet the amazing characters who lived in Lake Cargelligo around the time that this great film was made! This was written by the author who has a photographic memory for dialogue and place. All true! You can read more when you go on the Amazon site and click on 'Look Inside'..www.amazon.com/Yorky-Guru-Om/dp/0648674541/ref=sr_1_4? instagram.com/yorkys.tales/ (start at the bottom and enjoy the adventure
The language may seem to be harsh..no 'political correctness' in this book..The language is just as was spoken in that time. 'read more' gives links so don't pass by the opportunity to read what life was like in those days..
When you go on the instagram site start at the bottom of the page and work your way up. Excerpts!
My dream is winning lotto and buying lake cargelligo (/ I’m 60 now so perhaps a bit too late) I was born there♥️
they are all in lock down now.
heh *hands over a $2 note* "dont come back for an hour or 2.. They get a bit expensive these boys when they get into town"
1979 is now clearly 100,000 years ago.
internezzo sad but true aye
That’s the truth, almost another planet.
Correction, the current year is 2019 and this film was made 40 years ago, not 100,000.
@raymond daubney Yes, I do know what I'm talking about because it makes common sense...Go figure.
@@sebastianthomson87 Compared to how things are now, 1979 may as well have been 100,000 years ago....
My Goodness what happened to us????
Sold your souls
We started looking after the lowest common denominators, they bred, they voted, and now they're running this poor country.
@@felixthecat1672 were actually doing better now
I don’t know we grew up and not in a good way
What happened to the world you mean.
We’ve been duped.
It took the corporations a while but they won in the end.
Innocence, dead.
They own us, the government facilitates it, and we enforce it by policing each other.
Political correctness has gone berserk.
We like to see ourselves as characters like Hoges in a mojo ad for qantas or something but really the late 70s and 80s were the end of that Australia.
We sneer at such simple joys these days like we’re so damn enlightened.
We’re enslaved more like it.
Bunch of uptight, over competitive., pseudo middle class snot nosed wankers now.
Tell me I’m wrong, you knob heads know I’m not.
Completely fucked if you ask me.
Oh Dear Lord. Take me Back to the "GOOD♥ OLD ♥ DAZE". PLEASE.
This WAS Australia, when I was a Kid. In your Local Town, Everyone knew Each Other. You could Walk to the Local - "Milk-Bar & Shops", & go to the Beach by Yourself, or with a couple of your Mates, & You were - "SAFE".
Unfortunately, our Children today, will "NEVER KNOW", Or "ENJOY", these - "FREEDOMS".
It's Bloody - "TRAGIC". :'(
You know how many serial killers wandered the streets in the good old days. Bet the Beaumont kids would disagree over how safe thing are.
Aussie cars/utes, Aussie kids and accents in an Aussie town.
These were the days before 4WD Twincab utes were commonly used. I think riding in the back of one is now illegal.
Small town Australia hasn't changed as much as the cities have.
Tasmanian towns 😁
This film showed one day in the life of a shearer..This book has five years of life in Lake Cargelligo. Meet the amazing characters who lived in Lake Cargelligo around the time that this great film was made! This was written by the author who has a photographic memory for dialogue and place. All true! You can read more when you go on the Amazon site and click on 'Look Inside'..www.amazon.com/Yorky-Guru-Om/dp/0648674541/ref=sr_1_4? instagram.com/yorkys.tales/ (start at the bottom and enjoy the adventure
The language may seem to be harsh..no 'political correctness' in this book..The language is just as was spoken in that time. 'read more' gives links so don't pass by the opportunity to read what life was like in those days..
When you go on the instagram site start at the bottom of the page and work your way up. Excerpts!
@@MrYorkyMate
Cheers Michelle 😃. I'll check it out.
I think we outlawed riding in the back of utes because people used to die in accidents.
@@lundimardi1975
It doesn't matter where you are or what you're doing, you're never totally safe.
At home in bed.......could die of a heart attack.
Walking down the street.......could get stabbed.
Driving........could have a crash.
Working.........could fall off a ladder.
It's about being careful to minimise risk.
How often have the majority suffered because of the actions of one knob, and suddenly something is outlawed?
Bloody hell, that’s my childhood, albeit a bit further north.
The old boys telling truths, Mums being the glue, crap hair cuts, dances on Saturday night, ending with blues and handshakes.
but mostly being allowed to be kids and at the same time having responsibilities. Taking your rifle to school was normal, just had to leave it in the office until knock off lol
Yeah, um...we don't want to be encouraging guns in schools. Be reasonable, now.
@@lundimardi1975 calm your skin down brudda.
I knew 'Lake' very well as a kid .I was 12 in 79 . My friends dad owned the Royal Mail . My family were from Tullibigeal , half an hour away . . This is like being in a dream .
Hi, thanks for letting us know. A blast from the past.
Mad
So was I, IAM from far north Queensland Australia
The good old Valiant ute doing honest work😅.
Innocent times. Uncomplicated.
Good to see the young boys using their manners without any adult propting them! Good kids
Yes manners are lacking these days
That's my daughter blowing the bubbles!!
Jeannie Fletcher Hi Jeannie, great, thanks for letting us know. We love it when people in the films make contact with us. Do you still live in the area?
Wow that cool
Mad
She is very pretty
Michael Spruill yes she is very beautiful..
March 1979 ,rip into town in the Val ute, Mrs and kids do the shopping, old man goes to the barbers and then waits for family at the pub, oldies and kids go to the dance, teens to the pictures,old man alternates between the pub and the dance to check the young ones, publican hangs the curtain across the door after closing and continues to serve after hours,milkbar owner cleans up after everyone pours out of the pictures,cops cruise by no hassles ....what a top night out.....love it!!!Dean Semler got it right from the get go
brilliantly evocative of country town Australia, not so long ago but a very different time. The have a wood stove and the kids ride standing up in the back of the ute. Dad goes to the pub for a beer and Mum gets a perm. Later there is old time dancing for all.
Absolute delight !
fordlandau I fondly remember my rides with my cousin's in the back of pops ute! Best years ever
Australia was a place of generosity safety trust loving and giving a🤚 hand’ fuck it was Heaven on earth!
Yes we do have another Dean Semler directed film to upload. His first film Five Bells. His amazing cinematography can be seen on many of the films already uploaded here and many more to come. Thanks for your comments.
Must be around 1975. Dad smokes and no seat belt. Probably over the limit on the way home. Remember the double cones and the milk bar with the stainless steel fittings. A long time ago.
Much later than 75, I saw a yellow commodore and they didn't come out until October 78.
@@bigfella6629 1979
Filmed in 1978, Screening in 1979
I went to school 1970 it was still like this,we had the bell & we,d all line up & sing God save the Queen.old Australia is almost gone except old towns still hold a bit of the old ways & history.
Yes I still remember the principal ringing the bell at school at kiari state school Qld when I was a kid in the early 80’s
Not too dissimilar to New Zealand at the same time! What? Mid-late 70's?
Mum would shop, dad would go to the snooker hall....us kids would spend our allowance (at the cinema), which probably amounted to a couple of bucks. All go to Melody Lane restaurant and have a delicious old fashioned meal.....steak, eggs, whipped mashed potato's with bread & butter topped off with a cup of tea and pudding!
zabaleta fairplay brother
Give me a home amongst the gumtrees, with lots of plum trees
a sheep or two and a kangaroo..............
Bigfatboko. A clothesline out the back verandah out the front and an old rocking chair....
one thing has not changed: "got any money, Mum".
Then they hit Dad for 2 bucks !
fordlandau Go ask ya farther
Her response "ask your father" lol brings back memories.
My dear old Mum, Elsie Eade even had a very brief appearance in this movie. Loved it xxx
Wow. Thanks for letting us know. It's a great film.
My mum and Irene's mum are sisters, ... I loved this movie too.
At what point in the video is your mum?
@@RobertJohnson-xm4pu are you related to lynden Johnson? June and Gordon's youngest son? And Irene Eade? Heard that name on Facebook posts and pics, from hay and surrounds? I'm lyndens partner, with the twin boys we have together.😘
@@lindarutter2432 , yes I am Lyndens' cousin. We are Facebook friends aren't we ?
Dean Semler's second film as director. His first - Five Bells - will be posted on our channel soon. Thanks for your comments.
I’m so glad this is available to the public, my grandfather (Glen King) did the music for this film 😊
Glad you found it. Thanks for letting us know.
@bpaterson
Dear BP.,
I remember gassing-up my car in 1978; it was A$3.10 for a full tank.
.
It is frightening to think that even though there were no eves-dropping CCTV anywhere, that someone has managed to make an intimate recording of 'actual life' then, and that we all were unaware of the future You-Tube.
Cheers.
from,
del-boy.
I was 9year,s old in 79 I am 50 time has gone
Love the accents !
Even our accents have changed as we`ve become more American.
You mean Asian.china won't need to invade bloody well owns the country. We should get Trump to put some nuclear weapons in the middle of Australia , buy 3 carrier fleets. That will remind those to the north to respect this country.
@@martinjenkins5471 Sorry mate, the but White Australia Policy ended in 1975. As a Anglo-Australian myself, happily married for 25-years with a Japanese wife and adult kids, I'm gladdened by the fact that sick old racists like you are a dying breed.
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA is registered with USEC in DC. The police have been run by UNIDROIT (club of ROME) since 73. In 53 they diddled our sovereignty. In 66 they diddled our currency. In 73 they also switched our constitution. It's strategic relocation. No one is being racist. My wife was indian. The chinese and indians started masonary and this entire pyramid scheme we find ourselves in the west. We all live under the empire of the sun as does japan. EVERY NATION. our prime minister lives in THE LODGE (as in masonic lodge) there is a pyramid on the roof of parliament house. Canberra is wall to wall occult symbolism. Also we don't live upside down on a spinning ball. there's more to it than that.
@@jesusislukeskywalker4294 OK mate, and Elvis was recently sighted riding the Loch Ness monster.
grasshopper man a lot of facts there. The Earth aint flat though
It would fascinating to see where they all are now.
My cousins are two of the guys in the pub one lives in lake cargelligo still never moved the othe has lived in many places calls Gold Coast home now,I live in qld but forever a lake cargelligo girl♥️
Hi, I'm actually his mum, using his account (or other way round and he's changed the name lol ) personally we've been in town 17 yrs and 17 when we moved here but been in the area. Curiously the town population hadn't really changed drAmatically, I loved seeing it, king of bitter sweet in spose, the waitress in the cafe that dips the steak in fat before cooking it is my hubby's aunt, the man dancing with the main characters' wife was our neighbour of 17 yrs before passing away recently, (believe
Bloody hell. Look at those kids. Not a brand in sight. No Nike, Adidas, anything. No Bieber haircuts, not a shred of consumer capitalism anywhere, lol.
Yep! I remember when tshirts etc started carrying brand names in theearly 80's and I thought 'what! we have to pay to advertise your brand! Get real😅' Now it's unthinkable to not want to wearbrands. Smart bastards
I never paid to advertise. My attitude was pay me! Never liked labels
$2 in 2018 won't even get you a can of coke
Stefan Uttam maybe the Asian delis. You get a can with ' not for single sale ' 2 bucks. God bless em. God bless Australia
The first tune that popped into my head that reminds me of those days, Football, Meat Pies, Kangaroos and Holden Cars....That town was typical of any country dinkum town in Oz....bloody ripper mate, onya
'Football, Meat Pies, Kangaroos and Holden Cars' was just a local adaptation of the original US 'Baseball, Hot Dogs, Apple Pie and Chevrolet.' And in South Africa it was 'Braaivleis, Rugby, Sunshine, and Chevrolet.'
And still a crap jingle in any tongue. It grated on me, and I built holdens in factory.
@@Elitist20 I thought SA had Holdens?
It's almost like there was no government to destroy all this with there rules,regulations and jealousy that people were happy and having fun.
yes, you can see that in some comments here. Some people hate freedom. They live in fear and create it in others.
omg where did aussies go where is Australia like here in the video. society is too diluted with this bloody global mish mash crap
Are you for real?
What the heck do you think happened during post war migration?
From WW2 to when this video was filmed the country's population went from 7 million to 14, this "bloody global mish mash crap" built this bloody country.
But I'm gonna take a wild guess and say it's the "white Australia" policy being discarded as to why you have the shits.
the satan corporation that run the country has almost destoyed us. fluoridated water, round up on the veges. chem trails across the skies. colonel sanders 11 secret herbs and spices. i could go on. has NOTHING to do with racism. also, NONE of us are hanging upside downding on a 666 mph spinning glow ball planET.
He's right, it's not the post war immigration that's the problem. They built the country with hard work and not trying to change the place.
It's immigration since the 90s the problem. Too many coming in when over crowding the cities because they won't go out bush. The government is lazy and use immigration for GDP growth instead of having manufacturing to produce jobs and wealth.
The school at the beginning of the picture is Louth Public School. The Whelans were living at Kerrigundi at the time. Hope they are all well - 78-79 was a while ago....
Unreleased scenes from Wake In Fright?😅
I miss those days.
Graham O'Keeffe me to graham. They were happy times. I feel lonely these days way too much
Yeah Gov has done a real good job on us.
Beautiful footage, thanks. Brings back memories of Australian utes, standard and super petrol. Paper money. Dunlop Safetymaster boots. King Gee Scoops shorts. Permanent press shirts and trousers. Nugget boot polish. Metters wood stoves. Chip hot water heaters. Rayon and viscose clothing. Flagship tobacco. Coles New World Super Markets. Polony.
Glad you enjoyed it.
yes, for all its roughness, it really was enchanting.
Ice Cream in Australia...best in the world.
This is so typical of the times....a great piece of our history
OMG. I'm tearing up. Though I grew up in suburban Parkdale in Melbourne, I remember going for drives in an open holden ute company car our dad drove in the late 60's/ early 70's. No traffic that posed a threat back then, we sat in the back having a ball waving at the car drivers around us and getting the best view of the streets & roads as we went along. Never to be repeated!. We were so lucky.
No Seatbelts, No Security Cameras, No Smartphones, No capacity Limits, no social distancing, no QR Codes, we now live in such a untrusted world.
Wow.This is an early work of the great Dean Semler, a future Academy Award winner for cinematography. Guess he would work six hours west of LC two years after this to filmMad Max 2 in Broken Hill.
If only it could be that way again. Not having to lock your house and everyone knowing everyone oh wait I did not see a kid on a phone! This should be taught in schools!
Yeah, the bubblegum machine being placed outside the shop....wouldnt last 5 mins in the same spot now, lol
Chris Johnson didn't think of that but so true. What went wrong? Makes me sad
First I noticed the last kid out of the house before getting into the ute, did not even bother locking up.
Back when Aussies could afford to live in Australia.
I grew up and worked in places like this, im 63. As a Christian i may be biased. Life was simpler back then and people had respect. In 2021, by and large, we are reaping what we have sown. God got kicked out of Sundays, schools, families and so on. Climate change is not the problem. Spiritual bankruptcy is the problem. Climate, natural disasters and crime rates are all connected. Chaos entered the world with sin. IF the world repented, order would be restored throughout the Universe. Very simple yet so hard these days. Corona virus and worse may help us spiritually.
So poignant. The way of life here has vanished 30 years on
God I wish life was still like this, obviously we will never experience the world in the same way as when this film was made, thankyou for sharing this video and, yes, today's generation should watch films like this and make their own mind up but without social media they are lost, what a damn shame🤔🤔
Growing up in the mid 60s and 70s there was nothing better than country and outback life. It was so much different to the way we all live today. Thanks for some great old memories and for sharing. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I feel so lucky to have grown up in a country town and experienced this free lifestyle back in the 60's and 70's!
...ahhhh...the Wagon Wheels....the side-by-side double ice cream......KB beer...Reschs, as well.....back-in parking....that Mum is wearing a wig :):):).....weeeellllll done steaks......Rugby Union..??? Why not League ??? OOOHHHH , my Mum was right.....go East, my son, go east...across the Pacific....
.....this reminds me of Walcha, in its day....
...compliments to the film crew..feels like the locals "didn't know they were there".....
...the fashions....I wanna cry...
...chamber music on TV...REALLLY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!???
And here I was thinking I should have (censored)....glad I didn't , now !!
Thanks - it's a great film. Shot and Directed by the wonderful Dean Semler - he made it big in Hollywood. This was his second directing job but he's best known as a DOP.
AFL
RIP me and long sleeve jerseys
G'Day Film Australia.
Again, another Brilliant piece of our By-Gone AUSSIE Lifestyle.
I would really Love to know, what Happened to this Family.
Did they stay in Lake Cargellico, or, did they have to "Up Sticks", & Move into Town, or the
"Big Smoke". ???
Back when kids used their manners and were respectful to elder's ❤
Some did
Some didn't
Please stop believing what the media represents as truth (or even your memory)
That was awesome!!!!
Yes, the good days. smoking in the pub, rifles for sale in the barber's shop. I lived in the outback from 1963 till the 1980s.was a great life.
How did we "progress" far away from this way of life? My childhood seems like a foreign place. Beautiful film, thank you.
This is what attracted my parents to come to Australia back in the 60s. Sadly things have gone downhill fast.
Yeah, thanks America.
Totally agree.
The Film Australia site also has an interview with Dean Semler that discusses his work in the outback including a description of Saturday.
Lived in Australia in the 70's, misoganistic, racist, less culture than a tub of yogurt..but had the time of my life
A simple life with simpler people...
Typo mate, yoghurt has MORE culture than.......sorry, 🤔I get it..good one. 🤣
😂🤣😂 growing up in the middle 60s and 70s in country and outback areas was the best. The biggest racist I every met was my great Aunt Alice did I mention she was a god fearing woman and a devout Catholic.
The local Chrysler dealership seems to be doing well. You'd get arrested and DOCS would take your kids if you drove with them in the back of a ute these days.
Thanks for pointing that out. Moving History is an ABC / Film Australia collaboration highlighting some great Film Australia films and some of the people involved in making them.
abc.net.au/aplacetothink/?#watch
God the Valiant ute was beat up even back then.
... and the Drifter van swings out in front of the cops rolling by... HQ's and LH Torry's parked up at the footy field.... back when this country really was Australia.... all just beautiful memories now ....
Before fluoride and pesticides took over
Hi Hayden thanks for letting us know. Sounds like the fate of many a rural community. What was it like seeing this film so many years later?
Dean Semler has done some AMAZING Work, since he Filmed this WONDERFUL, & NOSTALGIC,
"GEM OF AUSTRALIAN LIFESTYLE HISTORY".
But, from what you read, Dean Semler still Thrives most from a Challenge.
To follow up on this Family, & what happened to Them....I think Dean Semler would really Enjoy, a
"CHALLENGE", of this Calibre.
Wouldn't it be Wonderful to know, where they are Now, what did the Children become, Etc.
Please keep up the INCREDIBLE Work, with these FANTASTIC, Uploads. :D
My generation born in 80s just caught the last of the good old days before the internet!
If you go to 11.16 you can see a promo fro Larry Pickering`s playmates for `79.
I`m guessing 1978/79.
There is also an XC Ford Falcon in a street scene as well.
Pete Raymond saw an HZ Kingswood at the footy too.
I reckon you’re on the money. I was 11 back then and this brings back happy memories
Pete Raymond 81. At the very end there’s a VH commodore.
Zareen MacDonnell you sure it's a VH,looked like a brand spanka though
@@ripme6616 Pretty sure it’s a VB based on the tail lights and the fact this was filmed in 79
Does anyone else hear the kid say at 00:23 "fuck yeh" 🤣🤣🤣❤ lake cargelligo alright
Wow, I was 7 years old at this time.
I wish I had never left, one day I will return
Love the gun rack at the barbers😅.
I like the way the dad in the barbers told his kids not to come back for another hour or two, we used to be told the same lol, a much more innocent time in the bush.
Yikes! This doesn't look like Australia in 1979, looks like Australia in 1959! But I don't mean that in a bad way.
I was thinking the same, but then again those were the small country towns. Also Australia was very underpopulated so not much infrastructure.
I live in Mt Vic and I reckon when I head west there is a lot about country towns that are still like in this film. I guess that is why they were able to do such a good job at making this feel like 1979.
Didn’t ya catch the valiant Drifter doing a squealy down main street?
I love watching these videos. Reminds me of a simpler time.
In those days you wouldn't even consider going for a drive unless you had a couple of beers onboard.
Boss Dog dad always took an esky for a day out. Always
The blokes still talk the same the further in land you go
Oh for the Simple Life.
Back when there was far less government intrusion into our lives and the internet hadn’t turned the world mad .
In 1940's we loved the movies, homemade ice cream, marbles, jump rope, top spinning, picnic, running, bb guns,cowboys,,,life was hard and death seemed so far away, now it on us everyday
Don't forget the Sunday School picnics.
I was ok at marbles,-but could never "throw"those bloody Tops,-a "reffo"kid,near me,-was perfect at it !!--Hopalong Cassidy at the "Bug-House"-chips/choo-choo bar/little coke 2/-
Did you ever make ice cream on a baking tray on a frosty night?
I followed parts of this film and compared it to Google Maps street view. It's amazing they spent most of their Saturday doing so much within just two blocks of the main street. Thanks for the film.
If you look deep enough there were problems even then but life was more simple. Less people and more space. The less space you have the more conflicts arise. People were miles away from medical care and had to make do. Still a nice piece of nostalgia.
love it.......such a wonderful look back at life as it once was in the country........many aspects of country life are here.....