Friday, 7 February 2020

The Drive-in, Ayr Queensland

Ayr still has a drive in theatre. (Have shown pictures of it a few years ago). This visit in last winter we visited the drive-in once again.
The first picture greets you at the entrance, the second is of course the ticket box. The theatre is surround by sugar cane.









I'm sure this Sin-bin as we call them is not used and must be there for decoration, I certainly could be wrong.
Below the screen.




Sugar can growing as taken from the window as we drove along another area of Ayr.

41 comments:

  1. We went to a drive-in a few times when the children were smaller and when drive-ins were popular here.

    I saw a sugarcane field once. In Brazil.

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    1. Such fun were those drive-ins, I remember well.
      Interesting is sugarcan when not used to seeing, hearing about.

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  2. Many people who went to drive-in movies didn't go there to watch the movie!

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    1. Oh gymnastics in the back seat???
      Colin

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    2. That's so true David, just a peek at the movie once in awhile..lo
      Now Colin! Were you that gymnast?

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    3. My lips are sealed Margaret!
      However it may (????) have had something to do with my back problems - ha ha!
      Colin

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  3. Hello Margaret,
    That looks very quiet in that drive in theatre. It looks very nice on that location with the only car.

    Greetings, Marco

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    1. Very quiet there when we visited...apparently according to the sign the drive-in is on Friday and Saturday only..

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  4. I remember drive ins. Nice to know they still exist.

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    1. I believe there are one or two left in Australia..which is good, always enjoyed the drive-in.

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  5. Tão engraçado.
    Nunca tinha visto.
    Nem sabia que existia.
    Obrigada por ter deixado um miminho no meu cantinho.
    Beijinho.
    Megy Maia

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    1. I remember going to the drive-in when young, come hail or rain and of course we watched the movies when it got dark enough.

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  6. I've never watched a movie in a drive in theater, not sure if I'd like it.

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    1. My thoughts too, but I'd like to try it one day.

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    2. You have really missed something then as it was common practice for us to go to the drive-in, it was always packed any night of the week.
      The speaker sat on the side of the window with a hook attached so hence the speaker was inside. If it rain you just turned the windscreen wipers on.
      We used to take a rug in winter a hot water bottle and our own thermos of tea/coffee and something to eat. One could go to the theatre restaurant and eat or buy, there were toilets a plenty - a good night out. We didn't know anything else.

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  7. We used to have a drive-in theater in our town when I was a child and it was so much fun to go. We would bring a big brown bag of popcorn and my sister and I would usually fall asleep in the back seat before the movie was over. Sweet memories. In the U.S. there are very few left.

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    1. Oh Cynthia, such sweet wonderful memories of the drive-in.
      Same here, not many left at all.

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  8. No need for a fence with it lined by sugar cane.

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    1. I believe you can't get through the sugarcane Andrew..that's been taken care of.

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  9. Your post just reminded me, Margaret...re Ayr still having a drive-in. I'd forgotten about that...not thought of it for some time.

    Boy! It's a long, long time since I've been to a drive-in. The last time was to one at the drive-in at Jindalee, a western suburb of Brisbane - in 1976. And we saw...the Elliott Gould comedy movie "Whiffs"!!!

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    1. Good grief Lee, you can remember what you saw last at the drive-in and what year, wow I wouldn't have a clue to when I last went.. Was great fun the drive-in.

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  10. Haven't been to the drive in many years my daughter takes Leo often, the drive in is a 30 minute drive from here

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    1. That's wonderful you still have a drive-in near you and for Leo to experience..

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  11. Haven't experienced a drive-in movie. Its been a long time since I was a movie.

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    1. Some countries have have or have had drive-in's and others not so.

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  12. Ayr is such a wonderful town and the drive-in too would be great there. It's a long time since I went to a drive-in, when the children were young I think, but they were fun at any age! There are still a couple here I think but I would probably go to sleep now!

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  13. No he ido nunca a un autocine, por aquí no suele haber. Besitos.

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  14. So long ago since I've seen a drive in they once were a Friday night thing,
    Merle..........

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    1. Yes always Friday or Saturday night, even Sunday Merle.

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  15. lovely images dear Margaret

    sky in third pic is poetic :)

    can't imagine theater n sugarcane field how amazing!

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  16. What an interesting place.
    I never went to a drive-in.
    Huge fields of sugar can.
    Higs

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  17. Interesting! We do not have drive-ins here in Finland.

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    1. Oh I can understand that, not having them - you need warm fine weather for a drive-in..a bit of rain doesn't hurt.

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  18. Here, we don't any drive-in movies, to much rain.

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  19. We don't have many drive in movies in here, but interesting idea!

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    1. It's a great idea for those places that are warm at night and have a long summer.

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