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 👍👍👍👍❤️🦘🦘🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
@clacclackerson3678
2 жыл бұрын
Sometimes the nostalgia almost becomes to hard to bear.
@SR-xk8cd
3 жыл бұрын
When life in Sydney was so much simpler and stress free, I could stay in the sixties forever.
@Westyrulz
3 жыл бұрын
Too Bloody Right!
@trackdusty
2 жыл бұрын
It was better everywhere.
@gobblelevclass3nuclearsubm393
Жыл бұрын
well said !
@godfreypigott
7 ай бұрын
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.
@peregrinemccauley5010
6 жыл бұрын
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 ......
@clicktoday
6 жыл бұрын
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.
@amp279
3 жыл бұрын
Mmm It's not a proper burger without beetroot.
@pintificate
3 жыл бұрын
@@clicktoday I can remember when a full milk shake was 11 1/2d. Eleven pence ha'penny.
@pintificate
3 жыл бұрын
@@amp279 True.
@rogergreen9861
2 жыл бұрын
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.
@adriennehunt1799
3 жыл бұрын
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.
@joools1953
11 ай бұрын
1968, I was in third form. What a fantastic time to be alive. ❤❤
@nicolaburgess203
8 жыл бұрын
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
@kelimcgregor6924
4 жыл бұрын
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.
@connemara08
12 жыл бұрын
Great footage of a great time-love the old holdens etc
@alanm6454
3 жыл бұрын
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.
@Playdory
2 жыл бұрын
Oh Australia. You were so good. What have we done to you.
@johnm84
11 ай бұрын
Australia is horrible and shit now.
@stephanedajtlich
9 ай бұрын
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....
@Pascal869
3 жыл бұрын
These types of videos are like showing a cool pond to a crab that is being slowly boiled
@bronwenewens1198
2 жыл бұрын
Perfect analogy.
@reedbender1179
Жыл бұрын
😵...yes...😭
@MrButtonpresser
3 жыл бұрын
My golden years. Thanks
@amp279
3 жыл бұрын
The year i was born, all those magnificent HK's & HR's.
@David_P132
3 жыл бұрын
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.
@martinnevey7258
3 жыл бұрын
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..
@davidmarkersnr.1888
3 жыл бұрын
I was driving a Yellow cab in Sydney then, didn't see me though. ;-( Fond memories from the other side of the world now. ;-)
@Westyrulz
3 жыл бұрын
Look at all the space on the roads!!Its a bloody nightmare now.
@SR-xk8cd
3 жыл бұрын
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.
@Westyrulz
3 жыл бұрын
@@SR-xk8cd the big money people want this,not ordinary aussies.
@jamesgoodman9560
3 жыл бұрын
Bloody hell! That Holden station wagon gunned it!
@noelgibson5956
3 жыл бұрын
I'm going to report him to the police. I'll just jot down the rego number! Lol.
@skinnydipper3493
3 жыл бұрын
Didn't she what...!!!
@billmago7991
Жыл бұрын
Someone loved their new HR.....great times back then even for a 5yr old
@brettmitchell5229
3 жыл бұрын
Melbourne and Sydney were at their best in the 50s and 60s. Perth and Brisbane in the 90s and early 2000s.
@scottmunro3674
10 жыл бұрын
Good old days
@karlbarr5744
11 жыл бұрын
Nice and quiet Sydney was then..(:>)
@TweedSuit
Жыл бұрын
I ride those same roads now and they're pretty much the same.
@rmoz2729
11 ай бұрын
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.
@Johnnytree67
9 ай бұрын
I was born in 2008 looks so cool.
@TenOrbital
2 жыл бұрын
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.
@pennylanghorn6712
2 жыл бұрын
Wow. That’s my hometown I was nine when this footage was made
@every1665
2 жыл бұрын
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!
@xr6lad
Жыл бұрын
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.
@steveskrobot9496
3 жыл бұрын
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!
@clicktoday
3 жыл бұрын
Yep your right it was my Dads brand new ZA fairlane.
@steveskrobot9496
3 жыл бұрын
I could just see the twin grooves going down the centre of the bonnet, and the fairlane emblem at the end!
@BH-kl2rn
3 жыл бұрын
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.
@RolandElliottFirstG
3 жыл бұрын
Cronulla as well, cool.
@birdie2219
7 жыл бұрын
bloody marvelous
@leokimvideo
2 жыл бұрын
The year Kentucky Fried Chicken started in Sydney. It all looked so fresh and new and the trees were still yet to grow
@jonoedwards4195
8 жыл бұрын
Insane. Rosy Bridge traffic was so bad we only skated an egged Cop Cars after ten at night. Brilliant post CT, Beauty.
@38mariner
2 жыл бұрын
Better days..
@garyquelch888
3 жыл бұрын
Meanwhile in the suburbs the people they gave you all this beautiful infrastructure the Warringah freeway etc still didn’t have sewage or hospitals
@Mexxx65
3 жыл бұрын
SLOW PLAYBACK SPEED TO 0.75 Guys....Cars weren't this speedy back then!!!!
@GoodMrDawes
Жыл бұрын
Glad I knew that World
@Flynno19
Жыл бұрын
So many Volkswagen beetles, I wish it was like that now
@CameraMan66
4 жыл бұрын
1:21 Sydney Opera House under construction and didn't open until 1973
@pintificate
3 жыл бұрын
Late '73. But the Opera House looks almost completed in the footage. It took forever to build.
@psychedelicprawncrumpets9479
Жыл бұрын
The glory days of Sydney.. Perth is where you want to be now.
@johnm84
11 ай бұрын
Perth is horrible now like Sydney and all other big cities in Australia.
@RuffKutz
3 жыл бұрын
Wow I think the roads are still the same bitumen
@Hitman-ds1ei
10 ай бұрын
See plenty of 67 HR holdens but could not spot a 68 HK !
@sanctuaryism
5 жыл бұрын
17 years before my time.
@Bk2fut100
3 жыл бұрын
Why did I destroyed my time machine?
@forestsoceansmusic
11 жыл бұрын
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.
@aussiejezza
11 ай бұрын
It's most certainly the Roseville bridge
@anthonygebala1198
2 жыл бұрын
When Australia was a great country before the loony government arrived 😒
@jasonjason5184
Жыл бұрын
The leaded fuel and carbon monoxide emissions, those were the days.
@chuckselvage3157
3 жыл бұрын
5 years before I was born.. harbour bridge was 36 years old.
@clacclackerson3678
2 жыл бұрын
Lots of north-of-the-harbour footage, but what road is 0:14?
@em945
2 жыл бұрын
North as well..out heading toward the beaches.(i dont know name)
@brettyoung8691
10 ай бұрын
Condamine street the early years
@top40researcher31
2 жыл бұрын
note the crossing sign suspended over the road you dont see that anymore
@bert23337
9 ай бұрын
You don't see pedestrian crossings any more
@top40researcher31
9 ай бұрын
@@bert23337 theres a few arounnd but not much
@lanamack1558
2 жыл бұрын
I don't remember the Opera house to be finished in 1968. And from that, a very fuzzy video.
@kaizanatorcatchncook
2 жыл бұрын
Any vespas ?? I have a few 62 63 66
@gkiltz0
3 жыл бұрын
We can conclude from this film that in 1968 Aussies liked white cars
@noelgibson5956
3 жыл бұрын
Sure this was 1968? That looks like a cream coloured HT Holden at 3:00. Admittedly, it is rather blurry....... could be an HD!
@goojedooje660
2 жыл бұрын
Wages then were 40 to 50 dollars per week maybe more with over time
@48tilt
Жыл бұрын
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.
@david.m.304
11 ай бұрын
B & H 38 CENTS! I WAS ROBBED!! I paid 40 cents per packet!!
@iain1969
3 жыл бұрын
My city prior to the gift of multiculturalism.
@Westyrulz
3 жыл бұрын
yeah the multicult has F'd the place!
@Westyrulz
3 жыл бұрын
@@sg-yq8pm Just luv how you lefties like to hide behind childish monikers.
@markrigg6623
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah the unessercary population growth has accelerated a deterioration in our day to day life.
@Westyrulz
3 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@markrigg6623
3 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@Banana_Split_Cream_Buns
3 жыл бұрын
Me: that's old. Also me: that time is closer to my date of birth than the present time.
@paulclissold1525
11 ай бұрын
Not many fords
@ilovesuisse1
2 жыл бұрын
Pity the ugly telegraph poles are still aroundin 2021.
@johnm84
11 ай бұрын
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.
@paulclissold1525
11 ай бұрын
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.
@phils2180
11 ай бұрын
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.
@paulclissold1525
11 ай бұрын
@@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.
@Harold_Flite
2 жыл бұрын
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.
@vinnyd91
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for not beating around the bush and directly blaming brown people Harold.
@Harold_Flite
2 жыл бұрын
@@vinnyd91 anytime.
@vinnyd91
2 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@toomuchinformationforu9919
3 жыл бұрын
blurry unwatchable shit ,why bother ?
@toomuchinformationforu9919
3 жыл бұрын
@@vitalsigns2679 its called an opinion you fucking idiot .
@TheGKFront
3 жыл бұрын
@@toomuchinformationforu9919 you sure need some love in your life
@toomuchinformationforu9919
3 жыл бұрын
@@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.
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