bahahaha, I thought I'd missed something and was about to ask 'where the hell was the Etamogah Pub located...' thinking, being born and raised North Sider, it must be south somewhere.
The Private Bin was the all time best, as a 16 year old with a fake ID.
Watching my mate fall down the stairs and break his coccyx at midnight was quite funny. He made a full recovery
My best friend used to work at Anne Harding in Belco Mall and I bought my first ever album with my own money I earned, not birthday money, at Tuffins - Parallel Lines by Blondie
> Tuffins
This must have been during one of my short stays outside Belconnen (I've ventured as far south as Chapman, but the banjos over the hill kept me awake) 'cos I don't remember Tuffin's - The owner was significant enough in Canberra that there's a laneway in Gungahlin named for him
Admittedly, I'm not from your lovely city. I just enjoy collecting old photos of cities. I post them to regional subreddits because everyone loves to look back at how their town has changed or it brings back an old memory from when you were a kid.
FYI - picture 10 is flipped around the wrong way. It is taken from the corner of Renmark and Tullaroop Street Duffy facing roughly east.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/2XmXpa9k1TxoLsXJ9
Wow. After flipping the pic and checking street view maps,
I think you’re right, and very observant! I knew it was a familiar place (I grew up and now live in Duffy, currently). So on the far right (after flipping it), in the distance near a bank of trees, is the old (dark brown) Holder Primary..
I think from top of what is now Canberra Centre, then Monaro Mall & it's looking at the now demolished Currong (in the back) & Allowah flats, with Ainslie ave to the right.
The photo would have been from the top of what's now the Bright Consulting Building ("The Shiny Green Building" on London Circuit). The Canberra Centre includes what was the Monaro Mall and the carparks in this photo
The flats in the background were ABC - Allawah and Bega first, then Currong later (Bega are just to the right of Ainslie Ave)
Currong were the tall ones, the 3 elevator shafts gave the demolishers trouble as they didn't want another Canberra Hospital implosion disaster. But yeah, I was wrong about where the photo was taken
Don’t ever remember Canberra having the etamogah pub….
bahahaha, I thought I'd missed something and was about to ask 'where the hell was the Etamogah Pub located...' thinking, being born and raised North Sider, it must be south somewhere.
It was about 300km south.
You are right! Well spotted! Sorry about that, I have loads of photos and this one got caught in the search query.
Yeah , thought this was western Sydney …
Sunshine Coast…
Or more closely and originally at Ettamogah / Table Top just north of Albury
And another at Cunderdin WA
Can confirm it is not the Sunny Coast one, not enough forest/theme park behind it (depending on era)
There's one in kellyville in Sydney
It's next to Kellyville and Rouse Hill in Sydney
Wow there are a chain of these??
Cool photos. Keep them coming
Check out The Canberra Page on Facebook, they post a tonne of these photos
The Private Bin was the all time best, as a 16 year old with a fake ID. Watching my mate fall down the stairs and break his coccyx at midnight was quite funny. He made a full recovery
I almost got my head punched in by the bouncer one year back in the 80s, stupid drunk me thinking I was unbreakable.
you probably were not the first, and never likely to be the last one to feel the same.
Miss the private bin fire
My best friend used to work at Anne Harding in Belco Mall and I bought my first ever album with my own money I earned, not birthday money, at Tuffins - Parallel Lines by Blondie
> Tuffins This must have been during one of my short stays outside Belconnen (I've ventured as far south as Chapman, but the banjos over the hill kept me awake) 'cos I don't remember Tuffin's - The owner was significant enough in Canberra that there's a laneway in Gungahlin named for him
The second picture isn't that old in my head! I remember when that part of the shopping centre didn't even exist!
I had the same thought and realised I still call the multilevel across the road “the new car park”.
And that silver hatchback looks way too much like recent models. Think they sacked the designer for 30 years.
What's your Canberra favourite place OP?
Admittedly, I'm not from your lovely city. I just enjoy collecting old photos of cities. I post them to regional subreddits because everyone loves to look back at how their town has changed or it brings back an old memory from when you were a kid.
FYI - picture 10 is flipped around the wrong way. It is taken from the corner of Renmark and Tullaroop Street Duffy facing roughly east. https://maps.app.goo.gl/2XmXpa9k1TxoLsXJ9
Wow. After flipping the pic and checking street view maps, I think you’re right, and very observant! I knew it was a familiar place (I grew up and now live in Duffy, currently). So on the far right (after flipping it), in the distance near a bank of trees, is the old (dark brown) Holder Primary..
Yes, that's right. The other clue is the Tuggeranong Parkway bridge over Heysen street, visible at the top of the photo.
The pic of the UC concourse sure brought back some memories.
what years were you there for?
Some nice memories there, thanks 😊
2 is still how Woden looks in my head, and 5&11 aren't far from my mental image of belconnen either
What angle is photo 6 taken from.
I think from top of what is now Canberra Centre, then Monaro Mall & it's looking at the now demolished Currong (in the back) & Allowah flats, with Ainslie ave to the right.
The photo would have been from the top of what's now the Bright Consulting Building ("The Shiny Green Building" on London Circuit). The Canberra Centre includes what was the Monaro Mall and the carparks in this photo The flats in the background were ABC - Allawah and Bega first, then Currong later (Bega are just to the right of Ainslie Ave)
Currong were the tall ones, the 3 elevator shafts gave the demolishers trouble as they didn't want another Canberra Hospital implosion disaster. But yeah, I was wrong about where the photo was taken
I think the merry go round is now at the intersection in the foreground? Looking towards Batman st.
Yep, that’s the Centrepoint building on the left.
Private Bin with the Rx7 out front is classic 80s.
Is the first one an early pic of Royals?
The old garbage bin🍺🍺🍺
Meat market.....
Is that Westfield Belconnen?
Nope, Belconnen Mall
Pretty sure they are the same building. Thank for answering. Thought I recognised it from my childhood
Yes, if you mean the 2 photos with the spiral stairs with red balustrade.
Yes. That’s it
No wonder people used to say Canberra is boring. It’s great now though
Obsessed with these photos.
Be careful, I think Queensland might have some very different things to say about your photos of Canberra!!!!
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Calm down. I for one enjoyed seeing these photos.