Darling Harbour 1977

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@mickvonbornemann3824 2 ай бұрын

They were the days when Australia was a working class paradise & small businesses weren’t going bust due to outrageous rents.

@kerrybaylor3619 2 ай бұрын

Its more than rents.

@jamieparker6402 2 ай бұрын

And people were being maimed in unsafe workplaces and there was no Medicare, no ndis, no chance for young people to ever dream of University, where being gay was essentially illegal etc etc.

@mickvonbornemann3824 2 ай бұрын

@@jamieparker6402 As long as most in the job reach retirement age, they are well payed & confident that their families will be looked after if something goes wrong; People accept the risks of dangerous jobs. Life isn’t meant to be safe.

@stuartmarshall7099 2 ай бұрын

Fool. Life was shit then. I know. I was there.

@drnkwtrr 2 ай бұрын

@@jamieparker64021977 anyone could go to university for FREE. There were no university fees for almost 15 years from 1974. Research in Australia in the 80s and 90s benefitted from all of those people that wouldn't normally get to go to university, eg wifi might not have been developed. Medibank came in in 1975 as universal healthcare and was changed a bit and renamed to Medicare a few years later and the private health insurance branch kept the name Medibank. Welfare support was so readily available an NDIS system wasn't as needed as today. Plus seatbelts weren't mandatory so lots more fatalities rather than ongoing care required for motor vehicles.

@virtualvortech 2 ай бұрын

No idea how this ends up in my feed, but great clip.

@dopeMike_ 2 ай бұрын

You must have spoke Aussie near your phone. I mean it was just coincidence.

@AuroraSarno-kb1ej 2 ай бұрын

😂

@sav7568 2 ай бұрын

Ha ! There goes my youth. I was at Darling Harbour in 1977 but not a shunter. Those guys sure did work hard and the injury rate was high. What you see here is them doing the easy stuff because 3/4 of their work was done at night. At my end of the yard the shunters were done and gone by 9 am not to be seen again until 3 pm. Depending on how busy the day was, I either unloaded wool or loaded kegs of beer. The shunters would come in around 3.30 - 4 pm to haul the empty carriages away. My last job of the day was to close the wooden doors on the empty S trucks and those things were mighty heavy. On a bad day there might be 30 or so to close.

@psynriter 2 ай бұрын

Good to read these stories. My dad used to work at Caltex House and I looked down from his office at that yard in 1985 while waiting to start school work experience in the Westpac ( or was it Wales ) bank downstairs... Come 1986 I'd left school and being a rail buff me and mates in our teens would creep around those rail yards exploring, not causing any riff raff or graffiti... Just walk the yards. I still at 54 love railways and camp out at grain silos out west or car camp next to rail lines. Cheers for your story there working the goods line 👍

@stuartmarshall7099 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing guys

@keef78 2 ай бұрын

i can just imagine, first thing that came into my head was "how many squished feet or broken arms per day"

@sav7568 2 ай бұрын

@@keef78 Some of them died. The big killer was rolling rail cars at night. You can't hear them.

@psynriter 2 ай бұрын

@@keef78 exactly !

@landspide 2 ай бұрын

We are fortunate this was archived.

@sexobscura Ай бұрын

why

@forgottenknowledge8917 Ай бұрын

We are the builders. Everyone else here is a freeloader.

@sexobscura Ай бұрын

@@forgottenknowledge8917 Who exactly are you to claim that (and don't say 'a builder')

@michaelpairidis7382 2 ай бұрын

I WAS WATCHING THIS AND CONVINCED MYSELF BON SCOTT WAS GOING TO COME INTO FRAME 🤣

@algieturas612 2 ай бұрын

Brendan Crothers, the best 'Senior Shunter class 2' that there ever was. had the pleasure of working with him at the 'old' Blacktown station. "Fookin hell"...

@Southernstar-RINO 2 ай бұрын

Fair dinkum that cool. I grew up Blacktown born 76. Bit younger but I bet you got some good stories.

@MarkRaker 2 ай бұрын

Was he the bloke in the patterned brown shirt and cool hat, that fella looked like he knew what he was doing....

@patricktongs9766 2 ай бұрын

@@MarkRaker He was the lad in the blue vest with the Irish accent although he doesn’t say a lot..

@MarkRaker 2 ай бұрын

@@patricktongs9766 Ahh yes, the bloke with the high voice......wouldn't have picked him as the star though, interesting stuff. Certainly different times back then, even where I worked in Pt. Adelaide, no OHS, tuff hard drinking blokes and certainly a baptism by fire for me as a young working guy.

@mrclaytron Ай бұрын

Beautiful. Not a single fucking tourist in sight!

@ceeemm1901 Ай бұрын

And not a beautiful tourist sight to see...hahaha.

@dieseldavetrains8988 2 ай бұрын

Clive Livingston was the Yard Master there once, he became SM at Town Hall after Darling Harbour was closed down and retired whilst at Town Hall. The wharfies canteen on the one of docks nearby was the place to go for smoko. Good to have a run to the meatworks chillers siding and the navy victualling wharf. Some colourful characters on the job back then, great video and thanks for the memories!

@cjod33 2 ай бұрын

As a kid back then I'm sure that I've been told off by him for sliding down the stair handrails, more than once.😂

@Zog696 Ай бұрын

Knew Clive Livingston when he was station master at Town Hall in the early 1990’s ,really nice guy.Great History.

@DeadOnArrival 2 ай бұрын

I'd love to go back to Sydney in the 1970s and 80s and live there forever.

@strangeplanet8313 2 ай бұрын

You would have loved the QVB... it was a library back then and hardly a soul went into it. Downstairs there were a load of cheap rent shops facing out onto the street. Abbey's Books started in the QVB facing out onto George Street.

@ninjamaster7724 2 ай бұрын

It was awesome back then,and into the early 90's.

@AA-co8de 2 ай бұрын

Can I come with you ?

@LONEWOLF78. 2 ай бұрын

That would be amazing, I grew up in Sydney in the 80s/90s, it was awesome.

@psynriter 2 ай бұрын

I remember finishing junior school and starting yr 5 in another school in 1980 and looking at the older kids with sideburns and beards and thinking they ain't kids they are men

@99zorba 2 ай бұрын

Love this little vignette into Sydney's history. Looks like such a dangerous job!

@naturesoundsaustralia 2 ай бұрын

It was!!

@steves524 Ай бұрын

NSW Railways where a world of their own , lots of characters, surprised someone filmed this😊

@naturesoundsaustralia 2 ай бұрын

Wow cant believe what I’m watching, i was shunting at the same time at Enfield. What a life back then.

@R0d_1984 Ай бұрын

Glad you're still with us cobber.

@waxerwerris1586 2 ай бұрын

I was a shunter from 1978 to 1986. Best bloody job on the railways. I shunted at Cooks River Yard St Peters, Flemington Markets, Enfield ,Homebush sales yard and various other yards in the metropolitan area.

@01DOGG01 2 ай бұрын

It's amazing that you're still with us today. Looks like a really dangerous job!

@mickvonbornemann3824 2 ай бұрын

@@01DOGG01 you wouldn’t belief it but virtually everyone who did that job reached retirement age. People today have such a distorted view on what’s a dangerous job rather that what’s a potentially dangerous job.

@goingforadds 2 ай бұрын

@@mickvonbornemann3824 can't shunt like this any more mate. Rules, network control, points and frames - a lot has changed. Can't even get onto the mainline without permission from control

@mickvonbornemann3824 2 ай бұрын

@@goingforadds did I say anything contrary to your 3 statements?

@patster4040 2 ай бұрын

I was a troubled sleeper as a toddler then young child. I grew up in a creaky old mansion on a hill in Strathfield, where the sounds of Homebush and Flemington shunting became my best friend at night, relaxing me like a lullaby. I’m still in night-hearing-range of a goods line and the sound still has the same calming effect on me.

@Angus1966 2 ай бұрын

was a shunter Enfield yard , then went out to signal boxes , brings back memories , worked Balmain box once or twice

@kirstimiller3029 2 ай бұрын

I was an overhead electrical line worker for the SRA from 1983 to 1990

@deldridg Ай бұрын

A few years after this was shot, as a kid, I visited Sydney from the country on a family trip. Due to Mum's dodgy map reading, we wound up at the helipad at Pyrmont Pt, where Pirrama Park is now. My sister and I begged and pleaded and my parents paid the grand sum of $25 each for us to have a scenic flight over the CBD (a very large sum for us in those days). It must have been after 1981 as we hovered in amazement next to Centerpoint Tower. I can still remember that event and now after living in Sydney for almost 40 years, have witnessed some immense change. Thank you for the great footage! Much appreciated. Cheers - Dave

@TheSilmarillian 2 ай бұрын

When Australia was a place of hope, employment and little or no corporate or government interference I know I was there, an amazing time to be alive and grow up in compared to the mess it is now. New sub here .

@LeeJahn-ih9xu 2 ай бұрын

Absolutely ❤

@petethescalemodeller6130 Ай бұрын

Those where the days for sure :)

@TheSilmarillian Ай бұрын

@@petethescalemodeller6130 True that indeed.

@chook1311 Ай бұрын

And racist

@terri6854 Ай бұрын

And people drove drunk and without seatbelts and cigarette smoke and car exhaust was everywhere, and no one cared about domestic violence, and priests/teacher were pedophiles without a care, and immigrants and gays were treated like jokes.

@cjod33 2 ай бұрын

10:00 I remember driving over the bridge back when it was actually a working Swing bridge. It was sad when they turned that area into a tourist trap.

@LeeJahn-ih9xu 2 ай бұрын

I remember paying 20 cents to cross the harbour bridge and all weekends spent at the Cross, had a one bedroom unit in Kirribilli near Govt house and it was 60 bucks a week ❤

@jamesvivian1888 2 ай бұрын

This is one of the best videos I’ve ever watched on KZfaq. You can barely recognise Sydney. Thanks for sharing.

@paulsayer7 Ай бұрын

Worked there in 1983, quite an experience

@Zuluboppa Ай бұрын

I shunted at darling harbour, 1980-1982, day & night,in the rain. Damn dangerous. dangerour

@Zog696 Ай бұрын

Shunters were the band of the brave.

@simonboland 2 ай бұрын

Not casino either and back in the day when housing near the city was cheap before gentrification started.

@ailouros6669 2 ай бұрын

Yeah, the riff-raff were being progressively moved to the Green Valley housing zone (now known as the suburbs of Miller, Cartright, Busby and Heckenberg) as well as Campbeltown and Mt. Druitt and their surrounding suburbs.

@ue5rw 2 ай бұрын

When men were hard, not like the generations now.

@myjotv6448 2 ай бұрын

you like hard men

@artadrians 2 ай бұрын

Just THE BEST YEARS...Progressive, honest and hard working WITH opportunities for those who had the guts to GIVE IT A GO...!!! THE REAL AUSTRALIANS

@paulhunt3307 Ай бұрын

Shit conditions tho...

@playdory3179 Ай бұрын

“Progressive” is the reason why we are in the mess we are today.

@sexobscura Ай бұрын

Rose-tinted glasses obscure the fact that Australia then was NOT progressive AT ALL. Australia threw a fit in the 80s when Keating wanted to 'float the dollar' on the Stock Market, that's how progressive and knowledgeable we were. Opportunities weren't as abundant as you seem to remember them to be and the only ones who 'gave it a go' were as many as there are today. You're definitely showing your (blinkered) age, cause I grew up then, too and it was hardly a 'workers paradise' (unless you were of British origin, that is)

@LeonAust Ай бұрын

Did my aircraft engineering apprenticeship at ultimo college, we used to explore the Darling harbour area in our lunch break viewing the early 1980s transformation construction, when it was first converted to an entertainment area in the mid 1980s all us boy's used to come in from the suburbs on a Friday/Saturday night, those thunderbolt beers at the pump house were potent!! still it was a safe area with good times to be had. Australia/Sydney has changed in so many ways from this video, wish I could say for all the better.

@R0d_1984 Ай бұрын

Very rare for bad shit to happen, you'd really have to fvck someone off to get smashed.

@Banana_Split_Cream_Buns 2 ай бұрын

I remember that place. It was called Australia.

@TheSilmarillian 2 ай бұрын

True that indeed just look at the mess it is now .

@salvatorenapoli152 2 ай бұрын

Agree but we suffer from “progress” like other parts of the world have. Gotta keep those bankers well fed.

@MDizzy76 2 ай бұрын

Think it’s still called Australia big guy……

@pantherz9103 2 ай бұрын

The name hasn’t changed 🤡

@Mr-Yan. Ай бұрын

@@pantherz9103 That's right, in the same way the British sportscar brand MG is now chinese trash by the same name

@pixie3760 2 ай бұрын

We used to go and play around there in the 60's. The workers always gave us a penny for lollies. It was a great time to grow up. I should mention we were usually shooed off after we got our penny. Lol.

@94vrcommodore 2 ай бұрын

Good to see some nostalgia. I like the OH&S back then lol

@patricktongs9766 2 ай бұрын

Worked there from seventy eight to eighty one and remember Brendan as a great lad,left and was a shunter at Enfield for a bit but it was a gravity yard and had a couple of close shaves so ended up a guard for a few years they were good times.

@Michael.Chapman 2 ай бұрын

The wonderful industry at Darling Harbour was replaced by “luxury” apartments, casinos and gambling… great to see this glimpse of Sydney’s recent past.

@ozrob76 Ай бұрын

And Chinese millionaires.

@PolycultureArt Ай бұрын

Ohhh yeah it looks so “wonderful”! Gee I wish it was still a massive, depressing, wet ass dank mud pit.. soooo much better than a nice waterfront harbour that hosts millions of people each year with art festivals such as vivd.. would be sooo much better if it was still a really dangerous low paying exploitation zone for immigrants hey?!

@Michael.Chapman Ай бұрын

@@PolycultureArt Some of what you say is true. However, the tone in which it was delivered is unnecessary and unhelpful.

@PolycultureArt Ай бұрын

@@Michael.Chapmanohh man where do I start? The fact that you have reduced an iconic land mark that serves millions of people each year (me included) to a “casino”, or the boomer nostalgia for a deadly, exploitative, low paying, inefficient hellscape. My comment is not meant to be helpful, it’s calling out misguided sentimental rubbish that is completely out of touch. Not to mention the xenophobia that flows from the comment right after yours.. I HATE gambling, but your ignorance is on display if that’s how you describe the transformation of an industrial ghetto into one of the worlds nicest harbour spaces..

@glenmccarthy8482 2 ай бұрын

The old Pyrmont power station , good times.

@TheAussiePipe 2 ай бұрын

I was born in 1978 and never knew this part of Sydney. I still remember fondly the simpler times in Australia though. Hard days work and a cold beer at the pub afterwards. Sometimes I’d go with Dad…..knee high socks and short sleeve business shirts everywhere, stinking of Brut and Winnie Reds 😂.

@hardwick1999 2 ай бұрын

What a brilliant video. Only thing missing is high vis stubbys😁

@princephilip-v5t 2 ай бұрын

Darling Harbour was renovated in about 1985? There about

@TheAussiePipe 2 ай бұрын

@@princephilip-v5t lived in Brisbane only visited Sydney first time in 1987.

@R0d_1984 Ай бұрын

68, used to play around there, lived in redfern for about a years, mostly lived around the beaches, Manly, Bondi, curl curl, dee why, went the the Flemmington markets(Paddy's) all the time, Grandpa worked there (He fought at Tobruk with the 9th.

@TheAussiePipe Ай бұрын

@@R0d_1984 your grandfather sounded like a great man 👍

@stefanbach7652 2 ай бұрын

I worked at Haymarket at this time and parked my car near where the entertainment centre is now just past Paddy’s markets. Thems were the days.

@R0d_1984 Ай бұрын

In the 70's We went to paddy's all the time went i was a kid, grandapa worked there.

@marknelson5929 Ай бұрын

I frequently went to this rail yard in 1977 - 79 loading up the rail wagons with produce to be sent to parts of NSW. I probably bumped into some of these guys! The area has certainly changed!

@MTG776 Ай бұрын

They all went on to be AC/DC roadies in 1979...

@t20turnaround49 Ай бұрын

As a young guy living in Sydney at this time, I was not an Aussie, but really enjoyed the place, this is gold.

@ianwallace16 2 ай бұрын

Worked around the wharves in D H during those times,remember the shunts of flour wagons to alongside of the ship…22 Pyrmont I think.

@R0d_1984 Ай бұрын

Glad you're still with us cobber.

@douglasbanks3318 Ай бұрын

Schoolmates went to work for Sydney Rail ,also Chullora Workshop's ,many mates that worked on Sydney Rail formed Bands in the 70s ,seeing this Vid bought back a heap of great memories from that Era was a joy to watch .thanks for sharing

@peterkirgan2921 2 ай бұрын

I worked around Darling Harbor about 1984 they were developing then entertainment centre fantastic times great memories ❤❤😂

@liamthompson9342 2 ай бұрын

This is great. First thing I knew about darling harbour was when they renewed it and then I was curious about what was there before. I've seen pictures but this gives an idea what it was really like.

@R0d_1984 Ай бұрын

lived through it mate, maybe nostalgia, but the memories are burnt in deep, catching the ferries in the rain, used to get big swells, the sight the smells, our people everywhere, good people, nice people, happy people (most of the time), polite, kind, it was fvcking magic...

@keef78 2 ай бұрын

"Look frank!" lol, what a miserable looking old day in darling harbour, youd expect the sun to be blazing, for a minute there i thought there was a darling harbour in england. great vid though.

@R0d_1984 Ай бұрын

Back then you'd get about 2 weeks solid of rain, sometimes three (with a few sunny days thrown in); we'd still go to manly or dee why, cronulla for a swim and chips on the weekend, or paddy's market etc.

@steveamurray59 2 ай бұрын

The Golden Eagle ! The Best Day of the Week.. Great Clip.

@hwtours 2 ай бұрын

Wow some awesome shots in this vid. Thank you for sharing.

@danieltempleton7512 2 ай бұрын

Great video, a real insight into how shunters worked in city goods yards.

@waggafletcher 2 ай бұрын

Love the blues track. Reminds me of AC/DC, who were nearby at the time.

@abnerlook3869 2 ай бұрын

Terry Wilson from The Magnetics great Sydney blues band from the 80's

@notme4921 2 ай бұрын

Wish i was back there !

@slugerama 2 ай бұрын

I would love to see if anyone can do a then and now for some of these areas. You can also see why it was dangerous work. Running alongside rolling carriages with no control of stopping them.

@iant6625 Ай бұрын

WOW! Thank you for sharing this absolute gem! But seriously, IS NO ONE GOING TALK ABOUT ALL OF THOSE SHORT SHORTS….. I MEAN REALLY GUYS 😂

@nicolelillis2077 Ай бұрын

Your comment is hilarious.. Yess, those naughty men wore stubbies that were 'mardi gras' short..😆☮️

@markcastle5826 2 ай бұрын

I was shunting in Sydney around that time, maybe a bit later. Brings back memories.

@johno9507 2 ай бұрын

2:15 I swear I recognise that bloke in blue, think he used to work at Thornleigh or Hornsby station in the mid 80s. I'd see him on the way to school.

@R0d_1984 Ай бұрын

Haven't been to Hornsby in 40 years.

@retroray58warby98 2 ай бұрын

A little bit of Sydney history. I’d just finished high school the year before. Thanks for the upload Scott😺

@TheSilmarillian 2 ай бұрын

Same here but finished in 1974 times where so much better then than now.

@russellking9762 2 ай бұрын

@@TheSilmarillian It was the same over here across the ditch in NZ too mate...and after this in the 80's the era of the great pub bands and great music was coming and the car everyone wanted ...the Torana and the GT Falcon...both of them made by you blokes over there. Good times!

@TheSilmarillian 2 ай бұрын

@@russellking9762 Yep those where some great times indeed.

@JohnH1 2 ай бұрын

I was on the rail back then Fairfield station, good times.

@mutualbeard 2 ай бұрын

I was working nearby at Peter's Milk in 77 when some milk tankers were shunted into the yard collecting a contractor's HQ station wagon and crushing it against a stanchion .

@alsmith6470 2 ай бұрын

I was a sprag for three month's at Cook's River Absolutly hated it. 99% of the shunter's were diamond's but there was alway's one fool that could get you killed.

@iggytse Ай бұрын

I have to say I have heard such thick Aussie accents like that in the wild in years.

@timhorton698 2 ай бұрын

It's 2024 now. I could go back to 1988 and recognise it. That's 36 years. But if I go back another 11 years to 1977 and -it's a totally different world

@TheSilmarillian Ай бұрын

Its what I grew up in .

@R0d_1984 Ай бұрын

@@TheSilmarillian Me too mate, happy your still here; Man i miss those days, By 81 i was going to HS in Liverpool.

@keithgaffaney8061 2 ай бұрын

Top little video. Thanks for sharing. My cousin worked at Darling Harbour in the 70's as well. Cheers

@ronanrogers4127 2 ай бұрын

Wow, I’d forgotten it was like that around Darling Harbour. What a massive redevelopment project that was. Good to see people just working in normal gear…nowadays mechanics wear nitrile gloves to protect their skin 😂

@russellking9762 2 ай бұрын

That is because OH&S woke up to the fact that petrol and diesel and other products used in the industry such as degreasers and brake cleaners and the like are CARCINOGENIC...so that'll be enough out of you bud!

@R0d_1984 Ай бұрын

I've never forgotten those years, burnt into my brain, they are getting cloudy though.

@nivlick 2 ай бұрын

The algorithm never stops amazing me. Australia was once a very hard working country. Now look at us.

@stuartmarshall7099 2 ай бұрын

Still is. We're some of the hardest worker's in the world.

@fingerprint5511 2 ай бұрын

@@stuartmarshall7099 Pity they are near retirement age now....

@MrJohnnybe123 2 ай бұрын

Most are on workers compensation

@Her.Serene.Feline.Cuteness. 2 ай бұрын

@@stuartmarshall7099🐂💩 Have you hired a tradie or removalist lately? I will assume you're a 'working man'. Removalists rush through because they get paid for completing the job, not per hour, so they just want to wrap up and knock off as early and quickly as possible. Tradies cut corners and overcharge. A Current Affair wouldn't have any content without 'hard working' Aussies. 😆😆😆

@darrennorth929 2 ай бұрын

@@Her.Serene.Feline.Cuteness. ACA, real stories. Your off with the fairy's. They do stories of some soft cock arsehole fighting with another busy body arsehole.

@newdays0 2 ай бұрын

Up until 9 minutes when the sun comes out it looks like this could be somewhere dreary and depressing in the UK. The tiny shorts do give away it’s not too cold though.

@R0d_1984 Ай бұрын

Used to rain nearly non-stop for 2-3 weeks in autumn back then.

@Rodfather72 2 ай бұрын

The first five minutes talking about sickies - how Australian lol

@AshPragasam 2 ай бұрын

All the comments saying how hard working and awesome we were back then. And how scum and lazy we are now. But i don't see anyone working hard in this video!

@hoggers7572 2 ай бұрын

Yeah nowadays they have five micro managers to make sure every second of your work day is insufferable..the problem is neo liberalism..the Governments completely sold us out to corporations and the elite ..the workers in this video could probably pay off a house on their income now they would two more jobs plus a spouse and children bringing in some money

@kaizen1723 Ай бұрын

Blue collar heros! Amazing how manual tasks have now been automated. Thought that Sheila with the blond hear hair had some nice legs… 🙈😂 Work, health and safety bureaucrats must be having a heart attack watching this! 😂😂

@robmcfarlane3602 2 ай бұрын

Didn't know Martin Bryant was a shunter !

@deanbilton 2 ай бұрын

I thought it was woman for the first 5 minutes

@michaelearthling 2 ай бұрын

I was thinking the same thing to both these comments.

@keef78 2 ай бұрын

LMAO my thoughts exactly.

@deldridg Ай бұрын

@@michaelearthling Very good. Glad I wasn't the only one! Was a bit concerned when the shirt came off (thinking is was a woman). I knew things were different in the workplace back then, but still...

@nicolelillis2077 Ай бұрын

OMGawd.! I thought he was a Martin Bryant lookalike, then I saw your hilarious comment..😆☮️

@aztecfitness7782 2 ай бұрын

Very great footage!

@carljan57 2 ай бұрын

Before sydney became a tourist resort.

@princephilip-v5t 2 ай бұрын

What is there to do in Sydney as a tourist? Very little if you ask me

@R0d_1984 Ай бұрын

If they were only tourists...

@220919511 2 ай бұрын

Bloody marvellous

@perrybrown4985 2 ай бұрын

I remember, as a kid at around this time, the son of one of my dad's mates got a job doing just this work. My dad said that it was a really bad idea, as it's such a dangerous job. Seeing this, I now I understand exactly why dad was concerned... (And BTW, the kid stuck at the job and made it through to retirement intact - but I am guessing he was one of the luckier ones)

@shannonfreeman719 2 ай бұрын

Love the hi vis

@paulgore1237 2 ай бұрын

Went there as a guard several times in '83.

@Ace-ex6cx 2 ай бұрын

Life seemed more tougher physically but carefree

@Warpedsmac 2 ай бұрын

I think this was shown occasionally on ABCTV as a "filler"...a long time ago.

@R0d_1984 Ай бұрын

I remember when ABC was pretty good; remember Matlock police? lol

@car5473 2 ай бұрын

When the yards were closed in the early 80s, many hundreds of city workers could park their cars there for free until the redevelopment circa '86.

@R0d_1984 Ай бұрын

same in nearly in every job, or was just lazy or an A-hole...

@kuttabull3735 2 ай бұрын

awesome clip

@toydude3508 Ай бұрын

Not a uniform or high Vis in sight! Love it!

@paulcrocker7347 2 ай бұрын

Arrr yeah nah you bloody beauty...😆

@psynriter 2 ай бұрын

How have I missed this video ? Darling Harbour goods line is where my railway trespassing originated in 1986 with other rail buff mates.

@bluedogreddogstumpy5868 2 ай бұрын

Im 62 - I was stopped by the road picking up some already dead fire wood for me heater yesterday- no chain saw just small bits of wood. Some “ranger” Pulls up,tells me it’s illegal and he won’t give me a ticket or call the cops this time if I put it back and leave now! This is not the country my father fought for in ww2! We’ve completely fucked this place!

@tompaton5050 2 ай бұрын

It's all getting a bit ridiculous. Where was this?

@ceeemm1901 2 ай бұрын

Yeah, people can't afford to buy a house and can't find a place to rent and you can't camp or sleep anywhere. People sleeping in their cars are continually told to move on. Haha, WHERE??????

@nickdryad 2 ай бұрын

Yeah. Unbelievable. While you’re gathering wood some developer with a government contract has bulldozed Badgery’s Creek and surrounding bush land, the best farm land near Sydney for an Airport nobody really needs

@dopeMike_ 2 ай бұрын

Its happening everywhere cobber. They want a non questioning compliant populous.

@tin8042 2 ай бұрын

Yes you have completely fucked this place by complacency, you didn’t fight for this country and now it’s being usurped, firewood is the last of our problems you’ll leave us with

@J_S209 2 ай бұрын

What? No Hi Viz? Where’s you belt clip to hold your rigging gloves to approved safety specification. Simpler and more honest times.

@woodybalfour8213 Ай бұрын

Amazing

@dennisthemenace57 2 ай бұрын

When Australia was still a great country. What a sad place it is now

@freeman10000 Ай бұрын

Good old insular, boring, conservative, boozy, racist old Australia. Give my 2024 Australia anytime.

@nicolelillis2077 Ай бұрын

I couldn't agree more..It's become a sad, very disturbing place indeed..Filled with too many dangerous, vile criminals, that have evil ideologies - not religion..These nasty imports don't contribute anything, except lawlessness, welfare theft, laziness, social problems and chaos..That's exactly where Australia is in 2024..Our wonderful country has now been bled dry..Political traitors, who hate our beautiful, peaceful way of life, have allowed this destruction to happen..

@nicolelillis2077 Ай бұрын

Yes, Australia was once a beautiful, peaceful country..Sadly, we've been bled dry by millions of evil imports..Their only contributions to society are lawlessness, welfare fraud, laziness, social problems and dangerous ideologies that promote chaos..That's exactly where we are in 2024..All because of vile politicians, who allowed this destruction to happen..

@nicolelillis2077 Ай бұрын

Yes, Australia once was a beautiful, thriving, peaceful country..Before it was bled dry over decades, by millions of welfare recipients//imports..Their 'rich' contributions to society are social problems, archaic beliefs, laziness and lawlessness..That's exactly where we are in 2024.. Sadly, vile politicians allowed this importation of chaos and destruction to happen..

@Jones-w5i Ай бұрын

@freeman10000 not racist.

@SuperWeststigers Ай бұрын

Aberdeen Grain fed beef on the side of the containers, I live only a few hundred metres from the old Aberdeen Meat works, it was the main employer back then.

@R0d_1984 Ай бұрын

Glad your still with us cobber, you have a fantastic year.

@davechristian7543 2 ай бұрын

Theses r real aussie not like we see today sadly. only if we could hav been stuck right heir or even the 80s as they were the grouse. once the 2000s came everything went to the s house.

@stuartmarshall7099 2 ай бұрын

They're Boomer's now and own everything 😂

@davidbarnsley8486 2 ай бұрын

Well before immigration from the Middle East started

@patricktongs9766 2 ай бұрын

@@stuartmarshall7099not this boomer but they were better times

@csjames69 Ай бұрын

Sydney is so unrecognisable now compared to 1977. I was only 12 then and never ventured down to Darling Harbour until the new retail development opened up in the late eighties.

@geoffb108 Ай бұрын

The young girls today think they invented the short short look. Ha😂😂😂😂

@dmr8914 2 ай бұрын

Extraordinary! Whoever had the vision to redevelop the site made a huge change for the better for Sydney. Same with Barrangaroo. Now, time to get rid of the Cahill Expressway...!!

@SKIPPERBIRDWOOD Ай бұрын

These guys look and sound like the guys from ACDC

@Darren...son4634 2 ай бұрын

Cool job

@gregw6748 2 ай бұрын

Nice clean air....

@Zog696 Ай бұрын

What a joy for this video to be tossed up. Spent hours sketching the locomotives & industrial landscapes in the late 60 ‘s & 70’s in Darling Harbour & Pyrmont.Sydney was much smaller infused with character & filled with Aussies not afraid to celebrate Australia Day.

@R0d_1984 Ай бұрын

Australia was indescribably awesome back then; then one day you wake up and it's fucked.

@Zog696 Ай бұрын

@@R0d_1984 So true!

@mrdavidurquhart Ай бұрын

It's not that I don't want to celebrate Australia. But I want aboriginal Australians to be able to celebrate as well. And the date is associated with devastation for them. You have to recognise that. So changing the date is really very trivial and acknowledging of the genocide that Aboriginals suffered and are continuing to struggle with. I wanted to reply directly so you can at least hear from one person what the mindset is.

@R0d_1984 Ай бұрын

@@mrdavidurquhart I don't care.

@Pitttdog Ай бұрын

nice to see actual Australians again.

@freeman10000 Ай бұрын

Do you mean aboriginals? I didn't see many in this documentary.

@deldridg Ай бұрын

Well, times change and we have become very "multicultural". In many ways it's a good thing but there are certainly numerous ugly sides (that noone is allowed to mention). Personally, I find it sad to see parts of our "Aussie" culture being eroded.

@sexobscura Ай бұрын

@@deldridg Being of the same period as you, I'm really not sure what parts of the 'Aussie' culture you're talking about. You must mean the stuff that was handed and altered from Britain, because the only 'culture' Australia ever had, was being lethargic, laidback, uncultured, smokers, sexist, racist and being extremely reactive towards anything untraditional. Egalitarianism could be said, but that's only if you were a traditional, white and male. Australia is far more accepting and knowledgeable than it used to be and I for one am glad of it

@cb14011970 Ай бұрын

we'd see Australian aboriginals if they were working there

@ceeemm1901 Ай бұрын

@@freeman10000 Hahahaha, BOOM!!!

@TenOrbital 2 ай бұрын

I lived in Sydney in 1977, my dad got a posting there, just for the year. I was 15. Never went near Darling Island or Harbour though. As far as I can remember.

@R0d_1984 Ай бұрын

Your loss mate, anyway have a fantastic year.

@peterm1826 2 ай бұрын

I remember Sydney in those days well.

@joereedsmith1531 2 ай бұрын

No wonder half the stuff was knocked off.

@raytylicki52-gh9nr 2 ай бұрын

Wow working in shorts...As a American railroader I can't begin to tally all the safety violations here...

@grahammaranda3993 2 ай бұрын

Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi OI OI !!!!

@grahammaranda3993 2 ай бұрын

She'll be right Cobber !!!!

@Mattb81 2 ай бұрын

Back in those days the shunters would often be shirtless too. These days everyone is in long pants, long sleeves, hi vis uniform.

@mickvonbornemann3824 2 ай бұрын

That’s 70’s Australia for you.

@alfredgravy6375 2 ай бұрын

What could go wrong?

@jdsgotninelives 2 ай бұрын

It used to be such an organic world we all lived in. Now it's all refined sugar

@murraykitson1436 2 ай бұрын

Ironically , the nearby Colonial Sugar Refinery at Pyrmont , is long gone !

@nostalgiaof98 2 ай бұрын

I can see why this country once drank beer, because a hard earned thirst deserves a big cold beer

@R0d_1984 Ай бұрын

I still drink beer...

@C2Baird 2 ай бұрын

What da fk, I remember living in Pyrmont in the late 70's watching these crazy buggers💪 Hornsby depot/shunt yard was more crazy they say. Where on earth did you get the film from?? Addon...Balmain bloody power station wow!

@MickAngelhere 2 ай бұрын

What occupational health and safety? I can remember when Darling Harbour was like that , it was a different place in a different time. Would love to go back to those times, a better place then

@russellking9762 2 ай бұрын

Painters and Dockers just down the road...