kudos to that salvo lady, world needs more people like her

😂😂😂 “hey bro, where’s the hot food, I live next door” Nothing suss 😂😂😂

Spanios went from "into the hoods" to "how to catch a predator" to "its all eats" in one episode😂

That lady donating her time helping others is all class. She's so attractive in so many ways.

When you think you've rented a nice place & you look out the window to see Spanian doing an 'into the hood'

Good to see he seems to have taken all the criticism to heart even though he’d never admit it, but this s a much better style of video to talk about the hoods rather then making it a huge meet and greet and stirring up trouble.

Maroubra is crazy cause half the suburb is rich as fuck and the other half is housing commission. I’m suprised the government hasn’t sold off the housing commission areas by now. That land is worth insane amounts

THIS is the Spanian Video I like A LOT because its shows struggles, hardship and ordinary members of the community making a difference. When the video becomes a meet and greet circus its just unbearable to watch and thats when it gives off that vibe that its just glorifying the "ghetto" lifestyle and becomes a chest beating competition

I have watched every episode exploring Public Housing across Australia. South Maroubra is pretty tame. I grew up in South Maroubra (aged 3 - 20s). I went back there regularly as my mother still lived there until about 2019. South Maroubra had Navy accommodation, and there were still some people with Navy connections there when we moved into our unit block in the early 90s. We did have the Bra Boys in the area in the 90s. They always put the rambunctious people near Lexington (Lexo). I was still able to walk to and from school and play in the streets with other kids without ever being hassled. You never saw needles on the ground on the streets or in the old metal playgrounds they had for kids (with those merry go grounds, rough slides, and jungle gyms). I was aware of people saying there were pedophiles near the large flats on Fitzgerald Ave. In saying that, it could be a bit rougher now depending on who has moved into the area. You had the soldier settlement in Matraville. I always found the townhouses at Matraville to be a bit more gross and rough. You were calling it Duffy's after Duffy's Corner which used to have a Duffy's fruit and vegetable market, a mad chicken shop, a bakery with great cinnamon donuts, and newsagent. They rebuilt Duffy's corner into subpar units/townhouses with shops, but they still retained the name. At Lexo, the hub used to be a TAB. So, the stores in the 90s were the TAB, bottle shop, video store, chemist, wholesale cake store, fish n chip takeaway, GP, butcher, Food 4 Less (supermarket), and I am pretty certain there was a furniture maker. The bakery came much later and then the Duffy's chicken shop moved to Lexo for a bit in place of the fish and chip shop. I think the stabbing at the bakery occurred in the early 2000s, so it was true what was said about the person upstairs getting angry with the owner for their early morning starts. La Perouse is rough and so is the stuff around the correctional complex in Long Bay. South Coogee was less pleasant than South Maroubra. I was also at Daceyville from birth to aged 3, but not on the soldier settlement side. The mad houses were originally for returned soldiers and widows (WW1).

I really enjoyed this episode - the lady volunteering is the definition of what being kind and selfless is. Well done Spanian for documenting real life yarns - much appreciated 👏 🧿 let's OGG for the next episode 👏 👍

You can see why Rabbitohs fans are so devoted. For the longest time, Souths gave people in these areas an outlet and something to aspire to. Something positive to take their mind off their surroundings. Same reason Parra and Penrith fans are so devoted.

Ian Schaffa at the end, he’s a pro boxer, kick-boxer and MMA fighter. Repped Australia in Japan in K1 and MMA, gun fighter and now a coach at Smmash Australia in Maroubra

Just to correct your history - it wasn't Captain Cook that settled in Botany Bay. Captain Cook actually only landed briefly on the southern part of Botany Bay at Kurnell earlier in 1770. Arthur Philip came into Botany Bay with the First Fleet on the 18th January 1788, but he found the place unsuitable and he moved up to Sydney Cove where he landed with the convicts on the 26th January 1788. It was the Frenchman La Perouse who was coming into Botany Bay as Arthur Philip was leaving on the 24th January. He actually landed at Frenchmans Beach (near present day La Perouse) stayed a few weeks, then sailed off into the Pacific, leaving the country to the British.

That woman was there at the perfect time. What a great meaningful conversation between you both. She's great for opening up the convo. Bless you both.

Daceyville was the first public housing scheme in Aus so it was designed to be a model suburb at the time hence the garden to house ratio, architecture etc.

Back in the day, they used to house the partners of the inmates next to the gaol so they would have easier access to visits. A double-edged sword for the women and children.

Im from Daceyville and never had a problem in 30 years, it’s sweet as Shoutout Trea boy took over the video haha !!!

Captain James Cook did NOT captain the First Fleet. The fist fleet was captained by Captain Arthur Phillip in 1788. Captain Cook landed in Botany Bay in 1770 18 years before the first fleet

Salvos lady is so damn beautiful and very knowledgeable about Street life, can tell shes had a hard life but still continues to help those in need honestly the world needs more people like her ☝🏾❤️☺️

I love the people around helping people with food that is a great neighbourhood trying to help the ones without mad❤❤❤

Bilga Cres is great. Grew up in Malabar public housing. now Matraville. I maintain the community garden in Bilga Cres, with local housing residents.

be interesting to see an "out of the hood" with the lowest crime rate town with the least amount of housing commision for a comparison on how life can be different for so many australians those that either came from the hood and got out and also those that never experienced a hood life.

I have never hung out in the housing commission areas. But South-East Sydney is a good place to live. Easy to get the city, close to major shopping centres and services, on the coast and still a lot of green space. Also even though there is no train, there has always been frequent buses along Anzac Parade so you can get to the city, Randwick or Bondi very easily.

Fact check, there used to be light rail that went through maroubra, all the way down to la Perouse. It was a tram line that ran down Anzac Parade (and its why anzac parades dual lanes are 15m apart - the tram line ran through it)

that talk u had with the Salvo's was so good. You no doubt have a big part in the scene we are proud to even see and witness that . Onward and upward Span.

I've lived 2 streets away from Daceyville for the past 11 years. Always walked down that main strip and through the housing commission, never had any issues pretty relaxed

We grew up at Eastlakes & Daceyville 1990 & always went to Maroubra Beach to score weed & hash from the pub.. Wassup Ian Shaffa You Mad Kunt! Ian was a Bad Boy from the hood up to no good but he became a Pro Kickboxer, heaps of vids on here and later started Street Buffet to feed the homeless in Woolloo.. Everyone From Botany, Mascot, Eastlakes knows Ian Schaffa.. Mad Dude.. 8:41 Spanian standing at the house i grew up in.. We used to have a cop shop across the balcony where i would flip sticks from at night using a pager lol. i saw the first Police WRX land there that was for chasing the ram raiders in redfern .. Captain jacka Crescent

My Aunty lived at the back of Lapa for years and behind her houso flats was the prison. At night the prison guards used to go walk about the blocks and make sure there was nothing suss happening outside the prisons and the residents were all g. Also spent alot of time as a kid amongst the lads in hillsdale. Southpoint was the hang out and easties too . Good Episode anios!

The crime rate in daceyville can be attributed to its small population, it's a tiny suburb that's basically just an extension of kingsford

The little houses are called 'bedsits', they are literal flats. Usually old people who can barely walk live in them and 'furniture surf' their way around. My nanny lived in one.

My family were one of the first to move into the Housing Commission in Portland Crescent ( Stuart Mould Place). Early 1960’s , I remember concrete floors, no window coverings, etc. I attended Mrs Mullers Kindy from there to Maroubra Bay Infants/Primary/ High School. It was back then a fantastic place to live. The beach, playing footy for the Wombats. Great place with great mates. When I was there as a kid everyone in our block were friendly, caring and had jobs. It was truly a fabulous place to live.

I painted the Community Centre (Kooloora) in Bilga about 20 years ago, with the help of an ex inmate artist from Long Bay Jail, plus over 100 tenants from public housing (including me) all assisted on it. Still looking good and no vandalism ‘cos we care about our effort.

Hillsdale wasn’t houso and was small but has a reputation back in the day, those boys were connected to a lot of other areas like Fairfield boys, Auburn boys, Eastlakes, Matto, Waterloo and Liverpool area. Had a few incidents with them back in the 2000s. There was a chillian rapper from there that was so good too I forgot his name

Was wondering what Spanian was doing in the area a few weeks back when I saw him at Westfield Eastgardens. Must've been doing this video. Shoutout to 'Big Trei' he was my daughter's boyfriend for about 8 years, good to see you looking well.

The Southern Eastern Suburbs Housos Daceyville Kingsford/Eastlake’s (Gardeners Road Estates) The Elphinstone Rd Estate South Coogee Randwick Junction Flats Lexington Place Duffys corner Matraville/Maroubra Estates Hillsdale Estates & Flats The Bilga crescent estate Mirrabooka crescent estate & Flats Little bay Namatjira Flats The La Perouse Aboriginal Mission Spainian thank you for featuring, There’s no place like home.

My hood. Grew up in Lexo. It's true the train never went to Maroubra Beach, however the tram did back in the real old days when my Mum was little in the 1950's.

Good to see the Salvo’s crew supporting the community and old mate who I sometimes see up at Westfield Eastgardens collecting donations.

A lot of these houses and areas would not be bad to live in, the problem is that you get those housos who cause chaos and make them miserable for the majority. Communities enforcing behaviours would help make these areas a lot more liveable

Finally. Been wanting you to go out these ways for a whilez good to see it happen! Definitely wish you linked up with kobide dee as well though

love maroubra, south sydney, full of good people who helped raise me, shame so many good people with mental difficulties and disabilities share the space with violent counterparts, can make it really hard to heal.

7:37 It was at this moment he realised he had forgotten his phone so no picture with Spaniose

That's a big call calling out a whole block as Pedos. You have the receipts to back that up? Or is some bloke going to get the shit kicked outta him for the only reason housing decided to put him there?

I love that your giving a voice to people that have never had a voice. Debbie NSW

Who remembers the Duffy Brothers fruit shop????

Bra I got offered a flat there at Malabar road through Housing Commission and when I went to check it out the lounge room floor carpets had blood stains all on them , it stunk and the windows were broken and they expected me to move in there like that 🤮 luckily I got on to Bridge housing and now living in Randwick happy 🤟

Yea they’re housing commissions but remember 99.9% of the residents are good, honest, hardworking people not scumbags. I know this area well. It’s certainly not London or LA.

My grandfather back in the 1960's built a house in Matraville, which I was born in and spent my early childhood around that area in the 90's.

The editing in your videos just keeps getting better man, keep going!

Fun fact the light rail went all the way to Lapa from the city once upon a time. There was also a line that would take criminals from Surry Hills inside the walls of Long Bay jail.

@14:26 He landed in Kurnell next headland south - Hence the original signage entering Kurnell displayed “The Birthplace of Modern Australia” which has now been politically corrected for all the touchy feeleies to … “The Meeting Place”. Let me tell you Mr Spanios, that is the fkn yarn cuz.

This video has changed my life. My whole outlook on everything that exists in this world, in fact even in the entire universe. I can never look at anything I know the same way ever again. This video represents emotions most humans could never comprehend. But I can. Thanks to this video I have been awakened to many things previously thought unimaginable. Thank you.

I’m so glad the salvo lady put you on the spot Anthony, you could do more with your platform bro and say it how it is please, it’s was really great to hear you speak on this

The bit about everyone From Hillsdale was a Cleaner 😂😂😂😂😂 da Fuck made that shit Up 😂😂😂😂

I'm poor too but I'm still a good person. Don't use poverty as an excuse to be a bad person. ✌🏼

I didn’t expect much from this video but growing up in Lexington place myself and seeing these area’s I’m glad the way they spoke about the prison in Bilga and the fact that this is all on the beaches. Maroubra was a surfing town so they accommodated by building huge amounts of community housing to house them as they weren’t working and spending time in the ocean. It’s good to see that it’s quietened down but there’s still a lot happening behind the scenes and sad for kids growing up with drugs and broken homes.

The kids are the future, and unconditional love is the answer ❤God bless.

Love your work! Used to live opposite Boggo Road Jail in Brisbane which backs onto a public school and train station. Lots of crazy stuff in the late 80's :)

Go check out the 2018 ELB & MSB 2020 area Eastlakes Florence ave and maloney street flats and Mascot middlemiss and Johnston street. RIP Fredo!

Daceyville was a bit ruckus back in the day when I was living there. Last 10 years it quieten down heaps. Them houses were usually built for the soldiers coming back from war. Most of them are war memorial heritage houses.

A beautifully quiet tour of the hoods..... An episode good for an old man... peaceful respectful and enjoyable ❤😂

Maroubra rocks. Best vibes, 1st handstand I ever got was on that beach. The place is special 🔥

It was the surf that pulled me away from Coogee , ended up surfing my life away on the far north coast. TY Huey.

👍 to the Salvo's and the great work the volunteers do for the poor in many communities. I grew up in South Cronulla in 60s in a very very white Sutho Shire. Still is. And the riot was inevitable.

Mad vid my boy keep up the good shiit lad☝🏾❤️

my mum/nan lived in maroubra housing and i rememebr growing up watching coppas chasing kids through her courtyard 😂always had everyone cheering the kids on

Spanian this video is possibly your best, thank you.

Wow, really appreciate your videos and always look forward to the next. Thank you for your efforts, amazing content. Best wishes from Melbourne tonight

Daceyville reminds me of when I was in what was the old East Berlin suburb of Hoppegarten (also an old garden suburb), in Germany. Similar style houses, gardens and layout. Lovely and cosy

Daceyville is lovely, I like these houses with all those trees. I mean from the other side of the world it looks quite nice imo.

I just don't get why nearly every housing department house has not been looked after by the tenants like WTAF it’s not hard to keep your house clean & tidy!! I lived in a housing house in the 90's at Airds for 4 years and I kept it clean inside and out I used to love having beautiful lawns and gardens!! Seriously people you live in the house or unit it’s your responsibility to look after the place get a cob web brush from the bargin store they do wonders!!!

Daveyville was a planned suburb for returning service people from the war. It’s always so quiet… never had a problem there and I’m there most days

My grandfather was the first RN at Long Bay. My mum grew up on Austral Street, Malabar and the house (which was owned by the DOC and isn't there anymore) backed onto the prison wall and was separated by an alley/backstreet on the OTHER side of Long Bay.

Bruhhhh 😂 I can’t believe he confronted the potential pedos 😂😂😂. Yessss Spanian, definitely one of your best.

I’m from Daceyville and it’s not that bad. In fact, it’s mostly a senior dominant area where everyone knows each other. Majority people living here have been here since the 90s or so, and for the most part it’s a chill area. You got the odd block of flats & town houses which you passed that attract a sketchy crowd lol, but otherwise no dramas. Also, a lot of the places are being sold once the tenants pass away or move out, in the next 10 years I reckon Daceyville won’t be a houso-dominant suburb anymore.

i liked your talk to the community workers / salvo's, and the gym owner.

I laugh so much watching your videos. I was in Parramatta girls home as a teenager and we were fed breakfast with weevils in it, scrubed concrete with rocks embedded in it on our hands and knees for hours till the scrubbing brush wore down. Locked in a dungeon for days with only a canvas mattress on the floor that was dragged out every morning so you sat on concrete floor all day no windows. 2 minute showers humiliation of body checks everyday just in case you scratched something into your skin. And our only crime was running away from home. This was one of Australia's shame the Government needed us to do the washing for the mental hospital. Love your videos cannot wait to see the next.

If Spanian ever comes to the door asking where the hot food is, you know someones been saying some pretty bad things about you

Been waiting for the next vid ❤️

G'Day Spanian!!! Lol 'Mt 'Druitt on the Beach'!!! ...mate the high rent$$$ in Sydney bro!!!??? CRrrrazy!!! Bless the fortnightly barbecues and support by Salvos!!! 🌞 Keep up the great work bro n stay gold!!!✨

It's crazy how Spanian is doing mad numbers now, been following since the start. Rate that

Having grown up in the hood of Condell Park when I was young I used to be jealous of my mates from Maroubra. I thought if I was ever ‘rich’ I would move to Maroubra.

BIG respect to the Salvos. Always been on the frontline. Real ones.

my missus grew up in larpa and its such a trip when ppl outside of the area think all eastern suburbs is just rich areas lol

Stay tuned next week Namatjira, Mirrabooka and the Mish.

Spanian x Mistah Cee 📀 mixtape we needed. Keep up the good work Cee🎚️

The streets that divide the Maroubra Housing Commission blocks are named after American warships that engaged in in the Battle of the Coral Sea. The land on which the blocks were built used to be a speedway. Nearby Heffron Park was the site of a naval storage facility. Malabar and Maroubra are unique suburbs. Long Bay Gaol is not only surrounded by housing commission but also houses that are worth millions. I went to a local public high school and the good thing about it was that mirrored Australian society. There were kids from families grappling with poverty as well as the middle class, a multitude of ethnic backgrounds.

born an bred in blacktown but spent almost 10 years delivering all over eastern suburbs and southern ive been in nearly all those unit blocks and many houses the rich ppl sucked the housos were great ppl and sunnys takeaway was a daily lunch stop the food was great my fav was the chicken wings that you had and some of my best mates are from dacey

Loving the content, keep it coming brah ❤

Duffy’s (Matraville) and Daceyville were built for soldier’s returning from war. I grew up there, still here. It’s probably the most diverse place in Sydney. Social Housing properties in the same street as $2-$6 Million dollar homes. It’s unique and I love it here!

Fkn good on ya lad,love the journey your taking and nothing but reapect for your aspirations to want to help the youth and create better role models for them lad,we were celled up at long bay togeather lad and never guessed that was where your head was at and what u invisioned for the future,tuff brother 💪im doing the same now tryna sort my shit out and be a better rolemodel for my kids,nothing but respect lad

Ayyye its good to see Trei! I know the brother has been doing good so its good to see him!

Watching with particular interest because I am from Maroubra Junction so know all about Bilga Cres housing commission as well as all the other Maroubra Junction, South Maroubra, Maroubra Beach and South Coogee housing commission.

Lives in Eastlakes for 2 years, the flats there Florence and Maloney were old school hood… lots of ice and crime…

I used to have accommodation at Endevour house at Maroubra, and I did walk around when I had time it seemed pretty quiet when I was there.

I moved to Maroubra in about 2020 and started sussing the history of local area. Bit of side info here for ya. I recently did a bunch of research into Maroubra beach and Malabar headland. I found out that between the 1960's-1980s the headland was used as an industrial dumping ground. We talking chemicals, paints, building materials etc. its hard to find info, and non of the locals i spoken to know about it. My point is that these chemicals leech down to the beach and contaminate the water and local area. Copper, lead, mercury, iron, ammonia and all sorts. they tried to stem the tide (lol) by introducing 3 leeching pools down the hill from the headland, so when it rains all these chemicals go into the pools instead of the beach. But when it rains these pools overflow anyway and the results are expected. Local authorities claim that its relatively nonhazardous but i dont fkn trust them. on windy rainy days you can smell the chemicals from a km away, and i mean it reeks c*nt. There are signs up around the beach that say not to swim for 48 hours after rain. Wtf is that? local government corruption/ignorance? certainly back in the day. If anyone reading this has more info on the headland chemical/dumping ground id be keen to hear about it. This is a problem that will not go away without human intervention and the local flora and fauna suffer big time. Its gota be the closest dumping ground to a populated area in Sydney i reckon. Great work Spanian keep it up, welcome to the hood.

As much as I feel for people in public housing neighborhoods, many of them (not all) are unfortunately responsible for the detriment of their society and its conditions. Some arent poor by choice, but many are poor as a result of their choices. Shops and services constantly being robbed/vandalized and workers/government employees not feeling safe, which leads to a detriment of service offerings. That, combined with land being in demand everywhere by all classes of people, means the housing has to go in areas where its cheap. Its not a perfect scenario, but what is the solution?

They are in the eastern suburbs , South Sydney’s boundary doesn’t go that far it only goes as far east as Centennial Lane in Centennial Park .

Nice job Spanian....knocked around those units in Bilga Cresc as a kid. We walked everywhere got into plenty of mischief and felt perfectly safe.... although there would of been some shit going down.

Such a good video and I loved the Salvos.

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