How Long before you realised that Australia was or was not the place that you wanted to spend the rest of your days ?

[bug family]

3 hours ago, Marisawright said:

To be fair, you said suburbS, and that's a big generalisation, as Paul1Perth's post showed.    

Yes i understand how that reads Marisa, but in my experience along with my own suburb and having visited a number of suburbs of Perth, they do seem to be carbon copies of each other with very little to do in the evening and even the day time apart from a few shops not a lot else, even Paul mentions such suburbs exist. I vaguely know the area where Paul lives and agree that there is more available around his area, however this is over a 100 km away from where I am which is a bit to far to just nip out to (not saying that is anyone else's fault though).

I mentioned the 24hr availability of shopping back home and pubs and restaurants (and lots more besides) as a comparison to one small part of the difference between what is available here in Australia and back home. I am afraid the point is slightly misunderstood by maryrose02......I am not interested in a random 24 hr IGA shop some 100 k's away, I was trying to get across that something as mediocre as shopping counts as the only source of socialising / entertainment in some suburbs, but even this closes down early in the evenings leaving nothing for entertainment other than television and scratching your mosquito bites  

[newjez]

4 hours ago, Marisawright said:

To be fair, you said suburbS, and that's a big generalisation, as Paul1Perth's post showed.    

I know where you're coming from, though.  Every modern city in the world has "dormitory suburbs", acres of faceless houses with no pubs, restaurants or sometimes even shops.  If you live in the midst of them (which I'm guessing you do), it's easy to assume the whole city is like that, and give up.

That's especially easy to assume if you head into the city centre and find that it's just as dead.  But it's not true.

Australian city centres are often dead.  Up until a couple of years ago, you couldn't get a meal in the Sydney city centre after 8.30 pm.  I always thought Canberra, Newcastle and Wollongong were boring places - until I got to know people there and discovered it was just because nobody goes into town to have a good time.  The action is in the suburbs. But you have to know WHICH suburbs.  Like I said, most Sydney suburbs are wastelands of faceless houses.  It takes a bit of effort to learn where the nightlife is.  I'm sure Perth is the same.

Perth was always Northbridge. The actual city centre was as dead as a dodo. Long time since I've been out pubbing and clubbing in Perth.

Although, to be honest, what's wrong with people spending time with their families?

[Bulya]

9 hours ago, Marisawright said:

To be fair, you said suburbS, and that's a big generalisation, as Paul1Perth's post showed.    

I know where you're coming from, though.  Every modern city in the world has "dormitory suburbs", acres of faceless houses with no pubs, restaurants or sometimes even shops.  If you live in the midst of them (which I'm guessing you do), it's easy to assume the whole city is like that, and give up.

That's especially easy to assume if you head into the city centre and find that it's just as dead.  But it's not true.

Australian city centres are often dead.  Up until a couple of years ago, you couldn't get a meal in the Sydney city centre after 8.30 pm.  I always thought Canberra, Newcastle and Wollongong were boring places - until I got to know people there and discovered it was just because nobody goes into town to have a good time.  The action is in the suburbs. But you have to know WHICH suburbs.  Like I said, most Sydney suburbs are wastelands of faceless houses.  It takes a bit of effort to learn where the nightlife is.  I'm sure Perth is the same.

Everything in Canberra is in the suburbs.  They designed it that way, but it doesn’t help visitors as they can’t find anything...

[Bulya]

5 hours ago, bug family said:

Yes i understand how that reads Marisa, but in my experience along with my own suburb and having visited a number of suburbs of Perth, they do seem to be carbon copies of each other with very little to do in the evening and even the day time apart from a few shops not a lot else, even Paul mentions such suburbs exist. I vaguely know the area where Paul lives and agree that there is more available around his area, however this is over a 100 km away from where I am which is a bit to far to just nip out to (not saying that is anyone else's fault though).

I mentioned the 24hr availability of shopping back home and pubs and restaurants (and lots more besides) as a comparison to one small part of the difference between what is available here in Australia and back home. I am afraid the point is slightly misunderstood by maryrose02......I am not interested in a random 24 hr IGA shop some 100 k's away, I was trying to get across that something as mediocre as shopping counts as the only source of socialising / entertainment in some suburbs, but even this closes down early in the evenings leaving nothing for entertainment other than television and scratching your mosquito bites  

It isn’t Australia you’re comparing, it’s Perth.  Everything you keep mentioning is available here.  

[Marisawright]

7 hours ago, bug family said:

 I vaguely know the area where Paul lives and agree that there is more available around his area, however this is over a 100 km away from where I am

No one is disputing that those awful dormitory suburbs exist, you'll find them in every Australian capital.  You'll find them in most similar-sized cities anywhere in the world, actually.    They may even be the majority - they are the majority in Sydney, for instance.  But even so, if I tried to count all the lively, fun suburbs in Sydney, I'd run out of fingers and toes.  

It's a pity you've ended up in the boonies, at the opposite end of Perth from any of the nice areas by the sound of it.  It does happen to a lot of migrants, I think - houses are cheaper in those awful suburbs.

Edited March 28, 2021 by Marisawright

[Drumbeat]

7 hours ago, bug family said:

Yes i understand how that reads Marisa, but in my experience along with my own suburb and having visited a number of suburbs of Perth, they do seem to be carbon copies of each other with very little to do in the evening and even the day time apart from a few shops not a lot else, even Paul mentions such suburbs exist. I vaguely know the area where Paul lives and agree that there is more available around his area, however this is over a 100 km away from where I am which is a bit to far to just nip out to (not saying that is anyone else's fault though).

I mentioned the 24hr availability of shopping back home and pubs and restaurants (and lots more besides) as a comparison to one small part of the difference between what is available here in Australia and back home. I am afraid the point is slightly misunderstood by maryrose02......I am not interested in a random 24 hr IGA shop some 100 k's away, I was trying to get across that something as mediocre as shopping counts as the only source of socialising / entertainment in some suburbs, but even this closes down early in the evenings leaving nothing for entertainment other than television and scratching your mosquito bites  

But you choose to live down there (I'm guessing you're around Mandurah), you can't blame Australia for your choice of suburb! Take a trip out to Kalamunda one day, that's an amazingly active community.

[s713]

On 27/03/2021 at 08:51, Paul1Perth said:

That would have been a few years ago. There are more houses and more people now. 

My wifes Sister lives in Tolpuddle in the UK. When we stayed with them we suggested going to the local pub in the village. Thay said nobody goes and wouldn't come. We went and were 2 of the 3 people in the whole night. Apparently the other guy who was in usually has a friend turn up but he'd given it a miss that night.

To be fair Mindarie was a long way from anywhere, with km's of bushland either side a few years back. When they opened the brewery there it almost closed due to lack of customers. Now it's doing really well, the owners of the boat have spent thousands on it. Last time I went was to see a Pearl Jam tribute band. Packed and a brilliant night.

Downside of all the people moving up there is how they rip a lot of the coastal bushland up. That's progress I guess. When we moved here the freeway stopped at Hepburn, there was no railway and Marmion Ave was a quite 2 lane road. The one pub at Hillary's was empty in the week. 

You have to be careful where you pick. If pubs open late are a big part of your life, live closer to the City.

It was about 2014/15, the place was fully developed.

The brewery at Mindarie does the worst beer I have ever tasted. I went to a lot of breweries in Australia and most were fine if you like that craft/Pale Ale type beer. But that place at Mindarie, the beer (the whole range) is bloody awful.

We didn't have much choice as to where to live, we moved to Perth to be near family and they all live in Quinn's, Mindarie, Butler etc. If I had free rein of choice, I think I'd probably go South of the River that stretch from Applecross to Freo way. Expensive like. And immaterial now.

[Marisawright]

56 minutes ago, Drumbeat said:

But you choose to live down there (I'm guessing you're around Mandurah), you can't blame Australia for your choice of suburb! Take a trip out to Kalamunda one day, that's an amazingly active community.

I get the impression his wife chose that area to be near family, and she's too much of a selfish b*** to consider that it might not suit her husband.

[Drumbeat]

1 hour ago, Marisawright said:

I get the impression his wife chose that area to be near family, and she's too much of a selfish b*** to consider that it might not suit her husband.

That's such a shame, I wouldn't be happy living down there either. But my brother-in-law has lived there for years (not in one of the new areas though).

Edited March 28, 2021 by Drumbeat

[Paul1Perth]

21 hours ago, newjez said:

Perth was always Northbridge. The actual city centre was as dead as a dodo. Long time since I've been out pubbing and clubbing in Perth.

Although, to be honest, what's wrong with people spending time with their families?

Was being the appropriate word. Northbridge is still OK but looks a bit like it needs money spending. Now they've filled in the railway line and developed lots of pubs, bars, restaurants, breweries the other side and round Elizabeth Quay is nicer now.

[Paul1Perth]

On 28/03/2021 at 06:50, Bulya said:

As does every city/town in Australia and the U.K.  

It's like living in Salford or Moss Side and saying Manchester is terrible.

[Paul1Perth]

14 hours ago, s713 said:

It was about 2014/15, the place was fully developed.

The brewery at Mindarie does the worst beer I have ever tasted. I went to a lot of breweries in Australia and most were fine if you like that craft/Pale Ale type beer. But that place at Mindarie, the beer (the whole range) is bloody awful.

We didn't have much choice as to where to live, we moved to Perth to be near family and they all live in Quinn's, Mindarie, Butler etc. If I had free rein of choice, I think I'd probably go South of the River that stretch from Applecross to Freo way. Expensive like. And immaterial now.

Mindarie was "fully developed" when we moved here. We used to have a drive up after work Fridays, they used to have a pub where the brewery is now, nice cheap food, could take the youngster and just have a couple of beers in the sun with a great view.

We thought it would take years to be a nice place to live though, it felt like a long drive with nothing but bushland either side for miles. Now there's houses North and South, new estates galore, more pubs. Mindarie, including the brewery which I find fine and the boat are now lively places. Moreso in the daytime and afternoon though, Aussies are generally up early to do physical stuff. We still have a couple of UK friends who love a lie in and go to sleep watching the TV.

Just because your family lived there didn't mean you had to. Did they like it BTW? If they had the same opinion as you you should have avoided it like the plague. 

 

Edited March 29, 2021 by Paul1Perth

[Dusty Plains]

On 28/03/2021 at 11:28, Marisawright said:

To be fair, you said suburbS, and that's a big generalisation, as Paul1Perth's post showed.    

I know where you're coming from, though.  Every modern city in the world has "dormitory suburbs", acres of faceless houses with no pubs, restaurants or sometimes even shops.  If you live in the midst of them (which I'm guessing you do), it's easy to assume the whole city is like that, and give up.

That's especially easy to assume if you head into the city centre and find that it's just as dead.  But it's not true.

Australian city centres are often dead.  Up until a couple of years ago, you couldn't get a meal in the Sydney city centre after 8.30 pm.  I always thought Canberra, Newcastle and Wollongong were boring places - until I got to know people there and discovered it was just because nobody goes into town to have a good time.  The action is in the suburbs. But you have to know WHICH suburbs.  Like I said, most Sydney suburbs are wastelands of faceless houses.  It takes a bit of effort to learn where the nightlife is.  I'm sure Perth is the same.

If its any consolation, the nightlife in Sydney, a world city, an Olympic City, a city that is generally considered as the capital of Australia world wide, yet probably has about the same nightlife of a country town, namely, zero nightlife. 

It never used to be like that. What happened?  

[Marisawright]

3 minutes ago, Dusty Plains said:

If its any consolation, the nightlife in Sydney, a world city, an Olympic City, a city that is generally considered as the capital of Australia world wide, yet probably has about the same nightlife of a country town, namely, zero nightlife. 

It never used to be like that. What happened?  

It’s all moved out to the inner ring of suburbs 

[MARYROSE02]

1 hour ago, Dusty Plains said:

If its any consolation, the nightlife in Sydney, a world city, an Olympic City, a city that is generally considered as the capital of Australia world wide, yet probably has about the same nightlife of a country town, namely, zero nightlife. 

It never used to be like that. What happened?  

The lockout laws destroyed Kings Cross but there are other places to go. Most country towns are dead before midnight but there are plenty of places to party on in Sydney. Four pubs in Surry Hills are open till 3am or 4am and it's hardly unique.

[Dusty Plains]

On 28/03/2021 at 11:28, Marisawright said:

To be fair, you said suburbS, and that's a big generalisation, as Paul1Perth's post showed.    

I know where you're coming from, though.  Every modern city in the world has "dormitory suburbs", acres of faceless houses with no pubs, restaurants or sometimes even shops.  If you live in the midst of them (which I'm guessing you do), it's easy to assume the whole city is like that, and give up.

That's especially easy to assume if you head into the city centre and find that it's just as dead.  But it's not true.

Australian city centres are often dead.  Up until a couple of years ago, you couldn't get a meal in the Sydney city centre after 8.30 pm.  I always thought Canberra, Newcastle and Wollongong were boring places - until I got to know people there and discovered it was just because nobody goes into town to have a good time.  The action is in the suburbs. But you have to know WHICH suburbs.  Like I said, most Sydney suburbs are wastelands of faceless houses.  It takes a bit of effort to learn where the nightlife is.  I'm sure Perth is the same.

Yes it did move out, but it was such a vibrant and active scene at one time, that it was both inner city and suburban. I recall being at Chequers nightclub in Goulburn Street in the south of the city ( Sydney) and being entertained by Sammy Davis Jnr,, then moving out to the suburbs seeing acts such as Gene Pitney, The Searchers and Gerry Marsden at the Revesby Workers Club, then Roy Orbison at some club near Campbelltown ( Campbelltown for goodness sake??). This was in the early 1980's. Then there was Tom Jones at the Bankstown Sports Club (yes, Bankstown of all places, I would not even drive through there today.). Back to Chequers and Tony Bennett. Then Led Zeppelin and David Bowie jamming with local bands at the Bondi Lifesaver.   On top of this was an huge industry of local acts, entertainers, bands and such that those club entertainers were very prevalent across Sydney and NSW. 

There was also big-production Cabaret at the big clubs with huge auditoriums such Penrith Leagues Club, miles and miles out Sydney in the mid 70's. There was a buoyant nightlife across Sydney from the early 70's until the late 80s.

People got dressed up, had an early meal in the "Club" restaurants, then went up to the auditorium to enjoy the show. It was constant, and without doubt, a culture in Sydney whereby people were regularly out on Friday and Saturday nights with the odd add on on Sundays. Later, weekdays also became a night out. It was called "The Club Scene" and the were hundreds of Clubs in NSW.  The other states in Australia, apart from NSW, had absolutely no entertainment due to the fact  \ that licensing laws in those states were quite restrictive. In other words, and as an example on the Gold Coast, Queenslanders would travel, in droves, south of the border to get to the Twin Towns RSL in Tweed to play the poker machines, to have a meal in one of several restaurants in the TT Club and watch cabaret , as well as local and international acts. Back over the border into QLD they were offered fish and chips and the odd meat raffle (!!).   

Now look at NSW. Well actually there is not a whole lot to look at.

Most concert auditoriums in clubs are now poker machine dens. Chequers is long gone as is the Bondi Lifesaver. Where Roy Orbison, Gene Pitney, Tom Jones, The Searchers, Russel Morris, Gerry Marsden, and a host of both local and international acts once trod the boards on stage, these now poker machine dens and in many cases the stage has been removed.

I put the demise down to several issues that have emerged in principal (but not in principle), namely, and in order as follows:

1. Poker machines

2. Random Breath Testing

3. Immigrants from countries who had no concept of entertainment and no idea about having a good night out;

4. As in 3 above, people were far more entertained by poker machines;

5. As in 3, above people did not drink alcohol, and did not not eat at popular restaurants;

6. In the mid 80's people, like me and my family, were paying up to 17% bank interest rates on their home loans under a clueless Labor Government and so entertainment was never going to be a budgetary item worth even remotely considering.     

    

   

Edited April 2, 2021 by Dusty Plains

[MARYROSE02]

13 hours ago, Dusty Plains said:

Yes it did move out, but it was such a vibrant and active scene at one time, that it was both inner city and suburban. I recall being at Chequers nightclub in Goulburn Street in the south of the city ( Sydney) and being entertained by Sammy Davis Jnr,, then moving out to the suburbs seeing acts such as Gene Pitney, The Searchers and Gerry Marsden at the Revesby Workers Club, then Roy Orbison at some club near Campbelltown ( Campbelltown for goodness sake??). This was in the early 1980's. Then there was Tom Jones at the Bankstown Sports Club (yes, Bankstown of all places, I would not even drive through there today.). Back to Chequers and Tony Bennett. Then Led Zeppelin and David Bowie jamming with local bands at the Bondi Lifesaver.   On top of this was an huge industry of local acts, entertainers, bands and such that those club entertainers were very prevalent across Sydney and NSW. 

There was also big-production Cabaret at the big clubs with huge auditoriums such Penrith Leagues Club, miles and miles out Sydney in the mid 70's. There was a buoyant nightlife across Sydney from the early 70's until the late 80s.

People got dressed up, had an early meal in the "Club" restaurants, then went up to the auditorium to enjoy the show. It was constant, and without doubt, a culture in Sydney whereby people were regularly out on Friday and Saturday nights with the odd add on on Sundays. Later, weekdays also became a night out. It was called "The Club Scene" and the were hundreds of Clubs in NSW.  The other states in Australia, apart from NSW, had absolutely no entertainment due to the fact  \ that licensing laws in those states were quite restrictive. In other words, and as an example on the Gold Coast, Queenslanders would travel, in droves, south of the border to get to the Twin Towns RSL in Tweed to play the poker machines, to have a meal in one of several restaurants in the TT Club and watch cabaret , as well as local and international acts. Back over the border into QLD they were offered fish and chips and the odd meat raffle (!!).   

Now look at NSW. Well actually there is not a whole lot to look at.

Most concert auditoriums in clubs are now poker machine dens. Chequers is long gone as is the Bondi Lifesaver. Where Roy Orbison, Gene Pitney, Tom Jones, The Searchers, Russel Morris, Gerry Marsden, and a host of both local and international acts once trod the boards on stage, these now poker machine dens and in many cases the stage has been removed.

I put the demise down to several issues that have emerged in principal (but not in principle), namely, and in order as follows:

1. Poker machines

2. Random Breath Testing

3. Immigrants from countries who had no concept of entertainment and no idea about having a good night out;

4. As in 3 above, people were far more entertained by poker machines;

5. As in 3, above people did not drink alcohol, and did not not eat at popular restaurants;

6. In the mid 80's people, like me and my family, were paying up to 17% bank interest rates on their home loans under a clueless Labor Government and so entertainment was never going to be a budgetary item worth even remotely considering.     

    

   

All the big clubs you mention are still running,  expanding too, Revesby Workers, Bankstown Sports Club,  Panthers, Castle Hill RSL, Dee Why RSL, South Juniors, etc etc. I was a member of Revesby RSL when my brother lived at Picnic Point. It was expanding when I was there building an extension.  Bankstown Sports has such a large car park they send out little carts to pick people up.

They are all still thriving, still putting on shows and gigs. I'm sure you can look up their websites and confirm this. They also stay open long after midnight and into the early hours.

As to getting dinner after 830pm. Well many pub kitchens and restaurants close around this time and up till 930pm depending on their customers. That's par for the course I'm most places.  Some also have a late menu.Chinatown and Thai town carry on till midnight and beyond.

It's true many of the venues you mention have closed, for different reasons. I don't know why. There used to be many places to hear rock or jazz.  Kings Cross  and Darlinghurst were almost destroyed by the lock out laws rushed in after two young men were killed by "coward punch" attacks.

The NSW govt has backtracked on those lock out laws now and places can open late again tho this in residential areas have to close at midnight.   That is the case in my suburb Surry Hills depending upon which part of the suburb you are in. Some pubs close at midnight, some at 3am, 4am and 6am. The Casino of course operates 7x24.

The lock out laws were selective too, applying to parts of the city and the Cross but not south in part of Surry Hills, nor in Newtown or Double Bay.

[Dusty Plains]

33 minutes ago, MARYROSE02 said:

All the big clubs you mention are still running,  expanding too, Revesby Workers, Bankstown Sports Club,  Panthers, Castle Hill RSL, Dee Why RSL, South Juniors, etc etc. I was a member of Revesby RSL when my brother lived at Picnic Point. It was expanding when I was there building an extension.  Bankstown Sports has such a large car park they send out little carts to pick people up.

They are all still thriving, still putting on shows and gigs. I'm sure you can look up their websites and confirm this. They also stay open long after midnight and into the early hours.

As to getting dinner after 830pm. Well many pub kitchens and restaurants close around this time and up till 930pm depending on their customers. That's par for the course I'm most places.  Some also have a late menu.Chinatown and Thai town carry on till midnight and beyond.

It's true many of the venues you mention have closed, for different reasons. I don't know why. There used to be many places to hear rock or jazz.  Kings Cross  and Darlinghurst were almost destroyed by the lock out laws rushed in after two young men were killed by "coward punch" attacks.

The NSW govt has backtracked on those lock out laws now and places can open late again tho this in residential areas have to close at midnight.   That is the case in my suburb Surry Hills depending upon which part of the suburb you are in. Some pubs close at midnight, some at 3am, 4am and 6am. The Casino of course operates 7x24.

The lock out laws were selective too, applying to parts of the city and the Cross but not south in part of Surry Hills, nor in Newtown or Double Bay.

But not to the extent that they were back then. For instance I saw Roy Orbison, The Big "O" Show at Ingleburn RSL in the 80s in a Grand Auditorium that is now the Poker Machine floor.  The No.1 entertainment event now at Ingleburn RSL?  Its The Thursday Night Meat Raffle. This is what I am talking about.  There is a predictable small blob of entertainers that do the club circuit and these are mainly tribute acts, associated with the music of Queen, Abba, etc etc.

So generally at the local club the best you will get is maybe the odd tribute band appearing every three weeks. At Bankstown Sports Club the upstairs auditorium would be full Friday evening, Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon, and this was sustained for many years long before tribute bans existed.

Hopefully the night life will gradually return now that there is a greater force aiming to do just that.       

[ramot]

Think this should all  be in Aussie chat, but many might not know about YCK (York, Clarence, Kent) Laneways Block Party. 10 small bars in the centre of Sydney with the support from the City of Sydney are banding together to put the precinct back on the map. From April onwards YCK Laneways is turning it’s venues and streets into event spaces celebrating culture and good times. All these small bars need support to keep going, having only just survived this last year. 

At least they are trying!

Edited April 3, 2021 by ramot

[Toots]

41 minutes ago, ramot said:

Think this should all  be in Aussie chat, but many might not know about YCK (York, Clarence, Kent) Laneways Block Party. 10 small bars in the centre of Sydney with the support from the City of Sydney are banding together to put the precinct back on the map. From April onwards YCK Laneways is turning it’s venues and streets into event spaces celebrating culture and good times. All these small bars need support to keep going, having only just survived this last year. 

At least they are trying!

I worked in York Street (very close to Wynyard station) then the whole company moved to an updated building round the corner in Erskine Street.  That whole area was always very busy, cafes, bars and restaurants and at that time there were a couple of small bars in the laneways.  Good to hear there are more of them.

[MARYROSE02]

2 hours ago, ramot said:

Think this should all  be in Aussie chat, but many might not know about YCK (York, Clarence, Kent) Laneways Block Party. 10 small bars in the centre of Sydney with the support from the City of Sydney are banding together to put the precinct back on the map. From April onwards YCK Laneways is turning it’s venues and streets into event spaces celebrating culture and good times. All these small bars need support to keep going, having only just survived this last year. 

At least they are trying!

I did not know that though it's a while since I was in Sydney.  Occasionally I will walk thru the tunnel under Central railway then either go straight on to Darling Harbour or turn right on George St and walk to Circular Quay.

I recall seeing the Duke of Clarence  - is that in York St - down a kind of alley. Maybe it's time for another exploration but most of the time I stay in my part of Surry Hills. I see a number of "small bars" have sprung up there too.

[MARYROSE02]

3 hours ago, Dusty Plains said:

But not to the extent that they were back then. For instance I saw Roy Orbison, The Big "O" Show at Ingleburn RSL in the 80s in a Grand Auditorium that is now the Poker Machine floor.  The No.1 entertainment event now at Ingleburn RSL?  Its The Thursday Night Meat Raffle. This is what I am talking about.  There is a predictable small blob of entertainers that do the club circuit and these are mainly tribute acts, associated with the music of Queen, Abba, etc etc.

So generally at the local club the best you will get is maybe the odd tribute band appearing every three weeks. At Bankstown Sports Club the upstairs auditorium would be full Friday evening, Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon, and this was sustained for many years long before tribute bans existed.

Hopefully the night life will gradually return now that there is a greater force aiming to do just that.       

Those shows are still on, maybe not in Ingleburn RSL but certainly in clubs like Revesby Workers  - I just had a look at their website  - Queen, ELO, Bee Gees tribute shows. The smaller clubs may not put on this shows though the meat raffles are always popular. Much as I hate pokies they provide the big clubs with the bulk of their income. Just about every pub has a pokies room and / or TAB, Keno.

I see RWC is open from 9am to 6am every day. Most of the mega clubs are out in the far burbs where I never go. 

Edited April 3, 2021 by MARYROSE02

[Dusty Plains]

On 03/04/2021 at 17:15, MARYROSE02 said:

Those shows are still on, maybe not in Ingleburn RSL but certainly in clubs like Revesby Workers  - I just had a look at their website  - Queen, ELO, Bee Gees tribute shows. The smaller clubs may not put on this shows though the meat raffles are always popular. Much as I hate pokies they provide the big clubs with the bulk of their income. Just about every pub has a pokies room and / or TAB, Keno.

I see RWC is open from 9am to 6am every day. Most of the mega clubs are out in the far burbs where I never go. 

I guess the point I was making within a conversation whereby posters had claimed that there was not a lot to do in certain parts of Australia. Although tarring the place with a single brush is neither an accurate or reasonable assessment, yet at the same time those OPs have a point. In many areas there is a whole lot not to do, and yes there can be boredom amongst the brigalow as we say in Australia.

Most Australians in those areas would agree with you, I would suspect.  Specifically some posters under this discussion thread indicated that one their reasons for moving back to the UK was the fact that there was no nightlife after 5 pm. That's Perth, Darwin and possibly Adelaide all of which are far more lively than Canberra for instance. At least Canberra has a 24 hr club in Kingston. 

Perhaps you could have come to Sydney where there is more night life but this resides in the Club Circuit, which was once greater than it is at the moment. I was pointing out that Sydney has recognised this malaise and has a formal endeavour to return to what will be possibly the great night out once again.

Join "the clubs".  They won't be knocking on your door, so go any find them.  

   

Edited April 4, 2021 by Dusty Plains

[Bulya]

26 minutes ago, Dusty Plains said:

I guess the point I was making within a conversation whereby posters had claimed that there was not a lot to do in certain parts of Australia. Although tarring the place with a single brush is neither an accurate or reasonable assessment, yet at the same time those OPs have a point. In many areas there is a whole lot not to do, and yes there can be boredom amongst the brigalow as we say in Australia.

Most Australians in those areas would agree with you, I would suspect.  Specifically some posters under this discussion thread indicated that one their reasons for moving back to the UK was the fact that there was no nightlife after 5 pm. That's Perth, Darwin and possibly Adelaide all of which are far more lively than Canberra for instance. At least Canberra has a 24 hr club in Kingston. 

Perhaps you could have come to Sydney where there is more night life but this resides in the Club Circuit, which was once greater than it is at the moment. I was pointing out that Sydney has recognised this malaise and has a formal endeavour to return to what will be possibly the great night out once again.

Join "the clubs".  They won't be knocking on your door, so go any find them.  

   

Canberra has the most relaxed liquor licensing rules in the country.  Large amount of nightclubs and bars open to 5am.  As an Eels supporter said on their forum a few months ago, he had 6 weeks work in Canberra and surprised to find that the nightlife was better than Sydney!  Hard to find though, a guide would be very useful 

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On 04/04/2021 at 19:11, Dusty Plains said:

I guess the point I was making within a conversation whereby posters had claimed that there was not a lot to do in certain parts of Australia. Although tarring the place with a single brush is neither an accurate or reasonable assessment, yet at the same time those OPs have a point. In many areas there is a whole lot not to do, and yes there can be boredom amongst the brigalow as we say in Australia.

Most Australians in those areas would agree with you, I would suspect.  Specifically some posters under this discussion thread indicated that one their reasons for moving back to the UK was the fact that there was no nightlife after 5 pm. That's Perth, Darwin and possibly Adelaide all of which are far more lively than Canberra for instance. At least Canberra has a 24 hr club in Kingston. 

Perhaps you could have come to Sydney where there is more night life but this resides in the Club Circuit, which was once greater than it is at the moment. I was pointing out that Sydney has recognised this malaise and has a formal endeavour to return to what will be possibly the great night out once again.

Join "the clubs".  They won't be knocking on your door, so go any find them.  

   

There are things I dislike about Sydney - traffic jams seven days a week for eg, but lack of things to do after dark is not one of them. 

I'm in the pub now at 2145. This one closes at midnight though I'll be long gone as I came out early. If I was in the mood there are a couple of pubs down the road open all night. Plus those RSL/Leagues/Workers clubs which I don't actually like, plus the casino open 24x7.