Address is 7 Majors Road, driveway still exists along with the fence. As far as the actual site, only the screen seems to be left – it can be seen from the road on Google Street view in 2015, the rest is overgrown.
Looks like its now the home of Oakey Soccer Club, there is a couple of soccer pitches where the ramps were and the old diner with bio box on the roof is their club rooms.
Looks like it was subdivided into about 2 or 3 blocks, as mentioned ticket booth remains in the drive way of a house built on the land. Also the original drive way, front fence and even remains of the sign were still there in 2014 on Google Street view.
The original ticket box and entrance road STILL exist on McComas Grove! The ticket box has been gutted and turned into a shelter with park benches underneath, the entrance road is blocked off from the street and goes up to what’s left of the ticket box.
The ticket box is at a side entrance on Faraday St, it can be seen on Google street view. Also I’m assuming the toilets/snack bar are in the town hall which appears to share the property. What a cool looking little drive-in!
I saw many movies here as a kid, I saw my first movie “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” at this cinema. I also saw “Mortal Kombat” here and it was packed out with a line of people going outside the building.
One interesting feature I remember was inside the foyer there was this cool light structure in the ceiling. It was an inverted dome that was multi-coloured and would cycle through different colours.
I went to this complex a few times, the original Village twin across the road was a lot better. You would have to buy tickets from the original twin and walk across the road to this one. It didn’t have its own box office. I think there was also a night club inside the ground level near these screens. The building was called the “Peninsula Centre” and still is the tallest building in Frankston. As far as I know its empty at the moment, there was a plan at one stage for Jamie Durie to convert the top levels into apartments.
Address is 7 Majors Road, driveway still exists along with the fence. As far as the actual site, only the screen seems to be left – it can be seen from the road on Google Street view in 2015, the rest is overgrown.
Looks like its now the home of Oakey Soccer Club, there is a couple of soccer pitches where the ramps were and the old diner with bio box on the roof is their club rooms.
Looks like it was subdivided into about 2 or 3 blocks, as mentioned ticket booth remains in the drive way of a house built on the land. Also the original drive way, front fence and even remains of the sign were still there in 2014 on Google Street view.
According to Google Maps the address is 44318 Warrego Hwy.
The original entrance driveway somewhat remains, its been turned into a walking track from the road into the estate.
The original ticket box and entrance road STILL exist on McComas Grove! The ticket box has been gutted and turned into a shelter with park benches underneath, the entrance road is blocked off from the street and goes up to what’s left of the ticket box.
It now appears to be a housing estate appropriately called Swan Lake Drive.
The school that was built on the site, Vista Middle School appears to have a tribute to the drive-in with its logo of a cowboy on a horse.
Apparently was on Dyson Rd according to this link:
http://www.samemory.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=1292
The ticket box is at a side entrance on Faraday St, it can be seen on Google street view. Also I’m assuming the toilets/snack bar are in the town hall which appears to share the property. What a cool looking little drive-in!
Now appears to be called The Corner Drive-in and only open for special occasions:
https://tibooburramotel.com.au/images/corner-drive-in-theatre/
Home of Dr D Studios, Kennedy/Miller/Mitchell production company. Dr George Miller bought it shortly after Mad Max 2 came out I think.
I saw many movies here as a kid, I saw my first movie “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” at this cinema. I also saw “Mortal Kombat” here and it was packed out with a line of people going outside the building.
One interesting feature I remember was inside the foyer there was this cool light structure in the ceiling. It was an inverted dome that was multi-coloured and would cycle through different colours.
I went to this complex a few times, the original Village twin across the road was a lot better. You would have to buy tickets from the original twin and walk across the road to this one. It didn’t have its own box office. I think there was also a night club inside the ground level near these screens. The building was called the “Peninsula Centre” and still is the tallest building in Frankston. As far as I know its empty at the moment, there was a plan at one stage for Jamie Durie to convert the top levels into apartments.