Videos of Australia & New Zealand

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[oszkar07]

Sydney in the early 90s

You see a lot more caucasian people in that video in the early 90's than what you would now.
Walking around those parts of Sydney city today is akin to walking around Hong Kong.
I recall those early 90's days and i've been in all or most of those places shown.
I was an inner city kid from birth up untill age 15yo when i moved further out into the suburbs.

[oszkar07]

I lived in Balmain as a kid, went to 3 different schools there.
When i later moved to Glebe i would take that bus the 433 from Glebe to Balmain.
The area is a bit posh these days especially the harbour side but historically there was always a working to middleclass component.
It was lot less posh and somewhat more working to mid class when i lived there.
The green building on the water at 3.30 is Dawn Fraser salt water pool.I have swum there many times.


At 4.52 in below video is where I caught the bus home from school.

[oszkar07]

I moved from Balmain to Glebe when I was 10.
I lived in Glebe many years before the below news clip but when i lived in Glebe there was some very rough streets
like you see below particuliarly Mitchell street which was full of gangs.
I started club amateur boxing whilst living there when i was 13yo.
HAHA I had lived just around the corner from the 7-11 they are talking about lol.


Glebe today
It is generally very gentrified there is big university nearby hence lot young uni students around.
Glebe also has some old streets that were very working class and still has some those streets there is social housing and there was a lot of familes of men that worked on the wharves and docks and local factories.
Its a nice suburb but there was always rough pockets - certain streets you wouldnt walk down if you didnt know the local street gang.