Wow, that is a great video/movie. I was born in 1957 and in those days I could only dream of such a place as I was brought up in the Far West of NSW and a town of 1,000
I remember going to Foster Tuncurry for holidays in the 60s and 70s. My uncle and cushions went every year at Christmas for close to 50 years. It's a great place.
my mob camped there in the free camping area foster by the bridge in 58 freaking beautiful joint then..Not so good now..cant put my finger on it but it sucks a bit now..probably all the ol grannies huts and bowling greens
Wow this sent me down a rabbit hole of emotions. Despite living in NSW all my life I'd never even heard of Forster before. I decided to check it out on Google maps and street view. After exploring the main street I came to the end of the road but it looked familiar. I sat and looked for a while before I realized that I was looking at the very location that one of my baby photos was taken almost 25 years ago! I can't believe it of all the streets in all the country I could have looked down I found the location of this photo that is very dear to me. All thanks to this video for sparking my curiosity. Thank you so much.
Wow how it looked when I was a baby its changed a bit now but the Lakes road is still much the same and those old kids entertainment parks up the other side of Tuncurry and 4 WD through Rainbow Flats love that FishNChip shop on the corner of the main drag
I cant believe that the "tank" area the big rock you seen the kids jumping off of used to have that much sand there, or the water has risen cause theres half the amount of sand today thats out of the water Best place as a kid to do everything from jumping into the water to rock pool exploring there now
Thanks AussieTV. We are gradually working through the collection and re-transferring to HD formats. Quite a big job as you can imagine. Thanks for the feedback.
Named after the the 4th Premier of NSW: William Forster. Yeah, it's weird the pronounciation doesn't emphasize the "r", but I found this explanation why: "The Australian accent is non-rhotic, meaning we only pronounce the letter R when it's followed by a vowel, whereas in rhotic accents like Irish or American, it is pronounced whenever it appears".
Wow, that is a great video/movie. I was born in 1957 and in those days I could only dream of such a place as I was brought up in the Far West of NSW and a town of 1,000
I remember going to Foster Tuncurry for holidays in the 60s and 70s. My uncle and cushions went every year at Christmas for close to 50 years. It's a great place.
It's nice to see that colour pictures and videos of 50 yrs ago. :)
My home since 1965 and it is still a holiday haven.
my mob camped there in the free camping area foster by the bridge in 58 freaking beautiful joint then..Not so good now..cant put my finger on it but it sucks a bit now..probably all the ol grannies huts and bowling greens
Lucky bugga!
Absolutely brilliant little film yet again thanks so much for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it
Wow this sent me down a rabbit hole of emotions. Despite living in NSW all my life I'd never even heard of Forster before. I decided to check it out on Google maps and street view. After exploring the main street I came to the end of the road but it looked familiar. I sat and looked for a while before I realized that I was looking at the very location that one of my baby photos was taken almost 25 years ago! I can't believe it of all the streets in all the country I could have looked down I found the location of this photo that is very dear to me. All thanks to this video for sparking my curiosity. Thank you so much.
Wow - great story, thanks for letting us know.
One of the finest place in NSW... My number one fav place to retire...
Great old video , thanks to the Commonwealth film unit.
Rock surfing... can't imagine the fun police allowing that today....
Love this Beautiful place to Live
Well done NFSA, this looks incredible.
Thanks Ben. trying to get as many re-scans to HD as we can.
Could see the old main street arcade "The Colony" in this footage.
I love port maqwarie and nelson bay as well!!!
WOW 🤩 what a paradise on earth 🌍.
Wow how it looked when I was a baby its changed a bit now but the Lakes road is still much the same and those old kids entertainment parks up the other side of Tuncurry and 4 WD through Rainbow Flats love that FishNChip shop on the corner of the main drag
I cant believe that the "tank" area the big rock you seen the kids jumping off of used to have that much sand there, or the water has risen cause theres half the amount of sand today thats out of the water
Best place as a kid to do everything from jumping into the water to rock pool exploring there now
How cool was the peters truck at the start.
I come up from the city whenever I can.
Thanks for uploading it in HD. It looks fantasic.
Thanks AussieTV. We are gradually working through the collection and re-transferring to HD formats. Quite a big job as you can imagine. Thanks for the feedback.
one of the geatest places to stay on the east coast
those were the days my friend
Great video nfsa.
stay at Smugglers cove in 2020 beautiful place
great thanks
Great video. Is there any video's of Tuncurry too?
Juston has been some fun
Heaven on Earth
This is how far these areas are from sydney Forster 3hr 45 m port maqwarie 4hr 45 and nelson may and Newcastle 2 hr 45!!!
Anybody remember the new Years Eve "thing" Let's burn the bridge?
ive lived here for 15 years forster is a crack den
you know what wood be cool, if sumoun made a before and avder canparunun
English?
The old shack
now the roads are packed with tourists and the oceans with litter. it’s a shame
all over Australia has changed
If it's pronounced 'Foster' why do they spell it 'Forster'?
they must be city folks
Named after the the 4th Premier of NSW: William Forster. Yeah, it's weird the pronounciation doesn't emphasize the "r", but I found this explanation why: "The Australian accent is non-rhotic, meaning we only pronounce the letter R when it's followed by a vowel, whereas in rhotic accents like Irish or American, it is pronounced whenever it appears".
@@darthschumy But then it should sound like 'faw-sta', not 'foss-ta'.
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Pseudo socialist powers are on the rise..Don't get trapped mate. LOVE from India. God bless my Aussie brothers , sisters, grand pas and grand mas.
Poor fish.
Suffocating to death.
Not civilised.
You must be one of dem social justice warrior's that now plague this country.
Ian Rivlin what a stupid comment for such a wonderful video.
Ian Rivlin - Seriously? Just another Political Correct Fool in Modern Day Society! Your type are like the “Plague”.
Why is it not okay to kill cows and sheep like that but okay for fish. We will get there one day.