Blast from the past
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Re: Blast from the past
I think that 5xx is 585 or 595.
Re: Blast from the past
Awesome stuff, I remember the city in 1990 as a 19 year old, still working there 24 years later
Sad sad days with seas and seas of silver sh!t
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Re: Blast from the past
I've had a quick look at the video intro, I've had a close look at the Renault bus that was doing the 106 and it is 585,
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Re: Blast from the past
Good find. 583-5 & 6 were so perky to drive.
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Re: Blast from the past
Most of the inside stuff is filmed inside the QV1 building.
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Re: Blast from the past
Surely due to a combination of someone from the WA bush / outback on a first visit to Perth and the unhelpful / misleading signage erected by Main Roads WA in those days (and still?) ....esperanceguy wrote:Upon closer look, he came into the city via Riverside Drive, but still for some reason approached the (R&I) Tower from St Geo Tce West...
Bear in mind that there was nil Graham Farmer Fwy in the early 1990s, so the approach to Perth CBD from 'the North' was typically (and sign-posted) via Great Eastern Hwy and the Causeway. Which is where the confusion often set in for 'first-timers'. Because there was no sign stating Perth CBD was in a specific left or right or straight ahead direction when approaching the western end of the Causeway. Instead, the signage quoted 3 options using street names, Riverside Drive, Adelaide Tce, Hay St. Anyone unfamiliar with those streets and where they led (and still do lead) would tend to be baffled - and potentially choose the wrong one for reaching their destination.
Then again, the use of Riverside Drive westbound in the 'Perth arrival' scene appears to be as much an 'artistic' mechanism as anything else, almost certainly NOT a portrayal of 'reality'. I base this 'hypothesis' on the fact that, given the angle of the sun in these sequences, it is very clear that the hero's car was filmed westbound in Riverside Drive in the (late?) afternoon, but eastbound along St Georges Tce, between Mill and Barrack Sts, during relatively early morning ....
True, he might have got disoriented and ended up spending a night in his 'Yank-tank' parked up somewhere until the next morning. Equally true, his reason for being in Perth seems to be attending a morning meeting of some description, so he possibly wanted to make sure he was in the Perth CBD in plenty of time. But Gawrd knows where he intended to park ...
Personally, I am hard pressed to get beyond the 'artistic licence' angle. Let's face it, in terms of this production, the film and TV industry mainly existed (still exists) to entertain the masses. Not to portray reality. Even in so called 'reality TV'. But not in a series like Jackaroo .... surely ?
Best part is that a Transperth Renault (585) got to feature in the series ....
Re: Blast from the past
Its gone, the video is no longer on youtube
Sad sad days with seas and seas of silver sh!t
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Re: Blast from the past
Might have been removed due to copyright reasons