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"In some ways, I think travel is about learning how to see, learning how to pay attention. It's an alarm clock in some ways, and it's a jumpstart to putting our senses on the setting where they're universally receptive. I think theoretically we could do that at our homes, and yet somehow, surrounded by familiarity and the routine we know too well, our eyes tend to close and we don't notice the things that are so wondrous for a visitor. But as soon as we physically start moving we awaken to the beauties around us." --Pico Iyer

A night at the Drive-In

December 10th 2006 23:32


The last time I went to the Drive-In was about 10 years ago so when I saw that we had one in Queensland I just had to add it to the itinerary. Little did I realise that it was so far or I would have left it for this weekend when we are in Brisbane. Anyways it was well worth the trip. We are on the Sunshine Coast at the moment and headed off two hours before the show started at 8:30pm, just to give us enough time in case we got lost. The Gateway Bridge is always something quite spectacular at night, reaching up into the night sky and creating a glowing arch over the Port of Brisbane below. After crossing here we went through Murrarie, which offers some great night views over the colourful city of Brisbane in the distance. Things were going so nicely up until this point. As I have mentioned before I am not a huge fan of map books (simply because everyone winges about having to be navigator so every 5 seconds I have to pull over to look up where we are going.) so it was here that our directions from the internet went a little wrong. Let`s just say that we were half an hour late for the movie and were truly amazed when we got there and it was still interval! How lucky was that! (for those of you who intent to go here just head toward Beenleigh and you will see a huge truck stop on the left. Take that turnoff and it is sign posted from there.)

Located near Beenleigh on the beginning of Queensland`s Gold Coast is the Yatala Twin Drive-In. Their cafe area is done up with Elvis statues and Cadillac couches - it`s great! Felt like you were walking on the set of Grease. A word of warning it was rather packed so a little difficult to find a space. I would recommend going for the double feature so you can get there early.

Then it is just a case of sitting back, tuning into your radio station and hey presto, you are set for an evening of old fashioned entertainment.
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