The snack bar and bio box may have demolished? Some of the site is now is a hardware store(Home Timber & Hardware Tropics Hardware). Some of the entrance road is still there with houses(units?) along either side. Some of the ramps may still be there between the houses(units?) and the hardware store(possibly used by the hardware store as a storage yard?). Some of the fences may still be there too?
Cinema 1 - 246 seats, cinema 2 - 169 seats.
Cinema 1 - 323 seats, cinema 2 - 498 seats.
Also opened with “Sea devils”.
Opened on 30th June 1949 with “Good news” and “The Bride goes wild”.
Couldn’t that developer find someplace else in Santee to build the large industrial building?
Also known as Chullora Drive-in.
Opened on 24th October 1956 with “Walk into paradise” and “Shark hunt”.
Also called Shandon Drive-in.
Closed in the late 1970’s?
Opened on 21st October 1951 with “The daughter of Rosie O'Grady” and “The Bullfighters”.
Closed on 13th October 1985 with “Cheech and Chong things are tough all over” and “Blue thunder”.
Opened on 5th May 1955 with “Kiss me Kate” and “The red badge of Courage”.
There is a video on You Tube about this drive-in theatre - Pingelly Drive-in Cinema.
Also opened with “Miss Congeniality”.
Address is 53 Main Street, Meekatharra, WA,6642.
There a sign(heritage listing information?) on a pole, to the right of the entrance/exit in the above photo.
The address is 42 Main Street, Meekatharra, WA, 6642. This picture gardens has been heritage listed.
A mural of 2 blue and grey galahs sitting on a tree branch, has been painted on the front of the drive-in theatre screen by artist James Giddy.
Closed in 1983.
Named after Durham Cathedral in Durham, England.
Hall opened in(1940?).
Built by Paddy Baker. This site is now Tractor Wreckers(agricultural machinery and parts). The former snack bar/bio box building is used as offices.
There was a hot fat fire in the snack bar on 28th April 1978, causing damage to the roof and the buildings contents.
The snack bar and bio box may have demolished? Some of the site is now is a hardware store(Home Timber & Hardware Tropics Hardware). Some of the entrance road is still there with houses(units?) along either side. Some of the ramps may still be there between the houses(units?) and the hardware store(possibly used by the hardware store as a storage yard?). Some of the fences may still be there too?
Closed on 31st May 1981.