Westview Drive-In
Mitchell Highway and Westview Street,
Dubbo,
NSW
2830
Mitchell Highway and Westview Street,
Dubbo,
NSW
2830
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The Westview Drive-In opened 8th October 1970 at the corner of Mitchell Highway and Westview Street. The opening film was Clint Eastwood in “Kelly’s Heroes”. The drive-in could accommodate 550 cars. It closed in June 1984, but continued as a summer only operation until 1987. The drive-in site was still complete(the marquee sign was smashed, but still standing). The drive-in site was for sale, but no buyers after over 30+ years.
In January 2017 work began restoring the Westview Drive-In by the Dubbo City Youth Council to re-open it 7-9th April 2017 as part of the National Youth Week Program. Re-opened again October 19-21, 2018. It reopened on 1st June 2019 with “Avengers Endgame” and screened films during the cooler Winter months (June-October). The car capacity was reduced to 250.
It was closed on 2nd April 2022 and had been demolished by early-2024.
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It can fit 530 cars
They will play Incredibles 2, Jaws & Back to the Future
It will now reopen for a third time from the 16th-18th of November. The films played will be: The Lion King, Smokey and the Bandit and The Greatest Showman.
The drive-in has reopened, The drive-in will be screening movies in cooler months in 2019. It will be screening the movie “Avengers endgame” on 1/6/2019 and the NRL State or origin match(game 1) on 5/6/2019. The websites is https://www.westviewdrivein.com.au and https://www.facebook.com.au/westviewdrivein
They limit sessions to 250 cars and pre-sell tickets online only, you can’t buy them from the ticket box.
Tickets cost $40 per vehicle plus booking fee (this is not a per person charge) (max 7 per car)
The drive-in closed(permanently) on April 2 2922 with “Grease”. The drive-in has been sold(unknown who to?). The screen and other fittings have been sold. The speakers and speaker posts sand concrete bases were put up for sale on the Westview Drive-in Facebook page(n April 2022). The remaining unsold speaker posts and concrete bases were offered for people to pick in person(with your vehicle) for free(in May 2022). The marquee was sold too I think?
Correction closed on 2nd April 2022.
There is also a Instagram page for the Westview Drive-in.
need to update this to demolished, only the ramps are left.