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It's called Auckland not that made up name

Im 50 and worked in construction all my life and see plenty of young people working hard and wanting to get ahead for themselves. Old timers I've talked to say things were much cruisier back in the day

But they got the equivalent of 200 years work out of them, compared to workers now.

@@ThatRobbieyou make it sound like they were slaves. It’s not that way at all. Timber men are timber men because they love it. “When you get sawdust in your shoes, you can never shake it out”, G R Crowder, my father. He was the second generation in our family to be a timber man. I am third and my son is fourth! We do it because we love it.

@@G.R.CrowderJr. You misunderstand my meaning. My point is that people worked hard back then. Now, everywhere I look, tradesmen etc are lazy, incompetent, slow and want too much money for the effort they make.

One of those guys is my great grandfather ❤

Thanks for letting me know. They will come this week.

Shhh, you aren't supposed to drown them. You'll have them listening in to your comments now. 😉

Times really change.

Me too. A bit older than 36 though. Bummer.

Parnell Baths on waterfront

It's not quite what it used to be... but it is still there: maps.app.goo.gl/CY5a63CWtAkvuNFV6

@@RaveDave871 Thanks for identifying it. I had completely forgotten them. They look different from Tamaki Drive. 😅

Not a lot of work around there I guess.

Kudrow just down the road and Omarama just up the road both heaving with tourists the A2O trail has alot to do with it. I live in Waimate

Watching the video is that any sort of surprise?

Except in summer when it's heaps more

More and more people around the world are craving for the basics now.

RMA wereby a person who lives in Northland can stop progress. Then jump on a plane to Aus for better wages because they dig coal up. But that person can still vote here in NZ so votes for the greens so NZ goes back ward

Because we ran out of rivers to dam, apart from a couple more planned ones down the Clutha. Which would have been a crying shame if they were built

​@@lastguy8613 what a load of crap

We didn't stop. NZ's electricity generation capacity is now something like five times greater than it was when Benmore opened.

Even in the 80's, we were much freer and easier-going then today.

That's an interesting observation, regarding the Olympics and development style. Mind you, I was there in 2018 briefly and visited Melbourne too. Melbourne used to be my favourite (as a boy)... but Sydney was so much better than Melbourne in 2018.

@@ThatRobbie First time I ever went to the city and was aware of it was in the late 90s. I remember it was a very brown city. A lot of old brick especially around the Central/Redfern/Newtown areas. It was a cosmopolitan shock to the system especially coming from the Western suburbs. So many sub cultures nested in the city so I frequented in parts for years before the party years. I watched its look change throughout the 2000s. My drinking days were in the 2000s and it was my generations fault Sydney has curfews by 10pm. Because we couldn't handle our drink causing at least a fatality or two a weekend just from fights. You had to really seek your crowd. I was fortunate enough to find things like warehouse parties and clubs more my style right when the club scenes started taking over. I had a relatively exciting nightlife in the 2000s. But my mum and dad would describe Sydney in the 80s and 70s and it was even better. Live bands in every venue. You could still smoke indoors. It was a culture that is long forgotten. I think Clubs NSW also has a large hand monopolising the nightlife market by setting up store in every major metro area to stop people from places like the Western suburbs from going out to places in the city. That's why I say the good times probably ended sometime around the 2000s. I caught a glimpse of that world before all the dance clubs and curfews took over. The face of Sydney was trying to be more post modern after the Olympics. I just remember this feeling of class being sacrificed for efficiency. Which I think fits right in with modern architecture. My highschool also moved to a brand new facility in my senior years so I was really exposed to this new identity Sydney began to adopt. Everything felt more sterilised, cheaper, but more efficient and easily disposable. Which I guess is the way the future should be. I don't know. Maybe it's just me but I remember things just looked better quality.

@@juliangrant9718 Personal perceptions are a funny thing. 20 years ago the city felt like a stagnant and pretty garbage place to me… I’d just been traveling around the shining cities of East Asia and came home to clogged unwalkable roads, dying infrastructure everywhere and the back end of the most violent periods of Kings Cross era - of which I got to see the joys of first hand whilst working in an ER. Now, the infrastructure has made it possible to get around the city in more than just your car, the CBD is super walkable, the footy stadia are better than ever and they’re bringing back trams. I reckon it’s bloody amazing. 20 years ago, I couldn’t wait to get out of the place and we all called it “Shitney”, but now I reckon it’s an awesome city.

But what sort of percentage of the population of those cites are immigrants?

@@ThatRobbie I was really referring to previous Australian governments not distributing population growths around Australia not anti immigration. If immigration was to discontinued in Australia our population would go into decline. Population of Sydney in 1970 was 2.6 million but now its approaching 6 million! and average life style is down with permanent rental not ownership situations.

I love a good bit of nostalgia... obviously.

Yes, the movements in the 80's brought about a great deal of change. Equality, LGBT+ rights and respect etc has come a long way and certainly little to complain about in that respect now.

The footage used was probably filmed during the two years prior, hence the pence and pounds. And no, safety was the least of our concerns back then. These videos were created to attract British immigrants. They are well white-washed.

I don't think anything is manufactured outside of Asia nowadays. Europe's the same... empty factories everywhere.

Glad you enjoyed it

The bridge approach! Mind you, they were all queuing at toll booths too.

Equality came later... 80's or so.

It's really vibrant and cheerful, isn't it?

Wasn’t often like that as I remember

@@CarolFremel-my4hs You're lucky, Carol. All the time I spent in Sydney (5 days a week) I saw a lot of hazy stuff. I have to be honest here though; Sometimes now I miss the smell of the city as I no longer live there. Central Station had it's own smell/feel and sometimes I get that and it takes me back. It's now a memory more than a carcinogen....which is a good thing!

I will be adding more videos of Sydney from other years... and other cities too. Teaser, I have a video coming up about a country girl moving to Sydney. It's brilliant... quite comical to watch because of the context of her falling in love etc, but highly amusing and sweet. This week, I hope.

@@ThatRobbie Look forward to it!

The way they worked... and without OSH, amazing they would even need a pension. 😂

The Jews had not changed our immigration policy yet

The Middle East.