The Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Australian Colour Diary 12

From the Film Australia Collection. Made by The National Film Board 1960. Directed by Jack S Allan. The Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Northwest of Australia in the Indian Ocean, provide a valuable link for Australia to the rest of the world.

[@danrobinson572]

Fantastic video very interesting

[@johnw4659]

I'd love to spend a day back in time on this beautiful island. Maybe even a month.

[@AlphaGeekgirl]

I find it odd, that Australians go to Bali, Fiji and Thailand, and yet we have our own tropical islands.
I get why locals don’t want their island Paradise, overrun by tourists, but I am sure if the numbers could be tightly controlled, that these islands would benefit tremendously from tourist income. I for one would prefer to holiday somewhere within Australia.

[@piffiiiiiiit]

I love the narration and dramatic music in these old news reels.

[@Shawnsteroz]

Still part of WA and yet I never been up there.

[@valeryburakshaev4659]

And I've never been there, although I went to sea as a fisherman in the Far East and now I live on the Volga in Samara

[@wbadventures2024]

Brilliant 😊

[@danrobinson572]

Does it still look like this?? Or is it built up bigger??

[@AlphaGeekgirl]

I looked it up about a year ago on Google Maps, and it looked pretty much the same from what I could tell

[@BrassLock]

That cameraman looked "just the ticket" swimming with his big black heavy boots on. I guess they counterbalanced his big heavy camera. 😅

[@poeterritory]

Coconut rations...

[@albertmoises6800]

"Promo sm" 🙃