Well, I'd been away from Dunedin for 10 years at this time but clearly recognise all the features. Now in my 70's this brings back haunting memories of a wonderful youth in Dunedin!
Damn Donald. This is awesome! I was young back in 81, really liked how the Octagon looked back then. Those orange buses seemed like a luxury with their much wider doors.
As a lad, my dad had a really good mate called Don Madden and we used to meet with him quite often and go on holidays up central with him. Anyway, Don was a bit of a character and I recall that he drove the wrong way around the Octagon one night - it was such a daring thing to do back then!
Those were the days, I love that old fountain, in the octagon, especially Friday nights, with, the music and colored lights. Thanks so much. great memories
A real mixture of the unchanged and the very different. A great reminder of automotive history, all those car makes and models that are now sought after rarities or merely ghosts of the past.
Thank you for this video! I love Dunedin, I'm so proud that this city has been my home for all these years. No matter where I go in the world, my heart will always be here, wandering around the streets that surround the Octagon. Makes my heart warm to see that no matter what changes happen in the world, no matter what comes and goes, the seagulls will always perch on Robert Burn's head and Cargill's Monument will always look a little grubby haha :)
The Exchange area has deteriorated , the old ANZ Bank is a strip club , the old Chief Post Office is a Hotel and office space ( it was full of squatters when I returned in the early 2000's ) but there are a lot of empty shopfronts . There is a casino , but lower Rattray Street is no longer the restaurant and nightclub strip . Funny seeing all those ancient Brit cars wheezing along , now it is all slightly used Japanese imports . The views of Larnarch's Castle are interesting , these days it costs an arm and a leg merely to wander the grounds , venturing inside the old building itself involves the soul of one's firstborn . The local council wanted to tear the Railway Station down in the 80s , now it is one of the most photographed buildings in Aotearoa ... Ahhh Dunners , it's funny ol' place
Dunedin hasn’t seen a lot of economic growth since 1973. Most of the old local industry like the fisher & Paykel plant, hillside railway works, the big wool processing plant, Cadbury factory, sleights brewery, are now gone. Now it still has the university (which is more like a rich kid’s playground) and… …not a lot else unfortunately.
@@danieleyre8913 While the university employs a lot of people , it's relentless property acquisition program has moved millions of dollars out of the rates bucket . The university doesn't pay rates but owns a vast swathe of Dunedin's North End . The ratepayers subsidise the Uni as much as they do the Stadium . The ' rebuild ' of the Golden Mile shopping precinct has taken years longer than projected and sent a lot of the businesses bankrupt . Taking a car into the city is a disaster , and access to Main Street businesses a big pain . The city council always seems to work in direct opposition to the wishes of the people ...
I remember this so well. We had inly been in New Zealand a month, we moved to Dunedin from England. 1st sept 1981. Good to see after watching this not much has changed. Streets and roads have changed, majority of buildings still the same..
There are superficial changes in the infrastructure, older cars, etc but Dunedin generally looks the same. Dunedin is a big town and a small city. Hope it stays similar for at least a little while longer.
