Getting to the Whitten Oval on matchdays in the VFL days and Early AFL days

[Twodogs]

Re: Getting to the Whitten Oval on matchdays in the VFL days and Early AFL days

Believe me Westy, you don't want to be driving around the inner west if you don't have to. There's lots of traffic, it's prone to gridlock at the drop of a hat and there are lots if insane drivers who view everything as a competition.

[azabob]

Re: Getting to the Whitten Oval on matchdays in the VFL days and Early AFL days

Believe me Westy, you don't want to be driving around the inner west if you don't have to. There's lots of traffic, it's prone to gridlock at the drop of a hat and there are lots if insane drivers who view everything as a competition.

Pre-empting Easty moving to the West?

[Twodogs]

Re: Getting to the Whitten Oval on matchdays in the VFL days and Early AFL days

Pre-empting Easty moving to the West?

The west is awash with Eastys these days.

[azabob]

Re: Getting to the Whitten Oval on matchdays in the VFL days and Early AFL days

The west is awash with Eastys these days.

So very true TD, so very true...

[Eastdog]

Re: Getting to the Whitten Oval on matchdays in the VFL days and Early AFL days

Believe me Westy, you don't want to be driving around the inner west if you don't have to. There's lots of traffic, it's prone to gridlock at the drop of a hat and there are lots if insane drivers who view everything as a competition.

Yeah the train trip I enjoy very easy getting in yesterday although I took the tram in to Southern Cross Station as the trains on my train line (Belgrave/Lilydale line) were replaced by buses. Parking options seem limited near Whitten Oval with the carpark at WO an option and maybe West Footscray station if its not full.

[Eastdog]

Re: Getting to the Whitten Oval on matchdays in the VFL days and Early AFL days

The west is awash with Eastys these days.

Probably a lot moving to the inner west and north as they are being priced out of buying in the east although the inner north now is very pricey so for people being close to the city at an affordable price the west offers that.

[Eastdog]

Re: Getting to the Whitten Oval on matchdays in the VFL days and Early AFL days

A few more photos

[HOSE B ROMERO]

Re: Getting to the Whitten Oval on matchdays in the VFL days and Early AFL days

Probably a lot moving to the inner west and north as they are being priced out of buying in the east although the inner north now is very pricey so for people being close to the city at an affordable price the west offers that.

Some cheap warehouse living around Tottenham apparently

[Twodogs]

Re: Getting to the Whitten Oval on matchdays in the VFL days and Early AFL days

Some cheap warehouse living around Tottenham apparently

Mate, it'd be cheaper in the Tottenham in London!

[Eastdog]

Re: Getting to the Whitten Oval on matchdays in the VFL days and Early AFL days

Tottenham is mostly an industrial suburb I believe. Braybrook is residential along with the other suburbs in the City of Maribyrnong. Brooklyn I believe is more on the industrial side but has residential as well.

[Twodogs]

Re: Getting to the Whitten Oval on matchdays in the VFL days and Early AFL days

Tottenham is mostly an industrial suburb I believe. Braybrook is residential along with the other suburbs in the City of Maribyrnong. Brooklyn I believe is more on the industrial side but has residential as well.

Totty is mostly residential these days, most of the factory's have closed but with the Westgate tunnel going through a lot of houses may well have to go. 20 years ago when I was looking to buy a hide a mate of mine who works in real estate warned me to not buy on the Paramount rd side of Tottenham because they were subject to compolsury acquisition.

Brooklyn is being turned into a huge housing estate, most of the parkland along Francis st is being redeveloped now. In fact I drove past a plot last week that had been levelled the day before and the day after they put a new building up. Mum was in the car with me and said "how King has that building been there?" I had to admit that I had drove past the day before and it wasn't there then.

Braybrook is, well, it's Braybrook where the locals all have the postcode tattooed on their necks!

[merantau]

Re: Getting to the Whitten Oval on matchdays in the VFL days and Early AFL days

Totty is mostly residential these days, most of the factory's have closed but with the Westgate tunnel going through a lot of houses may well have to go. 20 years ago when I was looking to buy a hide a mate of mine who works in real estate warned me to not buy on the Paramount rd side of Tottenham because they were subject to compolsury acquisition.

Brooklyn is being turned into a huge housing estate, most of the parkland along Francis st is being redeveloped now. In fact I drove past a plot last week that had been levelled the day before and the day after they put a new building up. Mum was in the car with me and said "how King has that building been there?" I had to admit that I had drove past the day before and it wasn't there then.

Braybrook is, well, it's Braybrook where the locals all have the postcode tattooed on their necks!

Ah, Braybrook and Tottenham. My heart beats faster at the very mention of those magical names. A Braybrook childhood and a Tottenham Tech education were great preparation for the journey called - LIFE. I had a fantastic childhood it the West and would not swap one second of it for somewhere else. We were free to roam far and wide and we did. Albion, Ardeer, Deer Park, Sunshine - West, North and East - St Albans, Braybrook, Maidstone, Tottenham, Brooklyn. This was our playground. We used to take the bus from South Rd to the Western Oval. It was always a great buzz taking the short walk from the Drill Hall to the ground. Away games - it was always the train from Tottenham Station.

[Twodogs]

Re: Getting to the Whitten Oval on matchdays in the VFL days and Early AFL days

Ah, Braybrook and Tottenham. My heart beats faster at the very mention of those magical names. A Braybrook childhood and a Tottenham Tech education were great preparation for the journey called - LIFE. I had a fantastic childhood it the West and would not swap one second of it for somewhere else. We were free to roam far and wide and we did. Albion, Ardeer, Deer Park, Sunshine - West, North and East - St Albans, Braybrook, Maidstone, Tottenham, Brooklyn. This was our playground. We used to take the bus from South Rd to the Western Oval. It was always a great buzz taking the short walk from the Drill Hall to the ground. Away games - it was always the train from Tottenham Station.

That reminds me. One day not long ago I was complaining to my mum about my daughter and something that she had done, I can't even remember what it was now. Mum looked me in the eye and said "when you were her age, you went to the milk bar around the corner one night. I didn't hear from you for a fortnight. You finally rang me from Sydney"

D'oh!

[merantau]

Re: Getting to the Whitten Oval on matchdays in the VFL days and Early AFL days

That reminds me. One day not long ago I was complaining to my mum about my daughter and something that she had done, I can't even remember what it was now. Mum looked me in the eye and said "when you were her age, you went to the milk bar around the corner one night. I didn't hear from you for a fortnight. You finally rang me from Sydney"

D'oh!

Thanks for the belly laugh!

[Vred]

Re: Getting to the Whitten Oval on matchdays in the VFL days and Early AFL days

That reminds me. One day not long ago I was complaining to my mum about my daughter and something that she had done, I can't even remember what it was now. Mum looked me in the eye and said "when you were her age, you went to the milk bar around the corner one night. I didn't hear from you for a fortnight. You finally rang me from Sydney"

D'oh!

Jesus, sounds like one hell of a bender