You know you grew up on the Central Coast when...

[ryan]

I remember seeing Eric Worrell give a talk at the Reptile Park at Wyoming.

 

[Bear]

.... you remember the commonwealth banks at wyoming shopping centre, and in marketplace gosford.

 

[ExiledMariner]

This has certainly brought back some memories.

Here are a few I thought of in a hurry.

Movie Marathons at Erina then later Tuggerah were planned for weeks in advance even if you spent half the time throwing Jaffas at the screen.

You still occasionally refer to Blue Tounge as Graham Park.

You've fed Pelicans at one of either Woy Woy, Gosford, The Entrance, Long Jetty, Terrigal or Ettalong (could probably add to this list).

You've had your picture taken with 'Ploddy' The dinosaur at least 5 times.

You had a school excursion to either Patonga, Booker Bay, Henry Kendall Cottage, or Old Sydney Town (atleast twice).

 

[Ted]

My dad (was a redcoat and convict depending on the day) and my uncle (tractor ride driver) used to work at Old Sydney Town and I was there almost every weekend if not every 2nd weekend (sometimes dressed as a convict kid pestering the Redcoats). My dad had the cannon blow up in his face before he stopped working there. The explosion peppered his face with gun powder which remained under his skin until he passed away.

 

[Bear]

Hmm.... wonder why the place closed

 

[Ted]

Hmm.... wonder why the place closed

lol, ahh it went on for several years after his mishap. They did however stop making them light the cannon with a match though after he was injured.

 

[~Floss~]

Movie Marathons at ErinaGosford then later Erina or Tuggerah were planned for weeks in advance even if you spent half the time throwing Jaffas at the screen.

 

[Bear]

How old ARE you floss

 

[~Floss~]

I was 17 the last time I went to a movie marathon, and it was in Gosford.

 

[Bear]

f**k, that makes you 41. Didnt know you were that old champ

Another 1....

..... You remember the "big flower" nursery when it 1st opened at Ourimbah, but you have never been there

 

[~Floss~]

f**k, that makes you 41. Didnt know you were that old champ

Must've been 16 then.

 

[Ted]

39, 40, 41, 42 who's counting 

 

[~Floss~]

lol, it was in 1994 - Two of the movies were Pulp Fiction & Color of Night.

 

[Alicia]

f**k, that makes you 41. Didnt know you were that old champ

Another 1....

..... You remember the "big flower" nursery when it 1st opened at Ourimbah, but you have never been there

lol... spot on!

although i've now been there.... looking for a ficus   didn't find one though

 

[Alicia]

I was 17 the last time I went to a movie marathon, and it was in Gosford.

I too went to a movie marathon in gosford.... also went to one in erina.

Ahh... those were the days, eating spoonfuls of dry coffee like milo cause you thought it would help you stay awake.

 

[Bear]

f**k, that makes you 41. Didnt know you were that old champ

Another 1....

..... You remember the "big flower" nursery when it 1st opened at Ourimbah, but you have never been there

lol... spot on!

although i've now been there.... looking for a ficus   didn't find one though

Different nursery

 

[Alicia]

f**k, that makes you 41. Didnt know you were that old champ

Another 1....

..... You remember the "big flower" nursery when it 1st opened at Ourimbah, but you have never been there

lol... spot on!

although i've now been there.... looking for a ficus   didn't find one though

Different nursery

Oh yeah...  *slaps forehead*

Maybe we should have tried there lol

 

[scottmac]

Yuo knew you grew up on the coast when you can remember stories about what was inside ploddy.

Best one i heard was a old canon with wheels on it.

Can anyone remember when he had a hole in his stomach and you could climb in?

 

[~Floss~]

Yes: http://marinators.net/forum/index.php?topic=856.msg16984#msg16984

 

[ponno]

good thread  - I remember gosford being the hub of the central coast... i loved going shopping with mum to big fresh and pressing all the buttons to make the fruit dance and sing... and also the free breadrolls went down a treat... also chickadee at wyoming shopping centre before they upgraded it.... the excitement on the bus on the way home from school when we found out hungry jacks was opening at wyoming... we would have somewhere cool to 'hang'....