Stories Of Our Town

Very excited to announce a new film and live music event coming Oct 1 for New Annual.
It's called Bizarre Newcastle. We are looking for stories about our Bizarre and Weird history. Give us some ideas. The movie will be shown amongst a Star Studded evening of music. By Local Legends Pucko, DJ Maynard (Castanets, Channel V, Triple J), Christa Hughes aka KK Juggy (Machine Gun Fe****io, Circus OZ) and Steve Abbott aka Sandman (Castanets, Triple J, Good News Week). It's going to a heap of fun and also "Old People" hours, doors open at 6.30, show finishes by 9 (You'll be back on the couch by 9.30 in your PJ's).
Please come. Book Now and tell your friends.https://tickets.newannual.com/WEBPAGES/EntaWebEvent/EventSBAndPrices.aspx

More interviews for our How Coal Shaped Newcastle 3 part series. Friday we were at Port Waratah Coal Services talking coal loading with the head honcho and legend of the industry Hennie du Plooy. This was fascinating. Over 150,000,000 tons of coal being shipped from Port Waratah every year. 40 trains (2km long) arrive everyday full of coal and demand hasn’t dropped. This topic is so polarising, especially in this area, that we are trying to give a voice to all sides.

The Coast in and around Newcastle Harbour (NSW) is littered with hundreds of shipwrecks occurring over two hundred years. For the full story, watch our film Shipwrecked Newcastle. This is a section from the film on a lesser known wreck, The Alpena. It’s a cracking story told by the cutest man to ever exist, Bill Hillier.
Enjoy

The Wreck of the Alpina The Coast in and around Newcastle Harbour (NSW) is littered with hu...

A little section from our Castanet Club film. Such a fun part of Newcastle’s history. You can watch the full film on our YouTube channel (Stories of Our Town). Like us if you like.

The Castanet Club Trailer This is a the trailer for our Castanet Club Film. The Castanet Clu...

We are so excited that our Ralph Snowball: Capturing Newcastle film just hit 60,000 view. This is one of the greatest story we've told. 8000 negatives found in a basement in Lambton that show, with exordinary detail, Newcastle's shift from a collection of villages to town/city, technological changes, our mining history, trains, industry and family. Here is the trailer for the film, go to our YouTube channel for the full film. If you like it, follow us. Enjoy.

Ralph Snowball Trailer This is from our documentary, Ralph Snowball: Capturing Newcastle. ...

Honoured to be asked by Lake Mac Libraries to attend a special exhibition at Swansea Library showcasing some newly unearthed hand written letters by the Reverend Threlkeld. These letter are almost 200yrs old and also fascinating and priceless. The deputy Mayor launched the exhibit and i was humbled to meet 7 Threlkeld descendants. Our Biraban and Threlkeld film is part of the display as well as images and artefacts connected to his work with Biraban. If you don't know who Threlkeld is, click the film like here. This is a story we all should be proud of. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTPjS-dOKgg

Amazing footage of the BHP coming down. An exert from our BHP Newcastle: A City Within A City film.

BHP Newcastle Demolition This is an excerpt from our documentary BHP: A City Within A City. ...

Who loved the Motordrome? The noise, the smells, the crunch of metal A 2min section from our More Than Hoons film. Watch and like it on Youtube
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Newcastle Motordrome Newcastle Motordrome was a huge part of the car racing scene from 1...