Driving around Perth WA 2004

[@johnbravo7542]

Not a single dual cab 4x4 in sight.

[@Dan4096]

And I'd hazard that the small number of genuine off-roaders we saw are actually used off-road

[@Runyamouth]

31:45 the radio host mentions that the year is 2003 just before Christmas. I was 15 years old in 03, attending Girrawheen Senior High back in the day when R&B and Hip-Hop was the mainstream sound. Sometimes i just wish i could have appreciated the time better. I love seeing this video & i still love Perth such a beautiful place to live.

[@kenchristie9214]

Today they are still playing the same repetitive amorphous crap.

[@aaronfitzgerald8902]

pretty cool to see all the cars from my childhood driving around was born 2001

[@ABCD-bl5rw]

The oneway roads, the old cars, wow.

[@macminator3000]

i was born '04 in Perth, cool to see how it looked when i joined humanity

[@pommygeezer9309]

I first visited Perth as a Backpacker in 2004. I was flat broke. I got a job with a South African bloke who had me as a labourer renovating a shop which is now Sayers Sisters on Lake St. I polished the concrete floors (no mask nothing) for $100 a day I thought I was living the dream back then 😂It became an Art Gallery. I live in Adelaide now but visit Perth once a month.. it's a different vibe now. Mind you it is everywhere - people are on edge, more. Less trusting. Social media and the internet has a lot to answer for I reckon.

[@JimmyHandtrixx]

whats changed in Perth? too many people? less locals??

[@johnbravo7542]

100% correct,but I still love Perth,it's changed unbelievably since 2003/2004 I walk the bridges around the river almost every day 10km 95% of this video I know like the back of my hand,I was 36 then.

[@SonofthePhantom]

@@JimmyHandtrixx Bit of both

[@Rubs104]

How funny, you drove down the street of my best friends house in Helena Valley! I remember playing spotlight there with the neighbourhood kids.

[@timvantori]

Ngl this was such a good period of time

[@LuminCC]

to be back at school in year 10 again would be a dream i could make some smart life changes, loose weight, don't buy into a $30k rc hobby, save money for the future ect

[@mrboogang]

I really miss the old Riverside Drive before Elizabeth Key. Travelled that route thousands of times since the late 70's with my parents to my Nannas in Belmont. How you've bent to international pressure and so called 'development' Perth. Nostalgia is an extremely powerful thing.

[@thevannmann]

Disagree. Myself and plenty of others prefer it as it is now. As it was, the foreshore was a boring nothingness with no focal point and car-centric design. You can't complain about development and then say you missed an entire Riverside Drive cutting right across the foreshore. That's contradiction at its finest. Elizabeth Quay and surrounds now and will continue in future to provide a pedestrianised focal point along the northern banks of Perth Water. Sometimes, it's best to take off the rose-tinted glasses.

[@mrboogang]

@@thevannmann You see, it's a great thing to be able to disagree with someone else, but it doesn't make you right. That's the thing about opinions - even assholes have them. No rose tinted glasses here. Have a great day. Muppet.

[@nickislade5533]

@@thevannmannis it still having issues with the river flow and causing algae. Never had that before.

[@sirtra]

​@@thevannmannwe can, just because you like it now and didn't like it back then doesn't mean it's better for everyone. Riverside drive was used for so many different things throughout the year which aren't possible anymore such as... 15:45 the moscow circus Telstra Rally Australia special stage Redbull Air Race Australia Day sky show concerts That's just off the top of my head but if i sat n thought about it for a while there is plenty more. Was it just a flat open grass land for much of the year? Sure, but the handful of events it was used for each and every year have all but disappeared as there is no where else suitable for many of them. It also used to be an emergency landing strip, whilst not really necessary these days it's just another indicator of how society and priorities have changed. The convention centre is an expensive eye sore, that even the government is admitting now was a mistake and is being redeveloped less than 20 years since it's completion. The Perth Arena is no match for the Burswood Dome - remember something called the Auto Expo? Yeah you're not hosting that in the convention centre or arena - the replacements that supposedly are bigger n better - are they? Elizabeth Quay and the new busport are okay but they are hardly a popular new focal point like say forest chase. When i look at all the "development" of the city all i see is poor decisions, bad planning and stuff that nobody asked for. What's your favourite thing about Elizabeth Quay that has only been made possible by it's creation? Another fancy cafe strip that hardly anyone goes to, not even by ppl who work in the CBD for lunch or friday night drinks? Sometimes it's worth listening to peoples complaints and not simply dismissing them whilst parroting government narratives about how these expensive projects which have failed to deliver on the promises they were sold under are actually a good thing... "pedestrianised focal point" Hey mate wanna meet for a drink at the Quay friday? - said no one ever 😂

[@zengstephen]

Elizabeth Quay is an expensive mistake in many ways. The biggest one in my opinion is that it cut off the Riverside Dr which connected to the freeway bypassing the CBD. Now every car needs to go to CBD in order to be go to freeway. Take a look the intersection of William Street and St George’s Terrace or The Esplanade at the peek times, it’s nightmare.

[@johnbravo7542]

Just noticing the Palm trees on River side drive,are now twice the height of what they were in 2004.

[@reasonableguy9090]

Thanks for uploading guys!👍

[@marciellopez5845]

Love this ❤️

[@deez2343]

I used to work at william St maccas from 2003-2005.... i was 15, and saw so many stabbings & overdoses... it put hairs on my chest

[@LinktheSamoyed]

heh I was right next door at Timezone around that time.

[@thestu4602]

Thanks for sharing, that was pretty cool!

[@h.r.hufnstuf4171]

I only remember Australian Idol and Big Brother being on alot in 2004

[@achawildenauer5348]

this road now become two line way

[@sam23696]

This is like someone uploading old colorized forgotten video footage from decades ago, but it's only 2004, which is just 8 years ago right? right?

[@robandwend]

Wrong 20 years ago. You must be living in 2012

[@charliegreen3426]

​@robandwend he was clearly making a joke lol

[@johnbravo7542]

@@charliegreen3426 You must be the only one in the room that got it!

[@variationss]

real time machine..

[@sachabinky2915]

Good stuff

[@EatYummyNoodles]

This is a huge difference of Perth back then to 2024 Perth😢

[@rrrohan2288]

are you on dialup and it took 20 years to finish uploading video?

[@robandwend]

Not sure what you're referring to. KZbin didn't exist when it was recorded. It was uploaded four years ago. Just because something appears in your stream doesn't mean it's just been uploaded.

[@rrrohan2288]

@@robandwend how loud was the whoosh when the joke flew over your head?

[@robandwend]

@@rrrohan2288 I'll let all the laughing emoji's and likes judge the joke.

[@jordanthfc8039]

Not much has changed

[@keysersoze6854]

The quay, crown towers a few other things.... it has def changed in my eyes not always for the best

[@johnbravo7542]

Where you been living under the Narrows bridge,like a hobo u 🤡

[@ceeemm1901]

In 2024, driving around Perth is still the only thing to do there, haha. As Tim Minchin said, "Anyone with any real talent, leaves...." (the poms behind)

[@Kayla-lh5we]

🙄🙄

[@nickislade5533]

Born and bred sandgroper are you, through generations…pom

[@kenchristie9214]

Typical Perth. One way street, have to stop at every light. Traffic control by congestion.

[@variationss]

build a better one then

[@ACDZ123]

More red lights means more revenue for the cops ...people always gonna run red lights

[@AT-AT-AT-AT]

pre brazilian invasion. great times.

[@Atom_gun]

Brazilians not as bad as Indians

[@Atom_gun]

Times were better then

[@gusman8195]

Interesting movie but that music was terrible then and just as terrible now !

[@benno8561]

Just before the mass influx of the third world horde. Go to Perth now, looks like a foreign city. Breaks my heart.

[@ACDZ123]

Vote 1 nation 🇦🇺

[@holobolo1661]

the irony of white people in australia complaining about immigrants is so funny

[@trainshavewheels]

​@holobolo1661 Not really. It's a western white nation. If the aboriginal people had managed to develop past a stone age society, perhaps they wouldn't have been overrun by a militarily and technologically advanced one. Invasion and colonisation was the way of the world for thousands of years. We're extremely lucky to live in a mostly politically stable world. Stick your virtue signalling comment up your dot.

[@Atom_gun]

@@holobolo1661might be ironical, but the peak of this nation was under European rule. And the downfall is coming steadily. Sure that the aboriginals might think differently, it sad what happened to their land and culture. But the Australia we know it won’t exist in a few generations. (It will get worse)