Tony Robinson's Time Walks | S2E9 | Geelong

GEELONG
Geelong missed out on being Victoria’s capital thanks to a quirk of nature, but this beautiful seaside town doesn’t lack for unusual history. Horses hiding out, never to be seen again prison escapees, false maps, and a load of old bollards are proof positive that a walk around Geelong is one not to be missed.

[@connorgifford-andrews1322]

Home to the Greatest Team of All

[@KatiB5587]

Ahh, the bollards of my hometown. They're featured in so many photos from my adolescence, when I attended school a few minutes from the waterfront. It's awesome seeing Geelong get some love for a change.

[@CandiGlamNails]

Yay! Love to see my hometown featured! Even learned a couple of things I didn’t know!

[@tonyh9875]

A great way of displaying the beauties of my home city. I was just wandering along the Waterfront yesterday, thinking how beautiful the whole place is now, and this popped up in my KZbin list. Thanks Tony Robinson.

[@stillbuyingcds]

I grew up close to the St.Albans gatehouse. It used to be abandoned before ownership and renovation into a home, us kids thought it was haunted. Nice summary but missed the botanic gardens and a mention of William Buckley.

[@cameronstacey2108]

Didn't we all get told a jockey hung himself in there and his ghost is still there?

[@spiralpython1989]

My adopted home and my kids’ hometown. I was not expecting such a lovingly made tribute. Thank you 🙏

[@brianmcdonald2045]

That was great. Born in Geelong in 1947 and I am still here. I am glad Geelong is not the capital of Victoria. The hotel where Tony talked to the guy about ice is the Carrington Hotel. It was my watering hole many years ago. I used to work over the road and my workmates and I would frequent it.

[@bigboyzak]

Wow! Congrats on living such a long amazing life!

[@ChezzaAU]

Brian, did you work at Brown-Murphy?

[@brianmcdonald2045]

@@ChezzaAU Yes I did and also at Merko Nissan. Where is our connection

[@ChezzaAU]

I lived in the house directly opp the Carrington🙂

[@brianmcdonald2045]

@@ChezzaAU Was that the double story white house in Myers street?

[@PeterMilanovski]

Totally missed out on the Botanical gardens! Both in Geelong and Melbourne! Both are very amazing places.

[@HappyToBriMe]

When you live there... And know how bad it is

[@davidgreen5934]

Grew up in Geelong. Haven't lived there in over thirty years. Really miss the place but it's always nice to visit when I can. Feel at home there

[@OZZIESPOCK]

Geelong is fantastic - everyone should come and enjoy it

[@johnv341]

NO! The roads are choked. Sleepy Hollow preferred. Grockels should go somewhere else!

[@triarb5790]

@@johnv341 Grockels.. you my friend were surely born in the West country of England

[@johnv341]

@@triarb5790 not born there but lived in Exeter for 2 years. Some ancestors were West country.

[@stephenbarbieri3269]

Those old people at the jail are more likely to break their hips than break out

[@pavementpounder7502]

Never noticed the rabbits, learn something new every day.

[@juliefarrugia4669]

I moved here 6 six ago, from Melbourne. This is my home now. 💕

[@guyb6665]

Shhhh it's a secret that Geelong is actually nice

[@LolLol-xy4rh]

Well this was unexpected like really unexpected

[@karlheinzwill7898]

hello my friend, i was in 1988 geelong I've loved this city ever since. Greetings Kale Viele Grüße Deutschland . Ich habe noch Verwante in Geelong Wohnen .

[@T3TomTomAwesomeYTchannel]

Baldrick was my fav character in Blackadder

[@dianedevery3711]

Time Team for me.

[@stillbuyingcds]

Don't ask him to make you a coffee!

[@dougdigby765]

He had cunning plans.

[@T3TomTomAwesomeYTchannel]

Indeed

[@westaussie965]

He’s a mega lefty😡

[@ianmontgomery7534]

Interesting that St Albans Park homestead and Geelong Gaol are now both owned by the same person.

[@andyjay9346]

My God! Imagine walking down Swanston Street Geelong?

[@cameronwhyte7223]

Done it many times.

[@antoninarivituso8594]

@@cameronwhyte7223 i lived close by cant say i walked down it that much i was at the other end pretty cool old Geelong side.

[@adriaandeleeuw8339]

MMMM Melbourne cup day is a Holiday, so no school, maybe a taller tale than portrayed!

[@tfj100]

Not a gazetted public holiday til 1877, and even if it was, who knows whether Geelong would treat a Melbourne public holiday as a Geelong public holiday

[@sewmad1400]

@@tfj100 yes indeed. I live in Geelong and I can confirm that many schools here take Geelong Cup as the holiday instead of Melbourne Cup, and on Melbourne Cup day shops down here are open for business. 😊

[@algaegaming3834]

love how he only got the best bits of gbasher, we need to release the excellence that is corio and whittington onto the world!

[@jasdog71]

Now that would make an interesting video. The ads before would run longer than the actual info.

[@dianedevery3711]

No place is all good or all bad.

[@antoninarivituso8594]

i lived across the road from back of that jail were Tony is. i feel pretty grateful living here we have alot of space. and they use to come over to ask if they seen a prisoner around our house lol. doubt they would come there they would try and get away as far as possible, scarey it was for us though.

[@victorianrichard8097]

carro villa state very beautuful tony uncle

[@victoriablake3428]

Geelong is the best

[@f.b.i.3380]

1:05 I sat there at that very table and had lunch with my girlfriend 3 days ago.

[@yellowcarpet265]

16:17 i go past that bottle'o on my way to school every day

[@CorvoAttan0]

Pogchamp

[@letsseeif]

Tony. The term 'bungalows' (ex British India), in Australia, means ANY house of ONE story. Australian's think of Bungalows as thirties lean-toos out the back - often dark green with trellis. Now largely gone & replaced by 'recreational decks'. SO DON'T CALL AUSSIE SINGLE STORY HOUSES, BUNGALOWS. thanks Tony.

[@samuelmills2649]

And Timezone

[@user-bp4hp1ld4n]

История не очень древняя, но интересная.

[@2255223388]

Zero mention of Phar Lap being a New Zealand horse

[@nevillemignot1681]

He was bred in NZ, but was 100% Australian.

[@jonathonlivingstonelemming1024]

One of his descendants is now NZ's PM.

[@2255223388]

@@jonathonlivingstonelemming1024 How original

[@nevillemignot1681]

@@jonathonlivingstonelemming1024 Er...................................Is that you Caligula?

[@stillbuyingcds]

Next you will be saying Russell Crowe and Neil Finn are kiwis!

[@feriginting1155]

One day Maybe i can visit geelong Say hello from indonesia

[@chrisshepherd6878]

Don't worry.lol

[@ackack2560]

Nah we don’t want you here LOL

[@victorianrichard8097]

tony the prioson is very old in australia

[@FilmingAustralia1623]

geelong is quite boring to be honest but there are some fun things to do

[@mrkarizma1]

Whilst I enjoyed this video about Geelong it was a little misleading that you walked from the waterfront to St Albans and back to the waterfront people may think it’s a walk they could do I’m guessing they could if they were fit and had a full day to do it in

[@algaegaming3834]

only good thing to come out of geelong was the barra i6

[@julianoloughlin6257]

Geelong's most current vermin - 21:20 RHS of screen.

[@westaussie965]

I didn’t see any Muslims 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@SickAunt]

Nicky, give it a rest will ya.

[@RadioSnivins]

I will not wag school and win the Melbourne Cup. I will not wag school and win the Melbourne Cup. I will not wag school and win the Melbourne Cup.

[@jonathonlivingstonelemming1024]

I guess today it's fitting to say GO CATS!.

[@victorianrichard8097]

geelong in state if victoria which called too long

[@ghs7714]

Right where you were standing on yhe promenade is where i did a shit 3 days before you filmed there

[@victorianrichard8097]

geelong had waxen statue in victoria geelong waxed rabbit tony

[@westaussie965]

You need to go back to school, concentrating on English 😂😂😂

[@alexhope212009]

You have really showed hor horrible Melbourne and surrounds are with this show, just a collection of the worst over-development Australia has to offer.

[@ghs7714]

25.50 you mean abos

[@tonyh9875]

What? You're in the wrong century. Even 60 years ago no one would have used that term on TV.

[@ghs7714]

@@tonyh9875 i read it still gets used..but not the last few years, as it his classed as offensive. I dont see how it is if it is a abbreviated word of aboriginals for short

[@tonyh9875]

@@ghs7714 - No one uses that term, unless they're outright bigoted. We still have a few people in Australia who fit that description. It's offensive, because it is ALWAYS used as a derogatory term. It's not a nice friendly nickname, any more than the 'N word' is just a nice friendly way of saying Negro. "Indigenous" or "Aboriginal" are both generally accepted. Geelong has a substantial local Aboriginal community, descendants of the local Wathaurong people. I'm just amazed that you watched a 27-minute, interesting doco about Geelong, my home town, and that was all you could find to comment on.

[@ghs7714]

@@tonyh9875 well said, i am suprised tha national wool musuem was not included in the Doco. Well i just needed to clarify that, as i have found a lot of Geelong locals using the Term i referenced earlier.

[@ackack2560]

Yes spot on, abos.