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hank37w said:
I grew up in Cabramatta but moved on further South West in 1980/81. My Mum and Dad lived there to the day they died, both having come here from Poland.

My Mother in Law who is 90 still lives there to this day on her own for the last 20 years since her husband passed away.

Back in the day the Cabramatta/Fairfield area was full of Italians, Poles and many other Europeans that came here to make a better life for themselves after various conflicts in their countries of origin.

The Serbians & Croatians were pretty much lumped together as being Jugoslavian which didn't impress them too much as they were always having punch ups around the place among themselves.

The British Migrant Hostel was next door to Cabramatta High School where I received my secondary education and back at that time was full of British migrants as the name of the Barracks type accommodation would suggest.

The 70's was the start of a totally different migrant intake which once again changed the make up of the area and made it what it is today.
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Sweethearts Cabramatta and Marconi club were pumping during the Madonna days.
 
The 2 options of coloured pickle , I would love to know the real marinate , unreal addition to all the Lebanese chicken plates , I know it’s turnip was wondering who may have the real mix to produce them ,
 
426Tlgerland said:
The 2 options of coloured pickle , I would love to know the real marinate , unreal addition to all the Lebanese chicken plates , I know it’s turnip was wondering who may have the real mix to produce them ,
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You chuck a beetroot into the brine. Don't think you eat it (have never seen it served or eaten).
 
tony soprano said:
💯 bit of culture won't harm anyone
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Tony, they get buses full of well meaning folk from Cremorne and Avalon through Auburn every Saturday. To expose them to how the other half lives. Foodie tours, or some such crap. Some smart bloke is probably squeezing them for $75 a head. Their faces are pressed up against the bus windows in a combination of terror, amazement and confusion . . . as they gawk and point.
They take them to Giazentep, the old Turkish delight next door before it closed, Harkola, etc, etc. They buy up spices and ingredients that haven't yet migrated North of the Parramatta river. Put name tags on 'em, and everything. Don't need the ID's . . . you can pick their pale, bewildered faces a mile off.
I love enaging with them and watch the amazement on their faces when I speak proper English.
Yes mate, a bit of culture won't hurt anyone 🤣
 
tony soprano said:
Can you name some must visits
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How much time have you got !
For sport/ food( what a combo) try
-Turf Sports Bar 131 Queen St City
-Anywhere in Fitzroy main street
-Sandbar on the Bay at Port Melbourne
-the Esplanade Hotel St Kilda
-all the major city theatres, depending on what’s on
-Southbank concourse ( Crown and others)
-South Melbourne markets
-Day trip to the Yarra Valley
Melbourne is very suburban so lots of good places around the place that come and go.
Lots to do, weather a bit suss, but overall very eclectic. Quite different to Sydney.
And the ladies do dress well down here.
 
Go_You_Good_Things said:
Tony, they get buses full of well meaning folk from Cremorne and Avalon through Auburn every Saturday. To expose them to how the other half lives. Foodie tours, or some such crap. Some smart bloke is probably squeezing them for $75 a head. Their faces are pressed up against the bus windows in a combination of terror, amazement and confusion . . . as they gawk and point.
They take them to Giazentep, the old Turkish delight next door before it closed, Harkola, etc, etc. They buy up spices and ingredients that haven't yet migrated North of the Parramatta river. Put name tags on 'em, and everything. Don't need the ID's . . . you can pick their pale, bewildered faces a mile off.
I love enaging with them and watch the amazement on their faces when I speak proper English.
Yes mate, a bit of culture won't hurt anyone 🤣
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They could do scare nights to lakemba for the thrill seekers. 😂
 
TCL said:
Haven’t had kebab from auburn since pre Covid. Must do a trip. went to Souvlaki boys a few weeks back and dropped into Victoria yeeros they still taste great.
I also like a small piece of backlava or kadayif With vanilla ice cream.
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Oh bloody hell i havent had Victoria yeeros in ages thats the one in Marrickville? used go go with a mate after work sometimes when i was working at the airport. Which reminds me i used to get Souvlaki from a butcher in Belmore i think it was they were the best.
 
Kaito said:
McBurney road Cabra represent ☝️😆
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We lived in Lovoni Street on the East side about half way between the Hume Hwy and the railway station.

The Mother in Law still lives in Alick street in Cabramatta West.

Know McBurney Road quite well.
 
Magpie_Magic said:
Sadly Leichhardt died out. Was a mecca once even till 2010.

Sydney's really been smashed wkth lockout laws and lockdowns.

Not much doing these days.
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Yeah for sure. Leicchardt and Balmain
was always pumping. Lockout laws
killed the CBD area. I was living in
Potts Point/Kings Cross when young
Thomas Kelly lost his life in the
'coward punch' attack. Saw the place
decline first hand. Junkies and street walkers after that. RIP Tom
 
Halbrowne61 said:
How much time have you got !
For sport/ food( what a combo) try
-Turf Sports Bar 131 Queen St City
-Anywhere in Fitzroy main street
-Sandbar on the Bay at Port Melbourne
-the Esplanade Hotel St Kilda
-all the major city theatres, depending on what’s on
-Southbank concourse ( Crown and others)
-South Melbourne markets
-Day trip to the Yarra Valley
Melbourne is very suburban so lots of good places around the place that come and go.
Lots to do, weather a bit suss, but overall very eclectic. Quite different to Sydney.
And the ladies do dress well down here.
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Would love to go to Melbourne
some day. Heard so many good
things about Victoria it's a must go
 
tony soprano said:
Can you name some must visits
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Restaurant wise love Rare steakhouse, Waterfront. Stalicites on Lonsdale less formal. But food is everywhere. As a bars, loads of rooftop bars catering for different themes.

Use this as a guide.


Normally, we stay in CBD and cruise streets and shops daytime, coffee here coffee there taking note of little doors between shops which normally indicate access to a rooftop bar. Walking past food we decide where to eat that night and later try for drinks. At night one walks past a door with a bouncer or two......walk in and see if you like vibe and music. Elephant and Wheelbarrow pub on Bourke great on weekend's. Loads of bars Bourke st and Lonsdale st , Flinders lane. Strip club's King st.

And if you got any money left try Southgate strip leading to casino.

Charles Dickens underground pub awesome for watching sports from other states.

👍
 
Kaito said:
What year was that, 1964? Lol.
Auburn has changed so much..
The adjacent areas too, like Berala
and Lidcombe. Don't see a lot of
Anglos there anymore that's 4 sure.
Still a stronghold area though, as
you noted good people great food
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Yea probably a bit of an exaggeration. I left Auburn in 1979 and there was a fair middle eastern population then. More recently though the Chinese have become major inhabitants.
 
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