A new use for a drive-in theatre

@JudyEv (365269)
Rockingham, Australia
November 13, 2025 6:01pm CST
There are many talented people scattered throughout Western Australia and one of them resides in the central wheatbelt area. She is responsible for some lovely murals, mostly of native Australian birds and wildflowers. The photo shows one of her efforts which adorns the no-longer-operating (obviously) drive-in theatre. We saw a great many pink and grey galahs around Mukinbudin where this photo was taken as well as other birds. What annoys me a bit about birds is that we hear the most beautiful bird songs while we’re camping but we can never manage to see which birds sing which songs.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (161551)
• United States
23h
That's a beautiful picture! We have a drive-in here. It's open from spring until late fall. Pretty and I used to go watch movies on the weekends but stopped when I started having trouble seeing to drive after dusk.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (161551)
• United States
21h
@JudyEv I don't know how many of them in the US are still operating.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (365269)
• Rockingham, Australia
20h
@DaddyEvil I think there might be three here.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (365269)
• Rockingham, Australia
22h
There aren't many drive-ins here that operate regularly.
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Traceyjayne
@Traceyjayne (6517)
• United Kingdom
14 Nov
That’s really beautiful and making good use of something which isn’t being used any more. I am shocking at identifying birdsongs ….
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (365269)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Nov
One country town has resurrected its drive-in and has movies about once a month.
Judy Evans
@JudyEv (365269)
• Rockingham, Australia
22h
@Traceyjayne Most of ours all closed quite some years ago. I think there are still about three still open and sometimes a pop-up screen goes up somewhere.
Traceyjayne
@Traceyjayne (6517)
• United Kingdom
14 Nov
@JudyEv we don’t really have drive ins in the UK…..very occasionally in a park they will put up a screen for a special film or event ….but it’s not a regular thing.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (106228)
• United States
14 Nov
They must be really cool to see in person.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (365269)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Nov
There are some really lovely murals around. This is one of my favourites.
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Traceyjayne
@Traceyjayne (6517)
• United Kingdom
14 Nov
@JudyEv oh I love that
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Amber
@AmbiePam (106228)
• United States
14 Nov
@JudyEv Oh, wow!
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Anna
@LadyDuck (487035)
• Italy
22h
This is a great usage of an old drive-in-theater. It's very hard to know which bird is singing which song, I always have the same problem.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (487035)
• Italy
22h
@JudyEv - I can hear birds singing here, but I only spotted a few.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (365269)
• Rockingham, Australia
22h
Some of the birds sing a lot but they're really hard to find in the foliage.
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Marie
@Tampa_girl7 (53743)
• United States
19h
What a cool idea for the old movie screen.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (365269)
• Rockingham, Australia
1h
It has turned an eyesore into something attractive.
Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (124920)
• Marion, Ohio
19h
Those look very life like.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (365269)
• Rockingham, Australia
1h
She has certainly captured them well.
LindaOH
@LindaOHio (205890)
• United States
22h
That's amazing work. I get sad when I see a drive-in no longer in operation.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (365269)
• Rockingham, Australia
22h
It's a shame to see these once-popular venues all closed up.
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