Rest in peace, Devonport Ovaltine factory - demolished last month!

@rhettcorbett3346

7 ай бұрын

Sad. I'm not from Tassie but visit my sister when I can. Seen that building a few times. Thought it would be Heritage listed ?

As a Tasmanian, born there in 1948 & growing up there til mid 60s, never experienced "one of the world's highest living standards" & didn't know any one who did. Everyone struggled to make ends meet, house hold income was notably lower than than the mainland. Halving said that, far outweighed by the abundance of good food, tremendous community spirit & idyllic environment, for a young boy it was like growing up in Disneyland. I had a childhood that resembled an Enid Blyton novel, and treasure the memories to this day.

@einfelder8262

7 ай бұрын

That's the definition of high standard of living.

Love the optimism of the era. None of the self loathing of today.

@SmallWonda

3 ай бұрын

Absolutely - I keep wondering when & where did it go so wrong? :(

I was 16 at the time this was made. Tassie was certainly a place of optimism and good government and comfortable living, even though it was never 5 star. I never wished for a better place to grow up, and now I appreciate having experienced it more every day. Nowadays there are 200,000 more people, ridiculous government, fees to do anything off the road, nothing appealing at all. Nothing there to entice me to return, even though suburban Melbourne grates for a bush grown boy.

From my youth good to look back, we left twenty years ago, not a mention then of environment issues like today, now they are into whiskey wine and salmon production with a very active tourism and luxury resorts. I knew Peter Mckinley, a very good cameraman!

Ah, memories! I had no idea about the kelp farming, or the "highest worlds living standards", I guess I mist that part! I have lived here in the USA, for the past 20 years now, but I do long to return to Tasmania as that is where I grew up, from Port Arthur to Hobart, then the Army, to South Vietnam, and a wonderful experience working not only in Tasmaia but also the Northern Territory, even back to Tassie for a while...Now Colorado; but, oh how I do miss my Tasmania!

“Sympathetic to industrial expansion”…. Says a lot.

Good to see a couple of new ones

All about exploiting the natural environment to the max, like a kid is a chocolate factory with no care for tomorrow :-(. I am an x Hobart local our house was nearly burnt down in 1967 bush fires!

A history of stable government.😂😂😂 The greenies changed that

Wasn't this loaded on the site 7 or 10 years ago This version is a much better version with better clarity much more detail visually particularly northwest dairy co op truck you can know actuall confirm what model truck it is Although not sure why edging couldn't be edited out A great documentary on what Tassie once was and what has been lost

And look at all the permanent damage that has been done to Tasmania that is increasing by the day. All in the name of progress and economical development. Absolute shame on past politicians for allowing vast areas of forest to be wiped out. The parts of the west coast desecrated by mining. The factories that made their profits and are now closed down which left many people with no hope of getting further employment.