Experience the nostalgic charm of Australian dive-in cinemas where moviegoers enjoy films poolside, escaping the summer heat and embracing a beloved tradition.
Chlorine cinema ... Zootopia screens at the dive-in cinema at Waterworld Aquatic Centre in Ridgehaven, South Australia . Poolside movie dive-ins are a time-honoured tradition in Australia . Cinemagoers in landlocked towns and suburbs can beat the evening heat by floating in inflatables at their local pool while watching a film. Imagine you’re lying on an inflatable lilo, fingers and toes dangling in warm, rippling water.
It’s almost dusk and the early evening calm is shattered by a piercing scream. Suddenly a great white shark appears, mouth agape with enormous, monstrous teeth. Nearby swimmers who were quietly chatting a moment ago are now flailing in terror. while paddling in the pool at their dive-in movie night. Dive-ins are a time-honoured tradition in landlocked Australia, where residents can’t easily access what much of the nation takes for granted on a hot summer day: proximity to the coast or an air-conditioned cinema. From Berridale in the Snowy Mountains to Blackheath in the Blue Mountains, for a little more than the price of a regular swim, locals get to watch a movie on a screen next to the pool while they splash, bob or float. Aquatic summer movie nights are popular in parts of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia, including at regional university campuses and water theme parks. Often, as in Shepparton, the film screened has some connection to the sea, water or swimming. Think Penguins of Madagascar, Finding Dory or Moana. My first experience of a dive-in was as an adult at Mount Druitt in western Sydney during the January school holidays. I had scheduled an evening catch-up with old friends in the area, and their kids had insisted we go to the local poo
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