Skyline Drive-In Blacktown

Certainly a fun experience from a by-​gone era. And one DEFINITELY worth every penny (or should that be cent?)
At $ 10 per person (so 2 people in a car is $ 20) PER MOVIE it is still cheaper than going to a cinema. You do now have to pay PER MOVIE, but i’m not sure if they actually enforce that or not. The movie we saw, everyone left as soon as it finished.
There is a little AstroTurf picnic area in front of the restaurant/​concession stand thats great if you’d rather «picnic it»
Sound from the movies is beamed across 2 different FM frequencies (1 for each field), so the better your in car sound system, the better the sound.
It’s a cute touch that every spot has a metal replica of the old speakers that used to hang off of the car door
Plenty of options in the restaurant for food and munchies

The fact that it is still called ‘Greater Union’ and not ‘Event Cinemas’ speaks of how much of a dinosaur this place is. That being said, there is something magnificent about going back in time and experiencing things from another era. Throw that in with our amazing western Sydney community and you are in for a treat!
The comfort level is up to you. As a kid I remember we used to drive here in our 1986 Mitsubishi Star Wagon, all the seats would fold down which meant we could fit in a single bed mattress. We’d bring our pillows & blankets, open the boot of the car and fit all 5 kids lying down single file across the back.
I have seen people bring camping chairs, two seater sofas on the back of their utes, camping tents and cars with really really really dark tint which makes no sense cause how can they possibly watch the movie?!
Anyways, you really do need to be comfortable because you will get two movies for the price of one [unless stated otherwise]. $ 15.50 for an adult, $ 12.50 students/​pensioners, $ 12 for members & $ 11.50 for kids.
BYO snacks & drinks is a bonus. A word of warning for those who dislike smoking. If you have your doors open and/​or windows down you will get that unpleasant smell.
As the only drive-​in in Sydney, there is not much to compare it to however, it is a great novelty and definitely one to experience. I would highly recommend it to anyone

Kind of a cult classic, the 1968 movie Targets really ruined the drive-​in for me. Essentially, director Peter Bogdanovich could make a movie but he had to somehow incorporate these outtakes Roger Corman had lying around from a Boris Karloff picture. So he decides to make a movie about a killer and set the climax in a drive-​in theatre, upon where he attacks. So you can probably sense why it makes me a little uneasy.
But Sydney does indeed still have one remaining two screen drive-​in. Amazingly, projecting light 200m onto a giant screen doesn’t create the greatest picture fidelity, nor does pumping through a car’s FM radio, but that isn’t the point. The focus here is on the vibe and it’s a fun treat to enjoy this pastime of days gone by. There’s a concession stand with all kinds of snacks and hot food. It’s strictly takeaway stuff but it fits the modus operandi. And all tickets are to a double feature, so if you don’t like the second movie, you can drive around to the other screen.
One bit of advice: my battery momentarily died with 25 minutes left in True Grit, our second movie. So we had to switch between the wipers as it was raining and the radio, kind of relying on the surrounding cars to hear the movie. Good thing I had seen it before. But the advice is that if this does befall you, they have this awesome little battery/​torch kit with jumper leads that they can give you a jumpstart with once the movie ends. So don’t fret.