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Westview Drive-In Mitchell Highway and Westview Street, Dubbo, NSW

Photo - By Brooke Chandler

The Westview Drive-In opened 8th October 1970 at the corner of Mitchell Highway and Westview Street.

The opening film was Clint Eastwood in “Kelly’s Heroes”. The drive-in could accommodate 550 cars. It closed in June 1984, but continued as a summer only operation until 1987. The drive-in site is still complete(the marquee sign is smashed, but still standing). The drive-in site is for sale, but no buyers after over 30+ years.

In January 2017 work began restoring the Westview Drive-In by the Dubbo City Youth Council to re-open it 7-9th April 2017 as part of the National Youth Week Program. Re-opened again October 19-21, 2018. It reopened on 1st June 2019 with “Avengers Endgame” and will be screening films during the cooler Winter months (June-October). The car capacity has been reduced to 250.

It was closed on 2nd April 2022 - Notes by David Coppock

Contributed by Greg Lynch -