SWAGMAN (LICENCED) RESTAURANT AUSTRALIAN AD

[pandaeyes42]

It's the fire insurance fraud we're famous for!

[1971mlm]

@dodgev8440 the Swagman site was originally a quarry not a swamp. There are many tales of a young girl that haunted the building. The story was a young girl that drowned in the bottom of the quarry. Maybe the De Jong family can enlighted me. I will ask and update when I know more.

[numpster71]

I remember having our year 11 social there...we all got smashed...smoking pott in the dunnies...then a masive fight, chairs flying all around...one of the blokes passed out and woke up after they had closed the doors . all i ate was the donuts...bring it back for our children to enjoy !

[venuecam]

@numpster71 mate you are a legend. Dead set.

[chrisjo77]

@numpster71 Haha!!!! This is the funniest comment on youtube!! I bet it was an awesome night!! Did the guy get a taxi home or did his mum pick him up? haha!

[vhcommy]

my old man worked there in the early 80s washing dishes to pay for the 18 % interest rate boom

[jq747]

Anyone notice how the term "smorgasbord" has been supplanted by "all you can eat"? Probably a better description anyway, judging by all the fat pigs in Sizzler and wherever.

[joshuanic]

These places always seemed to burn down mysteriously. Insurance companies refused to cover them.

[tigerlillys2]

I used to work at the Swagman in the 80's.....ahhh lots of fun! Anyone other ex swaggies out there????

[mulberryblueshimmer]

@thedys70 - I remember that donut machine! God the memories of this place....

[Nigaromia]

Can anybody tell me what compares to this today, I bet you cant.

[dodgev8440]

the swagman was built on top of a swamp

[HalfEatenDimSim]

I remember going there, aah the nostalgia.

[hitek555]

loved the swagman when i was a kid, what a shame the owner did a dodgy with the insurance when he burnt it to the ground.

[kuttsywood]

Remember the Uncle Arthur (Comedy Company) sketch they did here? (had a young Trevor Marmalade as MC)

Sad to hear that the place is gone...

[keratas]

I remember going there when I was 4, gorging on the food and squinting to see the floor show.

[Jollygreenslugg]

I went there in 1982 and thought it was brilliant. Hey, I was ten!!!

[Aragond68]

What a shame it burnt down. I mean, incredibly, PAINfully tacky, but, still, part of the 80s kulchure. LOL!!

[kguen6993]

One platter of lard ice-creams please, and six pots of heavy. While your at it tell that blow waved singer to belt out anything by Barry Manilow. Now, where's the dunny......

[Auscrawlrule]

I'll just have the whole pumpkin thanks.

[Havencheese]

There's two types of people in this world: Smorgies people or Swagman people. I know I'm a Swagman bloke all the way.

For some reason I'm having a flashback to a Sydney Swans game where someone had a banner that said 'SWAGMAN RESTAURANT RIP'...so very sad that I actually remember that.

[SkinnyPuppy69]

I went there in 1979. There were alot of bulimics there.

[zaim69]

i concur

[tintrojan]

What a venue! As a kid, all you could eat along with magic show/dancing girls was the bees knees. There is now an Aldi supermarket, Nando's, KFC etc where it used to stand.

[Barsopen1970]

went up in flames about then, yeah ( arson apparently - wanted insurance money then got busted from what i last heard) , that ferntree gully joint was brilliant ! heaps of stuff , many a good times there.

[thedys70]

Barsopen1970, you're telling me! I remember going there in the late 70s and early 80s for the family get togethers.

They had this massive dance floor, and a donut making machine i was simply obssesed with...

[AD2080]

I remember this. They burnt down around 15 years ago.