It's a bit like buses. You wait for ages for one to come along and then two appear together.
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A second drive-in movie venue is to open in Canberra.
From July 1 to July 19, "Mov'in Car, Outdoor Car Cinema" will set up at the Questacon Centre between the National Library and the two art galleries.
It will offer films on five nights a week - every night except Monday and Tuesday - and it follows what the company says was a similar very successful offering in Sydney where 66 cars a night turned up.
Initially in Canberra, 50 vehicles will be allowed but, as restrictions ease from July 10, that will rise to 100 per night.
Toy Story, Titanic, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil and Joker are billed.
It follows the arrival of drive-in movies to Majura Park this coming weekend and for the following six weeks.
In an explosion of drive-in entertainment in Canberra, there's also going to be a "Parking Lot Social" where people can watch live, on-stage entertainment from cars.
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All the new Canberra drive-ins have been prompted by the coronavirus lockdown which has kept conventional cinemas and entertainment venues shut.
Both cinemas will offer food to the car door, in the case of the Questacon site, American-style pizza.
The sales pitch says: "Mov'in Car is bringing the 50s to your seat with a unique selection of New York style pizzas. Including the iconic Margarita, Pepperoni, Hawaiian, four cheeses and if your stomach got that extra room for a dessert, we've also got a Nutella one."
It is, in a sense, back to the future. The Starlight Drive-in closed in 1993 - though its sign survived as an iconic piece of schmaltzy Hollywood-style Canberra history.
It then went to a Fyshwick depot where it languished until a public appeal got it restored and placed back at its original site.
The sign came back but not the movies - until now, albeit in an emergency, and at different sites.
Steve Evans
Steve Evans is a reporter on The Canberra Times. He's been a BBC correspondent in New York, London, Berlin and Seoul and the sole reporter/photographer/paper deliverer on The Glen Innes Examiner in country New South Wales. "All the jobs have been fascinating - and so it continues."
Steve Evans is a reporter on The Canberra Times. He's been a BBC correspondent in New York, London, Berlin and Seoul and the sole reporter/photographer/paper deliverer on The Glen Innes Examiner in country New South Wales. "All the jobs have been fascinating - and so it continues."
