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Ah ok. I wasn't sure if you meant as in you just prefer Pizza Hut over Dominoes. That's interesting to hear. I've never had Sizzler before, but I remember when they were around.

What were your favourite shows growing up?

I actually went to the one in Campbelltown a couple of years ago, but I decided to leave, because I didn't really feel like having anything off their menu. I could always go back up there for lunch one time. Even though, I generally try to avoid going to Campbelltown (because it's a pretty ordinary suburb/area). 

Yep or just any shows that you liked when you were younger, in general.

For quite a while there used to be three Sizzler restaurants in Sydney, however the Carramar outlet (which I personally last had dinner at in 2012) closed around October 2015 and has since become a "Rashay's Café & Restaurant" (one of quite a few in Sydney) while the Sizzler at St George closed sometime in the first half of 2017 (I think).


As well as having the last Sizzler in Sydney, the Macarthur region of Sydney (which includes the City of Campbelltown) is also home to the last Pizza Hut dine-in restaurant at St Andrews and was also notable for having Sydney's last Blockbuster Video store at Mt Annan until it (and the adjacent Cold Rock Ice Creamery) closed in August last year.


I wonder how mediaexpert feels about you calling his home region "pretty ordinary"?

Aside from all of that, here's my question(s) for EyewitnessTV . I suspect the answers might be somewhat obvious but I'll ask anyway!

When you were on the Gold Coast for that week and a bit this January, did you visit any of the theme parks, beaches or other notable "touristy" locations that part of the world is best known for?

Interesting. How did you find the Sizzler at Carramar? Did you find the meal any good when you went there? The one I visited when I was up at the Gold Coast (in Mermaid) was just as good as I remember it when I went there when I was younger.

There was only ever one Sizzler resturant in Hobart that I can remember (which was in Moonah, about 6km north of Hobart). I can remember going there quite frequently when I was younger. As for Pizza Hut, there were quite a few of them down here in the 90s at their peak. Two were dine-in (one located in Bellerive and the other at Newtown, although the Bellerive store closed down close to 20 years ago now). There’s still a few stores currently trading including the one at out Newtown.

Re visiting “touristy” locations while on the Gold Coast “Somewhat obvious”. - Yeah, kinda!

Yes, I did! I went out to Dreamworld (although to be honest I found it to be a little disappointing compared to Movie World which I went to the previous year). As for beaches, Burleigh, Mermaid and Surfers, of course were ones I checked out while up there.

Yeah, it was good from what I remember. The Carramar Sizzler was probably the most accessable for a majority of Sydney (being just off the Hume Highway and all) so the closure was rather unfortunate. 

From what I remember of my first and only trip to the Gold Coast in January 2006, Movie World was one of the better theme parks. I visited Dreamworld for that trip too, but don't really remember much about the day now (afterall, it was more than 12 years ago )!

Good to hear that you visited some of the beaches too!

Since you've asked me, what are three interesting facts about you?

Since you're good with numbers, were you really good at maths at school?