One of the things about making really detailed videos, is I often stumble across interesting stuff when the video is almost complete, but it's too late to alter the script. On the last day I spent filming for the Werribee video, I was queuing for my doughnuts at Footscray station (I'd already filmed that part several weeks earlier - I was here purely for the doughnuts this time), and I noticed this logo embedded in the pavement outside the shop - a reminder of the original Olympic Doughnuts business. It's a set of trademark-dodging Olympic rings, surrounding a trio of dolphins, and the year Olympic Doughnuts was founded: 1979. The dolphins triggered a memory for me: in the original doughnut van, the jam was injected into the fresh doughnuts using a device shaped like a dolphin, and this dolphin was almost as iconic and well known as the van itself. Despite being too late to add this information to my video, this sent me down an internet research rabbit hole reading about Olympic Doughnuts, and it's owner Nick Tsiligiris. There's an amazing amount written about the little van outside the station, and I was pleased to find several pictures and videos of Nick (and the dolphin) hard at work. Sadly, Nick passed away in 2021.
And just a reminder: As I mentioned in the video, despite a different business now operating on the site, they're still serving fresh jam doughnuts, and they're still really good.
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**Additional Footscray Doughnut Lore Post**
One of the things about making really detailed videos, is I often stumble across interesting stuff when the video is almost complete, but it's too late to alter the script. On the last day I spent filming for the Werribee video, I was queuing for my doughnuts at Footscray station (I'd already filmed that part several weeks earlier - I was here purely for the doughnuts this time), and I noticed this logo embedded in the pavement outside the shop - a reminder of the original Olympic Doughnuts business. It's a set of trademark-dodging Olympic rings, surrounding a trio of dolphins, and the year Olympic Doughnuts was founded: 1979. The dolphins triggered a memory for me: in the original doughnut van, the jam was injected into the fresh doughnuts using a device shaped like a dolphin, and this dolphin was almost as iconic and well known as the van itself. Despite being too late to add this information to my video, this sent me down an internet research rabbit hole reading about Olympic Doughnuts, and it's owner Nick Tsiligiris. There's an amazing amount written about the little van outside the station, and I was pleased to find several pictures and videos of Nick (and the dolphin) hard at work. Sadly, Nick passed away in 2021.
There's a really good article about the history here: medium.com/@bram_p/olympic-doughnuts-remembering-a…
Also this wonderful 8 minute 'donutumentary:' vimeo.com/147400287
And just a reminder: As I mentioned in the video, despite a different business now operating on the site, they're still serving fresh jam doughnuts, and they're still really good.
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