Nimbin’s iconic buildings go up in smoke.

[Dave70]

Probably find a direct correlation around the time of junkie migrations to easier pickings up north and the decline of popularity of their traditional source of income in city's, the VCR.
Or not.

 

[shaunous]

Dude, you live in Grafton and you're paying out on Byron? That does not compute.

Stu's right, your wrong. Byron's a ***** hole.

As for Nimbin, it is also a ********, but I've had some fun times there at the Mardi-Grass festivals. I spent a month there one weekend

Watched a guy cup his hand, pour a vile of liquid LSD into it, lick it, then some few minutes later walk down the road along the tops of the parked cars, from bonnet, over roof along boot then continue to the next car. I had to pinch myself a few times to make sure I wasn't asleep and dreaming about 'fear and loathing in Las Vegas'.

Nimbin, it'll get ya!

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

Bellingen is some 300km south of 'the region'.



Dude, you live in Grafton and you're paying out on Byron? That does not compute.

Sorry, but Byron is not as greater place as you may think. You obviously havnt worked up there. Sure it looks prety and its popular for the sake of being popular...but underneath...sorry, but Grafton beats it hands down.

And so what if Bello is some 300km south, its still better..

 

[Liam_snorkel]

Can't surf at Grafton.

 

[Dave70]

Yes you can.
Its just called water skiing.

 

[djar007]

I used to live in a shed in the shipyards in Ballina as a kid. Been back a few times and it doesnt have the same feel as it once did. But then again, neither does Torquay , Cairns or Broome. We are beginning to sound like our fathers. Which is cool. They arent the same as they used to be either.

 

[sp0rk]

I used to live in a shed in the shipyards in Ballina as a kid. Been back a few times and it doesnt have the same feel as it once did. But then again, neither does Torquay , Cairns or Broome. We are beginning to sound like our fathers. Which is cool. They arent the same as they used to be either.

I grew up in Ballina, left in 2005
It's a massive ******** now...
Plenty of ice users, stabbings and massive brawls, just head out to West Ballina on a Friday/Saturday night if you want to see the effect of placing a Dan Murphy's very close to a big Indigenous/low socio-economic community...
Council don't give a **** about residents, all about development not infrastructure and won't spend a dollar that won't give them a massive return
The plan for the new marina/resort/high end units, which means ripping out a massive chunk of highly used public land is a great example of that
The deputy mayor was a friend of a friend when I was growing up, always thought he was a massive scum bag... </rant>

Can also confirm Byron is a massive hole, we used to hit Byron every other weekend to see bands or score party drugs for my mates (was never my thing)
Full of scumbag weekend hippies, arsehole yuppies and burnouts
Never felt safe walking around there at night
Mullumbimby, Kyogle or The Channon are/were where it's at if you wanna see an awesome hippy town

 

[djar007]

Channon market was awesome as a kid. Very laid back.

 

[shaunous]

Can't surf at Grafton.

Best beaches in Aus according to many are within half hour to 45mins away from Grafton town, so I'd argue that.

 

[sp0rk]

Best beaches in Aus according to many are within half hour to 45mins away from Grafton town, so I'd argue that.

The beaches at Wooli and Minnie Water are pretty damn awesome

 

[shaunous]

The beaches at Wooli and Minnie Water are pretty damn awesome

Sure are! Not Grafton town, but pretty much

 

[Phoney]

Sorry, but Byron is not as greater place as you may think. You obviously havnt worked up there. Sure it looks prety and its popular for the sake of being popular...but underneath...sorry, but Grafton beats it hands down.

And so what if Bello is some 300km south, its still better..

I had a friend who lived in Byron so spent many a weekend up there. Sure, the weekend nights can get ugly with brawls and drunks spewing in the street etc. But thats no different to the town centers of a lot of towns and cities around Australia in that respect. Bondi & Manly are not much better either, though Manly's cleaned up its act recently. The beaches in Byron are indeed pretty beautiful (for town beaches, no comparison to national park beaches), and unlike every other coastal town in Australia at least its got a bit of a cool vibe and it's not just full of geriatrics and bowling clubs (eg: Yamba, Evans Head, Port Maq etc). All in all, I dont mind it, and would rather live there than most other mid-sized towns.

Ballina is bogan central, Tweed heads is a mix of bogans and geriatrics.

Grafton, Kempsey and Taree are all pretty much the same. Large service towns, recently bypassed from the highway, significant derro populations, not much going on but pretty once you get out of town. Apples and oranges with Byron really.

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

The beaches at Wooli and Minnie Water are pretty damn awesome

And Wooli oysters are awsome...best on the east coast by far.

Byron Bay is just the Gold Coast for wanna be hippies alternate lifestylers......mka esure you have plenty of coin if you want to go to either of those 2 **** holes

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

I had a friend who lived in Byron so spent many a weekend up there. Sure, the weekend nights can get ugly with brawls and drunks spewing in the street. But it's no different to the town centers of a lot of towns and cities around

Well we dont get that here in Grafton......

Grafton, Kempsey and Taree are all pretty much the same. Service towns, recently bypassed from the highway, significant derro populations, not much going on but pretty once you get out of town.

Wrong.

Sorry Phoney, but you wont win this argument. Byron Pay is a phoney place, just like your name...

 

[Phoney]

Sorry Phoney, but you wont win this argument. Byron Pay is a phoney place, just like your name...

OK perhaps not. But you're not doing much to argue your point other than calling out names and telling me I'm wrong.....

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

Its not much of an argument when we all know the truth...and yes...you are wrong.

 

[sponge]

I really liked Ballina when I was working there a bit a couple of years ago.

That was until I started spending longer periods of time (including weekends) there during commissioning. God dam things get dirty after sunset on a Friday and Saturday. All I can say is that I am very, very thankful I accidentally sank the black ball early on in the final of a pool comp at the Shawsy. Things were not looking good for this little out-of-town'er, coming along and beating some passionate locals at their local.

The locals seemed pretty happy when I left them my runners-up prize of a 6-er of veebs though.

After a couple of trips up to Byron on some weekends, although I didn't spend long enough to really give it a fair chance, I really didn't enjoy it.

 

[sp0rk]

And the Shawsy is in East Ballina, the nicer side of town...

 

[sponge]

I only dared travel to the west when the sun was in full view :lol:

The shawsy just happened to be opposite where I was staying and had some cheap lamb shanks for a feed, so spent more time there during the week than the other watering holes in town. Weekends were a different story though..

 

[Dave70]

Not hearing much love for Yamba or Iluka..

I like Iluka cos I can drive straight onto it. Saves lugging children and an esky over scorching sand.

I like Yamba (Pippi beach) cos one day I saw a ladies ****s.