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I've been to Byron Bay twice.

First and Last time.

I didn't actually set foot there because the parking spaces were all full. Literally nowhere to park so we went up to Brunswick Heads and had a counter lunch at the Brun.
 
I used to have to go up there for work...

Used to hate it....such a ******** place.
 
Apparently they burned down the gambling house......it died with an awful sound.
 
Not For Horses said:
Bit like being Tasmanian and being lumped with the bogans.
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What no-one?

That's an open goal right there with the goalie on his arse on the 1/2 way line

You've gone all PC on me
 
I oNly ever went to byron at night and they were all great :ph34r: . No one ever attempted to fight with me and i always picked up an exotic babe.
 
Had some friends go up there a fortnight ago, still plenty of buds available. Turns out their half the price of down here. Locally hasn't changed in 20 years. So much for cartels etc. just farmers trying to move product I reckon and keep the alternative lifestyle. It seems the town hast changed in the 18 years I haven't been there. At least they got the junkies out of the park, maybe?

I don't smoke pot nor are an advocate for legalisation, nor can I see it happening with the tobacco tax issues we are having now.

It's a shame it burnt down but if you had gone through the place it was just a museum of pot memorabilia and then nothing too exciting, a lot of collected junk turned into a dopers shrine...
 
Dave70 said:
Though the actual owner lives in Sydney, the business involved weren't insured. Heard the owner of the museum interviewed yesterday. He said they don't believe in insurance. I wasn't really surprised to hear him say that if I'm honest.

I know it seems like a long shot, but I'm guessing a naked flame or ember was the ignition source..
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Lol. Does he believe in insurance now? Bet the landlord did yeah.

Right now hes believing in getting a new shop built for free which he don't have to rent to a stinking hippie museum, and being covered for lost rent in the meantime. What will take its place?

Naked flame or ember? Possibly a scented candle also :lol:
 
First time I went to Nimbin was almost 20 years ago. I had just got my licence and went for a drive from Brisbane to the Northern Rivers area. I pulled up in the street. Took my seat belt off and before I even opened the door to get out, a kid (probably no older than 11 or 12) rides up beside me on his push bike, pulls out an ounce of weed and tries to sell it to me. There were plenty of people around and no-one batted an eyelid. Freaked me out a bit. Didn't see anyone walking down the street naked, though.

I've never been back. I've heard heroin had a strong grip on the town for quite a few years. There are much nicer towns in the region IMHO - Bellingen, Bangalow and Kyogle (as someone mentioned earlier) are some good examples.

As for legalising marijuana, I don't really have an opinion but I'd like to see how the 'Colorado Experiment' in the US goes over the next couple of years before I make judgment.
 
kalbarluke said:
. There are much nicer towns in the region IMHO - Bellingen, Bangalow and Kyogle (as someone mentioned earlier) are some good examples.
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Bang on there. Actually anywhere in the Northen Rivers is better than Byron...Nimbin is a pretty area, but the town itself is ****.
 
kalbarluke said:
First time I went to Nimbin was almost 20 years ago. I had just got my licence and went for a drive from Brisbane to the Northern Rivers area. I pulled up in the street. Took my seat belt off and before I even opened the door to get out, a kid (probably no older than 11 or 12) rides up beside me on his push bike, pulls out an ounce of weed and tries to sell it to me. There were plenty of people around and no-one batted an eyelid. Freaked me out a bit. Didn't see anyone walking down the street naked, though.
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I will never forget the expression on my friends face when I took him there for the first time. He was from brisbane and spent the whole drive down asking if I knew where, how who to score. We pulled up, didnt even have a foot on the ground and had two offers.
 
On my first visit we were going to have a coffee and something to eat, so I hit an ATM. While keying in I thought, hey I can smell dope, finished my transaction and turned around to see a young guy with a joint hanging out of his mouth. I was amazed as he held out a deal for me right there in the main street, I couldn't get away quick enough as I was sure it must have been a set up.

After walking around town and having similar offers up and down the street I realized what sort of place Nimbin was.

Batz
 
Pilchard said:
Had some friends go up there a fortnight ago, still plenty of buds available. Turns out their half the price of down here. Locally hasn't changed in 20 years. So much for cartels etc. just farmers trying to move product I reckon and keep the alternative lifestyle. It seems the town hast changed in the 18 years I haven't been there. At least they got the junkies out of the park, maybe?

I don't smoke pot nor are an advocate for legalisation, nor can I see it happening with the tobacco tax issues we are having now.

It's a shame it burnt down but if you had gone through the place it was just a museum of pot memorabilia and then nothing too exciting, a lot of collected junk turned into a dopers shrine...
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Nor was I for many years. Eventually my cognitive dissonance got the better of me.
Suffice to say I certainly don't think we'll be passing the spliff around same sex wedding receptions in this country any time soon.
 
kalbarluke said:
I've never been back. I've heard heroin had a strong grip on the town for quite a few years. There are much nicer towns in the region IMHO - Bellingen, Bangalow and Kyogle (as someone mentioned earlier) are some good examples.
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Bellingen is some 300km south of 'the region'.


Ducatiboy stu said:
I used to have to go up there for work...

Used to hate it....such a ******** place.
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Dude, you live in Grafton and you're paying out on Byron? That does not compute.


As for Nimbin, I think it went through it's darkest days in the 90's, when all of the junkies moved there from the capital cities for free/cheap rent, and the easy ability to make money (selling dope to tourists). That's when people were OD'ing in the park / toilets. The town was pretty much split in two with the older hippies who were against hard drugs pitted against the new smack addled blow-ins. It was very ugly.

The last few times I've been through there its been much cleaner, lots of colorful characters around. But then I'm not one to be bothered by people offering me bags of weed to sell, they're harmless and always go away and leave you alone following a polite 'no I'm right thanks'
 

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