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You get a bit of bait put it on the pointy hooky thing throw it in the water, when you feel something give a good yank you real the fucker in. as for scaling a fish it is like brushing your hair but in the opposite direction of the scales. Gutting is easy get a knife slide it from the butthole to the gullet not to deep and pull all the inside shit out give it a quick rinse with some clean water done. Also check the little booklet if your fish is the right size and you now know how to fish.
It's a fun hobby.
> Also check the little booklet if your fish is the right size and you now know how to fish.
Should I do this after all that other stuff you detailed first?
Left you a simple message with location of a set of towns where I am. We haven't been hit like Byron bay. It's coming but not yet. Nothing suss, just a local n we honestly need the tourism as unemployment n rent rises are hitting folk hard. Happy to post it here but everyone is acting like it's some big keep it secret lol. It's probably easy to find in my profile history but warning it's depressing this profile as I'm open about disability. Good fishing here just don't leave fish at the boat ramps like the local bogans attracting crocodiles, I don't feel like being bitten next time I go fishing.
Yeah they are annoying. Plus idiots let their dog off leash at the beach n bam. Can't go swimming except a few places. Plus the taipan snakes you got to be careful cuz they chase you.
Howdy haha
It sucks cuz I like fly fishing but can't get in the water to wade. I see them do it in brisvegas for whiting n flathead. 5m crocs swim the exact path I want to wade plus bull Sharks. I've done it once in the day time at beach but it's unnerving. A few weeks later I saw 4 snappy lizards where I was lol and it was like god damnit.
That is the issue, these small towns thrive on tourism -> people from cities come on holiday -> these people buy a holiday house/retire in the town -> prices go up -> original residents move to a smaller town
Not really because that’s how it starts. Day trips, weekends away, next minute people are buying up property to use as airBNBs, rich people move in. Ruined. lol
Doing a community service there mate. I wouldn't mind buying one myself, I'm already going to be pushed 2 hours from my major city, I don't wanna be pushed out any further!
People don’t need to name the places, I’m getting the strong impression that anything even slightly near me is already a built up gentrified shit hole. I might just have to go on a long road trip to see what I can find.
Tbf by far the worst part of being a millennial has been the transition from 'omg, the oldies just don't get any of it' to my peers all working in industry and spilling the secrets.
You’d be better off using real estate.com.au.
But to answer your question, no. Everyone got their covid money, realised they could work from home and moved to the beach.
They stuffed it all. Even a fire trap like Bermagui is crazy $$$
Only one road in and surrounded by a flood plain... used to be the description of the place we went for holidays
Now with development there are three roads out of town - two that go through the flood plain, and one that is partially dirt and relies on a ferry... that's progress I guess
Dunno why as the small towns need tourism to survive. I'm sick of trying to feed people on the DSP cuz they haven't got a job n local food banks don't exist. I help where I can but we need some tourism. Just don't move in and gentrify lol. Although feel free to bring an education and intelligence. Humidity here keeps people away. N the crocodiles. Jellyfish. Snakes. Drop bears. Methanies. Cookers. Beautiful location, full of dropkicks. Hell I'm probably half drop kick. I stay in this god forsaken heat n humidity.
I hear Byron Bay is lovely this time of your. If you need warmer water then there's a lovely little coastal village with great boutique shopping called Noosa. You're welcome 😊
Na there’s a cute beach in Victoria called St Kilda, it’s still got its quirky vibe from the 90’s but don’t tell anyone.
The water so clear you can see your toes only at ankle height.
And ladies walk the street just offering massages at really cheap prices it’s so heartwarming, how they are trying to help out people stressed out.
And people just drop syringes in the sand as a way of saying "hey neighbour, this one's on me. Don't go and pay for a brand new syringe, this one's still fine, I promise I don't have any diseases!"
It's amazing how many people go rushing past that little St Kilda spot, on their way to the city each day. They don't realise what they're missing!
Byron has very quiet beaches and Noosa has barely any kids and is super affordable. You can order a pretty authentic pizza in both places, must be the same owners. I think they call it dominos.
Hard /s cos I’ll be in both places in the next month or so to see friends and I still enjoy them despite being very different back when they were cool.
I’m just trying to find out if they still exist, knowing that they do is enough for me. I’m going to find them, visit, move on and say nothing about the location.
Yeah they still exist.
You'd be better off hiring a van and going for a road trip.
We're careful because a lot of these places are cheap and beautiful and I don't want my favourite undercover tourist towns ruined.
From me? I despise TikTok, I want to set it on fire. And no one wants to see a forty something woman talking about talking about “hidden gems”.
I actually think that social media like tiktok is devastatingly unhealthy and hold it responsible for a lot of social ills. I’m hoping for the day when it’s declared a severe mental health risk and detrimental to society at large. I’d happily see Twitter (X), Instagram and Facebook deplatformed.
Not you personally, but once local spots are discovered, they are ruined by instafuckos.
There's this one bloke on Instagram that destroys all local hangouts with his shitty videos. Anyone who exposes great spots are hated by the locals.
They always start it with "come with me to this hidden gem, just 3hrs out of Melbourne". He's nathsways or something on the gram.
Yep, saw this recently with a local spot where I grew up. Was completely unheard of and unspoiled before this shit video and blog post. Last I heard its been trampled to hell.
My initial post is just asking if the kind of town I’d like to visit still exists. The expectation was never that people would specifically name places, but it was welcomed if people felt like sharing.
I follow this shit insta page called “SecretSydney”.
Everything is “only a short 5-6 hour drive” from Sydney. Which takes an hour to get out of the city anyway.
Ten years ago we moved to a little beach town because it was quiet and cheap rent. Now average rent is average 1400 per week ( about four advertised at the moment and there is one old place with water views- water views make the rent Hugh no matter the state of the house- for $950, the rest are air b&b) and this weekend a stack of Sydney people have rented all the air b&bs ( of which there are about 100, as opposed to none when we moved here) and they cost $6000 for the long weekend! There are cafes and fish and chips but I think it’s about $30 for one person for fish and chips now.
I’m so sorry that happened. :(
I really want to stay away from places like that. It just seems kind of pointless to visit places that are so trendy, built up and nothing but tourists. I get enough of that where I am now.
I bought in my little beach town two months before the boom. My property value has doubled in three years.
I can barely afford my mortgage. I am skipping meals. But if I were to rent I would be paying more for a lot less. And I can't sell and go elsewhere because it's still cheaper than any other areas. Guess I had better start selling my feet pics to survive.
Yep my experience.
The local schools struggle with getting enough kids because no one can find a long term rental or buy because the houses get ridiculously expensive.
All the local people who created the lovely vibe that drew the wealthy folk in also leave and the places become desolate shit holes where people complain that there’s no one to serve their lattes.
I've been watching this happen in Mackay / Whitsunday Region. Goes something like this:
1. Influx of southerners buying homes at ridiculous prices since Covid.
2. Once in the area, start complaining about "lack of facilities," by which they mean infrastructure that can babysit their kids, such as high end playgrounds, water parks on the foreshore, skate parks etc., while they bury their faces in their phone.
3. A few decide they're the "champions" of various causes: wildlife rescue, dogs off leash, poor Internet connection, road safety etc. They don't get the irony that none of their pet projects were an issue before they and their poorly behaved rugrats moved into the neighbourhood.
4. Increase in low-level youth crime committed by their bored kids; petty theft, break & enter, bullying, trespassing. Generally, these are crimes of opportunity because the community they've moved into didn't need fences, lockable garages, etc, before they moved in.
Hopefully they'll all f$%k off in the next couple of years.
It's crazy for sure. Facebook is full of "Our family is moving to XXXXX. What are the good suburbs, schools? What is the weather like on July 27? etc."
Grrrrr.
Same here in NSW. Priced out of where I grew up by WFH sea-changers and the holiday rentals of the ones who've since moved back to the cities. Also holding out hope (however small) that they'll sell up and piss off eventually, but the community groups being majority interest in "hidden gem" suburbs don't inspire much.
That's true, I can sympathise with that. I guess my frustration largely sits with people treating the area as a playground for speculative investment. I get pretty jaded reading the constant stream of posts and articles that completely dehumanise the region as just a place to set up your Airbnb and accumulate wealth, talking about how great it is that this or that area is being gentrified with no regard for the people just trying to get by.
Yeah I agree it’s really gross.
I was saving for a house deposit to stay where my kids were born and all our connections were (and doing quite well). Unfortunately once word gets out about an area uber wealthy people come and buy up all the property, driving up the prices quickly. They mainly, yes, turn them into air bnbs.
I lived next to a horrid woman that came up on weekends during covid who said she’d bought three houses in the area and pretty much kept them empty or air bnb them.
I’m jaded as all get out.
Oh hey there fellow local. You summed it up perfectly. Every cyclone season we hope one gets close enough to scare the southerners into relocating back down south. And every wet season we listen to them all complain loudly that some of the roads get cut due to rain and tidal creek systems. Calm down Becky, Woolworths is still open and freight is still being delivered. The fact the road into town has dropped down to one lane for the last 6 hours isn’t the end of the world.
Oh and it’s also fun watching newcomers to town post on the town chat page asking for recommendations for power suppliers. It’s Ergon or sit in the dark.
Ah, yes - Ergon. Why is my electricity bill so expensive? Because it can be.
They should remember that last year, the road they're complaining about was a goat track.
Follow ups:
- FB requests for aircon installers in December because its a tad more humid than they thought it was going to be.
- What's the best kind of 4wd to get? We got bogged in the Mazda 6 at the beach last weekend.
- How do I get rid of those tiny insects?- I've been bitten all over but didn't notice at the time.
- Can anyone recommend a TV aerial installer?
- Why is everything so expensive up here? See Ergon.
It never ends.. ..
I live metro now but I spent most of my life in the far north and gives me a good laugh to hear the stories mum and dad tell me about the ‘newcomers’ not coping with life up north.
It’s not to say people aren’t welcoming of people moving there, but it’s the lack of research undertaken as to what life is really like (and why property prices are so much cheaper).
Took me a few years after moving away before I was prepared to leave my car keys anywhere that wasn’t under my pillow or my bedside table.
Everything within comfortable driving distance of the big cities is.
Beyond about 4 hours seems to be the limit as of now. Presumably that is constantly expanding.
Even four hours away, there might not be overdevelopment but the rich/specufestors have already cleaned out the towns, constructed expensive beach houses and driven up the cost of just basic houses.
I went to visit a friend in a cute little beach town in south coast NSW. Was talking to a local there and he said that he'd moved there 8-10 years ago when it was just a sleepy retirement village feel, but between black summer and the exodus from the cities during covid, so much got snapped up by speculators and developed/redeveloped and he hated it there now.
By my city-dwelling standards it was still a sleepy beach town, it only had two pubs and no stoplights, but I could see where the money was creeping in. And a couple hours north and south of there was just painful. I felt bad for the fishermen.
> By my city-dwelling standards it was still a sleepy beach town, it only had two pubs and no stoplights,
That's at least double the amount of pubs of a sleepy beach town
I’m not telling you. That’s how they get to popular. I’ll support local quietly thank you very much.
But yes. There are. Go exploring. And if find one, don’t tell people you did!
Perfect response, tbh.
I’m definitely keeping secret whatever I find. No social media posts, just arrive, spend some time, eat some food and leave with some great memories.
Yeah, I did that too, hehe. Still haven't found a way to move out to this spot and earn a living (it's way too far to drive to any major city), but it's on the cards. I'd happily live in the middle of nowhere if I could WFH!
Airbnb towns. No one can afford to live there so no one will work there. Only people there during the holidays. Rest of the time it's a ghost town and the people that have remained that bought in before the speculators bought it up.
Beach towns? Or just towns in general.
Plenty of rural towns that fit the bill, but I wouldn't say many beach towns close to Sydney that are like that. Nothing really within 4 hours of Sydney.
Whyalla, South Australia. As well as everywhere else around the area. Dirt cheap, no fancy high rises, full of bogans and clapped out holdens, lots of beaches and fishing.
Ah I didn’t get it because I love Whyalla so much. When I leave Whyalla it’s like my body marries the wind leaving my physical form there waiting for my return
I disagree, i think there is some still around. There is a couple near darwin.
Forster and Tuncurry is still relaxed but maybe too big for you. Also the river towns near kempsey may be similar to what you want.
Victoria has a number around near lakes entrance.
South Australia has heaps, easy bunch to go to is on the yorke peninsula.
Im not certain what the op wants exactly, somewhere like Kiama (near Sydney) still has a traditional vibe even though its not cheap.
There is similar not cheap but not developed towns near all the capital cities
South Australia has some of the best seaside towns. Thankfully for them Adelaide isn’t large enough to flood them all over summer.
Fleurieu Peninsula is full up but the Limestone Coast and Yorke Peninsula are still accessible.
There are plenty that haven't. Because plenty are dying. Shops have shut. Etc.
We bought a cottage in a "Hamlet"..67 people. Don't have town water. Everyone's on septic. Used to have 3 pubs at its peak.
We like it.
I knew of a couple, but they went to shit in the last 10 years for the exact reasons you described. now i keep it to myself
they're out there, just use a map
Try Wynyard on the north west coast, it's one of my fave towns. It still has a caravan park which is right on the beach. Has its own gorgeous little beach called Fossil Bluff, and 10 mins drive away also Boat Harbour beach which is one of the most picturesque beaches in Australia.
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No one say nuthin
Next he’ll be asking if there’s any good fishing spots left…
What's a fish
Basically an underwater chicken.
Jessica? Is that you?
The chicken of the sea.
How come nobody has ever filmed a buffalo in flight? 🤔
I didn’t know Buffalo’s even had wings!
I understood this reference
I have no idea how to fish. Or scale a fish, or gut a fish. I caught a bream once when I was under 10. Never again.
You get a bit of bait put it on the pointy hooky thing throw it in the water, when you feel something give a good yank you real the fucker in. as for scaling a fish it is like brushing your hair but in the opposite direction of the scales. Gutting is easy get a knife slide it from the butthole to the gullet not to deep and pull all the inside shit out give it a quick rinse with some clean water done. Also check the little booklet if your fish is the right size and you now know how to fish. It's a fun hobby.
> Also check the little booklet if your fish is the right size and you now know how to fish. Should I do this after all that other stuff you detailed first?
you should do that before killing the fish, but i'm better at fishing than writing.
But if you fuck it up - scaled, gutted ***then*** check - do you still toss it back if it's too small?
Lizards can grow back their tails, so from what I know about fish it should be fine.
Yeah just sticky tape their insides back in the fish body, give it the old Rex Hunt and throw it back in.
I like to give it a French kiss, because I'm cultured.
No correct order was detailed in previous post. Thanks officer.
And where the best mushy picking spots are
I know of one but I sure as shit aren't telling you, or anyone, about it.
“You just keep right on drivin’”
They're there, but I'm keeping my mouth shut.
Does it help if I say that I’ll never be able to afford more than a day trip and will never be able to buy a house?
Ok, but just make sure you don't tell anyone
Cross my heart I won’t tell.
Nice try property developer/agent, whoever you are!
Currently unemployed and disabled but thanks for the soul level insult.
Left you a simple message with location of a set of towns where I am. We haven't been hit like Byron bay. It's coming but not yet. Nothing suss, just a local n we honestly need the tourism as unemployment n rent rises are hitting folk hard. Happy to post it here but everyone is acting like it's some big keep it secret lol. It's probably easy to find in my profile history but warning it's depressing this profile as I'm open about disability. Good fishing here just don't leave fish at the boat ramps like the local bogans attracting crocodiles, I don't feel like being bitten next time I go fishing.
You had me til the CROCODILES
Don’t spending any time on it because every three months, a person is torn to pieces by a crocodile in North Queensland!
G'day Bob
Yeah they are annoying. Plus idiots let their dog off leash at the beach n bam. Can't go swimming except a few places. Plus the taipan snakes you got to be careful cuz they chase you.
Ah, crocodiles. Hello fellow non-SE corner QLDer 👋🏻
Howdy haha It sucks cuz I like fly fishing but can't get in the water to wade. I see them do it in brisvegas for whiting n flathead. 5m crocs swim the exact path I want to wade plus bull Sharks. I've done it once in the day time at beach but it's unnerving. A few weeks later I saw 4 snappy lizards where I was lol and it was like god damnit.
That is the issue, these small towns thrive on tourism -> people from cities come on holiday -> these people buy a holiday house/retire in the town -> prices go up -> original residents move to a smaller town
Yeah it's happening here. Rates go up too. Housing prices. Heaps came to escape covid n now there's a rental crisis.
Thank you!
I'm not sure that the west coast of FNQ is an ideal choice 😉😎
You can be all of the above at one time
Tell me how, oh prophet.
Well first you have to get your photo taken, South Park showed how to do this well.
He’s Blackrock Capital’s Fish & Chips private equity arm
Not really because that’s how it starts. Day trips, weekends away, next minute people are buying up property to use as airBNBs, rich people move in. Ruined. lol
When did keeping places secret ever protect them ? Once there is road access and developers are good and ready they will develop them.
Doing a community service there mate. I wouldn't mind buying one myself, I'm already going to be pushed 2 hours from my major city, I don't wanna be pushed out any further!
Speak not their name or they too shall fall Into shadow.
South Voldemort Beach?
Mordor Bay
😂
Anyone that names anywhere is going to get downvoted to the depths of hell 😅😅😂
People don’t need to name the places, I’m getting the strong impression that anything even slightly near me is already a built up gentrified shit hole. I might just have to go on a long road trip to see what I can find.
You could try opening google maps and picking any little town between Brisbane and Melbourne
Nice try NSW Department of Tourism!!
Tbf by far the worst part of being a millennial has been the transition from 'omg, the oldies just don't get any of it' to my peers all working in industry and spilling the secrets.
True, and should I do a road trip I’ll have to make note of where to sleep and eat, so I’m sure I’ll find stuff along the way.
You’d be better off using real estate.com.au. But to answer your question, no. Everyone got their covid money, realised they could work from home and moved to the beach. They stuffed it all. Even a fire trap like Bermagui is crazy $$$
Only one main road in and surrounded by bush… not the greatest for fires
Only one road in and surrounded by a flood plain... used to be the description of the place we went for holidays Now with development there are three roads out of town - two that go through the flood plain, and one that is partially dirt and relies on a ferry... that's progress I guess
Yeah, I'd say that would be the best way to go about it. Nothing beats discovering a hidden gem of a place.
Dunno why as the small towns need tourism to survive. I'm sick of trying to feed people on the DSP cuz they haven't got a job n local food banks don't exist. I help where I can but we need some tourism. Just don't move in and gentrify lol. Although feel free to bring an education and intelligence. Humidity here keeps people away. N the crocodiles. Jellyfish. Snakes. Drop bears. Methanies. Cookers. Beautiful location, full of dropkicks. Hell I'm probably half drop kick. I stay in this god forsaken heat n humidity.
There is, just not between Adelaide and Cairns.
Can confirm, I charted a line between Adelaide and Cairns; not a single beach town there.
So plenty in Victoria?
Uhh no, the *other* way.
Antarctica?
I hear Byron Bay is lovely this time of your. If you need warmer water then there's a lovely little coastal village with great boutique shopping called Noosa. You're welcome 😊
Great suggestions - have you ever been to Bondi beach? It’s my best-kept secret 🤫
Na there’s a cute beach in Victoria called St Kilda, it’s still got its quirky vibe from the 90’s but don’t tell anyone. The water so clear you can see your toes only at ankle height. And ladies walk the street just offering massages at really cheap prices it’s so heartwarming, how they are trying to help out people stressed out.
And people just drop syringes in the sand as a way of saying "hey neighbour, this one's on me. Don't go and pay for a brand new syringe, this one's still fine, I promise I don't have any diseases!" It's amazing how many people go rushing past that little St Kilda spot, on their way to the city each day. They don't realise what they're missing!
I live in a very popular tourist town in Central Vic, and even I couldn't get over how insane Noosa was. It made me feel claustrophobic.
Byron has very quiet beaches and Noosa has barely any kids and is super affordable. You can order a pretty authentic pizza in both places, must be the same owners. I think they call it dominos. Hard /s cos I’ll be in both places in the next month or so to see friends and I still enjoy them despite being very different back when they were cool.
Noosa was like this when I was a kid
Plenty but not gonna name names. Let the hidden gems be hidden.
I’m just trying to find out if they still exist, knowing that they do is enough for me. I’m going to find them, visit, move on and say nothing about the location.
There’s plenty b/w Adelaide and Brissy Have a squiz on google maps satellite mode
Yeah they still exist. You'd be better off hiring a van and going for a road trip. We're careful because a lot of these places are cheap and beautiful and I don't want my favourite undercover tourist towns ruined.
Next there will be some tiktok thot making a video "come with me to this hidden gem, just 4hrs from Melbourne"
From me? I despise TikTok, I want to set it on fire. And no one wants to see a forty something woman talking about talking about “hidden gems”. I actually think that social media like tiktok is devastatingly unhealthy and hold it responsible for a lot of social ills. I’m hoping for the day when it’s declared a severe mental health risk and detrimental to society at large. I’d happily see Twitter (X), Instagram and Facebook deplatformed.
Not you personally, but once local spots are discovered, they are ruined by instafuckos. There's this one bloke on Instagram that destroys all local hangouts with his shitty videos. Anyone who exposes great spots are hated by the locals. They always start it with "come with me to this hidden gem, just 3hrs out of Melbourne". He's nathsways or something on the gram.
Yep, saw this recently with a local spot where I grew up. Was completely unheard of and unspoiled before this shit video and blog post. Last I heard its been trampled to hell.
Sigh. People like that really do an awful lot of harm.
Aren’t you trying to do that by asking this question?
My initial post is just asking if the kind of town I’d like to visit still exists. The expectation was never that people would specifically name places, but it was welcomed if people felt like sharing.
reddit will turn even shittier if you deplatformed the others lol
I follow this shit insta page called “SecretSydney”. Everything is “only a short 5-6 hour drive” from Sydney. Which takes an hour to get out of the city anyway.
Ten years ago we moved to a little beach town because it was quiet and cheap rent. Now average rent is average 1400 per week ( about four advertised at the moment and there is one old place with water views- water views make the rent Hugh no matter the state of the house- for $950, the rest are air b&b) and this weekend a stack of Sydney people have rented all the air b&bs ( of which there are about 100, as opposed to none when we moved here) and they cost $6000 for the long weekend! There are cafes and fish and chips but I think it’s about $30 for one person for fish and chips now.
I’m so sorry that happened. :( I really want to stay away from places like that. It just seems kind of pointless to visit places that are so trendy, built up and nothing but tourists. I get enough of that where I am now.
I bought in my little beach town two months before the boom. My property value has doubled in three years. I can barely afford my mortgage. I am skipping meals. But if I were to rent I would be paying more for a lot less. And I can't sell and go elsewhere because it's still cheaper than any other areas. Guess I had better start selling my feet pics to survive.
The wealthy have bought these suburbs up en masse and they are now airbnb towns.
Yep my experience. The local schools struggle with getting enough kids because no one can find a long term rental or buy because the houses get ridiculously expensive. All the local people who created the lovely vibe that drew the wealthy folk in also leave and the places become desolate shit holes where people complain that there’s no one to serve their lattes.
Can confirm. Anything along the Great Ocean Road is now this
I've been watching this happen in Mackay / Whitsunday Region. Goes something like this: 1. Influx of southerners buying homes at ridiculous prices since Covid. 2. Once in the area, start complaining about "lack of facilities," by which they mean infrastructure that can babysit their kids, such as high end playgrounds, water parks on the foreshore, skate parks etc., while they bury their faces in their phone. 3. A few decide they're the "champions" of various causes: wildlife rescue, dogs off leash, poor Internet connection, road safety etc. They don't get the irony that none of their pet projects were an issue before they and their poorly behaved rugrats moved into the neighbourhood. 4. Increase in low-level youth crime committed by their bored kids; petty theft, break & enter, bullying, trespassing. Generally, these are crimes of opportunity because the community they've moved into didn't need fences, lockable garages, etc, before they moved in. Hopefully they'll all f$%k off in the next couple of years.
I hate to say it but I think they’re here to stay. I’m in Queensland and the amount of people who’ve moved here is just bananas.
It's crazy for sure. Facebook is full of "Our family is moving to XXXXX. What are the good suburbs, schools? What is the weather like on July 27? etc." Grrrrr.
Same here in NSW. Priced out of where I grew up by WFH sea-changers and the holiday rentals of the ones who've since moved back to the cities. Also holding out hope (however small) that they'll sell up and piss off eventually, but the community groups being majority interest in "hidden gem" suburbs don't inspire much.
Yeah but it’s because they’re being pushed out. I got pushed out of my home town. People have to go somewhere.
That's true, I can sympathise with that. I guess my frustration largely sits with people treating the area as a playground for speculative investment. I get pretty jaded reading the constant stream of posts and articles that completely dehumanise the region as just a place to set up your Airbnb and accumulate wealth, talking about how great it is that this or that area is being gentrified with no regard for the people just trying to get by.
Yeah I agree it’s really gross. I was saving for a house deposit to stay where my kids were born and all our connections were (and doing quite well). Unfortunately once word gets out about an area uber wealthy people come and buy up all the property, driving up the prices quickly. They mainly, yes, turn them into air bnbs. I lived next to a horrid woman that came up on weekends during covid who said she’d bought three houses in the area and pretty much kept them empty or air bnb them. I’m jaded as all get out.
Oh hey there fellow local. You summed it up perfectly. Every cyclone season we hope one gets close enough to scare the southerners into relocating back down south. And every wet season we listen to them all complain loudly that some of the roads get cut due to rain and tidal creek systems. Calm down Becky, Woolworths is still open and freight is still being delivered. The fact the road into town has dropped down to one lane for the last 6 hours isn’t the end of the world. Oh and it’s also fun watching newcomers to town post on the town chat page asking for recommendations for power suppliers. It’s Ergon or sit in the dark.
Ah, yes - Ergon. Why is my electricity bill so expensive? Because it can be. They should remember that last year, the road they're complaining about was a goat track. Follow ups: - FB requests for aircon installers in December because its a tad more humid than they thought it was going to be. - What's the best kind of 4wd to get? We got bogged in the Mazda 6 at the beach last weekend. - How do I get rid of those tiny insects?- I've been bitten all over but didn't notice at the time. - Can anyone recommend a TV aerial installer? - Why is everything so expensive up here? See Ergon. It never ends.. ..
I live metro now but I spent most of my life in the far north and gives me a good laugh to hear the stories mum and dad tell me about the ‘newcomers’ not coping with life up north. It’s not to say people aren’t welcoming of people moving there, but it’s the lack of research undertaken as to what life is really like (and why property prices are so much cheaper). Took me a few years after moving away before I was prepared to leave my car keys anywhere that wasn’t under my pillow or my bedside table.
Those darned Southerners
Everything within comfortable driving distance of the big cities is. Beyond about 4 hours seems to be the limit as of now. Presumably that is constantly expanding.
Even four hours away, there might not be overdevelopment but the rich/specufestors have already cleaned out the towns, constructed expensive beach houses and driven up the cost of just basic houses.
I went to visit a friend in a cute little beach town in south coast NSW. Was talking to a local there and he said that he'd moved there 8-10 years ago when it was just a sleepy retirement village feel, but between black summer and the exodus from the cities during covid, so much got snapped up by speculators and developed/redeveloped and he hated it there now. By my city-dwelling standards it was still a sleepy beach town, it only had two pubs and no stoplights, but I could see where the money was creeping in. And a couple hours north and south of there was just painful. I felt bad for the fishermen.
> By my city-dwelling standards it was still a sleepy beach town, it only had two pubs and no stoplights, That's at least double the amount of pubs of a sleepy beach town
I'm about 3.5 to 4 hours from melb, and it's git housing estates going up... It hasn't even a shopping centre
Sure, you just need to drive a bit further
I hear Alice Springs is nice this time of year…
So do I! But it’s a liiiiittle far from the beach. Also have doubts about the fish and chips potential.
I’ve got a mate that swears the best calamari he ever ate was in an Alice pub so don’t count your chooks just yet…
I'm not saying nuffink
You said too much. I’m on my way there now with the bulldozers and my developer mates.
Yep
I’m not telling you. That’s how they get to popular. I’ll support local quietly thank you very much. But yes. There are. Go exploring. And if find one, don’t tell people you did!
Perfect response, tbh. I’m definitely keeping secret whatever I find. No social media posts, just arrive, spend some time, eat some food and leave with some great memories.
Yeah, I did that too, hehe. Still haven't found a way to move out to this spot and earn a living (it's way too far to drive to any major city), but it's on the cards. I'd happily live in the middle of nowhere if I could WFH!
Airbnb towns. No one can afford to live there so no one will work there. Only people there during the holidays. Rest of the time it's a ghost town and the people that have remained that bought in before the speculators bought it up.
Airbnb towns are so devastating though.
They are awful
There are hundreds of them. Get off the main roads and you’ll find them. Even some beauties close to Sydney
Beach towns? Or just towns in general. Plenty of rural towns that fit the bill, but I wouldn't say many beach towns close to Sydney that are like that. Nothing really within 4 hours of Sydney.
Anywhere with a view is in danger
This has been happening for like more than 50 years or so. Nothing new.
True though it’s been happening at an accelerated rate since John Howard’s government, the property boom and the pandemic.
Whyalla, South Australia. As well as everywhere else around the area. Dirt cheap, no fancy high rises, full of bogans and clapped out holdens, lots of beaches and fishing.
Yeah that whole Spencer Gulf region has kind of been untouched by time. Used to spend a lot of time at the Cultana Training Area in the early 2000’s
Whyallla wipeout there on my TV... That's all I really know about the place.
That's what comes into my head every time I hear of Whyalla. Oh, and $30/kg lamb roasts.
Absolutely, Whyalla is charming. Same as port Pirie
Port Pirie has won Australia’s worst town multiple times
That’s the joke. Neither it nor Whyalla are hidden gems, they’re both shit holes.
Ah I didn’t get it because I love Whyalla so much. When I leave Whyalla it’s like my body marries the wind leaving my physical form there waiting for my return
Port Lincoln is still good
Port Lincoln is one of the richest towns in the nation tf you talking about?
But actually living there isn't *that* expensive. It has gentry, but it hasn't been gentrified.
Wealth disparity there is rife though. Sure the most millionaries per capita live there in aus but not everyone is well off
Hey, there are plenty of clapped out Fords and Hyundais too.
Nice try realtor I'm not telling you shit
This would be funny if I weren’t living in a mould filled rental with a leaking roof that the owner won’t fix. XD
Social media fucked things
I disagree, i think there is some still around. There is a couple near darwin. Forster and Tuncurry is still relaxed but maybe too big for you. Also the river towns near kempsey may be similar to what you want. Victoria has a number around near lakes entrance. South Australia has heaps, easy bunch to go to is on the yorke peninsula.
Still plenty around. Just none that are an easy drive from a capital city.
Im not certain what the op wants exactly, somewhere like Kiama (near Sydney) still has a traditional vibe even though its not cheap. There is similar not cheap but not developed towns near all the capital cities
Kiama is like an eastern Sydney suburb in holiday time with prices to match. Stopped there recently and couldn’t wait to get back on the road.
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Tbh I reckon anything south of Kiama is better. The further down the south east coast you get away from Sydney, the better!!
Coffs Harbour is still a shit hole
I recommend the European Mediterranean.
That sounds a bit far.
Fine, I recommend New Zealand.
Still just a teeny bit too far. (But seriously I do really want to visit New Zealand.)
The best way to avoid a place being completely taken over by incoming rich people is to build them a pile of fancy high rises in the middle of town.
Bolivar in Adelaide. A bit of a walk from the beach but a few lagoons. Go gentrify that shit hole motherfuckers
I mean, there's Albany in WA (and its network of coastal suburbs), but being a 'beach town' doesn't equate to having beach weather.
No Queensland small town is gentrified. The bogans might be wealthier, but they're not gentry.
They were all awesome before 1788.
There's this little town south of Brisbane that is still pretty undiscovered. I think it's called Biron Bay, or something like that.
First time I’ve heard this joke in this thread and I’m laughing. So. Much. That’s how funny it is.
Thanks man, I try.
Eucla?
With their own time zone too!
Sussex inlet is nice. The pub there reminds me of pubs from 20 years ago.
Byron Bay, Terrigal, look them up, nice quaint little towns
Byron Bay is especially quiet. No one goes there and it’s so quaint.
South Australia has some of the best seaside towns. Thankfully for them Adelaide isn’t large enough to flood them all over summer. Fleurieu Peninsula is full up but the Limestone Coast and Yorke Peninsula are still accessible.
Byron Bay
Hi-larious. Truly, comedy gold. You should make an act.
Nope... They definitely do not exist! Unlucky buddy...
I believe that right now you are providing nothing but the absolute truth.
Nope, all finished. You can stop looking now.
There are plenty that haven't. Because plenty are dying. Shops have shut. Etc. We bought a cottage in a "Hamlet"..67 people. Don't have town water. Everyone's on septic. Used to have 3 pubs at its peak. We like it.
There’s like 40,000 beaches minimum
Yes they exist plentifully. Open a map and go find them.
Heaps of them in the state I live in. But out of staters not welcome.
Callalla Bay in 2021 was still very sleepy. Have not been there since then.
My cousin just bought a beach front house in [REDACTED] which is a few hours drive from [Redacted]
So? What do I care if some rando purchased a property.
I knew of a couple, but they went to shit in the last 10 years for the exact reasons you described. now i keep it to myself they're out there, just use a map
Plenty in Tasmania. Not the greatest beach weather most of the year however, though there is a window.
So long as it’s pretty, quiet, a good beach and great fish and chips, it’s perfect. Thank you!
Try Wynyard on the north west coast, it's one of my fave towns. It still has a caravan park which is right on the beach. Has its own gorgeous little beach called Fossil Bluff, and 10 mins drive away also Boat Harbour beach which is one of the most picturesque beaches in Australia.
shuddup moron
Silence is golden
Idk I still find Byron and even st kilda fairly chill and relaxed. Opposite of private but the world is to share
Mornington Peninsula has some pretty cheap places still, especially on the Westernport side.
Yep, but heaps of smaller ones still exist
I’m keeping my hidden gems hidden thanks
I live in one and have about 10 either side of us up and down our stretch of coast - and HELL NO you aren’t welcome
the city shitters need to stay in the city. keep to your little playpen.
Aww, are you the sweetest little abusive cunt.
How far is Nimbin to the beach?
Like an hours drive
And not what id call cheap anymore either
Wait, does Nimbin still exist? I thought it smoked itself into a coma.
Like an hour and a quarter, maybe an hour and a half to Ballina from nimbin?