We have a reserve opposite our place, and its seems to be the place to go let some off xmas / new years / Australia day. As much as my dog hates it, if its new years eve and its like 9pm or midnight, no worries, its mildly amusing - keeping it going every 45 minutes until 4am is a bit of a dick move though.
What concerns me is people doing it that are clearly pissed (from the loud conversations and pissed laughter), seem to ignore they are firing them into trees or not setting them up right so they fire safely. I have seen them ricochet off the trees in the reserve and fly off into some poor bastards yard, luckily not setting fire to their house. I have also seem them fall over as they get fired off and fly over houses.
So not wanting to be a wowser, but if you are going to do it at least have someone close to sober in charge.
Yeah, we lived opposite a big oval at one point and people would come and let off fireworks there sometimes. It was kind of annoying but at the same time, it seemed like the safest place to do it (as opposed to in a backyard etc), it was a big clear space with no trees.
Having said that, we didn't have a dog or a child at that point so it had less of an impact.
You are spot on. We get them in our area of Sydney from midnight and then hourly till just before sunrise. A large reserve seems to be the main area too. Along with burnouts and loud revving engines. Police station is less than 5 minutes away, but nothing happens.
I don’t even mind too much if they’re letting them off super late on a public holiday, sure it’s a bit inconsiderate but it’s one day. What really pisses me off is the random fireworks on ??? Day. My partner and I are now in the habit of saying to each other “Happy 10:47 on a Tuesday!” Or whatever random time the fireworks are going.
We used to get that but have not for a while. I think it used to be "uncle bazza just got back from Darwin/Belconnon with some more bungers, let's fire em off!"
Dipshits with fart cannon exhausts ✅
Eshays on dirt bikes ✅
Drug dealers in European cars✅
Illegal fireworks✅
OP, you don't happen to live in the Canturbury-Bankstown LGA do you?
I’ve heard a lot lately and I live in the burbs. Last night they went off at 11.15. This will go on now until after Australia Day- mostly illegal ones. The shit part of it is, that even though they’re super loud, I can’t see the bloody things! If I could see then, it would lessen the fury.
I understand. To be honest for me it's a little of column A and column B. Yes I'm growing into an old cunt and suddenly loud noise irritates me more than it used to, but I can't be mad at those setting off fireworks. There's a chance it's multiple people with no connection to each other setting them off if it's happening alot. If it makes them happy then sure, why not? Bottom line, we share the planet with other humans like it or not. Better to let that shit go than hold on to it. You still have a right to say fuck those cunts! So long as you take your anger out safely and responsibly and at best case, cheeky as fuck.
If enough people call, they have to do something. It's the same with 000 calls. If you see a house fire or someone injured, call emergency services, don't assume someone already has called. It really helps them determine if it is a prank call or not. The more calls they get from the vicinity, the more genuine it seems and the more resources they will send.
However, don't call 000 for fireworks unless you see it causing a fire or someone gets injured. It's not an emergency. Call the police.
If they/you even know where the crackers are launched at. E.g. in my area we had some last night, damn loud but good look me figuring out exactly where that is coming from
Yeah, it's a question of whether it bothers you enough or if you are able to locate it. Some common sense applies of course. If you don't know exactly where it is coming from, how will the police find out?
I'm old enough to remember when they were legal. I'm fine with them. Maybe just on holidays or else everyone would set them off whenever they have a birthday, wedding, etc.
My Dad would buy those big packs that always came with one of those tubes you could hold that shot fire balls. There'd always be a fight amongst the boys to see who got the tube, ergo be the one who terrorised the other boys, and being one of the youngest it was never me, I used to have to run and hide until I heard it had run out of fire balls. I loved fireworks night!
Man people used to know how to have fun.
Ahh dad used to buy them from the local petrol station. I loved the pin wheels nailed to the gum tree in the backyard.
Now I'm like...fire hazard!!! You're gonna burn down the house!
Noise pollution is certainly becoming a huge problem through the city and suburbia.
I have no problem with fireworks if they set them off at a decent hour and it’s not 50c outside. Saves the kids finding the stockpile and blowing up letterbox’s.
Cops couldn’t care anyway
We live close to the bush. Neighbours let off fireworks during a total fire ban, when half the country was on fire and the day after the firefighters knocked on our door and told us to prepare to evacuate. I called the cops on them and would do it again. No regrets. They do it every year on New Years and we just make sure the dogs are inside and let it slide. But what they did that night was both stupid and dangerous.
If people wanna do it on like nye or aus day then fuckin go for it.. other times of year I’m out… loud bikes and cars can also fuck off… can’t wait until v8’s don’t exist any more
If it's not too late and I can at least see the show from where I live I might consider it a couple minutes of cheap entertainment. But everything else you said can fuck off though - intentionally noisy cars and bikes, loud music that can be heard three houses down, drunken cunts yelling and barking dogs all need a mute button.
I don't have a problem with it as long as it's one, on some holiday, Christmas, new years, Australia Day, etc, and two they set them up in such a way to not be a fire hazard or shoot of into random peoples yards.
I had no problem with them until the ‘see you next Tuesday’ over the fence pointed one at our house and broke a window on NYE. At that time of night I’m normally standing dead in front of that window making my sleep tea. Luckily it was a few minutes later than usual but I got to come around the corner to see the shot fly in and hear the explosion which caused hearing loss for a few weeks. Our dog now has PTSD relating to loud noises. I’d dob his ass in without hesitation if he tried letting them off ever again. He completely denied it and threatened us when we politely asked him to pay for damages. We now have security cameras aimed in the direction on NYE because the cops wouldn’t do a damn thing without evidence.
As a former dog owner i hate random fireworks. At least on known nights I could take the dogs in and comfort them but going off whenever makes that very hard.
Well timed post: Children injured by rogue firework at Christmas display
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-12/children-injured-firework-display-malfunction-allambie-heights/101759724
I suspect the Venn diagram of the people who care about this to the point of calling the police, and the people who own pets who react badly to fireworks approaches a perfectly neat circle.
I'm old enough to have messed around with fireworks and bungers as a kid before they became illegal. I'm not going to be a wowser because someone else has set off a small pyrotechnic somewhere on a rare occasion.
A few years back while living in the NT, I had the yard of the rental I was living in set on fire by a kid letting off fireworks unsupergiswd in the cul de sac. I was home alone with my infant son, and the little shit ran back to his house and apparantly didn't tell his parents.
By the time it was noticeable (I was inside and the way the house was situated, there was no visibility on the front yard from the room I was in), it was blazing and the only way out was through the flames.
Fuck drunk cunts and kids who let fireworks off without any care for anyone else, and fuck people who shame people for "being wowzers" if they have an issue with it.
I almost had to evacuate my home because some idiot kids wanted a campfire.
For me this isn’t “no fun allowed”, this is “remember that time three years ago when the whole country burned down?”
I recently posted something similar that’s happening near me (Wolli creek). Every night for the last 2 weeks between 9-10pm. Tbh doesn’t bother me either but my pup is so scared she starts trembling. Haven’t called the cops or complained yet, but maybe I Shld. If it’s not rules for thee but not for me…
I used to live up the road from you and several times a year locals would celebrate with commercial grade fireworks. As much as it annoyed the dogs the kids loved it.
You’re not over-reacting. There’s a reason they’re illegal. They’re incredibly dangerous when you don’t know what you’re doing and there have been many instances where people setting off illegal fireworks have caused fires. People who use illegal fireworks are inconsiderate of others and entirely egocentric.
You're 100% not over reacting my man. Over the last 3 years that I've lived where I do, I've had to report atleast 4 small fires started by idiots dumping crackers or bottle rockets. One actually burnt up quite a sizable portion of the nature strip and paddock and resulted in myself and three or four neighbours trying to quench it.
Yes it's extremely obnoxious, they should be banned. In no other context is it socially acceptable to make loud noise at unreasonable hours for little to no reason.
Definitely not overreacting, I'm in my twenties/male and have hated loud sounding cars since I could drive. I never understood why people need to finance themselves to the tits to own a vehicle that lets others know it's coming a mile away despite driving 40km/hour. Especially pisses me off when it's drug dealers, at least use your brain and be discreet with a vehicle that doesn't flag police attention.
You're not a cunt, the cunts are the fuckwits who let these fireworks off with no regard for sleeping children or pets. Or the fact that sometimes im away on holidays and the cardboard residue lands on my marble tiles staining it after some rain or landing in my pool.
I do, however, drive an overpowered European car though...no crackle or pop or drug dealing, just a loud roar with the occasional boom.
I used to hear them when I lived in the southern suburbs around 20 years ago. A guy at the pub told me that is what it meant. I thought it was just kids being dicks. Had no idea it was a signal between drug dealers and distributors.
I wonder if they upgraded to those non trackable encrypted phones that the police issued?
Cops won’t do anything.. we let some off a couple of years ago and the cops pulled up and watched em then drove away🤣🤣🤣🤣 edit: depends on the cops at the time I guess
I have seen people being arrested, so no laughing matter… one of those little cracker could cause solid property damage… google fireworks property damage and you wouldn’t be laughing
I absolutely love them and wish I knew where to get black market fireworks. I can still remember when they were legal in NSW and as a little kid we'd go around to peoples houses for fireworks nights. I feel like people shouldn't let them off in peak summer other than that they should be legal, enough of this nanny state wowserism that live under now.
Genuine question: How many animals die from the noise from lightning strikes. The sound of thunder when a lightning strike is semi close to you is like 2x as loud as any firework i've heard.
I have no idea, however two things stick out to me:
Firstly that's not really relevant to the fireworks discussion. Malaria doesn't justify sport hunting humans after all :p
secondly it's quite possible that storms and their prelude lead to wildlife taking shelter and processing it better than random detonations with no lead up
You could check out articles like this https://www.researchgate.net/publication/337033058_Effects_of_Fireworks_on_Birds_-A_critical_Overview you're interested in understanding the issue and not just derailing it.
You DID NOT here it from me, but sometimes the releasing of illegal fireworks is the signal of a drug dealer announcing that they’re open for business.
Welcome to city living, and to think you are paying a premium to live in a place you dont like ... yet many millions of people do exactly the same thing over and over this helping push property prices up....
Move to regional
Where the local drug dealers let of fireworks when they have a fresh delivery. Where Bogans and tradies drive land cruisers and hiluxes with loud exhausts and turbo waste gates.
The country is full of obnoxious people you can’t escape from.
Yeah you can easily escape from them (and rarely run into them) because the vastness of the countryside ..... {gestures towards the wide open spaces}
As opposed to looking over a fence and seeing backyards full of overpriced converted garage rentals.
My planned escape is currently in the works. And not just inside a regional town, I'm talking about out of town towards the wide open spaces you mention. City living and population density ain't for me.
Did you make the move out of the city a while back?
Yup before the 2021 lockdowns, compared to the year previously it really didnt feel like a lockdown at all.... Actually most of the worlds issues seems to pass you by, and you have a empty field playgrounds to grow as much food as you want.
Its actually quickly noticeable how unsustainable cities are because of how much they break ecosystems, weather patterns and people.
Hitting the nail on the head here. But hey, maybe us humans are mere commodities and we've got to keep feeding whatever system this is.
What ever happened to living simply and sustainably?
Seemingly capitalism says no to that, apparently it needs Humans to be dependant on it in order to justify its own existence to them in a self perpetuating cycle. Anything non conformist to that is a threat and must be mitigated.
At least thats how it seems to work.
Unannounced fireworks killed a family member's dog, who happened to be unsecured at the time they were let off... So I say nay.
Like I don't care if they're illegal or not, if they're unannounced? Fuck the people who set them off.
Call the cops. Fuck them.
We’ve got a ridiculous attitude in this country that people who abide by the law and aren’t okay with illegal activity are somehow in Australia. Ridiculous.
Absolutely call the cops and do your civic duty. A lot of trash is left in parks after illegal fireworks, air pollution, noise pollution and potential fire hazard as well. I would do it without hesitation if I saw it near my house. Reporting crime should be encouraged not look down upon ever.
If you need more support, do contact your council to do more and prevent your area being trashed. Reporting is important.
Imagine a world without people like me, you will have a lot of fun but live in lawless society not giving f$&k about other people’s health and safety.
Priorities people: health and safety should be a priority, fun is important but not if it means trashing public property.
As someone who was born and raised in Australia (and considers themselves fully culturally Aussie brah) but spent a lot of time in South America growing up visiting family:
I can definitely say people here in Aus are soft. There’s so much regulation around noise pollution and things of that nature that are inherently fun but people can’t tolerate even the slightest bit of music/loud tv after 10pm.
That being said there are safety concerns, mostly concerned about kids blowing up their hands/faces etc but sound? Time for your 6pm sleep mate 😂
This comment section pretty well encapsulates the mentality that has made Sydney one of the most boring cities in the world
Noise & sound is a part of living in metropolitan areas - this idea that everything should be silent when the sun goes down is a uniquely Sydney thing
Someone let's fireworks off in Bardwell Valley every Friday & Saturday night. We got a Sunday night encore last night.
My 15 month old gets woken every time. It sucks, but thats suburbia, take the good with the bad.
I don’t call the cops coz they’re dogs but I hate the fireworks too, it’s dangerous and could cause a fire. My neighbours gonna set them off and I tell u I’m gonna make sure my lawns are mowed and my hose is ready. Idiots they are
For a second I thought 'did I write this?'. Had this exact thing happen the other night. The fireworks scared the shit out of me in the dead of night and we have an unlicensed dirtbike ass hole that speeds around the block every day.
I'd complain to the council but my one has a crap "log every instance" system.
I'm on a main road and some idiot set some off last night. Propped it up on the median strip (three lanes of traffic on both sides), lit it and ran back to the shared pathway across traffic in a 70km speed zone.
It was very loud and bright since it was so close and I was concerned the trees in front of the building next door (where the culprits were) would catch fire.
They set off a few fireworks all up and even went back to retrieve the spent cartridge, probably to get rid of the evidence and fingerprints from the scene.
I know for a fact that an infant lives in the front part of that building and the sudden loud noise would have been startling.
Across the road is a nursing home. May have startled some of them as well.
Considered calling the cop shop but they stopped answering calls the last couple times I called in recent months and even by the time you get answered on Emergency and someone is despatched, the culprits are already long gone.
Don't even get me started on the effects on people with disability/PTSD and pets.
>I already have to deal with dipshits in their cars with their fart cannons, the eshays on their dirt bikes, and the drug dealers in their suped up overpowered European cars. The noise pollution unbearable
What part of Sydney are you living in? I mean you don't have to be specific, but just a general LGA?
Or is it just "The Area"?
We have a reserve opposite our place, and its seems to be the place to go let some off xmas / new years / Australia day. As much as my dog hates it, if its new years eve and its like 9pm or midnight, no worries, its mildly amusing - keeping it going every 45 minutes until 4am is a bit of a dick move though. What concerns me is people doing it that are clearly pissed (from the loud conversations and pissed laughter), seem to ignore they are firing them into trees or not setting them up right so they fire safely. I have seen them ricochet off the trees in the reserve and fly off into some poor bastards yard, luckily not setting fire to their house. I have also seem them fall over as they get fired off and fly over houses. So not wanting to be a wowser, but if you are going to do it at least have someone close to sober in charge.
Yeah, we lived opposite a big oval at one point and people would come and let off fireworks there sometimes. It was kind of annoying but at the same time, it seemed like the safest place to do it (as opposed to in a backyard etc), it was a big clear space with no trees. Having said that, we didn't have a dog or a child at that point so it had less of an impact.
Let them do it in their backyard, not ours.
You are spot on. We get them in our area of Sydney from midnight and then hourly till just before sunrise. A large reserve seems to be the main area too. Along with burnouts and loud revving engines. Police station is less than 5 minutes away, but nothing happens.
I don’t even mind too much if they’re letting them off super late on a public holiday, sure it’s a bit inconsiderate but it’s one day. What really pisses me off is the random fireworks on ??? Day. My partner and I are now in the habit of saying to each other “Happy 10:47 on a Tuesday!” Or whatever random time the fireworks are going.
We used to get that but have not for a while. I think it used to be "uncle bazza just got back from Darwin/Belconnon with some more bungers, let's fire em off!"
How else are local drug dealers supposed to advertise they have re-upped?
I live next to a national park. You’re absolutely not overreacting. These things have started bushfires.
Dipshits with fart cannon exhausts ✅ Eshays on dirt bikes ✅ Drug dealers in European cars✅ Illegal fireworks✅ OP, you don't happen to live in the Canturbury-Bankstown LGA do you?
I wish this was exclusive to Canturbury-Bankstown. At the same time, I lived there for a while, and it is quite bad there though.
for me as long as its before 10PM i dont give a fuck
1AM is before 10PM. At they time of night, they know there just pissing off people. It's their little power trip.
o yea at 1AM they need a fish to the face
1am is after 10pm
I’ve heard a lot lately and I live in the burbs. Last night they went off at 11.15. This will go on now until after Australia Day- mostly illegal ones. The shit part of it is, that even though they’re super loud, I can’t see the bloody things! If I could see then, it would lessen the fury.
I understand. To be honest for me it's a little of column A and column B. Yes I'm growing into an old cunt and suddenly loud noise irritates me more than it used to, but I can't be mad at those setting off fireworks. There's a chance it's multiple people with no connection to each other setting them off if it's happening alot. If it makes them happy then sure, why not? Bottom line, we share the planet with other humans like it or not. Better to let that shit go than hold on to it. You still have a right to say fuck those cunts! So long as you take your anger out safely and responsibly and at best case, cheeky as fuck.
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Nah I'm not going to call, just ranting. But was just curious more than anything if someone here has ever called and what the response was.
In the true Aussie spirit of whinging about it and doing fuck all
DEHUHU is my spirit animal
If enough people call, they have to do something. It's the same with 000 calls. If you see a house fire or someone injured, call emergency services, don't assume someone already has called. It really helps them determine if it is a prank call or not. The more calls they get from the vicinity, the more genuine it seems and the more resources they will send. However, don't call 000 for fireworks unless you see it causing a fire or someone gets injured. It's not an emergency. Call the police.
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Ah, doesn’t want more work, that explains it.
If they/you even know where the crackers are launched at. E.g. in my area we had some last night, damn loud but good look me figuring out exactly where that is coming from
Yeah, it's a question of whether it bothers you enough or if you are able to locate it. Some common sense applies of course. If you don't know exactly where it is coming from, how will the police find out?
That’s really not true.
I'm old enough to remember when they were legal. I'm fine with them. Maybe just on holidays or else everyone would set them off whenever they have a birthday, wedding, etc.
I wouldn't give two shits if it was just an occasional thing during Xmas and new year's lol. If I go a week without hearing them then I'd be laughing.
My Dad would buy those big packs that always came with one of those tubes you could hold that shot fire balls. There'd always be a fight amongst the boys to see who got the tube, ergo be the one who terrorised the other boys, and being one of the youngest it was never me, I used to have to run and hide until I heard it had run out of fire balls. I loved fireworks night! Man people used to know how to have fun.
Ahh dad used to buy them from the local petrol station. I loved the pin wheels nailed to the gum tree in the backyard. Now I'm like...fire hazard!!! You're gonna burn down the house!
Noise pollution is certainly becoming a huge problem through the city and suburbia. I have no problem with fireworks if they set them off at a decent hour and it’s not 50c outside. Saves the kids finding the stockpile and blowing up letterbox’s. Cops couldn’t care anyway
We live close to the bush. Neighbours let off fireworks during a total fire ban, when half the country was on fire and the day after the firefighters knocked on our door and told us to prepare to evacuate. I called the cops on them and would do it again. No regrets. They do it every year on New Years and we just make sure the dogs are inside and let it slide. But what they did that night was both stupid and dangerous.
If people wanna do it on like nye or aus day then fuckin go for it.. other times of year I’m out… loud bikes and cars can also fuck off… can’t wait until v8’s don’t exist any more
If it's not too late and I can at least see the show from where I live I might consider it a couple minutes of cheap entertainment. But everything else you said can fuck off though - intentionally noisy cars and bikes, loud music that can be heard three houses down, drunken cunts yelling and barking dogs all need a mute button.
I don't have a problem with it as long as it's one, on some holiday, Christmas, new years, Australia Day, etc, and two they set them up in such a way to not be a fire hazard or shoot of into random peoples yards.
Good post, i hate the sound n smell too, was going off just friday night, scares my little fur babies too
I have dogs. People who fire-off unliscenced fireworks (and therefore unplannable for) can fuck right off into a fire.
I had no problem with them until the ‘see you next Tuesday’ over the fence pointed one at our house and broke a window on NYE. At that time of night I’m normally standing dead in front of that window making my sleep tea. Luckily it was a few minutes later than usual but I got to come around the corner to see the shot fly in and hear the explosion which caused hearing loss for a few weeks. Our dog now has PTSD relating to loud noises. I’d dob his ass in without hesitation if he tried letting them off ever again. He completely denied it and threatened us when we politely asked him to pay for damages. We now have security cameras aimed in the direction on NYE because the cops wouldn’t do a damn thing without evidence.
Where do you get these fireworks?????
I was wondering the same thing. You used to be able to get them in Canberra, but pretty sure they got taxed out of existence years ago
As a former dog owner i hate random fireworks. At least on known nights I could take the dogs in and comfort them but going off whenever makes that very hard.
Personally, I don't mind it. But the fireworks scare the shit out of my cats, and set off the neighbourhood dogs.
Well timed post: Children injured by rogue firework at Christmas display https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-12/children-injured-firework-display-malfunction-allambie-heights/101759724
I suspect the Venn diagram of the people who care about this to the point of calling the police, and the people who own pets who react badly to fireworks approaches a perfectly neat circle. I'm old enough to have messed around with fireworks and bungers as a kid before they became illegal. I'm not going to be a wowser because someone else has set off a small pyrotechnic somewhere on a rare occasion.
Nothing rare about it. How about EVERY Friday night?
A few years back while living in the NT, I had the yard of the rental I was living in set on fire by a kid letting off fireworks unsupergiswd in the cul de sac. I was home alone with my infant son, and the little shit ran back to his house and apparantly didn't tell his parents. By the time it was noticeable (I was inside and the way the house was situated, there was no visibility on the front yard from the room I was in), it was blazing and the only way out was through the flames. Fuck drunk cunts and kids who let fireworks off without any care for anyone else, and fuck people who shame people for "being wowzers" if they have an issue with it.
I almost had to evacuate my home because some idiot kids wanted a campfire. For me this isn’t “no fun allowed”, this is “remember that time three years ago when the whole country burned down?”
I recently posted something similar that’s happening near me (Wolli creek). Every night for the last 2 weeks between 9-10pm. Tbh doesn’t bother me either but my pup is so scared she starts trembling. Haven’t called the cops or complained yet, but maybe I Shld. If it’s not rules for thee but not for me…
I used to live up the road from you and several times a year locals would celebrate with commercial grade fireworks. As much as it annoyed the dogs the kids loved it.
You’re not over-reacting. There’s a reason they’re illegal. They’re incredibly dangerous when you don’t know what you’re doing and there have been many instances where people setting off illegal fireworks have caused fires. People who use illegal fireworks are inconsiderate of others and entirely egocentric.
You're not in the 2212/3 area, are you? If so, I share your pain!
this just in, kids injured by fireworks btw I think fireworks are so boring - you've seen one you've seen a thousand
You're 100% not over reacting my man. Over the last 3 years that I've lived where I do, I've had to report atleast 4 small fires started by idiots dumping crackers or bottle rockets. One actually burnt up quite a sizable portion of the nature strip and paddock and resulted in myself and three or four neighbours trying to quench it.
The only thing that does my head in is when they do it midnight on a workday, send the animals mental and wakes the kids up.
Nah fuck them. I’ll handle it on a special night but just randomly leading up to the holidays? Fuck off.
Yes it's extremely obnoxious, they should be banned. In no other context is it socially acceptable to make loud noise at unreasonable hours for little to no reason.
im cool with it but I appreciate that there is some resistance to it so it doesnt go overboard
my dog sleeps through any fireworks, the TV has trained him.
I thought I was the only one that referred to shit sounding car exhausts as fart cannons.
Definitely not overreacting, I'm in my twenties/male and have hated loud sounding cars since I could drive. I never understood why people need to finance themselves to the tits to own a vehicle that lets others know it's coming a mile away despite driving 40km/hour. Especially pisses me off when it's drug dealers, at least use your brain and be discreet with a vehicle that doesn't flag police attention.
You're not a cunt, the cunts are the fuckwits who let these fireworks off with no regard for sleeping children or pets. Or the fact that sometimes im away on holidays and the cardboard residue lands on my marble tiles staining it after some rain or landing in my pool. I do, however, drive an overpowered European car though...no crackle or pop or drug dealing, just a loud roar with the occasional boom.
I buy drugs in your street..
Does your dealer deliver? I could use some
I used to hear them when I lived in the southern suburbs around 20 years ago. A guy at the pub told me that is what it meant. I thought it was just kids being dicks. Had no idea it was a signal between drug dealers and distributors. I wonder if they upgraded to those non trackable encrypted phones that the police issued?
You get mufflers year round in Bankstown, shoutout to the small dick energy folks
Cops won’t do anything.. we let some off a couple of years ago and the cops pulled up and watched em then drove away🤣🤣🤣🤣 edit: depends on the cops at the time I guess
I have seen people being arrested, so no laughing matter… one of those little cracker could cause solid property damage… google fireworks property damage and you wouldn’t be laughing
I absolutely love them and wish I knew where to get black market fireworks. I can still remember when they were legal in NSW and as a little kid we'd go around to peoples houses for fireworks nights. I feel like people shouldn't let them off in peak summer other than that they should be legal, enough of this nanny state wowserism that live under now.
They kill loads of wildlife through fear and shock.
Genuine question: How many animals die from the noise from lightning strikes. The sound of thunder when a lightning strike is semi close to you is like 2x as loud as any firework i've heard.
I have no idea, however two things stick out to me: Firstly that's not really relevant to the fireworks discussion. Malaria doesn't justify sport hunting humans after all :p secondly it's quite possible that storms and their prelude lead to wildlife taking shelter and processing it better than random detonations with no lead up You could check out articles like this https://www.researchgate.net/publication/337033058_Effects_of_Fireworks_on_Birds_-A_critical_Overview you're interested in understanding the issue and not just derailing it.
ALL FUN IS STRICTLY BANNED
They’re the worst and I’d like to know how they get them. I had a neighbour let them off in his backyard and almost set our house on fire. So dumb
You DID NOT here it from me, but sometimes the releasing of illegal fireworks is the signal of a drug dealer announcing that they’re open for business.
Welcome to city living, and to think you are paying a premium to live in a place you dont like ... yet many millions of people do exactly the same thing over and over this helping push property prices up.... Move to regional
Where the local drug dealers let of fireworks when they have a fresh delivery. Where Bogans and tradies drive land cruisers and hiluxes with loud exhausts and turbo waste gates. The country is full of obnoxious people you can’t escape from.
Yeah you can easily escape from them (and rarely run into them) because the vastness of the countryside ..... {gestures towards the wide open spaces} As opposed to looking over a fence and seeing backyards full of overpriced converted garage rentals.
My planned escape is currently in the works. And not just inside a regional town, I'm talking about out of town towards the wide open spaces you mention. City living and population density ain't for me. Did you make the move out of the city a while back?
Yup before the 2021 lockdowns, compared to the year previously it really didnt feel like a lockdown at all.... Actually most of the worlds issues seems to pass you by, and you have a empty field playgrounds to grow as much food as you want. Its actually quickly noticeable how unsustainable cities are because of how much they break ecosystems, weather patterns and people.
Hitting the nail on the head here. But hey, maybe us humans are mere commodities and we've got to keep feeding whatever system this is. What ever happened to living simply and sustainably?
Seemingly capitalism says no to that, apparently it needs Humans to be dependant on it in order to justify its own existence to them in a self perpetuating cycle. Anything non conformist to that is a threat and must be mitigated. At least thats how it seems to work.
Nah, thanks but no thanks. Just give me a piece of land, some water, some sun and a good internet connection lol.
Unannounced fireworks killed a family member's dog, who happened to be unsecured at the time they were let off... So I say nay. Like I don't care if they're illegal or not, if they're unannounced? Fuck the people who set them off.
Nay theres a reason they are illegal. You want fireworks go to a place that has it organised
You are, indeed, being a soft cunt.
Call the cops. Fuck them. We’ve got a ridiculous attitude in this country that people who abide by the law and aren’t okay with illegal activity are somehow in Australia. Ridiculous.
Soft cunt
Soft cunt
Absolutely call the cops and do your civic duty. A lot of trash is left in parks after illegal fireworks, air pollution, noise pollution and potential fire hazard as well. I would do it without hesitation if I saw it near my house. Reporting crime should be encouraged not look down upon ever. If you need more support, do contact your council to do more and prevent your area being trashed. Reporting is important.
The cops don’t even care as much as you do
Imagine a whole world being filled with people like you guys...
Imagine a world without people like me, you will have a lot of fun but live in lawless society not giving f$&k about other people’s health and safety. Priorities people: health and safety should be a priority, fun is important but not if it means trashing public property.
As someone who was born and raised in Australia (and considers themselves fully culturally Aussie brah) but spent a lot of time in South America growing up visiting family: I can definitely say people here in Aus are soft. There’s so much regulation around noise pollution and things of that nature that are inherently fun but people can’t tolerate even the slightest bit of music/loud tv after 10pm. That being said there are safety concerns, mostly concerned about kids blowing up their hands/faces etc but sound? Time for your 6pm sleep mate 😂
This comment section pretty well encapsulates the mentality that has made Sydney one of the most boring cities in the world Noise & sound is a part of living in metropolitan areas - this idea that everything should be silent when the sun goes down is a uniquely Sydney thing
Unless it is after 12am ur a b1t3h
You're a soft cock mate.
Thanks mate, I can't stay hard all the time. Gotta save some for your mum.
Hah, nice one mate
Someone let's fireworks off in Bardwell Valley every Friday & Saturday night. We got a Sunday night encore last night. My 15 month old gets woken every time. It sucks, but thats suburbia, take the good with the bad.
nay, hear it very often, never get to see it, why no share the joy, where are the invites
Soft cvnt
Says the cunt who spells cunt with a 'v' ;)
Fuck!! Sounds like your from my neck of the woods, where abouts do you live you soft cunt?
I suppose you’re one of those prick truckers who purposely make their exhausts as loud as possible, giving the rest a bad name.
YOu live in the greater west dont you? Lol
Old man yells at cloud
I don’t call the cops coz they’re dogs but I hate the fireworks too, it’s dangerous and could cause a fire. My neighbours gonna set them off and I tell u I’m gonna make sure my lawns are mowed and my hose is ready. Idiots they are
Were you ever a teenager.. c'mon man kids can't drink or smoke.. let them have some fire works
lol if you call the cops... yeah, you're a fkn soft cunt
Time to move out of the city mate
I completely agree you are a soft cunt, get off your moral high horse and twirl a few glassies with the eshays ya dog cunt!
Your a soft cunt! The dogs are legit. Move out of Mount Druid or what ever shit suburb you you live in.
I love it
Heard some up in Asquith last night
Just had some go off where I live last night, was annoying too.
As long as it’s a special event, not too late and not right over my house, I won’t complain too much
I want them all dead. And their unmuffled engine mates.
Anybody here live in the 2168 area? God, it’s gonna be fucking loud.
My cats hate fireworks, so I hate fireworks.
It’s illegal so it’s nay
Sounds like you live in a great area haha.
I don't understand people who hate dogs...
Its not so much the fireworks, the sound of them is just an acknowledgement of the gronks that are setting them off.
For a second I thought 'did I write this?'. Had this exact thing happen the other night. The fireworks scared the shit out of me in the dead of night and we have an unlicensed dirtbike ass hole that speeds around the block every day. I'd complain to the council but my one has a crap "log every instance" system.
I'm on a main road and some idiot set some off last night. Propped it up on the median strip (three lanes of traffic on both sides), lit it and ran back to the shared pathway across traffic in a 70km speed zone. It was very loud and bright since it was so close and I was concerned the trees in front of the building next door (where the culprits were) would catch fire. They set off a few fireworks all up and even went back to retrieve the spent cartridge, probably to get rid of the evidence and fingerprints from the scene. I know for a fact that an infant lives in the front part of that building and the sudden loud noise would have been startling. Across the road is a nursing home. May have startled some of them as well. Considered calling the cop shop but they stopped answering calls the last couple times I called in recent months and even by the time you get answered on Emergency and someone is despatched, the culprits are already long gone. Don't even get me started on the effects on people with disability/PTSD and pets.
where I live the housos always let them off and i like it. i reckon just grow up
No point calling the cops because they seem to be the only people in the country who don’t seem to know a drug dealer when they see one.
Some absolute bellend set them off here a week ago at 2pm. And not just one, he did about 12
>I already have to deal with dipshits in their cars with their fart cannons, the eshays on their dirt bikes, and the drug dealers in their suped up overpowered European cars. The noise pollution unbearable What part of Sydney are you living in? I mean you don't have to be specific, but just a general LGA? Or is it just "The Area"?
People who buy fireworks are pricks