In the 1980s and 90s, Byron Bay was a sleepy surf village. Now it’s a meme, the home of arguably Australia’s worst-ever reality show, and (not to be dramatic but) an often trotted-out example of everything that’s wrong with modern Australia. But are things really as bad as they seem? In a recent online community thread, Australians shared the various ways Byron Bay has changed over the last 30-40 years – and it’s not all doom and gloom.
I may have met more assholes in 2 days in Byron Bay than two years in Sydney,