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May 7, 2024

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Who’s idea was it to approve a shopping mall for Byron Bay? Mandy muses on the disturbing differences between the shopping experiences of street versus mall, and why Byron would ever need one.

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2 COMMENTS

  1. Byron is disappearing. It has become too popular with people who do not belong there. Every year i notice more and more chain store type shops and now 3 Worlds is going! We need to start a new Byron somewhere!

  2. Quote/”Byron is disappearing. It has become too popular with people who do not belong there.”

    I remember my grandfather [Born 1917 at Coopers Shoot] saying similar words 30-40 years ago.

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