This is an open letter to the people who think it’s somehow ok to disturb every living creature within a five-kilometre radius with their repetitive bass and drum frequencies which apparently passes for music.
Where do you people get off? If you don’t give a shit about others, spare a thought for the animals and birds. (Don’t get me started about koalas and Splendour/Bluesfest.)
Once again we have a techno/doof/trance (whatever it’s called this week) going on in the nature reserve on the north side of the Brunswick River and it’s now midnight and I can’t fricking sleep because of the pounding bass sounds coming through the bush.
As they say ‘get a room’ and keep it to yourself or better still enjoy the sounds of nature.
Rod Murray, Ocean Shores


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