Murwillumbah Town Centre - Northern Rivers NSW - 4K Walking Tour
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ส.ค. 2024
- Murwillumbah Town Centre - with Art Deco architecture.
Come for a 4K virtual walk with me around Murwillumbah town centre, Murwillumbah CBD, in the Northern Rivers NSW region on east coast Australia. Unlike my previous videos, I have not used background music tracks. Rather, I have sought to capture the live ambiance and vibe of the town by recording the natural street sounds in stereo in order to showcase it as the Murwillumbah travel destination (or destination Tweed) or as an entertaining Murwillumbah day trip outing starting from the Gold Coast Australia or Byron Bay. In these current times of travel restrictions, if we can't, in reality, visit the destinations like Murwillumbah, we can nevertheless take a Murwillumbah virtual travel experience by video. So, come visit northern New South Wales country town, Murwillumbah in the Tweed Valley!
Art Deco Architecture of the Town:
The footage focuses on the retro appeal of Murwillumbah town centre CBD. It is prominent in its architecture, shopfront windows and facades. There are some fine examples of Art Deco architecture and design displayed in many of the buildings. Also contributing to its charm is street alfresco dining, cafes, pubs, incidental townsfolk and even street buskers. Prior to travel restrictions, a wonderful jazz band regularly played on Sundays in the canopied sidewalk area outside the Courthouse Hotel. What a treat for visiting travellers.
Location of Murwillumbah:
Murwillumbah in the Northern Rivers NSW region on east coast Australia and is about thirty minutes’ drive from the Queensland Gold Coast, 40 minutes from Byron Bay, 30 mins from Mullumbimby and 45 mins from Nimbin. The route follows the Tweed River and sugar cane fields along the way. Murwillumbah is situated adjacent to a fertile volcanic soil flood plain inside the long since extinct Tweed Valley Volcano caldera. Sugar cane, soybeans and cattle are the main agricultural industries. Distinctively shaped Mount Warning, aka Wollumbin, the 1,156 m elevation remnant core of the volcano is conspicuous in the Tweed Valley.
History:
In the 1840s, extracting timber from the region was the dominant activity in the area. Dramatically, most of the Murwillumbah town centre was burned to the ground by fire in 1907. In 1978, the Bank of New South Wales, the building now occupied by the Westpac Bank, was broken into by the ‘Magnetic Drill Gang’ who got away with $1.7 million cash. They were never caught.
Floods:
Periodically, the Tweed river and Rous River overflow their banks during periods of torrential rainfall. Prior to a flood wall being built to protect the town, floodwaters reached nearly up to the Murwillumbah town centre shop awnings. The Murwillumbah flood levee or Murwillumbah flood wall has become known as the Murwillumbah Graffiti Wall. It’s not actually graffiti but rather is urban street art created by talented artists that decorates it. The highest recorded flood occurred in 2017 when the water rose to about 40 cm short of the 6.3 m levee. I have personally experienced the 2013, 2014 and 2017 floods.
Accommodation:
In the town centre there is the 4.5-star Imperial Hotel.
At the top Wollumbin Street is the 3.7-star Murwillumbah Motor Inn.
A little out of town there is the 4.6-star Gallery Motel and the 4.1-star Tweed River Motel.
Another option is to seek accommodation on the lower Gold Coast and visit as a Murwillumbah day trip.
Murwillumbah Arts, Market Events and Travel Events:
Murwillumbah Showground Farmers Markets are held in the Show Ground every Wednesday.
Murwillumbah Makers & Finders Market is held in Knox Park on the 3rd Saturday of each month, 9am - 2 pm . (www.makersandfindersmarket.com)
Adjacent to the Regent Cinema is the M|Arts Precinct building behind a classic Art Deco façade. This venue houses fascinating artists and makers and their novel studios set up inside creatively renovated shipping containers. m-arts.com.au/
Just on the outskirts of town is the modern Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Centre which includes a very pleasant Gallery Café and a Gallery Shop.
The Murwillumbah Arts Trail is an inspiring annual event which follows a trail of venues around town. This is a great activity for travelers and locals alike.
The highly popular event of the Murwillumbah Annual Show is held by the Tweed River Agricultural Society. People travel from afar to enjoy and participate in this event.
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My adopted town. Live outside it a bit but 'Woo Woo Bah ' as my kids call it is a truly great community. One of the best in Australia,
I agree with you wholeheartedly VaucluseVanguard. It's also the case for me. It's my adopted town too. I gotta say, 'Woo Woo Bah' is a little easier to spell. People in telephone call centres for instance, sometimes have some trouble with the spelling of 'Murwillumbah'. Cheers.
From Mur-bah , and went to Sydney when I finished school in 86' . Luckily I landed in Bondi and spent twenty years there . Back home since 2006 . I hope you're loving it .
Indeed I am cwegers2. I went away for 3 years to Russell and MacLeay Islands in Morton Bay but so happy to be back in Murbah! For keeps. Thanks for commenting.
When I was at uni in Lismore, I met so many kind uni students from Murbah, it's a truly remarkable place with remarkable people ❤
@gingerdad127 It's good to hear that you had such a friendly experience with Murbah students. I like Murbah too. I have made many friends here since making it my home 12 years ago. Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment. 🙂
Oh so many memories and changes.I grew up here,been away for 50 years.Have been back ,still have lots of family living here.Thanks for the memories.
You're welcome Junelle. I'm glad you enjoyed the memories.
Grew up in & around Murbah, I worked in the N.A.B. during the time it had 2 branches & we were unifying them to the current location. My sister worked in the CommBank & was the Banana Festival CommBank entrant.
Mum & Dad owned & rsn Possum’s Coffee Lounge which was nestled it with Wrights Dry Cleaners & Wombat Books, opposite the Court house & just up from my mate’s family news agency, Hill’s news agency.
I ended up working at Murwillumbah Music & Tandy Electronics when it was in the Plaza next to Ingrid’s cafe, Take 5.
Murwillumbah is an Aboriginal word meaning
Mur - Many
Willum - Possum
Bah - Place
Hence lending the name to Mum & Dad’s coffee lounge.
One day I’ll be back & that time for good.
Hi DRW Custom. Thank you so much for taking the time to leave a comment. I think I detect some nostalgia for our lovely place of many possums. My history here doesn't go back very far but I love Murwillumbah. I'm retired now and have decisively set down roots here. I hope you can, in time, find your way back here. Until then, I wish you good cheer.
Aw Murbah, I lived there in 2014-15, it's an odd little town, or ecclectic is a better term to describe it. My daughter went to the Murbah public school which she enjoyed, we specifically lived out at Mt Warning. Tweed Valley etc Murbah is a very special area, the country is so beautiful and there is a strong spiritual energy there. I've been meaning to go back for a visit as I have family there. Great video 👍🏽
Smurfy Lee, thanks for commenting. Yes I think the whole Northern Rivers is probably eclectic. The kinds of spiritual energy are diverse. I agree that the natural beauty of the region is exceptional; that is one reason I make videos of it and it's towns, markets and villages. Sadly the streets are piled with stinking, sodden rubbish at the moment so the place is not looking it's best. However, as has always happened with previous floods, people rise up and recover from the crises.
Smurfy Lee, no doubt you saw my latest Murwillumbah flood video: th-cam.com/video/3veVoe-rNNc/w-d-xo.html
Thank you so much for this video. I grew up in Murbah, and am currently not able to head back due to the way the world is at the moment. I cried watching this as Ive been very homesick; its so lovely to see the beauty and the homey feel of our town.
Zan K, I'm so glad you liked my video of Murbah but I'm also so sorry that you are are homesick and not able to return at the present time. I do know what it feels like to go away and return. I went away to the MacLeay Island for thee years but I got an opportunity to come back and I'm so glad I did. When I drove down the Tweed Valley Way towards Murbah, I experienced a wonderful feeling of coming home. I'm definitely not going to leave again. I hope you too get such an opportunity to come back and that then your tears will be turned to joy. Keep your spirits up and be patient for the time being. I've made other videos in the Northern Rivers region, including some more in Murwillumbah. Check out this playlist: th-cam.com/play/PLi9ubMC9MO43iySlRAhiKOm0byyg83xaz.html
This is an awesome video of our beautiful town. Thank you for promoting our little piece of paradise.
It's my pleasure
Thank you for filming this beautiful town....seeing it made me realise how much I miss it......I was born there, went to school at Mt St Pat's high...I lived there for 2 yeas and left in 2008....I've been back a few times since......need to go back again but not sure when.....I grew up in Kingy.....seeing the Austral got me craving some cardboard cake...I'm now in Grafton..
Thank you Cecilia for commenting. I often find that people realize how they miss Murwillumbah after watching this video. The Northern Rivers region is a beautiful area in which to live.. 😀
Excellent video mate! Thank you!
Thank you for your comment Lee. I'm glad you liked it. Sorry about my late reply. For some reason I didn't see a comment notification.
My home ❤
Thanks for commenting Payton. :)
Used to live here, moved away in 2016, though.
@@NerdyNoahyt Thanks for commenting. I hope your new home is nice too. 🙂
This is beautiful thanks ,now take it down or we will be over run by people wanting to live in this part of the world and what a prefect day to film not a cloud in the sky
Thank you Rich! I'm delighted that you enjoyed my video! Yes, I hope I haven't 'shot myself in the foot' so to speak. We might regret a large influx of people swamping our little paradise. Some visitors could help businesses though. I wish you a happy 2022! :)
too late ..already has been invaded.
It already is run over. When I lived there in the mid-90s it was still a sleepy farming town, bananas and sugar cane. There were already acupuncturists and massage therapists, but the farmers still owned the place. It didn't have upscale boutiques and patios or even KFC.
@@belleparker2046 You probably do your best to make them leave. sounds like the town would be better off without you for starters
A great video of a great little town. Please do the Art Gallery next!
Thanks for your encouraging words. I have actually already recorded footage of the art galley but have been so crazy busy and tired that I haven't got to the job of editing yet. I'll endeavour to get on top of that one as soon as possible. I do have a couple of other videos all ready to upload, but I can't push them all up at once. I wish you a happy and successful 2022 for yourself and your business. :)
awesome video quality!! new fan here!!
Thank you! I just finished watching your Jewel Mall video. Amazing Fountain. With your crystal clear video and 3d sound I felt like I was actually there.
Great video
Thank you so much
Kathy, you are most welcome. I'm glad you enjoyed my video. Thank you for watching. 🙂
Great video, have shared with family. Could hear the "bin chickens" but not really see them.
Thanks Jean, Im happy you enjoyed it. Thanks also for sharing it with family. Ah Ha, I tried not to get too close to the 'bin chickens'.
Great video and brilliant quality. Looks like a very picturesque town.
Thanks Bill. Like everything, if you get the right time of day and good weather, things can look exceptionally good. The little DJI Pocket 2 helps a lot to make the footage look great. DJI seem to have a good recipe for their camera's produce beautiful video. Thanks for commenting.
@@gavinhartmedia The DJI Pocket is an amazing camera, I have the Pocket 1. I bought a set of Polarising/ND filters for mine, they work well. Do you use polarising filters?
@@WilliamHenryAlbert My drone came with some filters. I think they are ND filters. I don't have filters for the Pocket 2. I did use a polarizing filter and some ND's with my old Nikon D70 SLR. I liked the way the polarizing filter could show either reflections or transparency with water. I used the ND's for slow shutter silk effect on moving water). My Pocket 2 has a tendency to over expose on bright parts like sky for instance. I probably should get some filters for that but not sure if it would be just as easy to wind in some -ve eV exposure. I think you can lose some picture 'punchiness' though if you do that. What do you reckon would be best, filters or manual exposure? (mind you, I have a tendency to be lazy and just use default settings. ha ha!
Great video 👍🔥
Well done new friend 😊
Thank you. Pleased to be friends! Take care climbing up those rocks and steep coastal paths. They look scary.
Murbah is an awesome town
Thanks for your comment dirtydogg06. I agree with you. I love Murwillumbah too. Wild horses couldn't remove me from Murbah. 🙂
Well done mate.
Thanks @emptybook1458 for commenting. I’m glad you found my video worthwhile. Cheers, Gavin.
The video makes it look bigger than what it is , the car ferry is truly forgotten, was the only way to get to tweed , the population is greater than the once peacefull town
Thank you for commenting Sharon. In some ways, changes to a town over time can cause disappointment for us, even sadness. It's a bit like having our past stolen from us. I suppose all we can do is make the best of what we now have. No one is going to pull down the bridge and bring back the ferry.. I left my childhood town because over time, there were so many changes, making it almost unrecognisable.
@@gavinhartmedia The car ferry was north of the town , I left Cronulla 45 years ago for the same reason, I just can't get over the land destruction especially Murwillumbah to Kyogle. Bye
Busy town and definately Art Deco. Few more cafes have opened up but its basically the same place. Main Shopping supermarket needs a major facelift. Stuck with Coles when it gets busy you are tripping over everyone. The property prices have gone through the roof much to Agents delight! A small 2 bedroom fibro thats needs a renovation can sell for 900k plus. a year or so ago it was half that. Silly out of towners are paying anything in a frenzy to leave Sydney...sucked in.
I think it's tragic that housing affordability in our country so reprehensibly a case of injustice. I think we all know the reasons and I prefer not to get drawn into that matter. No doubt there are some suckers. It's easy, through circumstances that life throws at you to become a loser. I do however understand how folk would want to escape from the noose of inability to survive in places of wildly inflated house prices. I must say that I would take a sympathetic view towards victims in dire straights. Wouldn't we be just as bad as the greedy money grabbers if we were to deny someone a lifeline, while at the same time feeling that Murwillumbah belongs to us, exclusively? It's also easy to feel bitter. In the face of frustration, the garbage of a broken world, and a broken humanity, I'd rather try to face our condition with hopefulness. Thanks for commenting Belle! I'm interested in peoples views and I appreciate all feedback.
@@gavinhartmedia i agree,,,i have seen prices rise and fall several times in Murwillumbah. or Murwillumbimby as I now call it (same ridiculous price range). As far as people wanting to escape wildly priced cities well Murbah is wildy priced so no escape there. Lets see what happens when prices stagnate or fall the agents can stop rubbing there greedy paws together. In fact if you want to sell your Murbah home just do it yourself and save a few bob. it wont be hard to sell. Yep I agree its a broken world putting it mildly and escapism is plan for most now. Getting the fricken Govt and media out of our face would help too.
@@belleparker2046 I've heard the housing price rises are even worse in Byron Bay. Only the wealthy can afford to buy there now. I guess I'm not following the market closely as I'm not intending to move. Real estate sales agents have to be able to ride a roller coaster. Apart from the boom times they have very lean seasons as well. Many need to draw on capital savings to tide them over. There is a high casualty rate in that occupation. Regarding Govt. and Media, I think they have contributed to the making of a culture of fear. Folk have ended up becoming paranoid and depressed. Thanks for your further comments Belle :)
@@gavinhartmedia Thanks rad giddy !