Mullumbimby, alternate, friendly, historic, culture.
Mullumbimby, or Mullum as the locals call it, is as friendly a town as you will find anywhere.
I have been going to Mullum for about 49 years. The town has changed and grown. Still, the people who inhabit this village definitely have not. From my oldest memories Mullumbimby locals have always been welcoming and that is a quality that remains.
This year we stayed at the show grounds, very friendly caretaker nothing was a problem for them
Definitely worth a return visit
We stayed for 7 days at the campgrounds even though it was very wet.Nothing new, it has been wet almost everywhere we have been. We had been looking ahead to the Showgrounds markets that are held every Friday. It was a bleak, wet day and the expectations of the markets being on were low. Still, they breed them tough in Mullum. Most of the market people turned up at daybreak and set up regardless.
The village is between the counterculture capital of New South Wales, Nimbin, and the Byron Bay coastal settlements. Mullumbimby is small in population. Yet, it is big in character. Locals describe Mullum as the biggest little town in Australia. In many ways, it lives up to that claim. A very active local arts scene art galleries, music festivals, there always seems to have something happening.
The girls were busking to advertise their performance later in the week at
and very popular it seems
Even with the wet weather, I always felt there was something to see or do. Mullum has plenty of clothes shops, mostly girls’ stuff. There is a very well-stocked organic food shop. Mullum also has a healthy alternate healing industry. Of course, the hotels and cafes are very well patronised.
Uncle Toms Pieshttps://uncletoms.com.au
Now, situated at the turn off to Mullum, they have captured the formula to a successful rest stop. They offer good food and coffee and the atmosphere is always friendly.
The famous Uncle Toms pie shop was a stop always eagerly anticipated. As young surfers, we traveled to the Byron region, especially on those cold winter trips. It can be a very busy place when the tourist buses arrive.
Mullumbimby’s history goes back to the mid eighteen hundreds. During that time, timber was king. Farming helped sustain the future and is still one of Mullum’s key industries. There are still some historical sites and buildings that go back to the early 1900s. one of standouts is the Mullumbimby hydroelectric power station, built in 1924. Other significant sites include the Federation bridge over the Brunswick River and beautiful examples of early settlement homes. Some of these homes have been restored, while others have fallen victim to time and flood.
We have moved on to Jones’s gully at Crows nest, Queensland. I am positive Mullum will call again. We will find more to keep us coming back yet again.
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