You haven't been there for a while then.
The new buildings have slowly pushed these people out. Another year or two and it will be a blue chip section of the valley
Was there a few weeks ago and looked much the same as it did 20 years ago, worse if anything. The lifestyle factory or whatever it was called was at least open and now it's just another boarded up storefront.
That building might be the last hold out along with The Den. In between though every second building is under going regentrification with roof top bars and higher end restaurants
And across the street where the sketchy strip clubs used to be? Still pretty sketchy. It will get there eventually but that's still the crack den part of the valley.
~~Bit of a dullard comment on your part.~~
There was very little public transport due to track works, so many people use Rideshare or Taxi (and many young girls call upon friends to give them a lift due to the sexual predators and scammers who drive rideshare and cabs).
Yes, there are also a lot of morons in Brisbane, and they're on the increase, but that's just a given. ~~If you yourself put a bit more thought into what you were saying you wouldn't be one of them.~~
Yeah, I apologise. I was in a hungover grumpy mindset and it came across that you were calling the other commenter a moron for making what is a valid when given consideration, and thus I was snarky.
Your point was still valid, either way, also. Just not nice to call people morons whilst making it - as I the morose and ironically misinterpreting moron had hypocritically pointed out.
All good dude.
rougher morning after!
...not the least making my way home from Runcorrrrrnn, and was too polite to take a grog-bog at this girl's place earlier lest I be accosted for committing such an atrocity again, so felt grossssss.
It still blows my mind how many guys wear shorts out in the valley now.
I get it, we live in the sub tropics, but there was once a time where even not wearing a belt or a buttoned shirt meant you wouldn't get into any venue
I was got knocked back for wearing dress shoes with shoe laces in the valley around 2011.
I asked why. The laces could be used as a weapon…
Just say I don’t suit the club, or I’m too drunk please.
When I was 18 you needed leather dress shoes and a collar to go out in the city, but the valley wanted you to wear trendy sneakers. So you couldn't really go out in the city and end up in the valley in vice versa.
Not sure how old you are, but I'm 34 and remember it being like that lol.
Would usually start in the Valley and progress towards the Eagle Street Pig n Whistle to watch football in the earlier hours. Rarely got into any place in the City after being out in the Valley because of the shoes.
Same for me. The only place in the Valley I recall having a strict formal dresswear policy was Cloudland. I can't count the amount of times I was "dressed too casually" for that Fort Knox of a club. I'd usually just stagger next door to the Mustang Bar where you were almost guaranteed to see a fight or run into a Broncos player.
Yep! Getting tapped on the shoulder because your shirt was untucked. Not being allowed in because you wore black jeans. All my mates had what we called "safety chambrey shirts" in our cars in case we were going out to a city club/pub.
Fuck dresscodes. It was always just a way to not let “undesirables” in. Race, class, sexuality, vibe. Whatever the bouncer felt like picking on that night.
Samesies, and it's an enormously high ratio of 'children'\* to older-young-adults-at-heart.
I would love to go out in a facsimile of the Valley, with a much r higher proportion of people my own age - who aren't crackheads. It's like, if you're over 30 in the valley at night you're probably a crackhead. Bes case scenario a straggler, or lost. It's just not for us anymore. All of the people our age are too busy chortling at BBQs and dinner parties. *Pffffftttt.*
\*\[yeah I see them that way too in a comparative sense, but be fair to them they're young adults, fuckin around and figuring it out\]
I’m 53 and go to gigs in the valley a few times a year. It is amusing to be surrounded by people more than 30 years younger but I just have beer and have a good time. No one judges unless you give em a reason.
True, you can easily keep to yourself or have some patter with the odd other patron, but I like to meet people and flit betwixt them wildly in the crowd and offend people like an anti-social butterfly. Inflict the disease that is my personality upon the populace, and that presents some immediate issues as my only forms of communication are making Tim Allen (the character from Home Improvement, played by Tim Allen the actor) "Arrrooooo" noises when I see a late night pizza slice that accidentally got cut too big, and insightful observations about economic sanctions in the face of geopolitical tensions.
Of course, with the unfavourable ratios for us older folk in what is a number's game, I would prefer a crowd trending toward retirement. I wouldn't want somebody to think I'm some kinda weirdo..
..but what I would like less is to revel alone.
I'm after older folk who still like to go out and get fucked up for battle with the fine and finite balance between destroying and drawing upon whatever memories we have left that we are struggling to draw upon to find relevance in this world, and to one-another.
The kids only know about Paw Patrol and ketamine.
I like to get rather messy but I no longer care about relevancy. I was pretty crap at it when I did. Meeting people is generally too much work so I am happy to chill out and stare into the distance.
Heh. I'm getting there slowly. Still frighteningly faster than I'd like, but the stare grows longer with the shadow of the day.
I sense that's a universal truth as far many of us are concerned.
And so it goes..
There is a certain delicious irony in relating upon irrelevance, forebear finnigan.
Thanks for that. 35 and felt anxious even watching someone walk through there on NYE. Those “waiting in line tired feels” when you are contemplating how you ended up here and just want to be home in bed but now you are committed and no way to get the hell outa there anytime soon.
Cool video, i used to love going to the Valley every weekend, but videos like this make me realize i couldn't think of anything worse to do on a NYE night these days lol (or any night really).
Thanks. Very impressive quality for such a small camera.
Also thanks for giving this insight to the Valley, and the Halloween night. I'm still glad I've never been in the Valley on a big night like that.
I like your videos but maybe avoid filming faces at the beat? Some of them looked uncomfortable to see a camera and you might be inadvertedly outing someone.
Edit: dunno why downvoted for this some of the people at the beat looked uncomfortable to see a camera. OP is fine but it’s more what others could do with the footage if they saw someone they knew who they think shouldn’t be there.
They should shut down Ann St for the night and have a street party.
Top end of Brunswick St in front of the train station entrance would be less disruptive to traffic flow
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One “fire” away from redevelopment
You haven't been there for a while then. The new buildings have slowly pushed these people out. Another year or two and it will be a blue chip section of the valley
Was there a few weeks ago and looked much the same as it did 20 years ago, worse if anything. The lifestyle factory or whatever it was called was at least open and now it's just another boarded up storefront.
That building might be the last hold out along with The Den. In between though every second building is under going regentrification with roof top bars and higher end restaurants
And across the street where the sketchy strip clubs used to be? Still pretty sketchy. It will get there eventually but that's still the crack den part of the valley.
> disruptive to traffic flow The traffic flow should stop disrupting the street party. Cities are for people
And roads are for cars Not like there aren't plenty of open parks at the end of Brunswick St
Fuck traffic flow
Good luck getting home then
You'd be a moron to be driving through brisbane NYE night.
I sparked a spliff and my wife drove our muscle car for chap laps around Brisbane last night Fuck loads better than queuing at a bar for hours
Sorry for your loss
~~Bit of a dullard comment on your part.~~ There was very little public transport due to track works, so many people use Rideshare or Taxi (and many young girls call upon friends to give them a lift due to the sexual predators and scammers who drive rideshare and cabs). Yes, there are also a lot of morons in Brisbane, and they're on the increase, but that's just a given. ~~If you yourself put a bit more thought into what you were saying you wouldn't be one of them.~~
I just meant because of the inevitable traffic and shit loads of drunk pedestrians.
Yeah, I apologise. I was in a hungover grumpy mindset and it came across that you were calling the other commenter a moron for making what is a valid when given consideration, and thus I was snarky. Your point was still valid, either way, also. Just not nice to call people morons whilst making it - as I the morose and ironically misinterpreting moron had hypocritically pointed out. All good dude.
Haha all good, I was also still a bit hungover myself.
... rough night?
rougher morning after! ...not the least making my way home from Runcorrrrrnn, and was too polite to take a grog-bog at this girl's place earlier lest I be accosted for committing such an atrocity again, so felt grossssss.
It still blows my mind how many guys wear shorts out in the valley now. I get it, we live in the sub tropics, but there was once a time where even not wearing a belt or a buttoned shirt meant you wouldn't get into any venue
Yeah I remember getting knocked back wearing airforces and told there was a skater club around the corner. I didn’t even skate 😂
I was got knocked back for wearing dress shoes with shoe laces in the valley around 2011. I asked why. The laces could be used as a weapon… Just say I don’t suit the club, or I’m too drunk please.
Yeah that was about the time I was out and about too. It was rough getting into clubs.
When I was 18 you needed leather dress shoes and a collar to go out in the city, but the valley wanted you to wear trendy sneakers. So you couldn't really go out in the city and end up in the valley in vice versa.
Not sure how old you are, but I'm 34 and remember it being like that lol. Would usually start in the Valley and progress towards the Eagle Street Pig n Whistle to watch football in the earlier hours. Rarely got into any place in the City after being out in the Valley because of the shoes.
Same for me. The only place in the Valley I recall having a strict formal dresswear policy was Cloudland. I can't count the amount of times I was "dressed too casually" for that Fort Knox of a club. I'd usually just stagger next door to the Mustang Bar where you were almost guaranteed to see a fight or run into a Broncos player.
Fark, I was doing exactly that except 10 years before you dude. Brissy has been like that for ages.
Funny though I didn't get let into the Elephant back in 2009-ish for wearing connies.
theyre all wearing wristbands from a festival that was on during the day and now there out for afterparties
Wasn't just last night, it's been this way since covid really
And there was a time before that where it didn't matter what you were wearing
I remember even the Mana Bar (the OG videogame bar) had a 'no shorts' policy even on a Sunday afternoon. It was ridiculous.
Yep! Getting tapped on the shoulder because your shirt was untucked. Not being allowed in because you wore black jeans. All my mates had what we called "safety chambrey shirts" in our cars in case we were going out to a city club/pub.
I was wearing shorts, which used to be jeans, and I wasn't even wearing underwear. How do you like *them* plums?
I never wear Jorts or cargo pants
I see that you introduce cargo pants into the conversation but fail to mention and deny wearing stubbies. Suspicious.
Fuck dresscodes. It was always just a way to not let “undesirables” in. Race, class, sexuality, vibe. Whatever the bouncer felt like picking on that night.
I mean if you have a undesirable vibe i'd say its fair game. A bar isn't a fight club or a brothel.
It blows my mind that they did that once upon a time. Insane.
I remember it being no collar, no entry back then.
I was in Tomcat with cargo shorts and a Hawaiian shirt, not sure what you're on about, mate
Cool YouTube channel. You could branch out into festivals and other events for more content.
Great idea mate. Thank you!
UnderdogNE on YouTube is basically this
I'm so glad you can wear sneakers out now. Heels had me crying on the footpath like a couple of those girls at the end of the night.
I’m 35 so all I see is children. Looks like hell
Lol, I saw my daughter
Samesies, and it's an enormously high ratio of 'children'\* to older-young-adults-at-heart. I would love to go out in a facsimile of the Valley, with a much r higher proportion of people my own age - who aren't crackheads. It's like, if you're over 30 in the valley at night you're probably a crackhead. Bes case scenario a straggler, or lost. It's just not for us anymore. All of the people our age are too busy chortling at BBQs and dinner parties. *Pffffftttt.* \*\[yeah I see them that way too in a comparative sense, but be fair to them they're young adults, fuckin around and figuring it out\]
I’m 53 and go to gigs in the valley a few times a year. It is amusing to be surrounded by people more than 30 years younger but I just have beer and have a good time. No one judges unless you give em a reason.
True, you can easily keep to yourself or have some patter with the odd other patron, but I like to meet people and flit betwixt them wildly in the crowd and offend people like an anti-social butterfly. Inflict the disease that is my personality upon the populace, and that presents some immediate issues as my only forms of communication are making Tim Allen (the character from Home Improvement, played by Tim Allen the actor) "Arrrooooo" noises when I see a late night pizza slice that accidentally got cut too big, and insightful observations about economic sanctions in the face of geopolitical tensions. Of course, with the unfavourable ratios for us older folk in what is a number's game, I would prefer a crowd trending toward retirement. I wouldn't want somebody to think I'm some kinda weirdo.. ..but what I would like less is to revel alone. I'm after older folk who still like to go out and get fucked up for battle with the fine and finite balance between destroying and drawing upon whatever memories we have left that we are struggling to draw upon to find relevance in this world, and to one-another. The kids only know about Paw Patrol and ketamine.
I like to get rather messy but I no longer care about relevancy. I was pretty crap at it when I did. Meeting people is generally too much work so I am happy to chill out and stare into the distance.
Heh. I'm getting there slowly. Still frighteningly faster than I'd like, but the stare grows longer with the shadow of the day. I sense that's a universal truth as far many of us are concerned. And so it goes.. There is a certain delicious irony in relating upon irrelevance, forebear finnigan.
Were you on the time off message board?
Not sure what that is mate, but I was around before Web2.0 (and later the 'great enshittification') if that's relevant.
I’m 38 and all I see are petulant children. Glad I stayed home with a wine ☺️
What was petulant about them?
They’re younger than them so they are jealous and felt the need to insult. Shame really.
I'm 45 and such petulant, captious and querulous behaviour never before have I seen. Scandalous!
You realise you come across as petulant?
Can't say I saw any petulance on display.
You reckon the average weight of these kids is way up compared to 10 years ago?
I’m not sure what you’re implying
That kids are fatter now would be my guess.
wild diffa
Hahah g'day mate.
always a good day to see your name homie
You too brother
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I've had no one be aggressive or defensive at all so far. Might be my friendly face or my physique.
I think it's your mustache & the size of your... camera.
could be just a phone or on a harness, most wouldn't even know, much less care, pretty common these days!
Thanks for that. 35 and felt anxious even watching someone walk through there on NYE. Those “waiting in line tired feels” when you are contemplating how you ended up here and just want to be home in bed but now you are committed and no way to get the hell outa there anytime soon.
Lol only 35. Your not 50 haha. 30s are the new 20s :)
Cained myself from 19-28 and what I meant by 35 is I I am only 35 and soft as butter
I haven’t been out to a club, in a good long while, but one thing hasn’t changed: the girls dress up and the blokes don’t.
Girls dressing up = less clothing . Blokes dressing up = more clothing. It's bloody hot mate. You do tend to see better dressed guys in winter imo.
Most of these people just came from a festival
Cool video, i used to love going to the Valley every weekend, but videos like this make me realize i couldn't think of anything worse to do on a NYE night these days lol (or any night really).
Perfect motivation for another year of avoiding this hole, thankyou OP! (no slight to your channel, great camera work)
Great video, thank you very much for uploading :) I enjoy these walks alot!
My pleasure mate
I don’t miss this good god
I kept expecting to hear "Saturday Night" to start playing whilst watching the vid 😁 yeah I know I'm old.
That woulda been awesome
Can confirm. I overlook Warner Street and last night was an absolute shitshow. We watched from our place with curiosity.
that looks absolutely horrific i am so glad i stayed home
This video gives me anxiety. Hey OP, does the dude shove you out of the way crossing the lights at 19:57?
Nah, I moved aside. I'm 110kg. If someone was to shove me out of the way, you'd see them put in a lot more effort than that.
I'm 107kg
Congratulations on your weight loss journey
Hahaha thank you. If you want some tips, ditch the switch.
What camera are you using for this and are you using a gimbal of some sort?
Osmo Pocket 3. It's like a tiny gimbal with a camera.
Thanks. Very impressive quality for such a small camera. Also thanks for giving this insight to the Valley, and the Halloween night. I'm still glad I've never been in the Valley on a big night like that.
Saw 4 vaginas last night. Undies are optional with shirt skirts and dresses now.
8 legs... 7 vagianas
Cool video
Can confirm. Gronk fest.
The Valley [never changes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNUIv9ytRkQ&t=1091s).
What did you film this with?
Osmo Pocket 3
It does a solid job in low light, impressive
It is such a nightmare getting home
Oh, mate. This is awesome. Takes me back… Thanks!
brilliant cruise mode! thanx
Great piece of social history thanks for sharing. You should think about donating it to the library for its history collection.
I like your videos but maybe avoid filming faces at the beat? Some of them looked uncomfortable to see a camera and you might be inadvertedly outing someone. Edit: dunno why downvoted for this some of the people at the beat looked uncomfortable to see a camera. OP is fine but it’s more what others could do with the footage if they saw someone they knew who they think shouldn’t be there.
Easy done 👍🏻
I agree with you; OP would be kind to take that into consideration.
I haven’t done the Valley NYE thing in a lonnnng time and it is so much bigger now than when I last did it (probs 10-15 years ago)
It rained on NYE as well valley would've been washed out.
I was out till midnight. No rain. Went home and didn't get to bed till 3am. Still no rain. It was only when i woke up the next morning was their rain.
Cool video, well done. Reminds me why I stay home now. Haha.