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It was sign posted a few times “Lawn sale! 100s of records and book” along the Hume heading south from Sydney.
In January 2014, 2 friends and I were driving back to Melbourne from Sydney, we saw the signs and thought, let’s have a look.
It was a very hot morning from memory.
We turned off the Hume (where the signs said to turn) and drove along a dirt road and up a dirt road driveway.
All of us were joking around that we would be murdered etc
We got to the Lawn sale (no lawn, just dirt) and geez it was a weird/amazing site.
To my left I remember seeing a huge bonfire site with hundreds and hundreds of beer bottles, there were old cars and parts scattered around and then in the middle (infront of the house) were about 20 or so trestle tables with stuff for sale.
Clothes, bric a brac, a table full of toy parts (babies heads, arms etc) books, records etc
At one point I walked up towards the front row of tables, which was near a house.
I heard a woman inside screaming and shouting, “f this and that” and some smashing of glass.
One of my friends was looking at stuff nearby.
Then a man walked out of the house.
This is where things got weird.
This man walked onto the front deck of the house and paced back and forth staring at me.
He was in his 50s/60s, skin was like leather from the sun and he had these piercing beady blue eyes furrowed into his face.
I said hey and I swear he responded “you’re gonna die”. He said nothing else and kept pacing around.
I wasn’t sure what I’d heard and kept looking around for a minute (quietly freaking out).
Then a lady arrived with her partner and I joined her looking at the records
She asked me if I’d seen any Lee hazelwood/nancy Sinatra records. Which was kinda absurd considering what I thought I’d heard? Having these other “customers” there kind of kinda relaxed me.
One of my friends bought a homemade bong and the other bought a super 8 camera.
We got back in the car and I said to my friends “far out that was weird! Do you know what the guy said to me?”
One of my friends said “yeah I heard what he said to you, I was behind you. He said “you’re gonna die”. “
After all these years, I don’t know what to make of this place/lawn sale.
It was a weird alright. The death threat, the huge bonfire with beer bottles (almost like a shrine), cars and car parts scattered everywhere.
Felt like a death trap but then they may of just been f’ing with us (ha ha)
Anyone been here before? Any similar stories?
Thanks
Kempsey. I'm forced to live here looking after late mum's house. Cant sell until brother decides to. Too sick to work fulltime and pay rent in Nambucca where my life is. Garage and campervan been broken into/attempted break ins four times in four years. Unless you are well off and can afford a good security system don't live here. It was a nightmare growing up and not much better now. Check crime stats kempsey, they're much higher than average.
The Parliament.
Berkeley there's somewhere in their flats where a chick got her head cut off by the husband
Absolutely smashed the upvote. Serial killer central. Dead girls buried in the garden with 1 hand pointing upwards type of place
My father in law lives there. Has a full time carer. During the Centrelink disaster payment debacle someone knocked on his door and got his Centrelink info and took him to the ATM to withdraw all his money and the payment. They left him with $10.
They went back a week later to scam my sister in law. Now they don’t answer the door to anyone and keep everything locked. Scary town at night also.
Tell me more! What’s so weird about it?
It’s an odd place, there’s some street art but it’s hidden, and other than the rsl, there’s nowhere to eat after 7 ( except the takeaway chains)
Not creepy, just rough and unwelcoming IMO
That's my hometown!!
Haha Kempsey. I never thought it would be seen as creepy. Just a rough, stuck in the 80’s country town.
Starring role in the Freedom Ride. Go check that out if you dont already know what happened there
Yep, the high school has to have a police officer there every day. Only 10(ish) students turn up most days. It's definitely a lock your car doors and accelerate kind of town
I was gonna say lightning ridge but yea, def Walgett.
You don’t normally lock the door?
I was working up there on a project and the fact that the hotel had the big arse gates to close after 10 (May have been earlier) and i was taken aback.
Then again, in 1995 my car had rocks thrown at it by some young kids when i was getting some water.
I work for state government and have been there in a number of roles, we refer to it as "Walganistan"
That whole stretch of the old Great North Rd north of the Hawkesbury is really eery
I don't mind driving through there, but it does come across as a weird area all around.
I live in this region. Dunedoo has a few coffee shops, vintage store, and a shop where you could but fancy dresses. So not scary. Kandos has excellebt opnshops, an art gallerey, excellent museum.
Mandurama has a vibe of a museum, but in a dusty way, rather than creepy. The pub accommodation is swish!
Kandos is actually a really nice place. After the cement works closed down in 2011 house prices went crazy low which attracted a lot of artist folk to move to the area. Once a year they have an art festival called Cementa. Look at it https://cementa.com.au/ it's glorious. It's placed at the foothill of the mountains with some really incredible views from pretty much anywhere in the town. I grew up in Mudgee and have lived around central west NSW most of my life. I love it. Yes, dubbo's a bit rough and, probably, further west is worse. Wellington sucks. But Rylestone, Kandos, Mudgee, Gulgong, Orange, Bathurst, Millthorpe, those places rule. There are many genuinely lovely people in these places. Some grubs too, but there's grubs everywhere. I still choose places like that over Sydney or Melbourne any day of the week.
Very true. Alot of scary stuff happens there. Cannibals, killers, suicides and just hidden things.
Once did a bush walk to the Mystery Face rock formation near Torrington. Loudest cicadas I have ever heard. Realised half way that if someone was lurking there was nowhere to run and the cicadas would block out any screams. Wolf Creek vibes.
lol I live in the NR and never heard of it. Looked at it on a map. So far from anything.. next to silent grove. Can’t wait to check out this creepy ass spot next time I’m going through Tenterfield
What kind of sus activity?
Yes, this place is fucked. Do you remember a while ago there was an escaped prisoner hiding on properties in the area?
Huh, I wasn't expecting it to be mentioned.. It's been one of my favourite overnight camping (in a tent..) places next to the Community Hall for 20 years..
That sports club has a free billiards table. The General Store was closed temporarily a year ago when I last visited.
Note the large building next to the store-- that's the locals piss-up shed...
I was there recently for the first time. Random town, half the shops are boarded up, and weird vibes! Can’t agree more.
I feel like everyone in the nambucca valley knows something that went down in Bowra that they probably shouldn't know
I lived there for a bit, still live in the big town nearby.
If your great grandfather wasn't born there you weren't welcome. Even more so in Binalong.
I went there a few weeks ago, after driving past it for 15 years. No one in the streets at all, pub closed, but definitely that, ‘you’re being watched ‘ vibe
I lived nearby here go years and totally agree. It is creepy and the people I knew from there were definitely odd.
I think of Picton as more a sleepy rural village than a creepy town.
Yes!!! I visited by myself - did urban exploring through the tunnel and visited an abandoned hospital site. Those places were kinda creepy (the tunnel especially) but the whole vibe of the place was just off. It didn't help that the bush surrounding the area was infested with bats when I visited lol
Nope haha
Used to but it’s been done up quite a lot, like a bit of gentrification going on so it’s not the same anymore.
To drive through Picton at night feels safe. Kempsey at night. I lock my doors as I leave PMQ for there.,
Thankfully, Broken Hill is close enough that you don't have to really stop too long in Wilcannia.
Didn’t think I’d have to scroll so far for Wilcannia. I was there long enough to fuel up to make it to the next town…
I love that spot exactly because it has a haunted vibe. I spent many childhood weekends at the Hydro. Love that old hotel.
I read that as haunted by goats and have now decided to make it a pit stop next time I go through that way!
Please tell us some your stories!!
You mean Blayney? I guess you are right
Love camping at Dalmorton. I lived in the Bellingen Valley and there's definitely something odd in them there hills, too.
Omg yes!
That whole Boyd River valley is beyond creepy
Spot on. Really has that Ivan Milat vibe
Lithgow is one of those places that just looks perpetually cloudy, depressed, grey and sad. Even on a perfectly sunny day.
Dead set the dirtiest footy team I’ve ever seen too. Should’ve been booted from the comp a few times
It's ok during the day but hits you different when the sun goes down.
Great maccas tho
They just re-done the main st in trundle with park benches and stuff, still no people but it’s prettier
Supposedly ice capital of nsw (or was at one time a few years ago)
Was the filming location for "The Cars that ate Paris"...
Yes, yes we are
Thinking the same. Some of these people get scared every time they leave the city
Was worse after the floods. All those big buildings along the river front empty and unlocked and no lighting up the alleys between them, genuinely surprised there wasn't a spate of assaults or something.
Sunday’s downtown are generally uncomfortable, but I don’t really feel it otherwise
Went to uni there. Dad used to say that after afternoon “peak hour” ended, you could fire a gun down the street and not hit anybody. It was that quiet.
Hmm Tumbaruma is odd no matter what time of year it is. People are lovely, but the fact that the town center was full of cars but no people when I went on a school trip there
Yeah, I grew up in the Riverina and wouldn’t say there is much in the way of creepy town. Shit hole towns, a dime a dozen, but not really creepy
All the supposed serial killers, too good
The locals call it Dorrighetto. It's just quiet, I quite like it, especially in winter.
Yeah that road is just odd. Be interesting the railway boys have any similar issues on the line that runs alongside
stories plz.
Yeah went there after years again. Oh shit, what a mistake. Such a miserable little druggy town. Didn’t have that freedom hippy vibe I loved in the early 90s. It was like a zombie town, real bad vibes.
Kinda sad.
Berkeley near Wollongong nsw?

It was sign posted a few times “Lawn sale! 100s of records and book” along the Hume heading south from Sydney.

In January 2014, 2 friends and I were driving back to Melbourne from Sydney, we saw the signs and thought, let’s have a look.

It was a very hot morning from memory.

We turned off the Hume (where the signs said to turn) and drove along a dirt road and up a dirt road driveway.

All of us were joking around that we would be murdered etc

We got to the Lawn sale (no lawn, just dirt) and geez it was a weird/amazing site.

To my left I remember seeing a huge bonfire site with hundreds and hundreds of beer bottles, there were old cars and parts scattered around and then in the middle (infront of the house) were about 20 or so trestle tables with stuff for sale.

Clothes, bric a brac, a table full of toy parts (babies heads, arms etc) books, records etc

At one point I walked up towards the front row of tables, which was near a house.

I heard a woman inside screaming and shouting, “f this and that” and some smashing of glass.

One of my friends was looking at stuff nearby.

Then a man walked out of the house.

This is where things got weird.

This man walked onto the front deck of the house and paced back and forth staring at me.

He was in his 50s/60s, skin was like leather from the sun and he had these piercing beady blue eyes furrowed into his face.

I said hey and I swear he responded “you’re gonna die”. He said nothing else and kept pacing around.

I wasn’t sure what I’d heard and kept looking around for a minute (quietly freaking out).

Then a lady arrived with her partner and I joined her looking at the records

She asked me if I’d seen any Lee hazelwood/nancy Sinatra records. Which was kinda absurd considering what I thought I’d heard? Having these other “customers” there kind of kinda relaxed me.

One of my friends bought a homemade bong and the other bought a super 8 camera.

We got back in the car and I said to my friends “far out that was weird! Do you know what the guy said to me?”

One of my friends said “yeah I heard what he said to you, I was behind you. He said “you’re gonna die”. “

After all these years, I don’t know what to make of this place/lawn sale.

It was a weird alright. The death threat, the huge bonfire with beer bottles (almost like a shrine), cars and car parts scattered everywhere.

Felt like a death trap but then they may of just been f’ing with us (ha ha)

Anyone been here before? Any similar stories?

Thanks

Kempsey. I'm forced to live here looking after late mum's house. Cant sell until brother decides to. Too sick to work fulltime and pay rent in Nambucca where my life is. Garage and campervan been broken into/attempted break ins four times in four years. Unless you are well off and can afford a good security system don't live here. It was a nightmare growing up and not much better now. Check crime stats kempsey, they're much higher than average.

The Parliament.

Berkeley there's somewhere in their flats where a chick got her head cut off by the husband

Absolutely smashed the upvote. Serial killer central. Dead girls buried in the garden with 1 hand pointing upwards type of place

My father in law lives there. Has a full time carer. During the Centrelink disaster payment debacle someone knocked on his door and got his Centrelink info and took him to the ATM to withdraw all his money and the payment. They left him with $10.

They went back a week later to scam my sister in law. Now they don’t answer the door to anyone and keep everything locked. Scary town at night also.

Tell me more! What’s so weird about it?

It’s an odd place, there’s some street art but it’s hidden, and other than the rsl, there’s nowhere to eat after 7 ( except the takeaway chains)

Not creepy, just rough and unwelcoming IMO

That's my hometown!!

Haha Kempsey. I never thought it would be seen as creepy. Just a rough, stuck in the 80’s country town.

Starring role in the Freedom Ride. Go check that out if you dont already know what happened there

Yep, the high school has to have a police officer there every day. Only 10(ish) students turn up most days. It's definitely a lock your car doors and accelerate kind of town

I was gonna say lightning ridge but yea, def Walgett.

You don’t normally lock the door?

I was working up there on a project and the fact that the hotel had the big arse gates to close after 10 (May have been earlier) and i was taken aback.

Then again, in 1995 my car had rocks thrown at it by some young kids when i was getting some water.

I work for state government and have been there in a number of roles, we refer to it as "Walganistan"

That whole stretch of the old Great North Rd north of the Hawkesbury is really eery

I don't mind driving through there, but it does come across as a weird area all around.

I live in this region. Dunedoo has a few coffee shops, vintage store, and a shop where you could but fancy dresses. So not scary. Kandos has excellebt opnshops, an art gallerey, excellent museum.

Mandurama has a vibe of a museum, but in a dusty way, rather than creepy. The pub accommodation is swish!

Kandos is actually a really nice place. After the cement works closed down in 2011 house prices went crazy low which attracted a lot of artist folk to move to the area. Once a year they have an art festival called Cementa. Look at it https://cementa.com.au/ it's glorious. It's placed at the foothill of the mountains with some really incredible views from pretty much anywhere in the town. I grew up in Mudgee and have lived around central west NSW most of my life. I love it. Yes, dubbo's a bit rough and, probably, further west is worse. Wellington sucks. But Rylestone, Kandos, Mudgee, Gulgong, Orange, Bathurst, Millthorpe, those places rule. There are many genuinely lovely people in these places. Some grubs too, but there's grubs everywhere. I still choose places like that over Sydney or Melbourne any day of the week.

Very true. Alot of scary stuff happens there. Cannibals, killers, suicides and just hidden things.

Once did a bush walk to the Mystery Face rock formation near Torrington. Loudest cicadas I have ever heard. Realised half way that if someone was lurking there was nowhere to run and the cicadas would block out any screams. Wolf Creek vibes.

lol I live in the NR and never heard of it. Looked at it on a map. So far from anything.. next to silent grove. Can’t wait to check out this creepy ass spot next time I’m going through Tenterfield

What kind of sus activity?

Yes, this place is fucked. Do you remember a while ago there was an escaped prisoner hiding on properties in the area?

Huh, I wasn't expecting it to be mentioned.. It's been one of my favourite overnight camping (in a tent..) places next to the Community Hall for 20 years..

That sports club has a free billiards table. The General Store was closed temporarily a year ago when I last visited.

Note the large building next to the store-- that's the locals piss-up shed...

I was there recently for the first time. Random town, half the shops are boarded up, and weird vibes! Can’t agree more.

I feel like everyone in the nambucca valley knows something that went down in Bowra that they probably shouldn't know

I lived there for a bit, still live in the big town nearby.

If your great grandfather wasn't born there you weren't welcome. Even more so in Binalong.

I went there a few weeks ago, after driving past it for 15 years. No one in the streets at all, pub closed, but definitely that, ‘you’re being watched ‘ vibe

I lived nearby here go years and totally agree. It is creepy and the people I knew from there were definitely odd.

I think of Picton as more a sleepy rural village than a creepy town.

Yes!!! I visited by myself - did urban exploring through the tunnel and visited an abandoned hospital site. Those places were kinda creepy (the tunnel especially) but the whole vibe of the place was just off. It didn't help that the bush surrounding the area was infested with bats when I visited lol

Nope haha

Used to but it’s been done up quite a lot, like a bit of gentrification going on so it’s not the same anymore.

To drive through Picton at night feels safe. Kempsey at night. I lock my doors as I leave PMQ for there.,

Thankfully, Broken Hill is close enough that you don't have to really stop too long in Wilcannia.

Didn’t think I’d have to scroll so far for Wilcannia. I was there long enough to fuel up to make it to the next town…

I love that spot exactly because it has a haunted vibe. I spent many childhood weekends at the Hydro. Love that old hotel.

I read that as haunted by goats and have now decided to make it a pit stop next time I go through that way!

Please tell us some your stories!!

You mean Blayney? I guess you are right

Love camping at Dalmorton. I lived in the Bellingen Valley and there's definitely something odd in them there hills, too.

Omg yes!

That whole Boyd River valley is beyond creepy

Spot on. Really has that Ivan Milat vibe

Lithgow is one of those places that just looks perpetually cloudy, depressed, grey and sad. Even on a perfectly sunny day.

Dead set the dirtiest footy team I’ve ever seen too. Should’ve been booted from the comp a few times

It's ok during the day but hits you different when the sun goes down.

Great maccas tho

They just re-done the main st in trundle with park benches and stuff, still no people but it’s prettier

Supposedly ice capital of nsw (or was at one time a few years ago)

Was the filming location for "The Cars that ate Paris"...

Yes, yes we are

Thinking the same. Some of these people get scared every time they leave the city

Was worse after the floods. All those big buildings along the river front empty and unlocked and no lighting up the alleys between them, genuinely surprised there wasn't a spate of assaults or something.

Sunday’s downtown are generally uncomfortable, but I don’t really feel it otherwise

Went to uni there. Dad used to say that after afternoon “peak hour” ended, you could fire a gun down the street and not hit anybody. It was that quiet.

Hmm Tumbaruma is odd no matter what time of year it is. People are lovely, but the fact that the town center was full of cars but no people when I went on a school trip there

Yeah, I grew up in the Riverina and wouldn’t say there is much in the way of creepy town. Shit hole towns, a dime a dozen, but not really creepy

All the supposed serial killers, too good

The locals call it Dorrighetto. It's just quiet, I quite like it, especially in winter.

Yeah that road is just odd. Be interesting the railway boys have any similar issues on the line that runs alongside

stories plz.

Yeah went there after years again. Oh shit, what a mistake. Such a miserable little druggy town. Didn’t have that freedom hippy vibe I loved in the early 90s. It was like a zombie town, real bad vibes.

Kinda sad.

Berkeley near Wollongong nsw?