It’s a real shame that people suck. I used to go down this street on my daily commute from Brunswick East. The houses along there are townhouses and probably don’t have much (maybe a little courtyard?) in the way of outdoor setting. That strip with a couple of folding chairs/table would be a perfect place to hang out on hot evenings with a bit of cheese and wine while hanging with mates.
But people gotta ruin it for everyone. 😞
Mate, they’re banning alcohol, not picnics.
If you’re incapable of having a picnic or even a gathering without alcohol, you’ve got bigger problems than a council ban
While I agree people should be able to picnic without alcohol, I don’t think the laws are helping to stop either drinking or public nuisance.
There are lots of oibs where you can still drink. It’s just more expensive and more commercially focused, and you can keep going past what you planned.
Council banning things on a purity basis erodes freedoms. If people become a nuisance, alcohol or not, deal with it then.
I live in the area. Picnics aren’t banned, they’re just enforcing the long-standing rules about not drinking alcohol in public.
Ah so you’re a resident of the area?
The council was reverting to a former classification of the median strips – which are much wider than a typical nature strip – with the effect that they are no longer treated as park spaces. The council said residents had complained about noise, rubbish and unsafe behaviour.
