1/17DECEMBER 31, 2003: People outside the Hotel Great Northern at Byron Bay on New Year's Eve. Photo: Patrick Hamilton.
Great times at The Great Northern through the years
The Great Northern has been a staple of good times and live music for many years in Byron Bay and the pub has just sold for a huge sum
2/17At the Great Northern on Sunday, August 19, 2012: Rachael and Troy Green, both of Maxville, and Josh Clarke of Byron Bay. Photo: Doug Eaton/The Northern Star
3/17At the Great Northern Hotel on Sunday, August 19, 2012: Dianne Edwards of Byron Bay, and Barbara Stevens of Lennox Head. Photo: Doug Eaton/The Northern Star
4/17At the Great Northern Hotel on Sunday, August 19, 2012: Josh Kelly and Shannon Riley of Brisbane. Photo: Doug Eaton/The Northern Star
5/17Ashlie Bailey of Lennox Head and Liam Vidler of Alstonville, get in early for Splendour in the Grass tickets at the Great Northern in Byron Bay. Photo Doug Eaton / The Northern Star
6/17ALP candidate for seat of Kingsford Smith, Peter Garrett shares a beer with English backpackers outside the Great Northern Hotel in Byron Bay on September 2, 2004. Photo: Patrick/Hamilton
7/17At the Great Northern in Byron Bay: Stephanie Heritage of Scotland with Josie Slater and Katie Adams, both from the UK. Photo Doug Eaton / The Northern Star
8/17Locals Tarley McKeena, Gray Allsbury, and Cam Cramer at the Great Northern in Byron Bay. Photo Doug Eaton / The Northern Star
9/17Zainab Khan, and Marion Schmid, both from Munich in Germany at the Great Northern in Byron Bay. Photo Doug Eaton / The Northern Star
10/17Inside the Great Northern Hotel or the Middle Pub as it is know by locals on January 18, 2007. Picture: Paul Riley
11/17A view of Jonson Street in the 1890s including the first Great Northern Hotel in Byron Bay, which burnt down in 1897.
12/17Sophia Iffla, 18 and Jess Wilding, 18 cooling off at the great Northern Hotel, Byron Bay on January 5, 2005.
13/17Sandy and Garry Meredith of Ballina got in early for Splendour in the Grass tickets at the Great Northern. Photo Doug Eaton / The Northern Star
14/17Angus Stone playing at The Great Northern, in Byron Bay on Wednesday, November 7, 2012 Photo Mireille Merlet-Shaw / The Northern Star
15/17AHA meets Byron Bay licensed venues representatives: l-r Beach Hotel manager Wayne Van Haandel, AHA chief executive Paul Nicolaou, AHA director policing, regulations and membership John Green, Hannah Spalding from the Byron Liquor Accord and Amber Jones, licensee at The Great Northern Hotel. Photo: Sue Gardiner
16/17Alicia Roff and Scott McNamara, both of the Solomon Islands at The Great Northern on August 19, 2012.Photo: Doug Eaton/The Northern Star
17/17Anne Sykes and Julie Squires celebrate New Year’s Eve ay The Great Northern in Byron Bay on December 31, 1997.
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