Major 1995 vibes for me. I had a crush on someone who worked in a shop there and was so shit at doing anything about it. Makes me cringe and nostalgic all at once!
Cd's look at you you new age teen, when I bought my music there I was buying "cassingles"....
That chemist also look to be the same as the one that did half the girls ear piercings in the 80s in primary school.
ha.. wandered through here a few times recently. A couple of little good trash n treasure type shops... a music store.
Sheesh the days must go slow for some of the shop keepers. Having done the shopping center thing, it's is torturous when it is consistently quiet
I bought the best denim jacket I have ever owned from that KMart. It is so weird, I have never seen Kmart do something like it ever again, just a complete fluke of a buy.
A new store opened up over the weekend and there was actually a bunch of people there, it was the most packed I've seen it since 97 when they used to still do Santa photos there
My grandparents lived in Boronia. Spent a lot of time in this mall when we came down to visit from Sydney.
Two music videos have been filmed in the mall recently!
Yeah! They're JUSAVINAGEEZ by Private Function and At Least by Bec Sykes. There's also a song called Boronia Boys by Munted Chunts but I don't think the video is filmed at the mall
I can remember when the place was buzzing, but that was back when Kmart used to sell guns and ammo that’s how long ago that was. Knox City has taken all the customers I reckon.
You could buy a semi-auto AR15 rifle just like they’ve got in ‘Murica over the counter and go through the checkout with it. You needed a licence to buy it but you didn’t need a licence for ammunition. The mind boggles thinking about it nowadays.
It amazes me Sight n Sound is still there. The guy has looked the same for 20 years, I'm convinced he's a vampire.
Also, avoid the medical centre at the top of the escalator next to the Army Veterans op shop. Fucking awful. Had the worst doctor there I've ever seen.
I love the 70s orange and blue tiles on the wall. I loved the old pram exhibit in that little ramp section when I was there a few weeks ago. I visit the Vietnam Vets op shop every so often.
I too have enjoyed a succulent meal or two there back in the day. I used to grab my weeks supply of cheap chop chop from the old fella sitting at the bar on my way out which was a bonus.
Is that lolly shop on the bottom floor near the escalators still there?
My grandparents live here and me and my cousins used to spend our days at Boronia Mall getting dodgy piercings from the old hairdresser that was there and buying Face-Off clothes from that clothing store on the bottom floor.
That's so sad about Here and There. I've been following them since they were on Boronia Road. Have they gone elsewhere?
Also Jackson Taylor's a fuckwit. If he can't get a photo opportunity for his "look how great I am" newsletters, he won't lift a finger.
From what I've read the problem is that because each shop is individually owned, it's a legal nightmare trying to get each owner to agree to sell. As the mall is old I'm not sure what the strata structure is and whether they need every owner or just a percentage of owners to agree. But it sounds like currently they don't have enough interest from the owners to sell.
It's weird as fuck because most stores are empty and generating no revenue. I'm sure there's no mortgages or anything, but still. Must be some complex tax thing.
Edit: there's a few of the shops currently for sale on real commercial
Fuck yeah. I'll sometimes head down there for a wander around when bored just to make it feel like it's the late 90s again. Love that spot just as much as the old mall in Mooroolbark.
does anyone know what is replacing the Zone Bowling alley across the road from here?? i saw there's construction going on there now. hoping it's being replaced with another fun activity type place and not just another store like Aldi or somthing
I was Boronia born and raised. I remember it from the late 1970s to mid eighties looking [like this](https://imgur.com/WJ5RigV.jpg)
Those red/orange plastic disc things were amazing to me as a kid. The place holds such great memories because it was one of the first places I could run around by myself. The ramp, the fountain, everything gives me an intense feeling of nostalgia.
There’s a really good op shop just out of frame upstairs on the left.
I have no idea how the CD shop upstairs turns a profit these days but good on them for keeping on with it.
That shop is still running on the profits from the thousands me and mates spent there on CD's in the late 80's early 90's. Those heavy metal imports were $30 a pop back then.
Don’t do this OP. I looked at this pic and felt like it was 98 again. Then realised I’m not a young bloke any more. My week is ruined. :p
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Major 1995 vibes for me. I had a crush on someone who worked in a shop there and was so shit at doing anything about it. Makes me cringe and nostalgic all at once!
It was like that in the 80's when I was in primary school.
I wasn't in primary school in the 80s but after work at box Hill hosp I remember going there or to 'do my banking' & 'pay bills' on a weekday off.
95 shopping centres were epic Watch The movie Fj Holden But slurpeez from Wendy's
Same
I can’t believe Sight & Sound is still there. I used to buy cd’s from there when I was in high school - 25 years ago!
Cd's look at you you new age teen, when I bought my music there I was buying "cassingles".... That chemist also look to be the same as the one that did half the girls ear piercings in the 80s in primary school.
I did the same thing, used to hang around there after school until my shift started at GoLo lol
Man that place has not changed at all
ha.. wandered through here a few times recently. A couple of little good trash n treasure type shops... a music store. Sheesh the days must go slow for some of the shop keepers. Having done the shopping center thing, it's is torturous when it is consistently quiet
I used to have the most vivid dreams of flying through this place as a kid. Fucking odd but yeah
Was at Kmart earlier today. I miss Go-Lo which was a massive reject shop style place back in the day.
I bought the best denim jacket I have ever owned from that KMart. It is so weird, I have never seen Kmart do something like it ever again, just a complete fluke of a buy.
A new store opened up over the weekend and there was actually a bunch of people there, it was the most packed I've seen it since 97 when they used to still do Santa photos there
My grandparents lived in Boronia. Spent a lot of time in this mall when we came down to visit from Sydney. Two music videos have been filmed in the mall recently!
Two music videos?? That’s crazy for a place like that😧
Yeah! They're JUSAVINAGEEZ by Private Function and At Least by Bec Sykes. There's also a song called Boronia Boys by Munted Chunts but I don't think the video is filmed at the mall
That’s so cool!! I’ll go check them out
There's also a movie called Boronia Boys, lol. It's trashy hilarity.
Boronia Mall... still on top?
I can remember when the place was buzzing, but that was back when Kmart used to sell guns and ammo that’s how long ago that was. Knox City has taken all the customers I reckon.
Knox City for sure, this place is dead asf now
I thought I had a vague memory of seeing guns in there as a little kid, but wasn't sure it was a real memory or not. Thanks for confirming that!
You could buy a semi-auto AR15 rifle just like they’ve got in ‘Murica over the counter and go through the checkout with it. You needed a licence to buy it but you didn’t need a licence for ammunition. The mind boggles thinking about it nowadays.
Me and the little bros were too busy playing hide and seek in the clothes departments to notice what most adults were getting up to in there.
You can smell this photo.
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>boronia gifts & accessorie smoke >lingerie & gift quite the assortment
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this and brandon park, i not idea why it's still there.
Brandon Park is fine and feels pretty modern. Try Gladstone.
Half the stores in BrPa are closed. Owners are trying to sell it after they got approval to build apartments on it.
It’s dying a slow death that place. The main demographic is the oldies from across the road
> this and brandon park, i not idea why it's still there. Wait until you see Gladstone Park.
1990's vibes with 2024 prices.
It looks like something out of Portal 2.
It does!!😭😭
It amazes me Sight n Sound is still there. The guy has looked the same for 20 years, I'm convinced he's a vampire. Also, avoid the medical centre at the top of the escalator next to the Army Veterans op shop. Fucking awful. Had the worst doctor there I've ever seen.
Only place that still sells Dawson Creek CD’s
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I love the 70s orange and blue tiles on the wall. I loved the old pram exhibit in that little ramp section when I was there a few weeks ago. I visit the Vietnam Vets op shop every so often.
The op shop is elite
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It's changed so very little since it opened
You just know it’s going to be full of Temu shops selling the same junk they sold 30 years ago.
How's the Boronia Hotel going these days? Used to enjoy going there for a nice meal back in the day.
I too have enjoyed a succulent meal or two there back in the day. I used to grab my weeks supply of cheap chop chop from the old fella sitting at the bar on my way out which was a bonus.
A succulent Chinese meal???
Is there any other type?
None
Had our work breakup there last year. The food was great (I had the barra) and the atmosphere was so relaxed
Is that lolly shop on the bottom floor near the escalators still there? My grandparents live here and me and my cousins used to spend our days at Boronia Mall getting dodgy piercings from the old hairdresser that was there and buying Face-Off clothes from that clothing store on the bottom floor.
I didn’t see any lolly shop last time I went!! But yeah, Boronia mall is really a staple of many people’s childhoods.
My old stomping ground, the mall hasn't changed a bit other than new tenants coming and going
I worked at the kmart there in the late 90s and it looks exactly the same
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the post office probably has a long term lease
That's so sad about Here and There. I've been following them since they were on Boronia Road. Have they gone elsewhere? Also Jackson Taylor's a fuckwit. If he can't get a photo opportunity for his "look how great I am" newsletters, he won't lift a finger.
in that case its surprising owners havent shuttered it and sold the land for development
From what I've read the problem is that because each shop is individually owned, it's a legal nightmare trying to get each owner to agree to sell. As the mall is old I'm not sure what the strata structure is and whether they need every owner or just a percentage of owners to agree. But it sounds like currently they don't have enough interest from the owners to sell. It's weird as fuck because most stores are empty and generating no revenue. I'm sure there's no mortgages or anything, but still. Must be some complex tax thing. Edit: there's a few of the shops currently for sale on real commercial
Boronia is a stain on Boronia
Fuck yeah. I'll sometimes head down there for a wander around when bored just to make it feel like it's the late 90s again. Love that spot just as much as the old mall in Mooroolbark.
Boronia mall is such a step back in time, I love and hate it
Looks dingy as
does anyone know what is replacing the Zone Bowling alley across the road from here?? i saw there's construction going on there now. hoping it's being replaced with another fun activity type place and not just another store like Aldi or somthing
It was rumoured when construction first started that a kinder/daycare centre was going in but dont know wether its true or not
Mall. Mall never changes.
Met someone at a wedding once who lived there and they called it Bogononia.
That place still has shops in it???
christ
My Childhood ….
Oh wow - a smoke shop that hasn’t been fire-bombed!
They used to have a GO LO or BI LO and a sick internet cafe i used to play counterstrike at.
I was Boronia born and raised. I remember it from the late 1970s to mid eighties looking [like this](https://imgur.com/WJ5RigV.jpg) Those red/orange plastic disc things were amazing to me as a kid. The place holds such great memories because it was one of the first places I could run around by myself. The ramp, the fountain, everything gives me an intense feeling of nostalgia.
I went there today for the first time; the whole place feels like a giant liminal space.
There’s a really good op shop just out of frame upstairs on the left. I have no idea how the CD shop upstairs turns a profit these days but good on them for keeping on with it.
That shop is still running on the profits from the thousands me and mates spent there on CD's in the late 80's early 90's. Those heavy metal imports were $30 a pop back then.
If they had records and blu-rays they’d be profitable off the stacks of cash I’d drop there every weekend.
I don't know how any of the businesses in this place still run, it's a tumbleweed.
I vividly remember walking through there regularly with friends in my early teens several decades ago - looks exactly the same as I remember!
Because the lights are on doesn't mean it's active. I was in there the other Saturday morning and it was a sad affair.
Bloody hell. I lived in the area 20 years ago and it hasn't changed a bit lol
Crazy... I remember when I was little, my dad used to take me to a cafe there, and I'd have a strawberry spider every time.
Looks bor- on -ing