Beach, check. Train station, check. Bustling suburb? Not quite

By Jayne D'Arcy
Updated December 12 2017 - 10:03pm, first published 6:38pm
(Right) The newest Brighton Beach box is up for auction in a fortnight; association concerned young people may buy it and change the culture of Brighton Beach boxes. 7th December 2016 Fairfax Media The Age news Picture by Joe Armao
(Right) The newest Brighton Beach box is up for auction in a fortnight; association concerned young people may buy it and change the culture of Brighton Beach boxes. 7th December 2016 Fairfax Media The Age news Picture by Joe Armao

Brighton's beachside carpark is packed. There are buses heading in, dodging the tourists watching their iPads as they swagger all over the bike path.