Nimbin

Trip to hippie town Nimbin (about one hour from Byron Bay) was on today's schedule.

In 1973 the Aquarius Festival was held in Nimbin. Some hippies were arrested and the entire festival community protested. Police backed down, released the hippies and so marijuana became legal.

So when you exit the bus in Nimbin there are at least 3 weird looking guys asking you "need some weed, man"

There are about 300 people living in Nimbin and so you can walk from one side of the town to the other in 2 minutes.

I met a lovely girl from London on the bus and we spent some time together in Nimbin waiting for the cookie to kick in. Unfortunately it didnt kick and so...
She will be in Brisbane in one weeks time, hopefully I will see her again.

Peace, dude

Also, I saw my first coala in the wild. The camera cant zoom sufficiently to get it in the pic. Probably it is somewhere in that circle

The initial plan was to stay a day or two in Nimbin but I was texted that my sailing trip is starting on Tuesday and so I just had a couple of hours before the coach headed back to Byron Bay.