Blogs from Nimbin, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania - page 2

Today started off with something I haven't done for over twenty three years...waiting for a School Bus!!! I had to catch it in order to accomplish my master plan of connecting with the 9am bus to Byron Bay which I successfully made aided by my very own young tour guide Andrew...compete with skateboard!! Once I arrived, I invaded the Tourist Information Office (that's if one person can invade somewhere that is...mind you, streakers can... technically) in order to purchase a ticket to Nimbin...an old hippie town in the hills. I felt very under-packed on the coach, all I had was my camera...we were sightseeing after all, so how worried was I when I saw suitcases, guitars and surf boards being loaded up by one very stressed confused looking driver!! Once the luggage...and the nine fellow passengers ... read more

Nimbin is the town that all the hippies moved to once byron bay became a lot of popular. We took a day tour to go visit it, and it included lunch, waterfall jumping and a couple hours to wander the town. It was such a fun day!... read more

Yesterday I decided to take a day trip to Nimbin, about an hour and a half outside Byron Bay. There are lots of different tour buses to choose from though Grasshoppers (pun intended I think) included a BBQ lunch. The guide Mick was good, lots of random trivia and funny stories from previous tours. Everyone on the bus got along really well, we were all chatting and laughing by the time we got to Nimbin. Nimbin prides itself on being the little hippie town in the hills of Australia, the Amsterdam of Australia if you will, though marijuana is still illegal. I walked down to the museum to check out the murals, modern art and paraphernalia. The museum was a bit more jarring than a conventional museum yet beautiful in its own way. After that I ... read more

Day 51 continued.. After saying our goodbyes to everyone at the backpackers inn we set off to the little hippy village of Nimbin in the hinterlands. The bus took two hours, stopping at a great lookout point and giving us local knowledge of Nimbim and nearby Lismore. We see Mt Warning and lots of macademia trees. The driver gives us a lift to our YHA at the rox. It is definately off the beaten track and in the bush. Gorgeous hippy YHA we have our own room its all done in purple and flowers with french doors out to what could be our own big comfy sofa outside. They have a pool, and hammocks and a cool bar area with a pool table and lights up with fairy lights at night. We go into the town ... read more

Ostatni tydzien w Austarli, szybko ten czas tu zlecial. Teraz siedzimy w malej miejscowosci gorskiej na poludnie od Brisbane. Okolice przepiekne, wlasnie sie wybieramy na spacerek, a jutro moze i na cos wiekszego. Ostatni tydzien byl fajny choc duzo w podrozy, musielismy przebyc dosc sporo kilometrow. Melismy okazje odwiedzic destylernie rumu( kurcze nie wiem czy to sie destylernia nazywa), Bunderberg, oczywiscie troche pokosztowalismy, i musze powiedziec ze pijalam lepsze rumy. Teraz juz wiem na co im az tyle trzciny cukrowej jest potrzebne, nie uprawiaja tu nic innego! Jak autem jechalismy to przez dziesiatki kilometrow tylko trzcina cukrowa, no i pociagi trzciny cukrowej, bo maja tu caly system zbudowany. Bylismy tez w Zoo, bardziej takim interaktywnym, No i karmilam slonia. Fajnie uczucie jak traba zabieral owoca z mojej reki. Trzymajcie sie cieplo! Agata i Rob... read more