Nimbin Rox Yha Resort

... of the bus. People smoking pot everywhere all over the place. It was not even this rampant in amsterdam. Very weird marijuana based tourist town. After town the driver took us through a really crazy mountain road. He stopped at the top and said he can do the road in 5 minutes and 11 seconds, exactly the length of a song he had. He roared through the hills and corners and hit the ...

... were the people we met:

1. Said non-granny, over weight, sex-crazed, ex musician;

2. Young woman who thought that Neighbours on channel 10 had subliminal messages written into the script. This had a mind controlling effect on the people who watched it. It has brainwashed her... now she needs to watch it every night;

3. An English backpacker who woke at 2pm, smoked weed till he ...

Off to the mountains we went on Tuesday evening, to be precise the Border Ranges National Park, where we were greeted by some lovely accommodation and the best bathrooms we had seen so far! (although John and Ann's has now beaten this!)

Tuesday evening was spent in a pub, well an outdoor shed with a fire, trying bundy rum and coke, but we were in bed by 8pm!! We were there with three other people who didn't sleep very well because they ...

We had Richard and Wendy down here for the night last night. Richard rode his Harley Davidson bike down from the Gold Coast and Wendy drove her car. We had a few drinks and lit the pot- belly stove in the Snake Pit to take the edge off the cold night. The boys watched the ...

... hotel dining room where she discovered Expressotini cocktails. The next morning, we set off on a short jog/walk to the Cape Byron lighthouse in beautiful sunshine. Unfortunately this didn't last very long, and two hours later we returned to the hostel soaked to the bone. Shelby, who had just got up, found it most amusing! Shelby hadn't slept well, she claimed it was because some Japanese chaps had been up ...

... the Hemp museum, and a candle making factory. That was great.

The guy showed us the process. I would have loved to stay longer and try to make one myself!! We really enjoyed the atmosphere and craziness of this bubble. In two weeks, they have a huge festival (camping spots are already all booked out). The festival is called Mardi Grass, parading for legalisation of pot! They guy from the camping nicely lent us an awning to cover ourselves from the evening rain!

... made accommodation really difficult to get and all the prices have gone up by at least 30%. We were tempted to stay because they need volunteers for the festival (in exchange for a five day pass) but we only have three weeks left in Australia and we really want to see Sydney, Alice Springs, Perth and Melbourne, so we decided not to go for it. Plus, I'm sure I wouldn't feel it was such a good deal while cleaning out festival portaloos. In ...

Jack: Get started late today. Refill the van with water, is a pallaver, baton down the hatches and drive 3 metres so the hose will reach. The only way to tell the tank is full is when water gushes out the bottom of the van. Wandered along the beach to town centre and look in a few shops. Have a very nice lunch at Twisted Sista. It's quite ...

... Its wonderful. They start to do jumps out of the surf and I am once more moved by what I see. I continue my route up the very steep trail up to the lighthouse and the rain starts heavily. It sort of spoils the view as you cant stay out in it very long and its extremely windy. I head into the lighthouse and find out I have just missed the tour which runs every two hours. I still get to look at the mini museum they have and examine the ...

... of Ring of Fire from Johnny Cash. Our tablemate did a good version of You Lost that Lovin' Feeling from the Rightous Bros. A girl did a very dreadful verison of Hey Jude. And the food stopped coming. We waited an hour, and then the rain started. We endured it as long as we could, and then squeezed into a table under the awning. Two of us went to the counter to find out why the other tables got a 3rd appetizer and not us. We somehow just got missed by the ...