The Happy Coach

Imagine a colourful little town full of pot smoking hippies in bright clothing and dreads and you've pretty much got Nimbin. It's a bit of a strange place and it almost felt like we had stepped in to a time warp. The Happy Coach and its equally happy driver Fred, who was a bit of a loony behind the wheel, took us on our bumpy ride to Nimbin. Only 2 tours go here from Byron Bay but each day backpackers pile off these buses to either experience this wacky little town or in all honestly (we're all adults here) to buy pot, marijuana, weed, whatever you want to call it there's certainly no shortage here and the locals seem to be cashing in. Walking down the street we must have been offered pot or hash cookies about 10 times, even the old ladies try to sell you their 'special' home baked cookies. In May the locals have their very own 'Mardi Grass' festival and supposedly roll a joint the size of the main street... what?!? Anything seems to go here!

Hippy hippy shake!

There wasn't that much to do, we ate, walked around the shops, had our fortune read by some old drunk (random) and had a look around the hemp embassy & the museum. I have to say the museum looked like someone's old junk but there was some interesting artwork and we learnt some other uses for hemp, erghh always useful. It all seems a bit 'put on' for the tourists, I wouldn't think the 'real' hippies would want to live here. Anyway not to go off on one, 2 hours was definitely enough for us and we were happy to be back on the Happy Coach.

The Happy Coach & Happy Fred

Fred, our driver was such a nice fella we ended up back at his place in Bryon for a few beers and so that Matt could buy an 'I went to Nimbin on THC' t-shirt. So we have literally been to Nimbin, seen it and bought the t-shirt!

Peace man : )

The Hemp Embassy

Wacky Nimbin