From Byron Bay we set off to Nimbin.
The road was windy and i got stuck behind someone who must have been high, they were going so slow i could have over taken them walking. It was however a very narrow road with traffic going both ways so i sat back and enjoyed the snail paced journey.
Once i arrived in Nimbin, Rob was waiting for me next to a skate park. There were a few grown men in the skate park too. Good on them, never to old to have a bit of skating fun.
We rode around the corner which turned out to be the main street in search for food. What we got was a cool looking brightly coloured street. It reminded me of a hippy area in Amsterdam.
Apparently in 1973 there was a festival called the Aquarius festival. Lots of students, writers and musicians attended and it lasted 10 days. After the festival a lot of people stayed in the town searching for the creative, alternative lifestyle and thats when the ‘hippy’ Ninbin was born.
We ate vegan wraps with hemp oil in them. Delicious! In the cafe we sat next to a lady who was slowly typing away on her laptop, she must have smoked her way to a new interesting chapter as she fell asleep before we left, so did her dog.
There was a mother and child, the child housing more dreadlocks than i thought possible on a 10 year old. A few other people smoking some joints. I suppose if everyone in the town is smoking the police can’t do much. I noticed some graffiti on the wall, it was all positive affirmations. Make love not war, Loving one self, Respect the woman respect the man. It was nice to see positive graffiti and not just a tag.
We walked around the town and had a look in all the shops, busy for a small town. Might have been due to the tourists getting off the buses from Byron.
We jumped back onto the bikes and started the long day journey to my sisters.
We rode up between the Woolumbin National Park and Mount Jerusalam national park only to turn left up to Limpinwood and then Hinze Dam. We met a lovely local, originally Swiss who told us about some good roads the riders take passing through. She was right, we went up to Mount Tamborine a cute quirky town with great views. The whole days ride was my favourite so far. The views were incredible.
The temperature was cool and very simular to Mt Wilson in places. Just like a rain forest. We could easily live in many of the places we passed through.
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