Nimbin - The drug capital of Australia
This visit was not on my list of things to do for this short holiday to Byron bay, but one of my friends dared I take the challenge of taking a detour to the drug capital of Australia - Nimbin.
It was 70km inland from Byron bay. The drive on the Lismore road via Bungalow was pretty scenic, cutting through pine forests, farm lands with grazing cows and a backdrop of beautiful mountains.
It took almost 2 hours to reach Nimbin. It was a strange little town indeed. How on earth this place became the drug capital of Australia? The advice by my friend was not to get out of the car if I feel unsafe. So I took an initial drive around the town. As I had guessed before there were more dope people than normal. Only a couple of them seemed in an erratic mood. Well now that I travelled this far I might as well get off the car and had a walk around.
I parked my car closer to the police station, just in case. They have just celebrated Mardi Gras and rainbow paintings were everywhere, on fences and benches.
The entire town spans just about 300m along the Cullen street - police station, medical centre, cloth shop, backpacker hostel, a few eateries and of course the hemp embassy! I strolled down the Cullen street, everyone was just chilling and having a good hippy time - eating, small talk, what seemed like a friendly brawl. I was too scared to look anybody in the eyes. But I was sensing many eyes were looking at me - or was I too paranoid?
The hemp embassy is the place to visit here. It promotes cannabis openly but has stopped selling them since laws got tighter. But I was wondering if it's happening behind the scene still. You get everything cannabis here from books about how to grow it, roll it into cigars, t shirts , medicinal hemp products, souvenirs and paper to roll your cannabis too. There is an adjoining bar which allowed a smoke of pot before but no more. I just peeped inside the bar and the people inside obviously seemed high and I quickly paced out.
It was getting late and a storm was in forecast and the forecast was correct as I stepped out of embassy I could see dark clouds swelling up over the mountain range which includes Mt Warning the first place in Australia to see sunrise from.
Soon after I got into the car it started to drizzle then rain and then pour and pour and pour even more by the time I was cutting along the boundary of the Nightcap national park. There were no houses for long stretches and I could hardly see 10 feet ahead with tree branches fallen on the road. Now I know why they ask you not to go out in Australian storms. All the good I have done in life helped me to survive that storm I'm sure.
It was 70km inland from Byron bay. The drive on the Lismore road via Bungalow was pretty scenic, cutting through pine forests, farm lands with grazing cows and a backdrop of beautiful mountains.
Some parts of the road was very narrow and jagged and had to go off road to allow for the oncoming vehicles. I was praying my car would hold on and wouldn't betray me in this remote new south Wales drive. This question kept popping in my head - would RACQ road side assistance cover remote NSW too? As I drove further inland remoteness was getting more tangible. A school had just finished and there was a bunch of kids by the road and as I drove past them they were waving and screaming at me, guess I am the only brown man been to this part of NSW for a while?
It took almost 2 hours to reach Nimbin. It was a strange little town indeed. How on earth this place became the drug capital of Australia? The advice by my friend was not to get out of the car if I feel unsafe. So I took an initial drive around the town. As I had guessed before there were more dope people than normal. Only a couple of them seemed in an erratic mood. Well now that I travelled this far I might as well get off the car and had a walk around.
I parked my car closer to the police station, just in case. They have just celebrated Mardi Gras and rainbow paintings were everywhere, on fences and benches.
The entire town spans just about 300m along the Cullen street - police station, medical centre, cloth shop, backpacker hostel, a few eateries and of course the hemp embassy! I strolled down the Cullen street, everyone was just chilling and having a good hippy time - eating, small talk, what seemed like a friendly brawl. I was too scared to look anybody in the eyes. But I was sensing many eyes were looking at me - or was I too paranoid?
It was getting late and a storm was in forecast and the forecast was correct as I stepped out of embassy I could see dark clouds swelling up over the mountain range which includes Mt Warning the first place in Australia to see sunrise from.
Soon after I got into the car it started to drizzle then rain and then pour and pour and pour even more by the time I was cutting along the boundary of the Nightcap national park. There were no houses for long stretches and I could hardly see 10 feet ahead with tree branches fallen on the road. Now I know why they ask you not to go out in Australian storms. All the good I have done in life helped me to survive that storm I'm sure.
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