Nimbin, Capital of Freedom and The Counterculture in Australia
May 5, 2009
The Australian counter-culture has its own small paradise in the southeast. Known as the Rainbow Region, the capital of freedom, an area of great value Australian Aboriginal cultures is also home to the counterculture in New South Wales and 30 miles north of Lismore. Especially in recent decades, the region and especially the small town of Nimbin, has earned a reputation as a land of freedom. In Nibim coexist occupying properties rural hippie commune and the town’s population that barely exceeds 300. However, what draws the attention of many is the lifestyle of many residents.
In Nimbin, Alternative everything is always in style. Land of writers, artists, musicians, actors, environmentalists and practitioners of permaculture in Nimbin seems that each finds its place. Nimbin Another distinctive feature is the high tolerance to the sale and consumption of cannabis, a very visible and open purchase in the streets of the city, despite the ban. In fact, May is celebrated in a relaxed festival Mardigrass, a kind of festive activities to call for reform of the law to ban cannabis in Australia. At the festival Mardigrass held peaceful protests, parades, live music and dance parties, always the first weekend in May.
In Nimbin shops oriented work culture of cannabis, and even a museum, always in constant conflict with authority. Nimbin is a foreign eyes a great curiosity, and get tourists in spring and summer every weekend. There are a variety of accommodation to know a social fenóneno much resemblance to an eccentricity, an idea that many take as a new lifestyle.
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