Today we decided to have a day trip out, seeing as we had 3 nights in total at the campsite in Byron Bay. We drove West through a petite town called Bangalow, a larger town called Lismore and onwards to Nimbin.
Now, to give you some insight into this crazy little town in the hills; in 1973 the Australian Union of Students staged an experimental 'Aquarius Festival' in the Nimbin Valley, hippies travelled from all over, and from the looks of Nimbin, they never left. As we parked up and wandered around the town we had never seen so much tie dye, hippies or been offered so many illegal substances (don't worry we refused politely!).
The most insane part of the whole experience was the Nimbin Museum where we went on a whirlwind tour through the history of the place; seeing everything from the story of the local Aboriginals to crashed Kombis.
After we had seen enough we touched back down on planet sane and drove through the beautiful valleys, stopping at Rocky Creek Dam for lunch - seeing a huge Goanna whilst doing so.
On our drive back to the coast we stopped at Bangalow for an icecream, and then headed back to the caravan site - having kangaroo steaks for dinner - yum!!
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