Our first visit of the day is the famous town of Nimbin, where we stop for about an hour, giving you plenty of time to stroll the colourful streets full of alternative shops and cafes.

Locateted on the edge of Nightcap National Park and over-looked by the dramatic Nimbin Rocks, Nimbin was settled in the 1840s by timber cutters and farmers. In the early 20th century Nimbin was known as a quiet dairy village. However, in 1973 things changed when the Australian Students Union decided to hold the Aquarius Festival in Nimbin Valley. The festival was to be a cultural and 'alternative' lifestyle experience for hippies and wannabe drop-outs Australia-wide. Most of the festival visitors returned to their cities and regular lives but a small number remained and Nimbin became the unofficial capital for the alternative lifestyle and the environmental movement.

The first weekend every May Nimbin holds the 'Mardigrass ' which is a harvest festival and street carnival celebrating the harvest of local cannabis crops. It's also a demostration by the Nimbin Hemp Embassey for the legalisation of Marijuana.