Nimbin Australia

Nimbin is located in Northern New South Wales in the Lismore Local Government Area and services a catchment area extending to Kyogle in the South West, Mt Burrell to the North, Lismore to the South, The Channon to the South East and encompassing Barkersvale, Bishops Creek, Blue Knob, Cawongla, Coffee Camp, Goolmangar, Jiggi, Koonorigan, Lillian Rock, Mountain Top, Stoney Chute, Tuntable Falls and Wadeville. Nimbin is one of Australia’s primary tourist attractions, with an estimated 160,000 visitors coming to Nimbin each year (Tourism NSW – State Tourism Data Warehouse - STDW) making it the second most visited place in NSW (STDW). In the 2007-2008 year 66,000 visitors accessed the Nimbin Visitors Centre (Nimbin Visitors Centre 07-08). Nimbin is well known for its alternative culture, and the Aquarius Festival held in the 70s which attracted a community of alternate life-stylers to the village. The community has been committed to sustainable living from the outset and has 30 years of experience in embracing alternate lifestyles. The Nimbin community has, over the years, installed many solar power systems, hand-built their own homes from local and alternate building materials (including mud brick, bamboo, sand/sawdust/cement, and now most recently hemp fibre), promoted and grown organic food, developed permaculture techniques and is the home of the world renowned Djambung Gardens Permaculture Institute, adopted water recycling and conservation practices...the list goes on. All of this is reflected in the murals in the main street of the village, and the nature and type of many of the developments in the village.