national park
Springbrook National Park
Rainforest plateau in the Gold Coast hinterland with sealed access to Purling Brook Falls and the Best of All Lookout car parks.
44 km · about 50 min drive
New South Wales, Australia · Oceania
Nimbin sits on the route: 25 minutes from Kyogle, 44km from Springbrook National Park.
Nimbin is a town located in New South Wales, Australia. With a population of 1,549, it is an important destination in Oceania.
On a road trip, Nimbin sits in Australia, where you drive on the left. It's in the Australia/Sydney time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Nimbin to your route.
Nimbin is a town in the Northern Rivers area of the Australian state of New South Wales, approximately 30 km (19 mi) north of Lismore, 33 km (21 mi) northeast of Kyogle, and 70 km (43 mi) west of Byron Bay.
Nimbin is notable for the prominence of its environmental initiatives such as permaculture, sustainability, andRead more
self-sufficiency, as well as the cannabis counterculture. Writer Austin Pick described his initial impressions of the village this way: "It is as if a smoky avenue of Amsterdam has been placed in the middle of the mountains behind frontier-style building facades. ... Nimbin is a strange place indeed."
Nimbin has been described in literature and mainstream media as 'the drug capital of Australia', 'a social experiment', and 'an escapist sub-culture'. Nimbin has become an icon in Australian cultural history, with many of the values first introduced there by the counterculture becoming part of modern Australian culture.
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Nimbin is located in New South Wales, Australia, Oceania. The coordinates are -28.5954 latitude, 153.2234 longitude.
Nimbin has a population of approximately 1,549 people, making it a town in Australia.
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national park
Rainforest plateau in the Gold Coast hinterland with sealed access to Purling Brook Falls and the Best of All Lookout car parks.
44 km · about 50 min drive
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