Inbetween the Aboriginal history and waterfalls we lunched in Nimbin. It reminded me of Haight Ashbury in San Francisco, built on an ideal which had long since run its course and was now ridden with the seedy and darker aspects of hippy life.
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Georgie was desperate to see a kangeroo, we’ve already seen koala’s so spotting them again in trees wasn’t as exciting. During hte day we learnt about the different uses the land has had since the white settlers came and how its affected the landscape, listening to Tony talk about the displacements of Aboriginals and devastation caused by logging is hard to accept when your bathed in 35c sun, eating windfallen mangoes and fresh macadamia nuts whilst surrounded by the most stunning environment.
We didn’t manage to see any Kangeroos that day, maybe next time( by the way, what did Aboriginals call Cows the first time they saw them? Kanga-Moos!). But we did see Goana’s, at least I think thats what they’re called.
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And we cute turtle dozing on a rock. The day was almost done. Tony, our guide had clearly put a lot of effort into the day. He had a good plan and spiel, including knowledge, jokes, history and even a bit of music. If you asked a question he knew the answer and because of his teachings I’ve now bought a left handed boomerang. Although I did get laughed out of a couple of places first.
R & G
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