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'Aussie Woodstock' transformed conservative Nimbin into counter-culture heaven ✌️ | ABC Australia
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8:01Now PlayingIn the early 1970s, a group of Sydney university students were keen to create an Australian version of Woodstock: a counter-culture festival that celebrated art, sustainability, harmony and freedom. It became known as the Aquarius Festival.
Their search for a suitable site landed them in Nimbin, a once conservative town folded in rolling green hills and rainforest in northern New South Wales, beaten almost to bankruptcy by the dairy depression of the late 1960s.
It was a catalyst for many of the townsfolk to put their reservations aside and co-host the festival.
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