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I think it’s good to see people rejecting being filmed. It’s a bullshit part of modern life, though I guess it makes documentary-making more difficult

I respect a place that does not normalise the constant creation of content.

Ive been in nimbin fir two years. Ive been treated so well. People here look after each other and they have restored my faith in humanity.

You said you failed to make a documentary about Nimbin ,this is incorrect. You’ve made a truly awesome documentary on Nimbin and showed the side of Nimbin we all wanted to see. Good one man thanks for showing us this very interesting side of this famous town. I watched the whole thing so you must have succeeded because it was very enjoyable 👍👍👍

Also I love the usage of the old television to showcase interviews from the past

That was the best, most faithful representation of nimbin I have seen.

I live completely on the opposite side of the world, culturally, in Texas USA. Its regressive, stubborn, only cares about the richest folks. This video seemed so odd and fascinating. Your self-defeating humor is funny. Although as a USA person, I didn't understand some things because we have it labeled differently. I do love you guys don't have idiots running around with guns in the country side. Thats all we got here. I liked this piece. Sub'd.

That lady at the end seems pretty cool. Seems more reasonable that they dislike the cameras once she explains how tourists like to take "hippy pictures" of her kids.

Hugs to Forest 🌻 Doc is not a fail. People are different. Title needs a rethink but well done lads. There are lessons here. 👍🏿

It's not so much that locals dont want to be filmed (there's hundreds of documentaries where lots of locals are interviewed) it's more the approach you took. If you ever decide to come back id recommend walking around without your cameras on the first day or two just talking to people and letting them know what your intentions are with your filming, a good place to start would be the hemp embassy, ask for Michael he will be able to point you in the direction of interesting people who may be keen for an interview. Nimbin has definitely changed a lot since the fire in the heart of our town but there's still a lot of beauty here and a really strong sense of community. I hope you come back one day and get to see the real Nimbin. ✌

From day one of the Nimbin revival back in the 70's, I wanted visit there to see how things could be done towards self sustaing. After 20 years of waiting, I entered Nimbin from the northern end of town one Saturday morning and saw the drunken youths (first generation hippies) sprawled in the door opening of the pub and on the footpath. Five minutes Ute's later, I exited Nimbin at the south end, realising that the inhabitants there were mainly a bunch of life's losers. The hippy dream had failed.

A community protecting what they love,can't see nothing wrong with that.Waterdragons love fruit.PEACE.

There is not more to the Nimbin folk that meets the eye, infract there's a lot less.

Good on ya, Jack. You learned about two VERY important things you must have before making a documentary: Access and permission. You learned that both are vital preparation and are both required before shooting a single frame.

“The dickheads who don’t know they’re dickheads might be the biggest dickheads of all” 😂 I enjoy the self-reflection, and depreciation. Humility is lost in many vlogs but this is great. I think many small towns and even cities are like this in the states as well. Truth be told, it’s rude to yell at someone you don’t know as they walk away. Some of them have unreasonable expectations in public. Ironic they’re rude to outsiders.

Back in the early 1980's (when I was in my very early 20's years of age) I lived at Tuntable Falls community. (Just outside Nimbin) Most of the people I spent time with were very open and friendly. But .... I also found that a lot where very quick to ostracise you. Simply because you didn't look a certain way or know such and such or weren't interested in becoming a sycophant of some so called spiritual "leader". I found it an incredibly "clique" town in a lot of ways. Even for someone who had been living just up the road a bit, in another country town, since the 1970's.

Haha man i love your videos... They strike the perfect balance of humour, story telling and contemplation. KZfaq and self-awareness is also a niche crossover. To flip a non story into something like that is a real talent.

great story mate i totally get where the people from nimbin are coming from after watching this i feel i could live in nimbin cheers from Queensland south

I learnt more from this documentary than from any other I might have seen about Nimbin (can't even remember them) and about respect for its citizens. So, in saying all that, thank you.

Even though I can't speak Australian I still really enjoyed this documentary! Ty for all the hard work you put into it.

Jack you looked like a undercover cop that would have got the tin foil cheersquad going. Im going to nimbin roots festival ill be wearing my I love 5G T shirt get them going

When I went to Nimbin in the 90s I came away thinking it is the creepiest, weirdest place on earth. Seeing this video of Nimbin today just reaffirms to me how right I was. Don't go to Nimbin is very good advice.

It must be so hard to get people to trust that you're not filming for a bad reason. Nimbin has always had beauty and your doco definitely showed that regardless of the rough points. Loved it! Abby made some good points too. 😂

Absolute gold! Mate, you’re already a great filmmaker, warts & all, no bullshit, absolute fkn classic! Love your work, keep it coming!

Really enjoyed the doco mate - thanks.

The dog just wanted to play leap frog

This was a fantastic doc, despite all the stonewalling yal went through it really told a compelling story. Made me feel like I was there being drunkenly treated like garbage for 5 days too! 😅 All the best to you guys, and keep putting it out there this was good stuff.

Are you doods brothers or undercover brother lovers?

Bro you went about that all wrong... Much love Nimbin ❤

bloody incredible, cheers cobber 🍻

Love ❤Nimbin thank you

I got family in Nimbin and they live about a block from the pub . Nimbin is not what it used to be but hence saying that I will visit for a day. They hate cameras and they also hate city life. The people that live there are very private people that even the polly ain't welcome as they are the most despised people on the planet. Basiclly a step back in time. if you come to town , be nice and don't be a dick or they might chase you out with a stick. There are many places that can be enjoyed in Northern NSW. Try and bring the city life to town and they will tell you to piss off.

These guys look like coppers

Forrest is such a beautiful soul. I’d like to visit some day

9:15 set of hangers

Eyyy shout out Warrnambool. Good on the girl for speaking her mind. Great vid

Nimbin in aboriginal is short for nimbinjee hairy little man,plenty yowie encounters in that area

To share something in my experience, I visited Nimbin in 2015 for the MardiGrass and, the people just love their way of off grid living. I found it quite incredible, seemed most folk were content as well.

Great video. You remind me of a young Alby Mangels. All Nimbin locals think you're an undercover cop, if they don't know you . Interesting place...

Great video mate, dogo priceless!

In a town notorious for smoking weed i doubt anyone would want to be filmed🤣

I’ve got a photo of myself near the Nimbin sign in the 80’s with a pottery mull bowl I bout there, we’d go after surfing Brunswick Heads, Byron or the Coast to score was great didn’t ever have 2 get outta the car, they’d come 2 is score an ounce think round 60-$70, back in the day great memories 😊

Creepy little place. Definately wouldn't wanna walk down a dark alley there 😂

You gotta remember where you are bro. No offence. We dont like fucken cameras in our town or being filmed without consent. There are enough cameras on our streetlight poles, we dont want more. People either need to come for the life experience of what nimbin is and take it on for the sake of their personal growth and outlook, or stay away. We are not a freakshow to be documented. This new age of trying to show off and market everything is a massive part of the problem we face in this day and age. Once upon a time, Byron bay was a cheap, quiet, small town too, then it was shown off and marketed. It fucked the place. Dont do it to us too please. Either help protect what we have, or simply leave us alone. Cheers. 🙏

Pineapple express soundtrack😂Nice touch

P has really taken a grip of Nimbin. Thats all I found out whilst there. So sad

Go on Market day 🛍️ - 4th Sunday of the month 🐨

Don’t take it to heart mate, great video

I don't think your doco was a failure by any means. I grew up around that area, a bit south of there actually, and it's good to see a blast from my past. An adventure's an adventure even if it's a misadventure! Keep up the good work mate.

Back in the day Nimbin was the place for alternate living but has slipped away due to the government not wanting this kind of lifestyle catching on . The cost of living has pushed the " hippie culture " further into the background as these days . society says you all need money to exist . The days of old Nimbin are gone now , most of the second generation " the Aquarius kids " did not embrace the lifestyle they grew up in .Nimbin is now mainly full of wannabe blowins who are into their phones and the internet and are more interested in portrayal than being . The introduction of hard drugs and the realisation by the old school that they could no longer exist by just keeping their heads above water has changed the dynamics of the hippie culture in Nimbin . Nice cars , a business and their own house is more the norm these days unfortunately . lf you had filmed 40 years ago it would have been a completely different vibe and story .

This is exceptionally well made. Really interesting stuff

I love your videos, they are bloody amazing

sadly i think it's all complicated with so much legal argument about who owns the land , if you buy in beware

you didnt fail brother, its a doco, just not the one you imagined. we are all dickheads, embrace it. thanks, enjoyed your doco

Awesome doco :)

Unreal video mate, this is Netflix quality content. The Pineapple Express seen was gold.

Man this is wonderful. Found you on Reddit. This is outstanding, just subbed.

Love ninbin

The Police have taken over 😭

I think the title "Don't go to Nimbin" is a bit unfair given the circumstances which you guys have arrived at that point, I know its self referential conisdering that the main understanding here is to not film without consent (especially for a community that's attempted to create an alternative lifestyle and has consistantly come under scrutiny) - you guys were initially treated with respect until pushing that boundary, I feel as though the catchy title (while it did get my attention) is maybe a bit harsh considering. End of the day its always all about enthusiastic consent. Great quality doco - but maybe the title / description can be a little more orientated to the conclusion rather than the initial reaction to not being able to film.

I enjoyed your vid mate, but this vid should have been titled "go to Nimbin but respect the locals".

cool video ! very interesting! good to see ! 🏞️🌳🛻🤙📹😎

Still surprised the subscriber count is low. You turned what could have been a failure into a pretty good success really. I would probably have just turned around and thought, I cant turn this into something watchable, but you did.

Nimbin is the best! You get back what you give. Very friendly people

When Nimbin turned into Crackheroinbin I gave up on the place. 100% woulda been the scummy junkies screaming at you. This was a good film.

Jack you are very clever, don't stop making your videos 😅

Hahaha you guys must of looked suss , there usually friendly happy people hahaha

Spent a long time up that way. I was married to a girl from Alstonville. Over twenty years I went to Nimbin 3 times. First time a bloke collapsed on me in the street. I got asked by every second person if I was "right for a smoke". The last time, I didn't even get out of the car before a little kid on a bike tried to sell me drugs. I can't stand that place.

@Adventure Supreme geeze mate ya really stuffed up !!! ya shoulda come to the HEMP Bar and chatted to me or Gary Big Bong on a Friday , we not camera shy as we used to have the world first live webcam in an illegal cannabis cafe

Lazy Druggies and a village on the DOLE.

Love the lady at the end

Forest is correct..My older brother owns a farm in Nimbin..what a pitty u didnt meet him...he has done so much for homelessness..he also put in extra dam with fire pumps for fire trucks so Nimbin will be protected..hes Not a Hippie..but an educated man with exceptional ideas & is getting shit done..never take a dog into Nimbin..u didnt see the sign..they infect the forner & flora..plus u look like a Narc with ur k9😂😂😂😂keep making films..uve got the gift💝🌻

Oh wow! I'm a long time local... On behalf of my community, I almost feel like writing you an apology letter. Btw, Pretty sure I know what was going on for you there... You might even laugh if you knew. I'd explain, but you'd need a local history lesson to understand why we're often a bit camera shy around here. Sadly, not too long ago - you could've rocked up to town, introduced yourself and your intentions and you would have had people lining up to tell you their stories and share some of our history. What a shame we missed our chance this time. Happy travels to you from this nearly normal Nimbinite.

That’s just fine by me. I’ll go to another more friendly town to spend my holiday money at!

I enjoyed Nimbin. That's why I clicked.

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the ending was dope as fuck

Mate this was not a failure, I watched the whole thing and I gotta say that it was all very enjoyable, the format and filmography especially. The commentary was on point as well.

What a mint video haha

I would of have you an interview 😂

Paranoid people. Drugs have side effects.

I think this is useful for film students, it highlights the most important aspect of documentary making - access. The more sensitive the topic the harder it is to attain. People take years building relationships and building trust to make real documentaries. Making a film with substance requires more than a facebook message and 4 days. You need to know your subject, research, have a driving question, identify characters and potential storylines, spend time with the subject or in this case the community.. all before turning your camera on. Content for youtube however, well that's made by doing what you did. Still an interesting piece however because you were prepared to be honest and I enjoyed watching your struggle to make the film.

It's mouldy, muddy and dirty, people are sad.

Very contacting, the fact that they think people are judgemental about them and only see them as stoners etc, but then refuse to allow this guy to show the other side.

You told every one you were doing a doco if you went as tourist it would have been much better.

So let me guess no influencers there

It’s a long story with many moving parts mostly it’s all got to do with greedy investment property buyers, 25. Years ago, the building of the highway was the destruction of the northern Rivers, causing depression and mental health to rise. They tried stopping it & predicted everything that has come to pass. I was living far north Queensland at the time I came down for a funeral or a wedding or a birthday party. I can’t remember and I went to a rally with my mum and everything they said on that stage that night from the rising costs to locals been pushed out the area to the sound of the semi trailers from the highway. You would hear from Bangalow , To the busloads of Japanese and Chinese tourists and the closure of local businesses and family run places, Has all come to pass. I remember vividly one man saying that highway with easy access from Sydney will drive the prices up so high the whole communities will be destroyed.. now houses and Properties/, friends and family bought for 17,000 now worth 7 million. You would think locals would be happy making millions of dollars with a $10,000 property they just bought in the 90s . but you cannot put a price on Freedom & home Community . Now Mental Health has risen. Depression is an epidermic and everyone is struggling just to keep a roof. Or put dinner on the table. So many people have been driven away, locals can’t afford to live in their own hometown any more , it’s happened all around Australia to multiple locations Karanda being a big one in far north Queensland , once a bustling community of laughter and music now Bus, lots of Asians and not a local insight , It’s similar to festivals like Maleny folk festival , When I was a child, at all, those festivals, they were incredible, but once things get too big, the mainstream roll in and strip it and leave the bones , it got too large, so they moved it now it’s called Woodford I have never been because back in 95. All the alcohol drinking main stream flooded the festival, my mum actually just went to a festival at Maleny. All the organisers have gone back Creating their little baby once more, where it was born ,probably from nostalgia. There was only 120 people at the festival and they will probably re-living the early days before it got too big. You can’t expect a place to keep its heart when no one can afford to live there any more . Just look at Byron Bay. The only remaining local shop is legend. Pizzas and Bay kebabs. They all go one by one by high rents. How can you expect a place to stay the same if the people have all gone? . Many still live up in the mountains and bands like a Oka or Wild Marmalade get everyone out of their hiding places. I was in Brunswick heads awhile ago and there were hundreds of people felt like the old days colourful Community you don’t see it any more we all come out of our caves & hiding places to have a dance. And for a few hours felt like it used to feel like before the greedy investment property & the the highways to Sydney were built

Should of dressed like hippies, am sure it would of made a difference

Forest is a beautiful loving intellinfent women. Theres a sensativity here that people just dont understand. Its true christ consciousness. What we do to other we do to the self. We feel literally the pain in our bodies. Wrong intentions or seperated thinking in nimbin wont get you far. Your attitude at the end was right. Much love .... but Do come to nimbin ....

Try shaven off that mustache bro U look like a cop haha

Yep don’t come back..😊

I really enjoyed the show. Your not a dick head, no one is. I think that the lady at the end living her best life, Nimbin is were she fits. If anything odd people ( I am odd it is cool for me). Society needs odd, it seems the odds are we need them.

Legalisation will fix Nimbin

You went there in the growing season before they could harvest the crops go there in winter

Nimbin... Australia's anti-vax capital.

Chang the law safe the weed nimbin#1

I went to Nimben a few times. It's a great place... but not if you film. A lot of people do things that is against the law! They don't want that on camera 🤳. My friend used to live in Nimben in the rainforest. Beautiful house and respect for your privacy 🔏. The police 🚓 is a big problem to. My friend had to leave because of them! Anyway, you are not the only one's who get locked out.

You asked to interview us but you seemed dejected and self obsessed so we declined. Now I understand why... sorry about that. This is a side of Nimbin you came soooo close to capturing, by the way, love the tittle of your clip, THANK YOU! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bdiFobaLrp_Dmp8.htmlsi=n19pzvKth2vOif74

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