welcome to year 70 of marijuana prohibition

Mardi Grass is over for another year. And the highlight / lowlight of the weekend was the closing of the HEMP Bar and the Nimbin Museum for the whole weekend by the police , it wasnt all bad though, as the HEMP Bar crew of volunteers got the weekend off, and a chance to experience Mardi Grass from a completely different perpective, and wow what an experience it was!!! It was great to be able to mingle with people, many who had come a long way on thier annual Pilgrimage for Pot, We got to see the HEMP Olympix, joint rolling competitions, bands, market stalls, Kombi Konvoy and we got to see the new, inflatable "Big Joint" being filled with the good Nimbin air , no doubt with about 0.420 parts per potzillion of THC. Now thats a way to blow a joint !!!

It was a fairly mellow Mardi Grass and it seemed to be more of the hard core potheads than just the usual party crowd, even the cops were mostly friendlier than in recent years, and seemed to be spending much of their time pouring out alcohol, and wandering around hoping to find someone smoking pot. There is even talk of a "Riot Squad versus Happy Hippies" tug of peace, using hemp rope of course.

Peace for Pot. Pot for Peace

The "no smoking" laws in New South Wales have had a "dramatic" effect on the HEMP Bar and its patrons. It was found that in the Smoke-free Environment Act, performers may smoke if it is a necessary part of the performance, so kick back and enjoy the performance that the HEMP Bar and patrons put on, especially the daily 4:20 "smoking of the Big Joint act of civil disobedience and political protest against the cannabis laws " performance

Police outside HEMP Bar
photo by Charlie

As you can see in the webcam images below, the H*E*M*P Bar had a visit from the NSW Police and was no April Fools Day Joke. Our webcasting units have been confiscated and so, while we are trying to find some replacements, we will be temporarily off line with one of the live web cams. We have been deluged with emails and screenshots, heaps of thanks to all our Bar Flies!!!

Thanks to the kindness from our Bar Flies, Supa-Herb has been able come out of retirement and help us in our time of need and has resumed his former position as senior webcasting unit, we are hoping to source another pc or laptop to run the other webcam before mardi grass

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE IMAGES WE HAVE COLLECTED SO FAR

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The Nimbin Plantem "Chicken George" Taylor passed away 20/12/007

The Plantem has passed to Great Ganja Plot in the sky, he will be sorely missed by all who remember him especially when he waved the HEMP leaf flag or told his humorous tales and spoke out on the many uses of the cannabis plant or riding the BIG Joint at Mardi Grass

MARDIGRASS oo7
was a HAPPENING!

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