Nimbin Good Times (Part 1) - Nimbin Aquarius Festival 1973

Rare colour film footage of Australias Nimbin Aquarius Festival, the historic event organized by the Australian Union of Students in 1973. (Note: The video comprises two parts.)

The majority of the images cover only the lead-in period for the festival on the days immediately prior to its official commencement on May 12th. Attendance over the festival period itself was estimated at anywhere from 5,000 to 15,000 people.

To this day the festival is remembered as a cultural milestone, because of the way it first celebrated at a national level the emerging alternative thinking and sustainable lifestyles of the sixties and seventies, that have since come to influence this nation for the better.

The filming aimed to capture something of the mood of the times, including the relaxed pace of counter-cultural life back then and the creativity and shared values expressed. The poster art included is also from the event

Live sounds captured on the festival site during filming included the early morning crowing of roosters and the spontaneous guitar playing of a nearby campsite resident. The soundtrack originally added reflects the best music of the era. And its remarkable quality and timelessness is now even more apparent.

The small rural township of Nimbin (NSW) is located just inland from Byron Bay on the Pacific Ocean, right on the perimeter of the now extinct Wollumbin/Mt Warning shield volcano and its stunning World Heritage listed national parks, rainforests, rivers and waterfalls. It is an area of enormous biodiversity, containing many rare wildlife species.

The filmmaker had only taken 4 rolls of super 8mm film with him at the time, limiting the scope of what was shot to what you see. (Four rolls of this filmstock permitted a maximum of 12 minutes of footage, so every foot counted.)

These truly were the 'Nimbin good times'.

Further background information on the Nimbin Aquarius Festival:

http://www.peacebus.com/Aquarius/AquariusEcho.html

http://rainbowregion.com.au/aquarius/index.php?option=com_content&task=vi...

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