14/09/2026
What happens when a village becomes a canvas?
In Nimbin, the story of its painted streets reaches back to the 1973 Aquarius Festival, when artist Vernon Treweeke proposed painting the village. A few years later, Benny Zable added a new sequence of rainbows and playful bubbles through a mural renewal project.
Today, the mural streetscape forms a core part of Nimbin’s heritage conservation area. I like the idea of art becoming part of everyday life. Something you pass on the way to somewhere else, then stop to notice.