Inside the weird and wonderful world of Nimbin Singles

It’s Love Island - but in an alternative hippie universe. Welcome to Nimbin, where the singles are plentiful and the dating checklist is, well – weird. Meet the town’s most eligible bachelors and bachelorettes.

Nimbin has a new singles scene. Picture: NewsCorp.

Love at first sight – or love at first bong?

The people of the North Coast’s alternative hippie mecca Nimbin have always done things a little differently.

In the age of internet dating, where desperate singles are more keen than ever to find their perfect match no matter the approach, they’ve taken it all to bizarre new heights on a singles dating Facebook page.

Nimbin Singles, which has 130 members, has seen a keen response from locals, whose dating checklists range from the harmless to the outright weird.

Photos from the Nimbin Singles Facebook page. Pictures: Facebook.

One man is seeking a “live in lover” – with a “love of gardening preferably”.

Another man has set his sights on a tall order – a “real deal hippy girl”, who “must have a hairy natural forest full of lustful hair on their curvy mountain bodies”.

One user complained of Nimbin having a lack of “free hippy girls who like train rides and camping”. He said the page would have been “awesome back in the hippy daze (sic)”.

Another user voiced his opinion on women’s appearances, saying: “It’s all about money & appearances. In the nice dayz (sic) the girls didn’t wear make up.”

One user’s approach to apparently draw interest was to post a picture of their belongings – a slingshot, feathers and some decorative shell ornaments.

Objects of desire - allegedly. Pictures: Facebook.

Another obviously forgot to proof their classified ad: “Hi all, single and very much into women. I’m interested in a friendly, and fun and and feeling relationship, I hope you are say hello.”

One “single mother is looking for a partner”.

A “single father with shared care” is seeking “quality connection with lady of open relaxed disposition”. His blurb: “Carpenter, musician, martial artist and spiritualist”. The bloke has it all.

When quizzed by other singles what he meant by spiritualist, he replied: “I acknowledge the higher/deeper realms of existence. Though we may not “see” it, it can affect and influence our lives through our thoughts, feelings and reactions.”

Free love has always been a groovy thing in Nimbin. A scene from the Aquarius Festival in Nimbin, 1973. Picture: Harry Watson Smith Flickr/Harry Watson Smith/harryws20

In a since deleted post, one man wrote: “What happened to all the smoking hippy witches. I’m down for a sesh or two.”

Photos from the Nimbin Singles Facebook page. Pictures: Facebook.

One man’s ideal date plan is such: “If I have a Valentine’s day I will take her out to dinner and movie.” Sticking with the classics.

Another wrote: “PM me if ya (sic) want peace, love, respect”.

A study conducted in America in 2014 stated that: “Couples who meet on social networking sites such as Facebook are more likely to be satisfied with their marriages than those who met in other ways”.

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Originally published as Inside the weird and wonderful world of Nimbin Singles