THE hippy heart of Nimbin burnt to the ground in the early hours of this morning, destroying the town’s key tourism attractions and creating a “bloody mess”.
“The place went up in smoke, the joint is on fire, there are plenty of puns you can make up, it is Nimbin,” Alan Salt said of the fire that destroyed the iconic Rainbow Café and Nimbin Museum.
The fire, which is being treated as suspicious, destroyed several historic buildings built in 1926.
Jodee Ticheorne has been managing the Rainbow Café for 10 years and said it employed 20 people who will now be without a job.
“Our food was exceptional; our chips were made from real potatoes,” she said.
Their "chips were made out of real potatoes". 
What else would they make them out of?
lol at the potato chips.
I think it's sad. Nimbin is such a 'colourful' place. My last kombi went to live in Nimbin. I hope it wasn't one of the vw's that burned.
