2015
This will be our 23rd
Mardigrass.
VOLUNTEERS
JUNGLE
PATROL
HEMPOSIUM
Celebrate a May J!
WHY SHOULD I BUY THE GOLDEN BUD PASS?
Because MardiGrass can’t happen or continue if you don’t.
Because it gives you free access to all events in Peace Park
(The Home of the Hemp Olympix), the Town Hall and the Bush Theatre.
Because some events like the Comedy Cabaret and Joint Rolling
will fill the Town Hall which has limited capacity and Golden
Bud Passes get priority entry.
Because you are supporting cannabis law reform which is what
MardiGrass is all about.
Because the Council and Police have given us so many rules and
regulations to comply with, the whole event is in danger of
folding if you don’t.
Because you can’t get entry into the Hemp Bar, Mullaways
Magic Medicine Tent or other venues without the Golden Bud wristband.
Because the showground camping team are all volunteer legends
who will look after you with genuine old style Aussie country
hospitality and you’ll have a terrific weekend.
Because you’ll feel really good about yourself contributing
to a worthwhile cause.
Because in years to come you can tell your grandchildren you
were in the war on drugs
Advertising space is available in the MardiGrass print
program.
40,000 copies will be printed for 2015 and available all year
from the Nimbin HEMP Embassy promoting the virtues of Cannabis
for food, fuel, fibre, medicine and therapy.
You can place your advertisement for $300 at 82mm wide,
55 mm high in CMYK at 300dpi as a PDF, Tiff or jpg.
Larger sizes are available at the same width or as a banner.
Contact us for your requirements. head@hempembassy.net
The deadline for print is Saturday 18th of April.
Ads will be automatically included on MardiGrass website program
for 2015 as soon as we receive them.
We reserve the right to reject ads deemed not in keeping with
the aims and objectives of the MOB. (MardiGrass Organising Body)
You can find previous editions of the 16 page MardiGrass print
program online.
http://nimbinwave.com/about/mardigrass-programs
The MOB wishes to extend a welcome and many thanks
for those who donate their time and finances during this event,
without you it could not happen. All volunteers should register
with the Hemp Embassy leaving a contact phone or email in the
shop. MOB meetings have sort of started and you will find key
organizers in the Hemp Bar from 4.20pm on Fridays.
BUY
A 2015 MardiGrass WEEKEND PASS with CAMPING Online
There are lawyers everywhere these days, not just in
Parliament but in the MardiGrass crowd looking out for you.
Here’s some sage words from two of them.
MARDIGRASS AND THE POLICE
The Police understand that we are engaged in peaceable and
law abiding protest and many of them secretly agree with our
cause. But they are coppers. They can’t talk for themselves
while they are at work. If they see cannabis they will confiscate
it and issue you with a caution notice or a summons to appear.
They will bust you if they see you bonging on. So don’t
be an idiot! We gather together to protest the laws not get
ourselves arrested!
The police may try to make it difficult for you to get to MardiGrass.
This is a deliberate tactic they have used for a number of years.
In the past they have set up roadblocks south of Nimbin at Goolmangar
and north near the village and on the Uki road (they may be
on any of the approach roads in the days immediately before
and after the festival).
In the past the Police have even told people the event had
been cancelled, or have warned them that the town is full of
‘undesirable’ elements. Of course all of this is
bunkum: the Nimbin MardiGrass is a peaceful family friendly
festival that is renowned the world around for being just that.
But the Police do have a job to do – in this case their
job is to try and persuade you to turn around and abandon your
sinful pursuit of your democratic right to protest. (Just say
“yes sir” and drive on.)
The Police may breathalyse you for alcohol or swab you for
cannabis. If you haven’t had a smoke that day you should
be alright (so wait till you get to Nimbin). If you must bring
cannabis to Nimbin (sorta like coals to Newcastle) then come
a few days early. If you must carry it in a car then put it
on the floor under a mat or a seat and don't ever say “that’s
mine” if it happens to get found.
Check www.nimbinmardigrass.com for current road conditions
and information. We hope to have the Polite drones operating
with the latest on the roads. There are several different routes
into Nimbin available. The scenery and country is beautiful.
The town is welcoming. The event is unforgettable. And if the
issue is your issue don’t be put off no matter what. See
you here on the 5th and 6th of May?
MARDIGRASS AND THE POLICE
Most of the police officers who come to Nimbin for Mardi Grass
treat it as the spectacle it is and merely observe the proceedings
because there are seldom any disturbances and they are not needed
to keep the peace. Increasingly many police realise this counter-productive
legislation has by all accounts, reached its “use by date”.
Presently some Nimbin community members are locked in a court
battle to stop the roadblocks and raids on Nimbin each year
but they do not expect that the action will be decided by MardiGras.
In the meantime if you are thinking about bringing illegal drugs
with you, be careful of roadblocks. They have three favourite
spots - at Goolmangar, on the Nimbin Lismore Road to the south;
Blue Knob Road near the cemetery on the road north; east from
Nimbin near the corner of Tuntable Creek Road and the road to
Mount Nardi. But they could be anywhere!
In New South Wales, when searching people or vehicles police
have the authority to ask for your name and address, (but not
your mobile or other telephone) and you have the right to ask
them for their name, badge, (or, if they are not in uniform,
their identification), the station from which they work and
the reason for the search.
While police have the right to search your vehicle and all the
people in it for drugs, sometimes using a dog to assist, they
do not usually have the right to “strip search”
you. Generally, if police try to engage you in conversation
or to question you, unless you have a good knowledge of the
way the laws operate, you should say as little as you have to.
Anyway let us hope for good behaviour from us all in this, the
20th MardiGrass.
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