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List of alternative lifestyle communities

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This is a list of communities known for having a major hippie subculture and/or other forms of alternative lifestyle subcultures.

Oceania

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Australia

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Settlement State/territory Reference(s)
Ballina   New South Wales [1]
Bangalow   New South Wales [1]
Bellingen   New South Wales [2]
Bermagui   New South Wales [3]
Bogangar   New South Wales [3]
Brunswick Heads   New South Wales [3]
Byron Bay   New South Wales [3][4][5][1]
Cabarita Beach   New South Wales [3]
Conondale, Sunshine Coast   Queensland [6]
Daylesford   Victoria [5]
Elands   New South Wales [7]
Eumundi, Sunshine Coast   Queensland [5]
Kuranda   Queensland [5]
Lennox Head   New South Wales [1]
Margaret River   Western Australia [5]
Mullumbimby   New South Wales [8][1]
Nimbin   New South Wales [5]
Sheffield   Tasmania [5]
Upwey, Melbourne   Victoria [9]
Yackandandah   Victoria [10]
Yamba   New South Wales [3]

New Zealand

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Settlement Region Reference(s)
Coromandel Waikato [11][12]
Raglan Waikato [13]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Hippie havens". amp.smh.com.au. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
  2. ^ Rhodes, Sheriden (2015-08-22). "Bellingen, NSW, Australia: The bohemian town that is heaven on earth". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "NSW's hippest boho coastal towns | VisitNSW.com". www.visitnsw.com. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
  4. ^ Fesani, Tania (2023-02-19). "7 Things to Do in Byron Bay, the Hippie Paradise in Australia". Nomad is Beautiful. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g Baxter, Ellie (2023-09-30). "Seven hippie towns better than Byron". YourLifeChoices. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
  6. ^ "Sunshine Coast eco village turns 30 as pioneering permaculture ideas become mainstream - ABC News". amp.abc.net.au. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
  7. ^ "Inside Elands". Artlink. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
  8. ^ "How one hippie town became the anti-vaxxer capital of Australia". amp.smh.com.au. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
  9. ^ "'From hippie to hipster': How Upwey went from ghost town to a thriving mountain community". Domain. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
  10. ^ "North east Victoria: The town going completely off-grid". Domain. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
  11. ^ https://www.news.com.au/travel/destinations/new-zealand/nzs-coromandel-region-is-the-real-capital-of-bohemia/news-story/fb23a2e2e3cfe0503386b1c6ace62dbd?amp
  12. ^ "Coromandel Township: hippy haven". www.aa.co.nz. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
  13. ^ "A short road trip with new friends to New Zealand's hippie-surfer town". Deviating the Norm. 2015-03-17. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
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