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He was part of the region’s hippie influx in the early 70s.
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He was part of the region’s hippie influx in the early 70s.
FORMER journalist Peter Geddes came to Bellingen with his family in the early 70s. He was part of the town's hippie history - when the Age of Aquarius children came to the region, buying up defunct dairy farms and sending shockwaves through sleepy country towns with their alternative lifestyles. Peter established The Good Food Shop across the road from the pub where you could buy things like brown rice and yoghurt which would have been considered 'alternative' in those days. Peter Geddes and his family came to came to Bellingen in 1972 He began documenting those times as the new generat...
FORMER journalist Peter Geddes came to Bellingen with his family in the early 70s. He was part of the town's hippie history - when the Age of Aquarius children came to the region, buying up defunct dairy farms and sending shockwaves through sleepy country towns with their alternative lifestyles. Peter established The Good Food Shop across the road from the pub where you could buy things like brown rice and yoghurt which would have been considered 'alternative' in those days. Peter Geddes and his family came to came to Bellingen in 1972 He began documenting those times as the new generat...