Photos of People Getting Stoned at Melbourne’s 420

This scene was repeated around the park. All photos by the author.

Tyler, 20. “It’s a comfortable happy feeling. Everything just stops mattering for a moment. I feel it in my head, more so with bongs. I love bongs. Also I think they’ve helped me a lot. I had a rough childhood and used to drink. This is definitely better.”

Jessie, 17 (on right): “I feel good but a little bit awkward. There are a lot of people here and it’s my first time to something like this. Still, it’s a lot better than the first time I tried weed. I threw up, fell over onto some stone pavers, then had to go to hospital.”

Sam, 16. “I feel really mellow, chill as. I liked it the first time I tried it in Geelong. It was three years ago and I stayed out, slept in a bush. I thought I was dreaming and freaked out a bit, but then I liked it.”

No one made a big deal of the goat. They were open minded.

This was the protest’s centrepoint. A BBQ and a paraphenalia stand beneath a Moreton Bay fig.

This guy pashed a sheep.

Liam, 17. “I feel really relaxed. I find the fact it’s not so bad for you quite reassuring. It’s so much better for you than drinking and I really appreciate that.”

Tyler, 20. “I feel connected to everyone and to everything that’s around me. I like weed because it opens me up whereas other drugs close me down.”

The crowd.

Something, something coolibah tree.

Seolhee, 25 (on left): “It feels so weird here because we don’t have weed. Also it’s very interesting because we wouldn’t see this in Korea. We smoke, but not in public. This is our first experience like this.”