Due to the bushfire in the Nightcap National Park, local schools in the NImbin area are closed for the next two days.

Parents are urged to keep their children at home as there will be no supervision at the schools. 

Schools include: Nimbin Central School, Coffee Camp Public School, Tuntable Falls Community College, Tuntable Creek Public School, Barkersvale Public School, Rainbow Ridge Steiner School, Whian Whian, Terania Creek, and The Channon Public School.

Read stories from Tuntable community residents Sarah Lonie, Nerelle Draisma, Drew Aird and Maggie Bourne as they evacuated; what the options are for where to go with your family and animals if you evacuate; what's needed in the way of supplies; and the link to the webcam on upper Tuntable Falls Road: Nimbin residents flee as "the wettest rainforest in Northern NSW is burning"