Grassroots cannabis culture · Est. 2018

Growers
of society.

We tell the stories of Australian cannabis and teach the stuff nobody else will. Eight years in, 20,000 strong, and on a mission to bring cannabis education to the forefront of Aussie culture.

GrassrootsDown under

20K+Community across socials 3.8KYouTube subscribers 5.7KInstagram followers 11KFacebook followers

What we do

Stories. Education.
A bloody good time.

01 / Stories

The culture, on camera

Farms, growers, patients and the legends who kept this plant alive. Told by someone who’s actually been in the room.

02 / Education

The stuff nobody else teaches

How it works, how to use it well, how to tell what’s in your flower. Plain English, zero shilling.

03 / Events

Meet the gang IRL

Community pop-ups, talks and yarns. Somewhere to meet the gang in real life, not just in the comments.

04 / The FAP

The podcast is back

The Friendly Aussie Podcast returns with a new season. Long-form chats with the people shaping Aussie cannabis. Got a story? Pitch yourself.

The mission

Bring cannabis education to the forefront of Australian culture.

Not the fringe. Not a forum thread at 2am. The front, right where grown-ups learn about everything else they’re trusted with.

People have been fed a century of rubbish about this plant. The fix isn’t complicated: tell the truth, put the real people on camera, and make it easy to learn. That’s the whole job.

The movement we started

Know what's in
your flower.

Plant growth regulators are chemicals used to bulk up buds, and for years they were turning up in flower sold to Aussies with nobody saying a word. So we printed a sticker that said FCK PGR. It sold out by lunch.

It turned into a movement. Patients started asking what was in their flower, growers started proving they had nothing to hide, and clean, properly grown cannabis became something people expected. We’re still saying it.

Watch & listen

Best of FAB

Farm tours, gear reviews and long yarns. If you’re new here, start with these.

Featured · Advocacy

How you can save Australia (with one tick on your ballot)

Advocacy

The dry herb vape ban, explained

What the vape rules actually mean for patients and why they matter. Start here if you use a dry herb vape.

Gear review

The best portable vape powerhouse you can't have

Culture

9 movies that taught me to live differently (and chill harder)

Farm series

How living soil supercharges organic cannabis

Field trip

Australia's chillest canna-crib

Education

Cannabis advice I wish I had at 19

The FAP

Mimi Sener: the pharmacist at the forefront

The Friendly Aussie Podcast

The FAP
is back.

A brand new season is on the way: five episodes of real yarns with growers, patients, pharmacists, founders and the odd legend. No scripts, no shilling, just the people shaping Aussie cannabis talking straight.

Four seasons in the vault already. Get stuck in while you wait.

Learn

Read up.

Guides, gear reviews, culture, cannabis law and the odd rant. Eight years of articles, all still here.

Rows of cannabis plants inside a large licensed Australian glasshouse

Aussie News

The Aussie-Grown List: Who’s Actually Growing Cannabis in Australia

Which Australian cannabis farms are actually growing, which have Aussie-grown brands in market, and which licence holders aren’t growing at all.

Read it →

October 6, 2026

Cannabis Culture

Growing Exposed Down Under: The Byron Hinterland’s Living Soil

FAB Feature · 2026 When Growing Exposed came looking for real Aussie craft, the cameras ended up in the Byron Hinterland, on

Read it →

October 6, 2026

Cannabis Laws

Cannabis Laws in Australia: State by State (2026)

Is weed legal in Australia? A plain-English 2026 guide to cannabis laws in every state and territory: possession, growing, diversion and drug driving.

Read it →

October 6, 2026

From the archive We got raided: the day the cops kicked in the door at FAB HQRead →

Events

Come meet
the gang.

Back in 2024 we took over a Brisbane bowls club for 420 and called it Buds & Bowls: talks, glass blowing, live music, vendors and a lot of very average bowling. It was a one-off (for now). Pop-ups and whatever we cook up next get announced to the gang first.

The Family

Aussie creators
we rate.

FAB has always been a connector. These are the people doing good work for the culture. Go give them a follow.

Podcast · Reviews · Newsletter

AusCannaReviews

Christina McMullan’s AusCannaPodcast, deep-dive reviews and weekly newsletter. Terps, genetics and a patient’s-eye view of the Aussie scene.

Instagram ↗Podcast ↗Newsletter ↗

Podcast · Accessories

Give & Toke

Paul O’Donoghue sits down with patients, doctors, advocates and operators to get past the headlines. Give & Toke is also an accessories brand, with essentials made for medicinal cannabis patients.

Instagram ↗YouTube ↗Shop ↗

Instagram · Podcast

Canna Curious

Kyla de Clifford on cannabis, wellness and women’s health. Super active on Instagram, plus a podcast that’s curious, human and jargon-free.

Instagram ↗Podcast ↗Website ↗

Podcast · Heavy Dayze

The Pot Cast

Heavy Dayze’s long-form podcast on breeding, growing, history and culture. More than 150 episodes deep.

Spotify ↗Apple ↗Instagram ↗

Advocacy

Let's Budvocate

Daniel Robinson Croft’s push for intentional, mindful cannabis use over autopilot habits. Advocacy with a practical edge.

Instagram ↗Website ↗

Headshop · Rowville VIC

A Friend Indeed

Australia’s best headshop, and we’ll argue that with anyone. Vapes, glass, papers and good advice.

Instagram ↗Shop ↗

New · The Directory

Find your
local legends.

Clinics, pharmacies, headshops, hydro stores, hemp brands and advocacy groups right across Australia. Over 500 businesses, every one checked by a human, with real reviews from the gang.

Where this is going

A home for Aussie
cannabis culture.

The long game is a real, physical space: a coworking and event space built for cannabis people in Australia. Somewhere to work, learn, record, host and hang out without the side-eye.

We’re building toward it one event, one episode and one connection at a time.

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Instagram is where we hang out

Got a question? Slide into our DMs.

Clinics, scripts, laws, gear, events: most questions we get, we answer on Instagram. Follow for the day-to-day, behind the scenes at farms and events, and first word on drops.

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