Sunset and Surf
Well we made it to the west coast. More on that later.
So Boxing day we caught the train to Caboulture which took about an hour and then we got a maxi taxi with some other festivians to the site. After searching for shade we camped in a mini forest that others had left becuase they all set up tarps and had cars etc. We wandered around and saw the pre-festival show at the troubadour.
To avoid boredom I'll just run down my best festival moments:
>The Mammals & The Duhks. Fantastic american trad with a twist. Ended up hanging out with them and wanting to marry the fiddle player but I think she was married to the guitarist.
> Eric Bibb. Blues man extroidinare. Didn't get better than his cover of stagger lee.
> Afro Dizzi Act. Psychedelic Funk, Nuff said.
> True Live. Aussie Jazz Hip hop. A six-piece with chello, violin and double bass.
> The Bird. New Years and the crowd was whipped into a frenzy with drum and bass ragas.
> Eugeene Hideaway Bridges. B.B. King screaming blues in a stetson.
> The fact that it was a mass gathering of like minded people who will all change the world for the better.
> Mango Margerhita slushies. Helped to beat the heat.
> The Dirty Three. Magic soundscapes with a trashed frontman and epiphinies abound.
> They keep going but I'll stop with PEGGY SEEGER
The whole 7 days was a magic plethora of good times, good food and good fun.
We left on the 2nd after I had stayed up for basicly 3 days (I had 3-4 hours sleep each night). After the final show (Kristina Olsen), I was walking back to camp in a haze of red wine and rollies when I heard DOOFDOOFDOOFDOOF. Thinking a campsite was partying I found a psytrance night at the trophy bar and doofed till dawn with 2 girls in matching pants. Over comedown chai I found that they were planning an Australia trip so I didn't shut up for about an hour.
When we left we drove to the coast and swam and relaxed. We had 6 in the car and were full of luggage. I needed sleep like nothing else. I got overpriced airport food for dinner and had a terrible flight becuase I couldn't get the sleep I so desperatly needed. The flight was delayed and we didn't get to bed in Darwin till 4am (again!).
On the 3rd we woke at midday and cleaned the granny flat the Bennets had been letting us use (Thank you). We posted some more gear home to make space and left Darwin at about 6pm. We drove till midnight and stoped 200km past Kathrine.
We drove for all of the 4th. The only event was a man with rolling stones tattos made us throw our fruit out becuase of quarintine.
On the 5th we pulled into Broome and scored a beach front camp site at a van park. We swam dispite the stingers (too pretty not to) and I am writing from the Broome Library. We walked the 22km of cable beach, rode camels at sunset, watched the sun slip over the edge of the continent, drank tropical coctails, played minigolf and saw desert child. We think we will leave today or tomorrow and head down the west coast.
I hope your all well and sticking to your resolutions. You can make any changes you want by using your will.
Big ups to OWEN CARROL who has made the wise choice of joining the party in Adelaide and to ANGUS DAVIES and COL JOHNSTON who will also make the pilgrimage.
Peace to all. Lets start this revolution and turn the world the other way.
So Boxing day we caught the train to Caboulture which took about an hour and then we got a maxi taxi with some other festivians to the site. After searching for shade we camped in a mini forest that others had left becuase they all set up tarps and had cars etc. We wandered around and saw the pre-festival show at the troubadour.
To avoid boredom I'll just run down my best festival moments:
>The Mammals & The Duhks. Fantastic american trad with a twist. Ended up hanging out with them and wanting to marry the fiddle player but I think she was married to the guitarist.
> Eric Bibb. Blues man extroidinare. Didn't get better than his cover of stagger lee.
> Afro Dizzi Act. Psychedelic Funk, Nuff said.
> True Live. Aussie Jazz Hip hop. A six-piece with chello, violin and double bass.
> The Bird. New Years and the crowd was whipped into a frenzy with drum and bass ragas.
> Eugeene Hideaway Bridges. B.B. King screaming blues in a stetson.
> The fact that it was a mass gathering of like minded people who will all change the world for the better.
> Mango Margerhita slushies. Helped to beat the heat.
> The Dirty Three. Magic soundscapes with a trashed frontman and epiphinies abound.
> They keep going but I'll stop with PEGGY SEEGER
The whole 7 days was a magic plethora of good times, good food and good fun.
We left on the 2nd after I had stayed up for basicly 3 days (I had 3-4 hours sleep each night). After the final show (Kristina Olsen), I was walking back to camp in a haze of red wine and rollies when I heard DOOFDOOFDOOFDOOF. Thinking a campsite was partying I found a psytrance night at the trophy bar and doofed till dawn with 2 girls in matching pants. Over comedown chai I found that they were planning an Australia trip so I didn't shut up for about an hour.
When we left we drove to the coast and swam and relaxed. We had 6 in the car and were full of luggage. I needed sleep like nothing else. I got overpriced airport food for dinner and had a terrible flight becuase I couldn't get the sleep I so desperatly needed. The flight was delayed and we didn't get to bed in Darwin till 4am (again!).
On the 3rd we woke at midday and cleaned the granny flat the Bennets had been letting us use (Thank you). We posted some more gear home to make space and left Darwin at about 6pm. We drove till midnight and stoped 200km past Kathrine.
We drove for all of the 4th. The only event was a man with rolling stones tattos made us throw our fruit out becuase of quarintine.
On the 5th we pulled into Broome and scored a beach front camp site at a van park. We swam dispite the stingers (too pretty not to) and I am writing from the Broome Library. We walked the 22km of cable beach, rode camels at sunset, watched the sun slip over the edge of the continent, drank tropical coctails, played minigolf and saw desert child. We think we will leave today or tomorrow and head down the west coast.
I hope your all well and sticking to your resolutions. You can make any changes you want by using your will.
Big ups to OWEN CARROL who has made the wise choice of joining the party in Adelaide and to ANGUS DAVIES and COL JOHNSTON who will also make the pilgrimage.
Peace to all. Lets start this revolution and turn the world the other way.
posted by Angel Ironhead at 1:22 pm
1 Comments:
Great that you had a good time. Why not stay in Broome, though, until the cyclone a bit farther south has done its dash?
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