Sunday I got dropped at the festival and met my British friends and their friends. They had a cool setup going with all sorts of teepees and campers and tents set up across a golf course. There were about 8,000 people there I think but it wasn’t too crowded and the weather was great. We had a really great night although the later the night got the more dubious the music became. Apparently Australians LOVE house music???? Anyhow I couldn’t afford to secure myself a tent in the tent hotel, so my friends were very generous and offered me a spot in their tent.
The tent was meant for 2 (although I don’t see how it could have comfortable slept more than 1) so it was a very tight squeeze with all of us in there. We didn’t crash until late but the party people partied alll night long and into the dawn haha. We actually had someone crash and fall onto our tent in the early morning hours which was scary to wake up to. Anyhow, in the morning it was like a little oven and very smelly! I got moving because I had to find a ride to the train. As it turned out, the coaches they were supposed to have going back and forth from the festival to the closest train station (45 min drive) were nowhere to be found so I found myself camped in the parking lot with a cardboard sign, “Windsor Station PLEASE” written in red lipstick. Luckily I only sat for about an hour before a nice Australian couple scooped me and a few other stragglers and took us to the train.
When I got to Sydney I was in for another surprise. Because there was, of all things, an AC/DC concert happening in the city there was not a bed to be found in all of Sydney or its outskirts. I posted up at a laundrymat next to an internet café and while I did some laundry I had to have called at least 30 hostels/hotels/motels and was having no luck. I decided I was going to have to sit overnight at the airport and deal until my flight left at noon the next day. However, at the last minute I luckily found one backpacker that had one bed left.
Goodbye Australia, hello New Zealand.
Xoxox- K
thanks for the updated blog! it's like a novel i'm reading and i really look forward to cozying up on the couch with my coffee to catch up with my favorite heroine (you!)keep it comin! can't wait for more pics!
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