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stable wrote:Campervan is booked!!!

we got the mongolian yurt for base camp this year!

weeee!

hahaha nothing more hippie than a yurt, I suggest a yak to stink out the place for authenticity.

whatevs dude. all you hippy haters dont know what your missing by bagging rainbow.

ghetto kitty wrote:all you hippy haters dont know what your missing by bagging rainbow.

Word

Go form a drum circle or something...

in the modern world, when all else fails when trying to be funny or connect...

just reference southpark or the simpsons!

You're catching on GK...

almost a month... almost a month til rainbow........... GK... look out for this lil rainbow virgin and help me if i get into mischief!!!!!

Babe you are going to have the best time ever. You like ostara and matreiya and all dem parties,
dis wan gonna blow ya mind.

my biggest piece of advice, learnt after 11 rainbows and too many earthcores to mention is,
SLEEP AT NIGHT!!!!

It's cold and dark, stay up til one or two am, watch the lazors in the trees, and then go to bed.
get up before dawn, quick breakfast, dress up, dose up, and onto the dancefloor with a bottle of champagne or bloody mary for dawn. this way you will last all weekend, for many do not.

we spend so much of our lives inside venues and clubs at night, the true beauty of outdoor parties is the bush,
the endless sound that bounces off nothing, the colourful people who you can actually see, who actually smile at you because they are not in an environment that is too-kool-for-school, and the DAYTIME trashiness!

good advice kitty

lasers are cool but its fkn freezing at night and dawn and daytime trashiness are tops!

last year on the fri i went too hard n fast (didn't help that we got there after nightfall) and had to have a big nap in the afternoon on sat, missing spoonbill and other fun. but was back for sat night at least!
unfortunately one of my mates went even harder and slept through the sat night festivities! (crashed at like 9pm after having had no sleep for 50 odd hours and heaps of acid)

so yeah a good sleep window would be like 2am to 6am depending on the acts i reckon. 4hrs is enough just heaps of sleep b4 hte fest and heaps after

4 hours a night is good....i try for 6 cos im usually an 8 hour slumberer...
but it is often hard with

BOOMBOOMTICKATICKAWEEEWEEEWEEEWOMWOMWOM

reverberating through the starry night....

also, im often working or doing something that requires some semblance if brain/body coordination so sleep is even more important

oh oh oh im getting excited now....

orr noes!

saturday arvo this year was MAGIC...........spoonbill followed by bassnectar in the blazing sun, under sprinklers, beer in hand, rugs pon belly

dont forget the large 'pot' plants that were also enjoying the sun and sprinklers on the dancefloor..

Sunday and Monday is when those who know come out to play...

So much for everyone at this festival. Ultimate party.

Woop!

If anyone has a couple of spare seats and maybe a bit of trunk room in their car for a couple of dumbasses who can't drive, please pm me!

Happy to pay for petrol etc.

Cheers!

link for bus http://www.rainbowserpent.net/index.php ... 0/bus.html

the bastards didn't steal ma rainbow tickets!! suckers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! can't wait to shop for it~!!!

Finally got my hands on little info booklet...

Map and usual hippy-trippy workshops...

and TIPPER CHILL SET

madness...

dengelman wrote: usual hippy-trippy workshops...

Dont forget we are doing spraypaint and stencil workshops for the less hippy-fuck-my-kundalini-lets-make-ghetto-art peoples

dengelman wrote:Finally got my hands on little info booklet...

where'd ya get that?

really looking forward to this. We should be ok to get onsite with a van if we get their early Thursday afternoon right?

funniest exp. last year when we were in 'the crystal tent' chilling for a bit and my mates saw people smoking so they decided to light up, only to get MAJORLY shunned by this dude from over the other side who came over. tobacco disrespectful to the chakras blahblah. kicked out!
other rugs were fine for some reason, earlier we'd even been smoking joints with some other guy who put the central display together (and who was going on about how he could tell what everyone was on by looking at them and doing impressions and stuff haha)

dengelman wrote:Finally got my hands on little info booklet...

Map and usual hippy-trippy workshops...

and TIPPER CHILL SET

madness...

Tipper chillset- saaaweeet

Does ur booklet have any times on it?

Kaiproject wrote:funniest exp. last year when we were in 'the crystal tent' chilling for a bit and my mates saw people smoking so they decided to light up, only to get MAJORLY shunned by this dude from over the other side who came over. tobacco disrespectful to the chakras blahblah. kicked out!
other rugs were fine for some reason, earlier we'd even been smoking joints with some other guy who put the central display together (and who was going on about how he could tell what everyone was on by looking at them and doing impressions and stuff haha)

tobacco IS disrespectful to the chakras

pingas, coke and meth are all fine though

^ yeah i think thats the mentality

hippy politics......rainbow is a hotbed for it

needs moar beer

Booklets available from usual stores that stock beat, Inpress etc
Definitely at Ministry of Style and many other places on Brunswick St.

Dingo: No set times - expect them after NY. Imagine there are a few headaches trying to squeeze all the talent into just 4 days!!

Ilupa: Gates open Midday Thursday so no probs getting the van in after that.

This year they are enforcing NO GLASS, so think about alternatives (warm vb cans FTL...)
Also trying new recycling incentives which is good to see.

Stencil workshop sounds cool Kitty - will swing by if my chakras are aligned!

dengelman wrote: This year they are enforcing NO GLASS, so think about alternatives (warm vb cans FTL...)
Also trying new recycling incentives which is good to see.

this is a good thing imo. glass unnecessary and dangerous on the dfloor. it was kinda the rule last year but they were slack about it. and even though most people were responsible and put it in/next to the bins, a couple of my mates almost stepped on some glass

slabs of heineken (proper stuff, imported) or stella from danmurphys @ $45 ftw!

years gone by i've been slack about the glass thing........i didn't even realise til this year that glass is BANNED in the festival area, meaning the only place you were allowed to possess it was out in the paddock

only glass i'll be bringing this time round'll be a bottle of tanqeuray, strictly for campsite g&t's

^ yeah but sounds like they'll be doing checks this time

although i doubt it'll be hard to get a bottle or two in but may aswell just pour into plastic one

If anyones chasing slabs proper imported beer go to -

Carwyn Cellars

829a High Street, Thornbury, VIC 3071

James is a mate there and he stocks all types off different can's for festivals...he had a list of about 10 diff beers in cans for Merideth he orderd in.

^ cheers for the heads up! close by to me too

Kaiproject wrote:funniest exp. last year when we were in 'the crystal tent' chilling for a bit and my mates saw people smoking so they decided to light up, only to get MAJORLY shunned by this dude from over the other side who came over. tobacco disrespectful to the chakras blahblah. kicked out!
other rugs were fine for some reason, earlier we'd even been smoking joints with some other guy who put the central display together (and who was going on about how he could tell what everyone was on by looking at them and doing impressions and stuff haha)

the irony in that is that quite a few cultures used tobbacco for purifying and rituals. As offerrings etc.

maybe not stvyie lights, but you know, its no fucking different!

i take spirits in bottles then pour mixed into plastic for dancefloor missions...warm beer = fail.

Alcohol slows me down too much on these marathon parties.
Ginger and apple juice for me all the way

soft

I tend to make up for it in other ways..

I know this is over Aust day long weekend, but what are the dates it runs exactly? Aust day public holiday is on a Tuesday this year. I need to sort out my leave, even though I already know I can't get wed-fri off

22/23/24/25th

Thanks Well work is going to just have to put up with me being half asleep and spaced out on Wed.

Oh yeah another Rainbow virgin here as well.

Heh. If your a virgin you'll need a week off after.

Trust me.

ghetto kitty wrote:Heh. If your a virgin you'll need a week off after.

Sounds so wrong if you take it out of context

You will be seriously damaged from brain to asshole, no context needed!

ahahahah

planning on heading down thurs for a good spot and heading back late monday/early tues depending on how damaged

same o wrote:HIPPIES

hahahaha

want to go. shame I'm skintos.

youthful_implants wrote:

same o wrote:HIPPIES

hahahaha

want to go. shame I'm skintos.

I went broke one year, all I had was a ticket, which I sold on the gate to raise funds

Hitched a ride back towards town and trekked in through the bush. About half an hour in I realised that all I had on me was $140, a pack of winnie blues and a can of tooheys red. TOOHEYS RED. I was fucked

Somehow, after traversing through many a private property and jumping the odd electric fence, I made it to the festival and walked in for free

do not try this

youthful_implants wrote:

same o wrote:HIPPIES

hahahaha

want to go. shame I'm skintos.

sell ya ass - do eeeeeeeet

aroes wrote:

youthful_implants wrote:

same o wrote:HIPPIES

hahahaha

want to go. shame I'm skintos.

I went broke one year, all I had was a ticket, which I sold on the gate to raise funds

Hitched a ride back towards town and trekked in through the bush. About half an hour in I realised that all I had on me was $140, a pack of winnie blues and a can of tooheys red. TOOHEYS RED. I was fucked

Somehow, after traversing through many a private property and jumping the odd electric fence, I made it to the festival and walked in for free

do not try this

hahahaha great story!!

two tipper sets...!

Late decision to attend, very excited. Never been before so can't bloody wait.

Bo - like the idea of the yurt... am going to try and persuade my crew we need one

I found dis:

Okay... so we've got to call it a night here... been a hectic day.

Will have the rest of the set times up for you all tomorrow... but seeing as though I promised I'd get something up tonight, here are the Main Floor set times to keep you happy until the rest go up.

Enjoy!
Main Stage Set Times.
Saturday 23rd January

18:30:00 Solar Fields
20:00:00 Opening Ceremony
21:00:00 Mad Professor
23:00:00 Infusion
0:30:00 Sensient
1:30:00 Terrafractyl
3:00:00 Principles of Flight
4:30:00 Tristan (DJ Set)
6:00:00 Zen Mechanics
7:30:00 Tristan (Live)
9:00:00 Liquid Soul
10:30:00 Frequence (DJ Set)
12:00:00 Antix /Fiord
13:00:00 Boris Brejcha
14:30:00 DJ Anti
16:30:00 Close

Fents wrote:If anyones chasing slabs proper imported beer go to -

Carwyn Cellars

829a High Street, Thornbury, VIC 3071

James is a mate there and he stocks all types off different can's for festivals...he had a list of about 10 diff beers in cans for Merideth he orderd in.

Shit thats my local bottle shop!! James is a dude. Small world Fents, small world.

Cheers for the tip too, will do.