I'm going to Foreshore!

YAY! MUSIC FESTS!

Armin Van Buuren

After many days in the canola factories I thought it was aboot time to have a little fun here in Auss. Apparently I came a good time of year to scratch my musical itch. Summer starts.... right about.... Now. December 1st. One of the first festivals of the year in the area is Foreshore in Canberra (Can-bra). The city is only about 3 hrs train ride away from Wagga and I was definitely ready to dance.

LMFAO

Friday afternoon I set off to Canberra for the weekend, hopefully gonna meet up with some newfound friends. The forecasted weather was supposed to be rainy all weekend but, the clouds held off and the sun was shining! All things went to plan and before I knew it we were at the gate of my first big music fest ever. Started the day off in the hightop tent in the middle of the crowd waiting to see LMFAO! I was pretty damn excited! I must say they absolutely party rocked my socks off. The whole crowd was going nuts and of course they played all their hits. Unlike most Top 40 artists they actually sounded really good live. I was impressed. From there we wandered to Salt and Peppa, a little bit of 90's hip hop to get the crowd dancing early in the day. We got to the stage a bit late so we had our own dance party at the back. After spending a few hours in the heat it was time to checkout some other stages and of course refill my hands with beers. After waiting in line for what seemed like forever, I made my way toward the throbbing bass of Armin van Buuren. That was definitely the tent I had been searching for. The whole place was full of fists in the air and sweaty bodys jumping into each other. Personally I danced my face off and when he finished I need a break. I found some familiar faces and we all took a break in the shade.

Gotye

After a nice break we basically parked ourself at one stage for the rest of the evening. Thats where all the good tunes were going to be. I saw some great afternoon acts like Boy and Bear and Gypsy & the Cat. Both contributed to a feel-good afternoon. Ladyhawke was supposed to follow and we waited around to watch but for some reason at the last minute she cancelled. Kinda a downer because I would have liked to see another great band on a different stage - Jinja Safari. But I couldn't complain because that meant Gotye got to play sooner. Personally I was very excited to see them. And their live set blew me away. A 11 piece band with so many strange and complex instruments on stage. Check them out here. At this point the clouds had rolled in and the skys opened up on us. Luckily I had a poncho and was cozy warm regardless of what the weather did. The last band Pnau went on at about 9pm and I was getting exhausted. They closed the fest like champions and I left quite satisfied. Hordes of people left the grounds and somehow I had to figure out a way to get to my accommodation. The taxi took forever because thousands of people all had the same idea I did. But I did make it home. And slept like a baby.

The next morning I took the train back to Wagga for another week of work. The days progressively seem to get hotter, which brings amazing thunderstorms. We had one last night which shook the house. I think 80mm in one evening? Is that alot? Im still trying to figure out the true metric system. Not like our half-ass Canadian metric system. Pffft. Im safe. Im well. And I am happy.

CP

Pnau