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Firepits and
Hammocks
Returning once more to the trees and life of Gulpa creek, Easter
Confest 2003 was very much a shared experience as 20+ of us made
this random patch of dirt our home for a few days.
Again the campsite was a mixture of new experiences and old habits.
We still got very dirty and not a little tired.
(Photos courtesy of Richard Salts)
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Confest Summer 2003 |
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Friends and
welcome strangers
Definintely adding a special charm to Confest is the diversity of
the attendees. So many different bacgrounds come together, united
by a love of nature, community and thai fishermens' pants! :)
Amongst this humble community is the coffee-brewing, guitar-twanging,
unwashed horde that i call my campsite - A collection of mates, uni
friends, taxi drivers and generally victims of my incessant pining
for confest that seems to happen every time I'm not at confest.
Okay, perhaps not taxi drivers, but you get my drift :P
For a time, our daily routines are shattered like twigs underneath
a hungry giraffe; lunch is breakfast, washing is an option, is Lozza
cooking lunch? Adrian has the munchies!
In this slow motion chaos, the calender of deadlines, even the day
of the week is temporarily forgotten as the sense of time is reduced
to the relaxing spectacle of dawn, day, dusk and night pursuing each
other in a slow motion opera.
"dude! who turned the lights
out?"
"it's night time, Bill"
"Uh-huh"
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Tentscapes and
campfires
Our village of idiots, where none is sillier than the rest, -cookie
consumption notwithstanding- is a motley collection of nylon, aluminium
and dirt!
a 3.2m wide marquee tent where we sometimes hide from the sun and
hide from the world. It is ringed by a tent after tent, predominantly
placed there to trip us up at night-time. Our kitchen is a log. A
good log!
The firepit is our refuge at night when the market's festivities have
ended for the night and we still wanna party. And sing Nirvana. And
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Confest Easter 2002 |
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Tarps, Tents
and.. more tents!
Living in a forest for several days is easier than you'd think
when you're surrounded by achingly nice people!
The easiest time to relax one's mental guard is when you're hundreds
of away from the Melbourne rat-race. To be mentally and physically
that far removed from urban life can only be described as bliss.
yes, i like italics. :)
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Castles, Mazes
and Mudbaths
Another topping on the cupcake that is confest must be the quality
company.
Happy campers indeed! Camped within this community are old friends
who I originally met at...confest! Stevil and Clairbear haven't
missed a Confest since!
During the 2002 Easter confest some ace English backpackers decided
to take the confest plunge after having heard our love of this
festival - we luv you guys!
Confest is also a great chance to brush up on our firetwirling
skills and there's lots of practice to be had during the day.
Too bad our coordination is usually affected all festival though
:)
Smokey the bear sez don't eat fire.
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No Sleeping
at night
When night falls, the festivities slowly gain pace as the workshops
and eating give way to drumming and dancing (and possibly more eating
i guess.)
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