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This is an unofficial site for people that love this festival already or will later on! This site has been lovingly maintained out of personal time over the years, kinda like confest itself, without all the smelly bits heh heh.

There's heaps of confest photos for you to see, arranged by themes: camping, fire twirling, market, wander and workshops. There are articles like the Tips for first time confesters that hopefully be of use for somebody! For your convenience, these site updates will be included in this Confest RSS Feed.

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For Community Discussions, there is a Confest Forum, containing the all-important lift offers / lift requests. You can read the recent discussions and if you have any suggestions about what would be useful please give feedback about this site.

Please enjoy this site! I will adding content here and then, so please feel free to pop in and enjoy the updates :)

Bill

Tips for first time confesters

Thursday, 01 April 2010 02:48 Written by Bill

Will the next confest be your first outdoor fest? Are you already a seasoned festival goer but need to know what differences to expect at confest? This article will take a minute to read and provides some hints about being at the festival that may not be readily apparent for first time visitors. If you have read the rules for the festival set down by DTE and have questions about them, try having a look here :)

Cooking
The are no personal fires permitted. if u want to cook, there are stoves and grills in the designated fire/cooking circles and community kitchens. If you are keen on cooking, please factor this into where u camp and consider sharing your cooking at community kitchens.
Camping
What camping area to choose? is accessibility to your vehicle important? There are designated camping areas for different needs: with ya car (Gypsy), without ya car (carfree). Carfree is really pretty but u need to leave ya car at the big carpark - in which case you are allowed 2 passouts per ticket per person. Is noise important? there are quiet areas mostly in carfree however at the less populated perimeters of gypsy there can be some tranquil spots to be had.
Safety
There are thousands of people in attendance of many walks of life. If you feel vulnerable at night, particularly in the steam tents or spas, then please consider taking a friend with you if you feel unsafe.
Amplified Music
If you enjoy the amplified music, would like parts of it changed or have it abandoned altogether, please leave your feedback with Information. In past years there has been campaigns to descredit efforts to run this colourful, musical contribution to the festival, where confesters were actively being approached with leading questions to lodge complaints in a complaints book, skewing feedback. Whether you have a positive or negative view of this aspect of the festival, please leave a note at info and balance the opinion, because your ideas matter and confest needs to know about it.
Appropriate clothing, for those that wear clothes
Summer Confest 2010 saw many extreme conditions and was the wettest confest in years, please pack for very warm and very cold days!
Nearest Shops
The nearest town to the current confest site is Moulamein NSW. Being a rural town, it will not have as wide a range of shops as you would have at the closest regional hub towns - Swan Hill VIC or Deniliquin NSW, depending on where you drove from. Please keep this in mind when planning your supply of prescribed medications. If you plan to top up your supplies during the party, know that Deniliquin is over 70km away from the event. Ice is usually available cheaply on site at points in the day.

These hints are an independent supplement to the advice laid out in the rules set by DTE on your ticket and on their website.

Stay safe, look after each other and enjoy the fest, folks!