Hi Confest folks, Michael Smith has an announcement to make regarding some work needed during spring Confest and would like your help if you are a member of the confest.org forum:

Hi Everyone ...
Have you heard ?
We are holding a Spring Gathering at the Moulamein ConFest Site ....

 This is the start of Victorian school holidays. Pre set-up for New Year
    ..... to help avoid the heat stress.
               A new water system needs to be put in place ,
   as do the toilets,
first Aid can be built, Massage needs pulling down and re-locating,
and  Arts would like help moving stuff.

There is much to do to arrange the site for the new year confest ....
are you able to assist with it's creation?

   The Next ConFest Planning & Down To Earth Co-Op Meeting will be held on 11th sept at C.E.R.E.S. in Brunswick ... All Welcome

Now ... the web site ;
                     As we have been experiencing difficulties with the web site and email I thought I'd send out a post to check if our system if functioning properly and Update you on the spring gathering .
If you receive this you are registered on the 'http://confest.org.au'   forum
Please check if you can see and log on to the 'http://confest.org.au'  forum.
Please email   This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it     and tell us how you you have fared ....
         can you see forum ...?
                      Can you log on to forum ?
   Thank you for your help with  this .
 see you at the confest site
(or perhaps the meeting ?)...
cheers
michael"

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Hey gang! Confest tickets are now available online at Oztix.com.au. Instead of a tangible paper ticket, you receive an e-ticket (your address is still requested), which carries a booking fee and certain conditions:

E-Ticket: Your name and ticket ID's will be on the E-Ticket door list at the venue. All you need to get into the event is your PHOTOGRAPHIC ID that matches the name you used to purchase these tickets. If the order is not in the name of the person who is picking up the tickets that is still OK! Just have the person attending the event bring a printout of this order and explain who purchased the tickets on their behalf. NB: All people you have purchased tickets for on this order must arrive to the venue at the same time.

8 months ago the ticketing system infamously crashed under the load of ticket requests for the wildly popular Splendour in the Grass Festival. A part owner of the site, a man known only by the name "Smash" announced on ABC radio that "Personally I feel really bad for those people who missed out, especially for the people who did miss out because they got bumped out of the queue."

I needs to be said that splendour in the grass happens at a larger scale than confest, so the comparative pressure is not there. Some a consumer safety point of view, we all need to be informed that such risks exist.

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Confestation begins today!

An event run by confest attendees in the city! if you're in Brunswick, VIC today, drop into the warehouses and join in on the workhops! starts at 11:00AM, ending at 11:00PM. Afterwards, there will be music at the Albert St end of the block at Playspace.

The 'Yabby Rd' warehouse complex can be found at the *REAR* of 296 Albert st, Brunswick (The Front building is Playspace), a short walk away from Brunswick train station and Sydney Rd.

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For all the sunset lovers out there, some photos of the sun dipping in the sky as seen from the quiet end of car free peninsula.

View the Confest Wander Gallery, in the Confest Photos section.

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