ConfestHippy.com - photo gallery, articles, community discussion forums about this long running lush alternative lifestyle festival in the aussie bush. http://www.confesthippy.com 2008-11-19T15:37:56+01:00 http://www.confesthippy.com http://www.confesthippy.com/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png text/html 2008-09-02T15:32:52+01:00 http://www.confesthippy.com http://www.confesthippy.com/content/view/9/ 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 (http://confest.org.au)' forum Please check if you can see and log on to the 'http://confest.org.au (http://confest.org.au)' forum. Please email administrator@confest.org.au (mailto:administrator@confest.org.au) 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 text/html 2008-03-04T16:18:28+01:00 http://www.confesthippy.com http://www.confesthippy.com/content/view/8/ Oztix.com.au (http://home.oztix.com.au/?m=Choose eventID=4505). 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. text/html 2007-08-10T18:29:51+01:00 http://www.confesthippy.com http://www.confesthippy.com/content/view/7/ 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. text/html 2007-05-07T23:59:07+01:00 http://www.confesthippy.com http://www.confesthippy.com/content/view/6/ photos (component/option,com_gallery2/Itemid,2/?g2_itemId=23) of the sun dipping in the sky as seen from the quiet end of car free peninsula. View the Confest Wander Gallery (component/option,com_gallery2/Itemid,2/?g2_itemId=23), in the Confest Photos (component/option,com_gallery2/Itemid,2/%20title=) section. text/html 2007-05-01T17:43:42+01:00 http://www.confesthippy.com http://www.confesthippy.com/content/view/5/ confest photos (component/option,com_gallery2/Itemid,2/), this time of a few members from Homeofpoi (http://www.homeofpoi.com/) doin' the fire twirling (http://www.spinferno.com/firetwirling/) thang! View the Confest Fire Twirling (component/option,com_gallery2/Itemid,2/?g2_itemId=75) Gallery, in the Confest Photos (component/option,com_gallery2/Itemid,2/) section. text/html 2007-04-26T17:01:23+01:00 http://www.confesthippy.com http://www.confesthippy.com/content/view/4/ photos (component/option,com_gallery2/Itemid,2/?g2_itemId=23) of the natural landscape at Autumn 2007 Confest that illustrate just how much impact the 2m drop in water level has impacted the natural beauty of the Edwards river site, near Moulamein, NSW. I hope you'll agree that it's just as stunning there, just in a different way!! what do you think? tell me in the Confest Wander Gallery (component/option,com_gallery2/Itemid,2/?g2_itemId=23), in the Confest Photos (component/option,com_gallery2/Itemid,2/%20title=) section. text/html 2007-04-10T20:47:48+01:00 http://www.confesthippy.com http://www.confesthippy.com/content/view/3/ http://www.kotema.com/ (http://www.kotema.com/) If you have any questions, please ask them by clicking on the comment icon to the bottom of this post :) A full sized version of the afterparty flier can be found in the full view of this article - Click on the link to see it :) text/html 2007-02-05T20:38:02+01:00 http://www.confesthippy.com http://www.confesthippy.com/content/view/2/ Confest Festival CONFEST is a kickass Conference/ festival that is held in the Aussie bush during the unwinding of new years break and the peace of Easter break. Whether it be the natural surroundings, amazing workshops or the incomparably fantastic community of souls, many people are deeply touched and forever changed by their Confest experience. This is my homage to it. Take a tour of the festival! confest photos (component/option,com_gallery2/Itemid,2/) Firedancing at the festival. Shenanigans back at camp. View the Confest Gallery Official Confest site If you would like further information about this wonderful festival, please visit the Confest Website at http://www.confest.com.au (http://www.confest.com.au/). Confest is run by Down to Earth, they have a website at http://www.dte.org.au (http://www.dte.org.au/) Firetwirling Site Personally, confest represents a chance to live like a feral hippy in a beautiful bush setting twice a year. If you like what is offered in this site, please visit my firetwirling (http://www.spinferno.com/) site! Unofficial Confest Community Forum The Unofficial Confest Community Forum is a free resource intended for you to share ideas, stories, experiences, keep in touch with old friends, or meet new ones! There are sections set aside for the planning of workshops and carpooling arranged by each Aussie State! You may enter the Unofficial Confest Forum by clicking on this link.