Waking up on the Saturday morning, breakfast was foremost in our minds, and Elissa and I headed to Woolworths to pick up everything. And it really was everything; bacon, sausages, beans, eggs, bread, mushrooms, tomatoes, ham, cheese, croissants, butter, icecream, potatoes, apple juice, milk. When we got back we cooked a breakfast fit for a king. Well, four kings, really. We didn't plan to be hungry for the day.
We set off walking to the festival, which was about 2km outside town. When we got there we ran right into the back of an hour-long queue of about 4,000 people, presumably all trying to get in to see Editors, who were the next act on the main stage. We made friends with a guy from Brisbane, and chatted, and bounced a beach ball around, and eventually got our wristbands and got in, in good time to catch Editors' set. They were great fun, and had apparently just come from setting Glastonbury, metaphorically, on fire. I'd not be surprised to see them headlining festivals the world over in a few years.
Wandering round the festival we could see the place was packed out, but there was a great atmosphere, everyone having the time of their lives, and looking forward to some excellent music. We went to the Save-A-Mate stall, as some friends of Elissa's were running the show there, and we grabbed some drink tickets too. Grabbing a couple of beverages we went to see Ash. They are now
a three piece again, Charlotte Hatherley having disappeared again. I've just seen them on TV in an interview from Splendour and they say that Charlotte doesn't miss herself in their shows. I sgree, they sounded great, and I've been expecting Ash to sound tired for some time. Hell, they did sound tired at Glastonbury in 2004. Nothing world-changing, but some songs we all knew (including Kermit) and an appreciative crowd.
We watched The Cat Empire from much further forward, but shortly after they started, the bathroom called, so I headed off, leaving Elissa to get some great photos. The Cat Empire is one of Elissa's favourite bands, so she was having a fabulous time. We met up afterwards and wandered round some of the stalls, and got Elissa a blanket, but by the time the Kaiser Chiefs started, we disappeared back to the chalet. On top of the drive up, it had been a long day, and we weren't big Kaiser or Powderfinger fans anyway. We had a couple of drinks and headed to bed, ready for a big day on Sunday.
We set off walking to the festival, which was about 2km outside town. When we got there we ran right into the back of an hour-long queue of about 4,000 people, presumably all trying to get in to see Editors, who were the next act on the main stage. We made friends with a guy from Brisbane, and chatted, and bounced a beach ball around, and eventually got our wristbands and got in, in good time to catch Editors' set. They were great fun, and had apparently just come from setting Glastonbury, metaphorically, on fire. I'd not be surprised to see them headlining festivals the world over in a few years.
Wandering round the festival we could see the place was packed out, but there was a great atmosphere, everyone having the time of their lives, and looking forward to some excellent music. We went to the Save-A-Mate stall, as some friends of Elissa's were running the show there, and we grabbed some drink tickets too. Grabbing a couple of beverages we went to see Ash. They are now 
a three piece again, Charlotte Hatherley having disappeared again. I've just seen them on TV in an interview from Splendour and they say that Charlotte doesn't miss herself in their shows. I sgree, they sounded great, and I've been expecting Ash to sound tired for some time. Hell, they did sound tired at Glastonbury in 2004. Nothing world-changing, but some songs we all knew (including Kermit) and an appreciative crowd.
We watched The Cat Empire from much further forward, but shortly after they started, the bathroom called, so I headed off, leaving Elissa to get some great photos. The Cat Empire is one of Elissa's favourite bands, so she was having a fabulous time. We met up afterwards and wandered round some of the stalls, and got Elissa a blanket, but by the time the Kaiser Chiefs started, we disappeared back to the chalet. On top of the drive up, it had been a long day, and we weren't big Kaiser or Powderfinger fans anyway. We had a couple of drinks and headed to bed, ready for a big day on Sunday. 
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