Common Ground 09 - SOLD OUT!!! (not kidding!)

2 backpacks and a fridge on a sack barrow?

(reminds me of the book Round Ireland with a Fridge lol)

Aaaaah I haven't read that book in ages!

I wonder if he still laments missing SHEEP '97

hahaha, I could do the same cause my name starts with the letter C! However I think I'll just bring one which I'll pick up from the adelaide markets on the way to common ground

Yay! You an me are gonna be good friend Geo...

So who's going to play host for the worlds first Cheese and Poi Festival?

I've looked into changing my flight and it's proving to be prohibitively costly. I found a really cheap flight to Sydney which is why I can make the trip in the first place and changing my flight will nearly double the price!

I so wish I had checked these dates before I booked my airfare; for some reason I thought CG was in January. So I'm bummed, mostly because it would've been nice to meet you all in person. If you're in Sydney or Melbourne (my two stops on the trip) p.m. me though and perhaps we can meet up anyway!

just sent my payment across.. still need to find out what my uni timetable will be like before i can say how long ill be spending there..

see you all then.. or sooner?

well last CG i brought a st agur, forme d'ambere, d'affinios, a local blue brie, and 2 types of feta...

shall we do a cheese workshop late one afternoon?

we'll need to make sure we dont get the two 'cheese' workshops confused.. i believe bretts poi workshop may not be ideal for some connoisseurs of fine cheeses..

^^^LOL

few questions,
first, anyone got an idea of what the plane fares are like from England to uhmm... Melbourne?

Second, does the "kids from 14 to 18 must be accompanied by an adult" thing apply to 18 year olds?

Am thinking this could be a decent start to a gap year popping around the globe

18yr olds are fine by themselves..at least, thats the general rule around australia.. am i right josh?

airfare will be a bit, but varies a lot airline to airline.. try your local travel agent, they help a lot

righty. Question. Can anyone help me think of steriotypically touristy (or not) things to do in Australia?

Wanna see if I can get looaads of interesting things done while I'm out there

And also how are festival tickets bought?

The details for buying the tickets are in the OP.

The other question is a little trickier to answer. It depends on how long you're wanting to stick around. The Great Ocean Road is a fairly big attraction in Victoria. The Grampians are also very nice, they are just inside Victoria, but right on the border between Vic and SA (The festival is in SA)

awesome, thanks

If you're going to go the Great Ocean road I'll be glad to give you the places I quite like that others might not know so well.

yep - 18yr olds are adults, and as such take responsibility for their own actions!

mm... suspecting I need to take responsibility for the fact I have good ideas far too soon to when I want to do them. Better budgeting skills too Live to Learn

Thinking that this year may not work. Fully intend to come over and visit and hopefully visit some form of Common Ground at a later date though

G'day lovely Adelaide people!

My name is Cat, and I am from Dallas, Texas (sorry). I was in Perth for 6.5 months in 2007 and fell in love with Australia. I'm coming back this year and hope to stop by Common Ground before continuing on to Perth.

And I hate to sound needy, but... is there anyone willing to trade shiney things and hugs for a ride to and from the airport and/or a place to stay during any extra nights I have to/ want to stay in Adelaide?

I'm small and don't take up much space!

Thanks heaps!
~Cat

Eccentricat, would you be the Cat who was at Spunout doing the very cool artisticness?

Heya Ben!
Yup, that would be me!

yah same one Ben.

Flynt save hugs for me

Ohh what? Gnor is coming?

*Groans loudly*

*Grins cheekily*

Cat your most welcome to stay at our place

*looks at all the suitcases of hugs behind her marked "FOR GNOR, DO NOT OPEN UNTIL COMMON GROUND".... *

ahem,
I don't think there will be any shortage...

hey, my other half has just bought a ticket to melbourne and travel insurance from STA for about £700. We're also planning on driving the ocean road to adelaide so might bump onto you enroute!

Starts to get excited about hugging ppl.....
MNS....noice*hugs*
will meet old peeps to hug and maybe meet new peeps to hug
will pack henna and hair stuffage.....

maybe will try to meet ppl who perhaps I dont have their heads clasped in a capoeriera clamp.....
"Hi Im gNor"
" Hi Im Stu"

nice one, Gnor.

Though it would have been "Stuart" unless it was caught off by a knee to the throat of course, which would have been entirely possible from there!

Edit: Oho! I'll be in the playspace for a lot of the time. If I'm holding poi feel 100% free to come poi with me!

im waiting on my uni timetable, to see what day i have to leave on.. i can edit it as of tomorrow, so hopefully ill be able to free up a lot of monday

woo Gnor!!! YAY!!!

We still have the screens for the CG screen printing workshop - so if you are up for it, it'd be cool if you could help with that!

J