The 2am and beyond thread

TBH the worst part was the dusty heat, at least initially. It was just a certainty that I was gonna get burnt, but you know, I am in Australia, why the **** am I here if I can't handle a bit of dusty heat? So I did handle it. With Twoheys I think it was, and a cardboard Knight's helmet. (Bring a hat!!!) I didnt and I have a lobster forehead now, despite applying tonnes of that horrible sun cream ****e I hate. (Though if you forget the sunscreen on the day, you can buy a tube there quite easily.)
They ran out of programs too early for us to get one by legitimate means. But the only important part of the program is the map (which you will need!) And the timetable. So just print one off beforehand and chuck it in your pocket. I cant stress that enough. We lost the first 3/4 of an hour because of wondering around getting the lay of the land.
Now when you show up, you have to queue to get a Proof of Age wristband. Even if you are 60, you will still need this feckin wristband to get some booze at the event.
Once you queue for the wristband you then have to queue for tickets.
No! These tickets are not for the stupid rides that you dont have to go near, these are for the booze! Can you believe that? Feckin TGI mc. Scratchy dollars that come in books of ten minimum, costing 30 dollars.
So you have your ten tickets, have queued for maybe half an hour to get these things, and you still have a strange empty feeling twixt index finger and thumb where beer shaped objects should always be. So now you have to off yourself to a designated drinking area. At this point burly blokes will look at your armband, and stop the 16 year olds from getting in. Lilyworld, for me, was the best drinking area. It had two or three stages, a great group of people in there, plenty of space and the queues at the bars werent that bad(Maybe 15 minutes). But everyone who went to a bar tended to get 3 or 4 drinks there, to avoud having to queue again for another 15 to 20 minutes
A beer is two tickets, smirnoffs and the like are three. Water is one, and so on.

But once the sun died down a bit or we had found enough shade to sit and drink life was good. The smaller stage areas are marquees, difficult to push up into. The bathroom queues were pretty fine. I recommend you see the Nightwatchman. I thought Bjork was a load of pants. Rage ruled and make sure you have the day after off of work. I dont. I am sitting in my office chair contemplating crying if someone makes me move. I want to die, which means that BDO was probably pretty cool and that I am too old for this **** any more.