Peaches and Cream

Went to Rockarama Peaches and Cream festival yesterday. It's a weekend rock festival in Cobram that is apparently the longest running festival in Australia. Didn't seem like it to me. There were a lot of holes in the organisation. It was hard to find out information about it on the website and there were no directions or program on the internet. When we got to Cobram there was no signage to indicate where the festival was, all we knew was that it was at Thompson's Beach.... not real helpful. We found it eventually and set up camp. Went down to sus out the festival to see if it was worth going in and hanging out and having beers in there, or whether we should go to shops and get some booze and snacks. The security dudes were real pricks... said that there were no pass outs, once we went into the festival we wouldn't be able to come out again. There were no programs, so we had no idea what time the bands we wanted to hear were. There were no toilets in the camping area, but if we went into the festival, technically, we wouldn't have been allowed back in again if we went out. CUNTS! I did manage to go in for a sneaky wee though, the security dude that took me in told me not to tell anyone he let me use the toilets, and was waiting for me once I got out to escort me to the exit. Jesus H. These people need to chill out. Surely it's illegal to provide camping without toilet facilities. Oh well.



Ended up buying booze at shops and chilling out till about 7. The festival set up had so much potential. Main stage was right on the sand next to river. All the festival needed was people. There was hardly anyone there. I felt a bit embarrassed for the bands. It would have been so hard to rock out to such a minimal audience. Ended up being a pretty reasonable night. Mammal and Cog, the headlining bands were pretty good. Mammal had this awesome stage presence. Real energy. Main singer dude was awesome. Jumping all over the shop, ripping off his shirt. Jumped off the stage mid song, jumped the barrier, ran over to the river, jumped in, splashed around and came back to the stage to finish the song. It was awesome. What a legend.



All up, the good things outweighed the bad. I was annoyed at myself for feeling sleepy before the good bands started. I'm not sure how to fix this problem. Don't have a huge night of drinking before a festival is prob a good start. Oh well.