Earthcore Post - http://members.ozemail.com.au/~psollom/earthcore for photos
Earthcore was absolutely fantastic. We left Sydney with Kieran, Jem, Kana and Myself. We were driving ion a 4wd and had Kieran and I had been awake for two days already(!). After a brief nap on the way down, we stopped in Yass to wait for Ben. We were waiting at McDonalds Yass. Their sign says" M Yass - open 6am daily" Hahahah.
We waited for Ben for an hour and a half and he didn't show up. I found out a week later that his car had broken down and he was unable to call as he had no credit and no reception. Even when we tried to call him we couldn't get through due to the recpeption. Oh well!
We went without issue until we were through Shepparton and into Undera. To my surprise there was a Police Van - Drug testing for the drivers. We were fine though and through without issue. After this, night was falling. Thunder and Lightning lit up the open bush and I bore witness to the most amazing visuals that nature was capable of. As the lightning settled and creeped away, we arrived at the gates.
The line up of cars was massive. I jumped out of the car and quickly set about selling Ben's ticket - as once we got through the gates it was useless (no pass outs!). I sold it for $100 to some people which made them very happy, as tickets were selling at the door for $180.
We drove around looking for somewhere to camp and ended up right near the Psytrance Tent. It was called the Hydra Stage. It looked like a giant demons head and blew smoke as we were able to find out later in the weekend.
The music was cranking and it was about 2 am on the friday night/saturday morning. We hurriedly set up the tent as the rain fell down through the forest canopy and onto our tent. Jem and Kana quickly fell asleep and Kieran and I went and grabbed a coffee and had a couple of bulbs. We stayed awake and set up our hookah and had a smoke of double apple flavoured tobacco. It was sweet and various people stopped to have smoke with us as the sun started to rise.
The music didn't start until midday, allowing us to meet up with various friends and peruse the myriad market stores and activities that were on offer.
When night descended we ate our acid and the whole place evolved into a living, breathing, entity. There were 14,000 people there and the vibe was exhilarating.
We ventured off and saw a few of the smaller acts and we all prepared for regurgitator at midnight. As we were waiting for them we witnessed Perry Pharrel aka DJ PERETZ. He was manipulating his voice in some mind blowing way that made it reminiscent of a whale at some points.
After PERETZ, we saw Regurgitator - and they were AWESOME. They played some of their older stuff which was well received by the crowd. One personal favourite was 'Black Bugs'. They played for a bit over an hour and put on an energetic show. There were people swinging from ropes above us and spinning around while they played which added to the energy of their show.
After that we ran around doing various things seeing the most amazing music you could imagine. There were some people dressed as giant teddy bears walking around on stilts and later some people dressed as aliens wrapped up in Electro Luminescent Wire walking on 4 STILTS!! They were in character and pretending to be animals from another planet and when they walked they took giant strides allowing them to move very quickly.
We kept on until the sunrise and had a nap before departing on the sunday afternoon heading back to sydney.
The drive home was uneventful, thankfully. It was thursday before I was able to worka solid day at work again. I know that I can't live this lifestyle forever, but while it lasts i want to remember it as much as I can.
