Arriving at Splore, camping and parking

The gates open midday on Friday. Prior to that ticket holders won’t be getting onto site. I personally like to get my camp sorted as early as possible, so I can understand why you may want to come along on Thursday to get a cracker position and just chill out on Friday – the hard news is it just aint gonna happen. Instead come along on Friday, get in after midday, set up your space and chill out all afternoon on the beach. Sweet.

This year at Splore there has been a shuffling of the cards that make up the parking and camping deck. In the past the camping and parking have been a grab bag of first in first served goodness. The overall result has been a little chaotic and not an ideal use of the limited flat space. All this has been turned on its head, camping and parking have been separated - shocking I know. But don’t worry, for those of you who are addicted to your four wheels of love, your amour will be close by and you wont have far to lug  your original 1969 National Jamboree Scout Tent. If you have a mobile home or caravan lugging wont be necessary at all and you’ll be directed to the mobile home area.

A personal favourite of mine in the new changes to the camping zone is the addition of a coffee joint and a breakfast café. Other features include a camp headquarters, a newly appointed Camp Mistress who’ll be cracking the whip and possibly organising sing-alongs, and a shuttle bus for families to help them between the camp and the party. There is also going to be heaps more loos, two massive tankers of drinking water and a message board for your mates to leave you obscure messages and for you to check to see who’s playing where and when.

As was mentioned in an earlier blog, the family camping has been segregated from the general populace and is the farthest possible from the amplified sounds. This is for multiple reasons which include the sanity of families who need to rise with their cockerel like nippers, and for the sake those party goers who have only just laid their heads down and don’t really want to hear the innermost secrets of four year olds at 6.30 am. Also for those Splore goers who don’t have kids, please keep in mind that humans are a sexually transmitted disease.

For more camping info check out www.splore.net/camping.html

posted by Jamie, 24 Jan 2008 | read comments | blog