Fiddlers Convention relocated to Blackwood
Submitted by Slim on Mon, 16/02/2009 - 21:34.
For those who haven't heard, the Fiddlers is still on but the location has been shifted to Blackwood Mineral Springs Caravan Park due to the uncertainty of the fires.
Caravan Park is booked out already. Check the ABG Blog for further info and updates. The festival is actually being held in the Mineral Springs (not the park) and there are apparently campsites in the Wombat state forest. There are also caravan parks in Ballan, Kyneton and Bacchus Marsh.
The Festival Organizers, as a consequence, have reduced the entry fee from $40 to $20 for the weekend (or $10 per day) proceeds to Red Cross.
Apparently the local powers that be wisely decided the Camp couldn't go ahead with the fire risk at Yarra Junction, in the heart of the forested Yarra Valley. Pretty accurate risk assessment, I'd reckon.
"Imagine trying to get 200 ageing hippies and their instruments out of an area with only 2 roads to exit from with half of them pissed and the other half probably off their faces!!"
Gold!
blackwood
blackwood is not the place to run a music fewstival in febuary.your risk assessment is right on. blackwood has only one road in and out and water supply is very limited.