Field Day 2007

1st January 2007

I think a few of you may have been waiting for this blog, so here goes.....

The Field Day festival, which is held in part of the Royal Botanical Gardens, in the heart of Sydney was one of the events on our calendar that I was most looking forward to.

Last year the temperature was 46 degrees. Thankfully it wasn't that hot and we hit the high twenties in the afternoon. With the sun out and the music pumping, everyone was up for it, including those casualties who clearly went straight through from NYE. The rain made an appearance in the evening, but only for a bit. It was enough to get a thorough soaking though, but only seemed to add to the atmosphere.

This was my second Sydney festival and it didn’t disappoint. I loved it and had the best time. And it was excellent having everyone over from the UK, as they all got on famously with our ex-pat and Australian (yes, that’s you Simo!) mates who had tickets for the gig.

Personal highlights included seeing Hybrid (although there were on from 1-2pm, so we only got to see the last half of their live set), Kid Kenobi (I wish I had seen more of his set though), the Freestylers and the Plumps do their thing on the fantastic Fuzzy Breaks stage. Unlike the main stage, where we saw Mylo (who was also very good), this stage was tiny and the crowd weren’t going to go there unless they were well and truly up for it.

I managed to max out for SD card as well, taking over 300 pictures of me with randoms both during the event, and in the streets of Sydney afterwards (including a few in and around the rather fancy Radisson Hotel in the city centre). There is a selection below.

Also, check out the videos here (random!), here (I love that tune!), here (featuring the Stan of old!) and here (I didn't take this video but let's just say, it helped fill one of the many blanks! Brilliant!).

Happy Days!