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ALL THANKS TO EVERYONE

Still cleaning up here, but feeling like it was a wonderful one. We were lucky the festival didn’t cop the brunt of the storms. Thanks for coming, well done coping with the weather, very impressive! What a resilient breed. Please tell us what you thought of it all here.

More soon, rest well,

Aunty

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Golden Plains IV is upon us. Time to Get Properly Prepared. She goes for 52 hours in the Greatest of Outdoors so you will need to make some serious plans. As usual there is some Essential Reading in the form of the Little Golden Booklet which contains Everything You Need To Know – playing times, maps, directions, what to bring (like warm waterproof clothes), handy tips (like smokes can no longer be sold there so smokers BYO) etcetera.

If you are going to GP4 then you need to read, print and bring it with you – click this button:

BRING WARM AND WATERPROOF CLOTHES
Looks like it could be, frankly, cold and wet, so you MUST bring plenty of good quality warm and waterproof clothes. Check your coat is actually waterproof not just showerproof – there’s a big, uncomfortable difference. Gumboots and or good boots are essential. It may also get cold at night. Whatever the forecast – bring a bag full of spare warm and waterproof clothes. That doesn’t mean ‘a jumper’ – that means several warm jumpers, a good waterproof coat, beanie, lots of warm bedding and – I repeat – spare clothes. Get out the tent/panelvan/motorhome/caravan/hovercraft now and make sure it is in good working order. No leaks. All pegs. Maybe spare tarp. Torch, battery-powered camp lantern, tent marker.

SMOKES NO LONGER SOLD AT GOLDEN PLAINS
New legislation that took effect January 1 means tobacco products cannot be sold at the festival (along with many other outdoor events). So smokers you’ll need to bring sufficient stock to get through three days (or quit). Not that we condone smoking, just giving fair warning that there will be none for sale at the festival. Smokers will as usual need to be super careful about their butts – every one is a potential fire risk – so grind them right out or drench in the dregs on a can etc.

FULL LINEUP
The LineUp is now compleat. Playing times are here. Gates open at 8am Saturday as usual, The Opening Ceremony is at 2pm, then apart from a Silence Wedge around dawn Sunday, the Epic Sonic Adventure goes right through to 5am Monday morning. Monday ( Labour Day in some States) is breakfast and a late checkout. There will be a coupla inneresting things happening off the stage too…

OFF THE STAGE
Word is the legendary Lou Barlow will play a solo set around 3.30 Saturday arvo somewhere nice on the site…more details as they come to hand. Also the remarkable Jeffrey Lewis will play a special solo set at the Ecoplex Cinema 11pm Sunday night. The Cinema program is out and as usual it is… out.

THE BIONIC MAN
Sunday morning will see the advent of something that we hope will become a welcome tradition. Not sure what to call it yet, but it will be a short lecture/keynote address/spoken word piece by some eminent expert about something relevant and fascinating. The inaugural whatever-it-is will be given by Professor Hugh McDermott from the Bionic Ear Institute and he will explain Why Music Is Good For Your Brain. Professor McDermott works with the Cochlear Implant, which helps hearing-impaired people hear – sometimes for the first time in their lives. One particular area of research involves helping hearing-impaired kids and adults hear music for the very first time. That’s some special work right there. He will first explain how it is that music – an intangible – is received and heard by the ear and what then happens to make us react differently to different sounds and music.

NEW DIGS
If you haven’t been to the Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre since last Golden Plains or before, you will find some excellent improvements and innovations. Chief amongst these is The Bluegums, a vast new shady campground that increases the feeling of spaciousness at the festival. It was a plantation of 5000 adolescent bluegums which Uncle Doug rescued from the evil clutches of the pulp mill and remodelled into a kind of junior Bush Camp. Grasses haven’t fully established yet so if you wanna camp in there bring a tarp or two to peg down as floor (all other campgrounds will be excellent). It’s a shady, secluded spot close to The Action at one end and Away From It All at the other. The campgrounds didn’t get full for Meredith in December (even tho it sold out) and Golden Plains is – by design – a quarter smaller in crowd size so it’s gonna be Premium Premium Premium. Bring a full camp set up and stretch out for the weekend. Sardines have no place at the Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre.

SOLD OUT
All tickets are completely sold out everywhere. If you purchased Online or in The Ballot, all tickets have now been sent out. If you have issues please contact Greentix asap.

Nearly There Now,

Aunty
ps don’t forget a torch and tent marker