Dreamworld, Camping and No Sleep
Headed up to Dream World just North of the Queensland border with a handfull of friends from the Arts Factory. Not really something I'd normally do but thought 'what the hell it may be fun'. Unfortunately we had picked a day that unbeknowns to us was a Queensland public holiday and the queues and hordes of screaming children were horrendous. Still we made the most of it going on as many rides as possible till we turned a lighter shade of green.
The highlight of the park was probably the 'Vortex' otherwise known as the Gravitron. A really concept where you enter a large cylindrical chamber and lean your back to the wall and face the centre. The whole chamber starts spinning and you stick to the wall, can turn upside down and do all sorts of stupid things. It was the highlight not really because it was the most exciting but because of 4 large guys one of whom was in a terrible situation. He was the smaller of the four and was being positively bullied by his mates into going time and time again onto the ride. I've never seen somebody look so ill without alchohol as this guy did. His mates thought the situation was hilarious. As we exited the ride the poor bloke was being shephered back into the lineup for another go. The last thing we saw of him was at the end of the evening leaning out a car window, his eyes rolling and tongue dangling as he was driven away from his park nemesis.
However for the 56 dollars it cost to get into the park I don't really recommend it. Especially anybody who has been to places such as Alton Towers in the UK or other large theme parks. I'd rather go surfing any day.
The guys and girls I was with had to head to Brisbane but we decided to find a camping spot in the forest to spend the night. We stopped near Cananugra, got some food, a crate of beer, a load of wood and settled down to a night in front of the fire. And a fun night it was. We had scrounged enough wood to build a house and the fire was so hot it was cheerfully melting beer bottles ( I cleaned all the glass out in the morning ) Three of my friends decided to drop some acid ( LSD ). However I declined the offer to join them in an hallucineginec reverie. I have an overactive imagination at the best of times and pushing it into overdrive with LSD would likely break the engine somehow. Anyway the three trippers provided much amusement so I'm not sure who had more fun. Anyway I only caught an hours kip in the car where it got too cold and I got back up again to watch the sun rise and thaw out by the still red hot fire.
Drove back to Byron where I crashed out in the spa then played with all the juggling toys in the camp, had a go on a digeriidoo, made dinner, listened to some live music then crashed out completely. Unfortunately the night I really needed a good sleep was one of the coldest I have seen and I was frozen in my sleeping back even with my North Face down jacket on. Oh well. I think I'll go check out the surf and see if some cold water in my face sorts me out.
Cia B
The highlight of the park was probably the 'Vortex' otherwise known as the Gravitron. A really concept where you enter a large cylindrical chamber and lean your back to the wall and face the centre. The whole chamber starts spinning and you stick to the wall, can turn upside down and do all sorts of stupid things. It was the highlight not really because it was the most exciting but because of 4 large guys one of whom was in a terrible situation. He was the smaller of the four and was being positively bullied by his mates into going time and time again onto the ride. I've never seen somebody look so ill without alchohol as this guy did. His mates thought the situation was hilarious. As we exited the ride the poor bloke was being shephered back into the lineup for another go. The last thing we saw of him was at the end of the evening leaning out a car window, his eyes rolling and tongue dangling as he was driven away from his park nemesis.
However for the 56 dollars it cost to get into the park I don't really recommend it. Especially anybody who has been to places such as Alton Towers in the UK or other large theme parks. I'd rather go surfing any day.
The guys and girls I was with had to head to Brisbane but we decided to find a camping spot in the forest to spend the night. We stopped near Cananugra, got some food, a crate of beer, a load of wood and settled down to a night in front of the fire. And a fun night it was. We had scrounged enough wood to build a house and the fire was so hot it was cheerfully melting beer bottles ( I cleaned all the glass out in the morning ) Three of my friends decided to drop some acid ( LSD ). However I declined the offer to join them in an hallucineginec reverie. I have an overactive imagination at the best of times and pushing it into overdrive with LSD would likely break the engine somehow. Anyway the three trippers provided much amusement so I'm not sure who had more fun. Anyway I only caught an hours kip in the car where it got too cold and I got back up again to watch the sun rise and thaw out by the still red hot fire.
Drove back to Byron where I crashed out in the spa then played with all the juggling toys in the camp, had a go on a digeriidoo, made dinner, listened to some live music then crashed out completely. Unfortunately the night I really needed a good sleep was one of the coldest I have seen and I was frozen in my sleeping back even with my North Face down jacket on. Oh well. I think I'll go check out the surf and see if some cold water in my face sorts me out.
Cia B
posted by Brad Phelan at Friday, August 13, 2004
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