Road Trip out west

The new trio stopped off at a liquor store on the way, which they would soon find out that it was also called a bottle-o. They stocked up on cartons of ****, more than enough to keep them for four days of drinking.

Once that was sorted, they headed west from the city in Macca’s four wheel drive. They soon left the towers and buildings of the city behind them for suburban areas which eventually started to turn into more country town areas.

Finally, they were driving on long highways with nothing around them for miles. Every once and a while, they would see a small town and an opportunity to fill up on petrol.

“Why the hell do they have a festival every New Years all the way out here,” Jess asked from the passenger seat as they got close to their destination.

“Why? Are you serious? It’s fucking perfect out here, get to camp by the river, sink tinnies, cook some snags up on the barbie for lunch and then head over to the festival grounds in the arvo and get absolutely blind listening to whoever the fuck is playing this year,” Macca explained.

He had so many questions, like what the hell an arvo was. But Mark decided just to remain quiet and let Jess do the talking.

“Well there better be shade where we’re camping, too fucking hot already,” Jess said, complaining about the Australian sun.

“It’s summer babe, deal with it,” Macca responded brutally while turning off the highway, down a rocky road.

“Also, one of you boys can set up my tent when we get there, I’m going straight for a swim,” Jess said, stretching her legs out.

“Shotgun not!” Macca called out straight away, “Bad luck Mark.”

Not a great outcome, he wasn’t the most adverse camper. Setting up his own tent was going to be hard enough.

About five to ten minutes later, they had arrived. As they kept driving, they got closer to more and more tents that were set up. The majority of which, as close as they could get to the river.

“Ohhh get fucked, we’re gonna get a shit set up spot,” Macca said, noticing how many campers there were. All of which would be attending this big festival.

The festival was for four days, the last day being New Years Eve. The more mainstream names and bigger acts wouldn’t be until the last couple of days so many festival goers wouldn’t arrive until tomorrow or even the day after.

However, in saying that, the grounds were packed already, making it difficult for Macca to find a spot.

“Let’s just pull up over here, I’ll give Johnno a buzz and see where they’re set up,” he said, pulling over his 4WD.

That was the other worry, how well would Mark fit in with all of these Aussies.