The Falls Festivals

Half of the group went to Melbourne first – me, Akona, Ben, Kung and Ania. I didn’t really know if I wanted to move from Sydney to a city that has no beaches; but each different experience makes me motivated.
The day after we got in the city, I took a tram (city train) and went to the first sign of a beach that I saw: St. Kilda Beach. Like the rest of the city, it is a really pleasurable place. But it is not a real beach; it’s more like a port. I rented a bike to just ride and enjoy the view. But I wasn’t completely satisfied. Like a good Brazilian, I wanted a real beach. So I came home, did some research and called a Brazilian friend that was travelling through the beaches near Melbourne. I asked about Bells Beach, the famous surfer’s one. He said to me that it is nice for the surfers, but it is better to go to Lorne –which by the way had a festival happening there. He was in Philip Island, and told me that I could also meet him there and with his car we could go to lots of beaches. So I woke up early and at the hotel lobby I decided that the easiest way was going to Lorne. Ania woke up and went with me. We didn’t know if we were going to sleep there or came back on the same day – December 29th, so I took my backpack with some clothes and food. We caught a train and then a bus. The bus was full of young people, everybody holding tents and sleeping bags. Wow. That moment we decided that we had to go to this Falls Festival. Going to Lorne, the train was even more full of happy people preparing themselves to spend the following three days in the middle of the forest. We needed more information, so when we got off the bus we saw this guy sitting alone in the grass. “This is the perfect information target”. His name was James, and he gave us all the directions we needed to get there. We went through the bush, a three and a half hour walk, with kangaroo spotting included. All for free. Getting to the festival was a relief, but then we had to find a place to leave our bags. Luckily we met some Australians that we had met in the bush, and they adopted us. We didn’t just leave our bags in their car, but also slept there! Everybody on the Falls was really nice, like an unexisting community that finishes and starts the years, living the most social way possible. Live music, 15,000 (friendly) people, sun and lots of nature. The first night was headlined by Groove Armada, that made everyone jump and dance.
It was simply the best. We slept two nights there and came back to Melbourne – for the killer New Years Eve and Day Party!