Posts Tagged ‘Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm’

BluesFest 2011: Day 6 – Tuesday 26.04.2011

Having had a relaxing and leisurely long-weekend, the last day of BluesFest, Day Six, is when I go to work. Compared to the rest of the weekend, the day starts early with Osibisa in the Mojo Tent before Tim Finn over on the Crossroads stage.  Last time I saw Tim Finn was at The Troubadour, […]


BluesFest 2011: Day 5 – Monday 25.04.2011

Monday is another day spent at the beach before an evening drive up to Tyagarah for the last few acts of the night; Jethro Tull, Bob Dylan and Elvis Costello. Bob Dylan hasn’t allowed photographers in the photo pit for about 30 years so I know when I apply for accreditation that I’m not going […]


BluesFest 2011: Day 4 – Sunday 24.04.2011

Although Lowell George is long gone, I had originally wanted to photograph Little Feat.  Not really sure why to be quite honest… But ever since the first day of the festival they had been written up on the media tent’s whiteboard as not allowing photographers.  So instead I headed in a bit later for Mavis […]


BluesFest 2011: Day 3 – Saturday 23.04.2011

Originally I had planned on making the drive up from Ballina late in the day for John Legend.  Other than that there was no one I was especially interested in photographing or seeing.  Indigo Girls? No. Wolfmother? Bored of seeing them, bored of photographing them. Imogen Heap? Maybe, but not enough to make me hang […]


BluesFest 2011: Day 2 – Friday 22.04.2011

Until the evening before, I’d never heard of Fistful of Mercy. I can’t even remember taking it in when looking at the timetable and planning my long weekend down the coast. Either way it’s a terrible name. They were described to me as “Ben Harper, George Harrison’s son and some other guy”; it’s a fairly […]


BluesFest 2011: Day 1 – Thursday 21.04.2011

Last year I went to BluesFest for the first time. I’d never applied to cover it before as being away from home for five days over a public holiday long weekend seemed a bit unfair and selfish. Plus the cost of being away down in Byron for five days always put me off. But last […]


BluesFest 2010 – Monday

Reaching the last day of the festival one thing is sure; 4 days (I missed the Thursday as everyone I wanted to see on the first day was playing over the weekend anyway, although I still managed to miss Dr John) is more than enough for photographing an outdoor, multi-stage festival, especially when it involves camping. […]


BluesFest 2010 – Sunday

Sunday is the main day of the festival, with it being the last day for those with the 3-day festival tickets.  As such the timetable is very clash-y with lots of big names playing all at the same time. The day’s two main highlights are Crowded House and Rodriguez.  Crowded House has long been a […]


BluesFest 2010 – Saturday

As with most big music festivals, a lot of the best things at BluesFest 2010 were happening away from the main stage, and in particular on the Caba Caba Ray Stage. Saturday’s highlight is undoubtedly Poor Man’s Whiskey covering Pink Floyd’s Dark Side Of The Moon in a bluegrass-style (with the original Money having it’s […]


BluesFest 2010 – Friday

What I Learnt From BluesFest 2010: Photography and camping don’t mix; 2010 is the year when anyone with a camera can get accreditation to the big music festivals. When they’re having to split the photographers into two groups in order to make it manageable and it’s not even the main stage headliners you’ve given out […]