Tropfest 2010

We made our way to Sydney's Domain on Sunday for the finals celebration of the world's biggest short film Festival TROPFEST!! Because of other commitments we'd had to leave via the minibus at about 4pm [well 4.30] and my midweek enquires to RTA and Sydney City Council had me unsure about parking!! However we had a good run and there were multiple parking spaces along the point at Mrs Macquarie's Chair!!

It was another reminder of how brilliant the Domain is when a road on it's one edge can remain open despite 60,000 punters being in the Park.

After part of our crew went MIA to find food [putting the Chinese New Year Parade between themselves and Jono!! in hidsight if I'd known the parking would have been so quickly resolved I would have paused at the drop off to give directions to Subway, Pizza/Pida, McDs, Hungry Jacks and Star Bucks across Hyde Park plus 2 blocks... I was a bit busy sorting the driving, so the rest of us suffered the $12 rip offs onsite!!

Anyhow, the films were played in two batches of eight, with 'Whiteley' the derivative and underwhelming break entertainment!!

Our group liked: "Last Roll of the Dice","My City has Been Overrun by Baboons", "Shocked", "How God Works" amongst others... with "Shocked" announced as winner in the muffled background as we shuffled off the 5 min walk to the bus with prizes being awarded for seemingly endless categories ...

It was a bit early in the life of our activities to generate a lot of conversation/listening about the film themes and what a phenomenon the event itself is AND next time we do something similar the shared picnic is a go!! BUT as we all grab our copy of the DVD with next Saturday's Sydney Morning Herald, no doubt some conversation will follow!

See pictures here later...

NEXT SALT [FACTORY] is March 22nd

A 'Live Music' Cafe in the city as a fundraiser for Haiti... details soon!!