If you are going to the festival ... the following information is important

When you arrive  

Stop at the gate, and present your ticket.
You will be given a wristband, program and your room allocation.
You're now a member of the Nanga community!

You can pick up a free pair of earplugs to help you sleep in peace.
The site map will help you orient yourself.

First, drive to your accommodation building; park carefully (minimize space); find your room, claim your bed and settle in. Note that due to another booking, you won't be able to access the Woodshed building before 5pm. If you come earlier, one of our helpers will look after your luggage.

For those who have booked, meals are provided in the Woodshed building.
Paul will check you off on his spreadsheet before you collect your meal.
 
Festival Information

The cabins are linked by gravel roads, so those with walking difficulties can still access all venues.
There are also walking trails which may be used by pedestrians during the day, but they are bush trails and are fairly uneven.

Please do not use kangaroo trails or forge new tracks through the site.
Vehicles must keep to the designated roads at all times.

Coloured reflectors on posts along to each road indicate how to get to each building:

    Red reflectors to Woodshed
  Blue reflectors to Timbarra
  White reflectors to Currawong

Curfews

We recognise that some people are early risers, and others like to go to bed late, so we have three separate accommodation options:

  Woodshed: home to the canteen and our early-to-bed accommodation (11pm curfew).
  Timbarra: self-catering kitchen and later-to-bed accommodation (1am curfew).
  Currawong: main concert venue, self-catering kitchen and late night jam session location.

Most rooms have no ceilings, so there can be noise spill within the buildings. That's why we provide free earplugs! If you are housed in Woodshed, it doesn't mean that you have to go to bed at 11pm, you can party on elsewhere - but you just have to be quiet when you get back.

Program

Keep checking the Program at http://nangamusic.org.au/program/ for any changes.

Semi-formal performance options

There are three ways you can be involved in semi-formal performance options during the Festival, as well as the late-night campfire jams.

Blind date concert

The blind date concert will be held on Sunday afternoon. Patrons and artists can volunteer for the blind date concert by putting their name on the blackboard in Currawong (at latest), before going to lunch on Saturday.

Do not put someone else's name down, please.

Performers will be allocated into small groups (3 or more, depending on numbers, with one artist per group), to come up with a 10 minute performance piece for the blind date concert.

We encourage you to do something creative, not just sing a song which one of you wrote. Humour is a hallmark of the blind date concert.

Open mike sessions in “The Listening Space”

During lunch and dinner times our Café style “Listening Space” will be open in the Gallery (adjacent to the washing up area at Woodshed). This will operate on a similar basis as a blackboard concert, but is intended to be a quiet listening space for those wishing to enjoy the music while they eat. If you want to chat during meals, please stay in Woodshed. This is intended for general festival patrons wanting to ‘put their toes in the water' of performance. If you are a 'seasoned' performer, please give these people an opportunity. You can put your name on the blackboard in Woodshed from Saturday morning. Each act gets 2 songs or max 10 minutes.

Poets Breakfast

On Sunday morning will be hosting our ever popular Poets’ Breakfast in the “Dining Room” at Woodshed. Here is your chance to recite some of your own verse or some which you have learned from an other’s pen. This is always a very entertaining session, often delivering some real surprises and some belly laughs. So come armed with a poem

General Information

Lighting

While lighting will be provided around the buildings and on the designated roads (labeled as vehicle tracks on the map), there may still be dark areas, and we strongly recommend that you bring a torch and use the roads with the reflectors, not the walking trails, for movement between buildings after dark. The FESA emergency escape plan for Nanga depends on each individual having their own torch and the Festival Committee fully endorses this policy. Umbrellas are also a good idea.

Catering

Pre-booked catered meals are available during the Festival. This includes for dinners: a casserole, roast beef and Tacos; cooked breakfast on Saturday and Sunday; for lunches: soup and salads/rolls, and macaroni cheese and salads. A vegetarian option is provided (but you need to inform us when booking, so we can determine the right quantities). There is no breakfast on Monday morning, but you can pick something up in Dwellingup on your way home.
If you decided not to include meals in your ticket, but have changed your mind, you should book them direct through http://trybooking.com/1760 as soon as possible. If you have not pre-booked meals, we cannot guarantee that you can be fed. However, if sufficient food is available, meals can be purchased for $14 each ($10 children).
Coffees, hot chocolate, tea and chai and cakes will be sold at Currawong during the festival.

Cleaning

Nanga Bush Camp is a ‘self-clean’ facility. Please help us to keep the camp clean and tidy. We ask you to pack up your rooms by10am on Monday, so the buildings can be prepared for the school groups which will arrive during the week.
You are responsible for clearing your own dishes from the tables, scraping the plates into the 'greens' recycling bins and placing your dishes/cutlery in the soaking tubs - our volunteers will wash the soaked dishes. You are also most welcome to help out here. The more helpers we have over the weekend the more it spread the load.

What is supplied

    Mattresses & pillows
  Ear plugs
  Tea and Coffee outside of meals times in Woodshed and Timbarra.
  For self caterers: in Timbarra and Currawong (no cooking during concert sessions):
  Crockery, cutlery & cooking equipment
  Stoves & ovens
  Coolroom and freezer
  Cleaning products
  Tea towels, firelighters & matches

What to bring

  Torch
  Sleeping bag/blanket & pillowslip (extra bedding and warm clothing)
  Personal gear i.e. towels, soap etc.
  Wine/beer glasses and your favourite beverages
  Umbrella/ rain gear
  Food (if self catering)
  Sensible shoes for walking on dirt/pea-gravel roads/tracks, which may also be muddy if it rains.

What not to bring

    Kettles and other electrical appliances!,
  Valuables
  Pets
  High heels!

Volunteers

There are several areas where we will need some volunteers during the festival.
Helping out with washing the dishes after meals.
Collecting firewood from the wood heaps near each building for the fireplaces.
Lighting and keeping the fires going as required.
Helping out with making/serving mulled wine in Currawong after dinner.
Helping out for a short shift at the entry gate, on Saturday or Sunday.
The more volunteers we have, the better the spread of the load.
To volunteer, please put your name on the board provided in the “Dining Room” in Woodshed.
 
Supplies

The Dwellingup General Store lies less than a 10 minute drive away. The store sells beautiful, freshly-baked pastries, breads and all the usual provisions. You can pre-book your grocery and fresh produce needs through the store direct on (08) 9538 1021.

A Green Festival

We want the Nanga Music Festival to be environmentally sustainable. We encourage you to minimise your waste: use the recycling bins for bottles, cans, plastics; put your vege scraps in the greens’ recycling bins and generally clean up after yourself.

Communication

Mobile phone service is not reliable on site. A Public Phone is located near the office for use by campsite guests. It can be accessed by Homelink or Phoneaway cards, and these are for sale at the office. Incoming, urgent calls can be directed to the Campsite Managers on 9538 1300 and messages will be passed on.

Camping

If you are camping please use the ablution blocks in Woodshed. There are no self catering facilities, ie no fridge or cooking available, in Woodshed, as this is our main kitchen for catering. You can use the BBQ that is out on the verandah. Apart from that your options are booking for meals or cooking at your campsite (gas stove).

Electricity

Nanga Bush Camp has sufficient electricity capacity to supply the needs of its own facilities. However, this capacity is limited, and you are requested not to bring your own electrical appliances. In particular, people camping outside the buildings will not be able to access the power in the buildings. Generators are also not permitted.

Incorporation Details

The Nanga Music Festival is run by the incorporated association, the Araluen Folk Festival. We simply ‘trade as’ Nanga Music Festival.
Because the association is incorporated, each paying participant automatically becomes a financial member of the association. The Festival ticket you buy doubles as your “Membership Card” to the Araluen Folk Festival Inc. for 2010/2011. This will not obligate you in any way, however it does give you a voice if you choose to be involved in the organization of the next festival, and/or to vote at the AGM in November. (Exact date and venue to be announced.)