I was so bummed that I missed out on this place on the weekend, but I have a feeling this isn't the…read morelast time I will be on the Gold Coast so I will ensure I go back for an evening sesh. I couldn't find the Marketta Cafe, so I have a strange feeling that the cafe is part the Miami Marketta. We went there to get an iced coffee after the beach. They didn't have Iced Americanos on the menu, but they gladly made them for us. Also, I was short about 1 dollar since we were trying to get ride of all of our Australian coins, and the lady happily said, no worries that's enough. She was super nice and to top it off the coffee was the best we had since our stay on the Gold Coast (better than Zarraffa's, which I am sure is not difficult). The cafe was fully mums and babies (it was Tuesday late morning), and from the menu I saw that there was some delicious smoothies as well as other yummy snacks and cabinet food. Keep doing what you are doing Marketta Cafe!

Soo many events on offer over 3 weekends, and there is something for everyone too! I can't wait to…read moresee the Water Ski Show!

So many great events for the family. From KiteFest to Jetty Fiesta.read more

Dear Oktoberfest Brisbane…read more You do alright, hey? You've got the combination of festival, family and fun down pat. Free rides, good booze and wicked organization all in one. From all the beers to good wines, you're just killing it. And then you add in the food and the rides. You made a fun persons fancy dress dream!

Oktoberfest at the RNA show grounds could be really awesome, if only it didn't cost a mint to go…read morethere. The food is great, the huge beer hall is set up nicely and what a great idea, having a little slice of Germany in Brisbane for two weekends. Entry to the grounds will set you back $16 on Friday and Sunday, and $22 on Saturday. A beer will cost around $10 and once that's sloshing around in your tum, you'll be wanting a German sausage in bread to soak it up. Expect to pay another $7 or $8. Some maple-coated almonds might catch your eye ($4) or maybe a giant gingerbread love heart cookie ($6-10), which, by the way, look much better than they taste. You'll HAVE to try a freshly baked warm pretzel (around $6) (highly recommend) and by this point you should probably head to the dance floor and have a jig to some good old German tunes (yes, you can expect to hear the chicken dance) to work off some of that food. You'll be pretty tuckered out by this point (unless committed to a long night of drinking) and will probably want to collapse into a cab and head home to bed (insert cab fare here). This was pretty much my experience of Octoberfest. I went mostly for the food and to see what all the hype was about, but left feeling a little bit sorry for my finances. Once you've paid the entry fee, you feel you need to have the full experience, so expect to spend at least $50. If going to get drunk, obviously expect to spend more, but at least by staying longer you get more value out of your ticket. As with the Ekka and lots of other events, I wish they'd waive the entry fee or reduce it significantly, as it's expensive enough once you get in there. If happy to part with some cash, go with a big group of friends and occupy a table there for a decent stint of time, it's a pretty enjoyable evening and a festival worth checking out at least once.

First time I have been to such a event, it rained early in the morning ,but once the rain cleared,…read moreeveryone came down . It was a great festival / experience . The food was absolutely excellent , it is also a very family friendly experience , with plenty of security and Police. So if you missed this year ,mark it down for next year. BTW the fireworks at the end where spectacular .

Probably the premier winter festival in Eastern Australia…read more * Choose wisely the crowd you choose to mingle with, as youre in Byron. And there is a diverse taste of music for people that come to this festival. Alas it has grown bigger than it needs to from its humble origins

How do you review an eleven-year relationship? We were so young, Splendour and me, when it all…read morebegan. Some might say it was a scandalous start, me at seventeen years of age attending Splendour's first birthday (a legitimate birthday, the first ever Splendour in 2001). We were young, we were crazy, we were in love (with music). It was a one-day event back then, mostly attended by the hippies of Byron and the kids like me heading in because it was a gig we were legally allowed to attend (with our beautiful under-18 wristbands). I followed my favourite band there--Something for Kate had just released Echolalia and I was smitten. (I'm still smitten, though not sure if I'm proud or embarrassed to admit it). That may have been the highlight for me, but it was on par with throwing my hands in the air like I CARED A LOT ABOUT THE WORLD! for Michael Franti, and doing my best trancing to Squarepusher in the doof doof tent because my festival buddy had gotten us both hooked on My Red Hot Car. Also walking past Dylan Lewis and having him throw us the friendly horns after yelling "DYLAN!" at him was pretty great--we were already missing Recovery pretty bad by then. Were I to rate just the 2001 event, it would have scored five stars. Originally in this review I kept going with a recap of each year I attended the festival, but it got too long for the 5001 character count so I decided to nip it in the bud. I'll probably turn it into a blog post instead. You may note I used past tense when I wrote "attended", because I'm sure to not attend Splendour for a very, very long time now (if ever). This is partly because I've moved from Brisbane to Hobart, and partly because Splendour has become a douche-fest full of punters off their faces who don't give two hoots about the music, instead proud to go down in history having been off their face at a festival for an entire weekend. I'm a bitter, jaded old lady now and the music can't overcome the jerks, so it's sideshows and sideshows alone in my future. Were this review for historic events, it would be four or five stars. But I'll stick to being a poopy pants. Our relationship was wonderful while it lasted but in the end, it was a bad break-up... I'll blame it on Other People, but let's face it, Splendour. We grew apart. In its current state... Splendour? Eek! Methinks not.

Have been attending since 98-99. Great place thats very focused on being around for a while. My…read morefaviroute food venue is gozlemes. Tasty flat breads. Music venues this year seemed less crowed despite record attendance. Music and sound was top notch and very entrtaining. See you next year.

Can't believe there are no reviews here given the thousands who attend every year. I have been…read moreattending woodford on and off since the mid-90's and have something of a love/hate relationship with it. It is certainly a lot more "corporate" than it once was and I do find the naming the place "Woodfordia" quite naff; but we had a great time at Woodford; some venues were overcrowded but we were able to find respite from the crowds in venues like "Bill's Bar"... There are a million places to eat (we tried some really nice Thai food as well as some other goodies). The good: really handy parking (close to the front gate) and really quick entry (read as NO QUEUE). The variety of acts is huge and you would be hard pressed not to find something you really like. The volunteers are all great and make this place work and these days the punters seem happier and less rude than they were a few years back. That said; my partner and I are looking at staying for the week next year; so I guess we had a good time! :-)