What's good in SA this weekend, anything exciting to tell me?
Probably not! 🤣 I'm a bit boring on that front. I think the Fringe Festival is still ongoing. They've still got the fairground rides going around the city. It might even be bringing interstate visitors in, as long as they aren't worried about borders being closed with little warning again. Not keen on crowds, myself, so I don't attend.
Fringe festival. I'm imagining a buncha people in biker jackets with long fringe hanging off the arms, dancing in circles to rave music.
Am I close?
🤣 Way off! Although some of the titles for these festivals do have that confusing aspect. WOMADelaide runs during the Fringe and I thought for a while that it was some sort of women only festival. It's not, apparently, but I'm still not entirely sure what the title stands for.
We're apparently known for festivals in Adelaide and the Fringe is a couple of months each year when the festivals extend into the surrounding suburbs and towns, the fringes of Adelaide. Not that I know what festivals we're supposed to have in Adelaide itself at other times. Seems like the Fringe is our main one really.
Interestingly, as you mention biker jackets, there's a bit of a stigma against bikers here and a couple of states, ours included, have passed anti-association laws with the excuse of biker gangs being drug traffickers and criminals. They are called the "bikie laws".
Are you for real? Are they calling all clubs "gangs?" Kinda irritates me when the people who invented words like trafficking and criminal are the traffickers and criminals.
Thanks, Woman, I was thinking the same thing. But the link looks like a great time! All that and you didn't go? Not gonna check it out tomorrow either? I'd have a tough time passing that up.
No, not going. Parking in the city is a nightmare and public transport from where I live is abysmal...plus crowds...
I don't think you mentioned enough reasons why you're not going. I'm wondering if we maybe we can throw in weather, food, expenses, exhausted, and a headache too?
I've confused myself I think each time we've typed back and forth like this now. I keep thinking SA (South Africa) not SA where you're at. Have you ever dove the GBR? That's on my bucket list.
Weather is rarely one I can use. It's usually pretty good here. I'll take expenses, exhausted and food, though. Actually quite glad not to have the headache for once, so I'll avoid that one in case I jinx it.
Yes, sorry. SA is more commonly South Africa. Admittedly I was a little surprised when you said SA but thought you'd seen my location and were savvy with the state codes here.
I haven't been on the reef, but my sister dove it when she visited last. She's had some diving experience a completed, so she decided to land in Queensland and tick that off her list before she came to SA. I'm afraid I'll have to make excuses here too. If I ever get there, I'd have to stick to snorkeling, because I can't handle the pressure on my ears. I just can't seem to equalise properly.
It was my turn to check the initials this time. GBR is also the country I'm from! The word "dove" confused me though. 😆 I've never actually come across the barrier reef being referred to in initials. If you ever get here you'll have to post about it and make me jealous.
Ears!! F'ing BMR (abbreviation for 'bummer'.. I've never used it or anything but it seems I'm on a roll)
My wife has the exact.same.issue. Terrible. When we fly she nearly comes to tears every time, it's terrible. I always sit in the middle seat on the plane that way she has some privacy to tend to her ears. She can only snorkel also. I only know a few people with ear issues like that, you're one now.
We even got with a few doctors in recent years to address her ears under pressure. Word we're told is basically some people canals/drums/whatever are just too narrow and can't be surgically altered.
Funny, autocorrect had 'eras' instead of 'ears' and now I'm wondering if we should do some reflecting 🤔