ITS MEREDITH TIME

All this lovely weather... stellar array of wonderful artists...green amphitheatre....the long range forecast looking perfect... hmmmm . Love is in the air. It's Meredith Time. Time to do the things you do at Meredith, with the people you go to Meredith with. Its time to get into your Meredith skin. this year will be a really wonderful Meredith we here at Meredith HQ think. For a start, there has been months of activity improving the site from last, so expect more beauty, more facilities, more campgrounds, more trees, more shade, more excellent intsallations courtesy of Nature. We have combed the Free World for astonishing artists and have assembled a crack squad of mavericks. We have also put in more delicious food stalls, some 4metre high gum trees, a massage therapy stall, longer hours in The Pink Flamingo, more toilets and showers (cleaner too), free drinking water, heats in The Gift leading to a Grand Final, and we have limited tickets to be no more than any other year and someone will win a free trip around the world courtesy STA Travel.

TICKETS (ignore this bit if you're sorted)

there are some left but not many.

The best value for money and the easiest way to purchase last minute tickets is via www.snowgum.com.au using secure credit card. GET THIS: They don't charge you anymore than a record store would, and they post you your tickets to anywhere in Australia for free! True story. No catch. Available right now. There are no extra fees or charges at all - no postal, no credit card charges, just the same booking fee as all the stores charge. They will stop taking orders on Friday Dec 5 so be swift.

• To book right now go to www.snowgum.com.au and select ENTERTAINMENT from the drop menu on the left.

All tickets will sell out s oo n. There will be none for sale at the gate. Friday Entry Tickets have sold out at some outlets so you may to hunt around to find them. The remainder will get snapped up quickly so please act swiftly if you want to come on Friday night. Ticketek will stop taking telephone and internet bookings late next week. After this you will have to hunt around the stores and Ticketek branches to find tickets out there.

Basically, if you aint got tix yet, the message is: HURRY THE HELL UP IF YOU WANT THE MEREDITH EXPERIENCE.

And if you are the passenger in front of a taxi, the message from the driver is: I CAN SEE YOU PICKING YOUR NOSE THERE LITTLE PERSON. YOU DONT FOOL ME.

PLAYING TIMES

Are now up on the Who's Playing page.

THE SITE

Is lush and green. We had to cut the grass it was so long. It's beautiful down there.

FUNNY BUGGER

We are delighted to announce comedian and Meredith fave GREG FLEET will be being funny on the Sunday. Fleety will aslo commentate on The Gift.

Photo: Nick Sundblom

THE PINK FLAMINGO AND MEREDITH EYE

SUNSET

THE AMPHITHEATRE

SUMMER CRUISES