The last few weeks have been camping in the Australian outback which felt a bit like practise for constant dust everywhere, but more importantly...finally found tickets!!

Trawling through Vinnes and Salvos for costumes begins!

I've an inexperienced question;

Is it a faux-pas to wear costumes of specific characters or is that against the decommodification principle?

ie. I just came across a wig that would be perfect for Leeloo from the Fifth Element

Do people dress as characters or more just as versions of themselves?

Rental car booked and Shewee ordered online!

Is it correct that there's the weekend $99 fee in addition to your room price (not the resort fee or taxes) for the weekend before the burn?
I just saw on an Aussie Burner page that someone went to book here using the Barbie code and was told that all hotels charge the $99 that weekend

bleary eyed and ready for STEP!

AntiM wrote:Mmm. Are they ones with chocolate? They'll be melty unless chilled.

Yup, they’ll get their own cooler bag!
They’ve just brought out a bunch of limited flavours too

Ok thanks for the advice!

Is laying a tarp directly on and over the tent effective or does it need to be propped up with space in between?

Went for a quick look in the shops here, only to realize pretty much instantly that they were much too big to transport from Oz. So the plan of course is to pick one up in Walmart in San Fran when we land, anyone have good/bad experiences with tent fans to share? It will be to (hopefully) cool a Eva...

acquired a significant amount of timtams for unexpected snack gifts

So the STEP queue is not like the real time watch the green man, it's login at the time and register for STEP, then wait for an email to say tickets are available for you now? Yep that’s pretty much how it works. Be sure to log in/register as soon as it opens. It’s a first come first serve sort of ...

So the STEP queue is not like the real time watch the green man, it's login at the time and register for STEP, then wait for an email to say tickets are available for you now?

when can we buy the tickets from who won't attend? I believe that is around the 27th of April. I wasn’t able to get two tickets in the sale but I’m not giving up. I noticed a thread from last year for people looking for tickets but it’s been locked. Time for a 2018 thread? Strangely enough I’m not ...

setting out various laptops/credit cards/passwords written down/hope and dreams ready for the sale before I go to bed (night time in Sydney so up at 6am for it), good luck everyone!

Flights to US booked, shit just got real
Now fingers crossed for the main sale!

ordered some spare bike inner tubes for inevitable punctures!

Picked up a bunch of second hand EL wire from gumtree, trying hard not to buy loads of new stuff just for one use so pretty happy with that! One use? But you're going to play with us forever and ever and ever ... lol despite the cost coming from abroad I'm starting to feel like that is more and mor...

Picked up a bunch of second hand EL wire from gumtree, trying hard not to buy loads of new stuff just for one use so pretty happy with that!

cheers!

The ultimate noob question, sorry in advance

So the event starts on Sunday August 26th, and we shouldn't arrive before 1 minute after midnight. Meaning 00.01 on Sat night/Sun morning or Sun night/Mon morning?

That's so good of you to organise, thanks!

thanks will do

Hi, I've already emailed BM ticket support but am still not entirely clear, has anyone previously bought their ticket using someone elses credit card? Their response was that the name on the cc will be the name on the order My cc is Amex so I can't use it, but if I use my partners cc (he is not goin...

Thanks Dr Pyro that would be great!

and hi everyone else

Hi all,

First heard of Burning man when I was a teenager, signed up to Jackrabbit a good 7 years ago and it's looks like I'm in a place to make it happen this year! Flying in from Ireland with another birgin, really can't wait (and it's still months away!)