Workplace 22 - Juicecore

Heyyyy! Welcome back to another inconsistent episode of Heather’s Work Experience.

Remember this blog about working at a Juice Bar at Woodford? Well, the owners had another festival to do in SE QLD and contacted me to ask if I’d like to get a bunch of mates and do it again. The answer was a definite yes after the blast I’d had last time so I bundled up my little sister and my cuz Rachel and off we went. Woo!

The festival was called Earthcore. According to international mind trust Wikipedia,  “Earthcore was an Australian outdoor dance music festival and electronic music events organisation.” In reality it was a farm paddock with a couple of stages set up and a dozen stalls of mixed offerings. And our giant juice tent. The paddock was hilly and contained a dam and several hundred ravers and their various versions of accommodation for a few days. We pitched our tents and made a nice outdoor shelter by stringing tarp between trees and our cars. This was fortunate as it was so freaking hot we spent most of our sleeping time here.

We made friends with some other festival goers nearby who had brought a giant army tent that looked more like a domed shed. This was a great hangout for the next few days.

On to the juicing! The organisers had arranged a few other staff members and we all rocked up to help with setting up and getting ready. You can see a great shot of the tent here. The stages started up and didn’t stop for the next 2 days. As I had no interest in the festival – don’t like the music, find the people amusing but annoying – I ended up spending almost the entire time at the juice tent. Even the owners were rarely there, mostly off dancing or tripping in their van like the rest of the staff. I was pretty happy about this tho as it meant I made the most cash from the two days and had something to do.

As far as festival’s go it’s definitely the smallest and simplest I’ve ever seen. Tickets were handled by a guy with a bum bag at the front entrance, taking $50 of everyone in the car, the land was obviously normally used by cows, and the stall holders weren’t really interested in selling stuff. Two food vans, bunch of portaloos…. It was pretty clear that the organisers had arranged music but not much else. 

Sorry, off topic there. Anyway, making juice, drinking juice, serving juice. All good fun, and healthy. While Earthcore isn’t around anymore, if you can get a gig at any vendor at any event, I think it should be similar fun. And if you’re really lucky you get paid to be at the events instead of having to pay – win!