INEOS Corporate/Dealer Event Big Red Bash 2024

[GavinD]

Thread for anyone going to big red bash with Ineos this year 2024.

 

[victrialmaster]

Gutted I can't go, definitely a bucket list one.

 

[Snipewench]

Absolutely want to get out there, but will have to be next year, unless I get selected to an Aussie team heading over to Finland mid-next year.

 

[Mikeb62]

We're going!! Leaving from Sydney on Friday. See you there GavinD...I think you must be who my wife mentioned...she plays tennis with wife of your mate coming with you . Sydney is a small town of 5.5M

 

[GavinD]

Yep we are leaving Friday as well. See you there.

 

[CBN]

I'm going to the Mundi Bash in August

 

[DenisM]

I didn't follow up.... but was wondering if IA had reserved an area for Grenadiers at "special" prices at both events?

 

[bigleonski]

Enjoy. The music should be great, but sharing the Simpson Desert with 10,000 other people, most who know nothing about being out there, isn’t my idea of fun. I prefer a quieter, less complicated life.
I have a mate who’s done the bash a few times and he loves it.

 

[bigleonski]

Have any of you guys got out to Birdsville yet?
Just watched a YouTube vid from an exhibitor- the festival place out at Big Red is a claypan boggy nightmare.

View: https://youtu.be/ATGzuLonUXg?si=7U7PgxGJYq8W7t7v


I’ve got a mate out there that has settled into the main bar at the pub for the duration of the rain.

 

[Mikeb62]

Got back to Sydney today. Ended up being GREAT, way better than I was expecting. Had a really fun time. The INEOS camp area was in a perfect location right at the front. Sunday was bad as above video. But we went in on Monday from Windorah. Although the road was still a bit of muddy fun. It dried out fast and the Bash area was for the most part fully dry when we rolled in at 3pm. They held everyone in Birdsville until that time. Worked out very well and the 3 days of the festival had great weather. A lot of rain was due late Friday so they wanted everyone out ASAP. We went out to Birdsville Thursday night and stayed ahead of the rain whole way home.

 

[victrialmaster]

Just saw this video was put up on the INEOS youtube last night, looked like an epic trip. Hope I can go next year!

View: https://youtu.be/P2Ue0I0sCA0?si=dSIBqLLAm_4MUnUr

 

[TheDocAUS]

That is an infomercial.

Just remember:
1. you are locked inside the event grounds (at Big Red) for the 4 days;
2. if it rains, it turns to mud, which it did this year;
3. if you tow a caravan or trailer you can be lined up for many hours at Birdsville and Windorah to get fuel. I was at Eromanga at the time and we heard the line went for many kilometers.
4. I stayed off the roads in the 48 hours after the Bash finished and Eromanga was not even the main way out, but the smart people knew you could get fuel much more easily at Eromanga.
5. Some people coming up from the south got cut off in North West NSW due to flooding and arrived late. I was talking to them at Eromanga at the end of Day 1, with their cars caked with lots of mud. They headed off about 5pm heading towards the Bash. They may have made it by day 2 (Birdsville was over 600km past Eromanga).

John Canny has a video up of his trip.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cN5ki81fwGY

 

[victrialmaster]

That is an infomercial.

Just remember:
1. you are locked inside the event grounds (at Big Red) for the 4 days;
2. if it rains, it turns to mud, which it did this year;
3. if you tow a caravan or trailer you can be lined up for many hours at Birdsville and Windorah to get fuel. I was at Eromanga at the time and we heard the line went for many kilometers.
4. I stayed off the roads in the 48 hours after the Bash finished and Eromanga was not even the main way out, but the smart people knew you could get fuel much more easily at Eromanga.
5. Some people coming up from the south got cut off in North West NSW due to flooding and arrived late. I was talking to them at Eromanga at the end of Day 1, with their cars caked with lots of mud. They headed off about 5pm heading towards the Bash. They may have made it by day 2 (Birdsville was over 600km past Eromanga).

John Canny has a video up of his trip.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cN5ki81fwGY

Ummm isn’t that the appeal of the adventure and the bash though? It’s hard, the elements throw challenges at you, you’re camping with thousands of other people in the desert to experience a special event. If it was easy, I’d just go to a festival that doesn’t require a 4000km outback road return road trip like day on the green or big day out.
Ive watched John’s video on his experience, looked like a fun time!

 

[TheDocAUS]

Ummm isn’t that the appeal of the adventure and the bash though? It’s hard, the elements throw challenges at you, you’re camping with thousands of other people in the desert to experience a special event. If it was easy, I’d just go to a festival that doesn’t require a 4000km outback road return road trip like day on the green or big day out.
Ive watched John’s video on his experience, looked like a fun time!

I am not trying to discourage you, just go with your eyes open.

 

[Znarfgh]

Got back to Sydney today. Ended up being GREAT, way better than I was expecting. Had a really fun time. The INEOS camp area was in a perfect location right at the front. Sunday was bad as above video. But we went in on Monday from Windorah. Although the road was still a bit of muddy fun. It dried out fast and the Bash area was for the most part fully dry when we rolled in at 3pm. They held everyone in Birdsville until that time. Worked out very well and the 3 days of the festival had great weather. A lot of rain was due late Friday so they wanted everyone out ASAP. We went out to Birdsville Thursday night and stayed ahead of the rain whole way home. View attachment 7862778

Is that your Vista @Mikeb62 ?

 

[LeftCoastOverland]

Australia’s version of Burning man

 

[Mikeb62]

Is that your Vista @Mikeb62 ?

Yes, it was great on this trip. No dust inside at all and tracked along behind the IG almost unnoticed. Five other owners around us. The Ineos corporate guys and their setups behind us and out of view. Worked well, the public looked through the Ineos display and cast an eye our way. Only a few approached with us for a chat...which was fine.

 

[victrialmaster]

Damn, well this scuppers my plans for next year. Guess I'll be going to Mundi Mundi instead..
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09...ville-music-festival-cancelled-2025/104340850