Summer festival-goers continue to abandon truckloads of camping gear (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 3 months ago by hanrahan@piefed.social to c/australia@aussie.zone

26 comments fedilink hide all child comments

I was so shocked to see how many people left their belongings, but it was even more shocking that it was normal for everyone online," she said.

"Everyone is really tired after a multi-day festival, but I didn't think people were that lazy or careless."

I'm suprised she's surprised.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 2 points 3 months ago

I took a $60 tent to festivals and camping for 10+ years until I wore through the floor. Probably slept in that thing 200+ nights. Lived out of it for six weeks at one point.

[-] stylusmobilus@aussie.zone 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Yep and not all festival goers are like you either. I’ve taken the same stuff to a few and it’s held up.

At the same time several others trashed their brand new stuff in hours. Some of those tried to leave it as well or throw it in the bins. Some festivals I went to had someone with a Polaris et al collecting it.

Never seen this at bush campsites, even ones like Mackenzie on K’gari.

It’s a different environment and I should add we’re all different too.

this post was submitted on 11 Jan 2026

72 points (100.0% liked)

Australia

4965 readers

138 users here now

A place to discuss Australia and important Australian issues.

Before you post:

If you're posting anything related to:

The Environment, post it to Aussie Environment
Politics, post it to Australian Politics
World News/Events, post it to World News
A question to Australians (from outside) post it to Ask an Australian

If you're posting Australian News (not opinion or discussion pieces) post it to Australian News

Rules

This community is run under the rules of aussie.zone. In addition to those rules:

When posting news articles use the source headline and place your commentary in a separate comment

Banner Photo

Congratulations to @Tau@aussie.zone who had the most upvoted submission to our banner photo competition

Recommended and Related Communities

Be sure to check out and subscribe to our related communities on aussie.zone:

Plus other communities for sport and major cities.

https://aussie.zone/communities

Moderation

Since Kbin doesn't show Lemmy Moderators, I'll list them here. Also note that Kbin does not distinguish moderator comments.

Additionally, we have our instance admins: @lodion@aussie.zone and @Nath@aussie.zone

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

lodion@aussie.zone

bestusername@aussie.zone

eatham@aussie.zone

Nath@aussie.zone