Tam turns the big 4-0, Glastonbury style. A weekend at Highball House in Bundanoon, bookended by Bronte — with everyone playing a role in making it, quote, "f***ing awesome".
Four days after landing back from Koh Phangan, we're wheels-up again. Sydney first, then two hours south-west to the Highlands.
Scoot TR 14 (B787-9) · Changi T1 09:40 → Kingsford Smith T1 19:20 · 7h40m.
Straight to Tam & James's — 100 Macpherson St, Bronte — for the arrival mini-party: takeaway, margs & cake. That's a direct quote from the birthday girl.
Morning: grab Jude's car seat from Emily (she's confirmed Friday morning), load the car Tam's organised, and roll south (~2h).
En route or on arrival: Dawning Day winery at 2pm (dawningday.com.au, 10 min from the house) then dinner at the Bundanoon Hotel ~5:30pm (bundanoonhotel.com.au). Can't make the winery after kid pick-up? Roll straight to the pub or the house.
Glastambury proper at Highball House — everyone has roles all day, food is handled (breakfast crew assigned, lunch + dinner ordered in). Running order:
10:30 brunch · 4–5pm our session slot (the game show — see below) · ~5:17 sunset, so the projector only works indoors · 6pm pizza party · then bonfire & the 80s night. There's a jumping castle for the kids.
Saturday night is fancy dress: 80s shell suits / 80s vibes. Tam was born in the 80s, so we're all going back. Nadine's extension: 80s music, an 80s workout session, full colour scheme.
Recovery breakfast at the Stone Circle, then back to Sydney — nothing planned for the afternoon, deliberately. Staying at Tam & James's again (30th + 31st — confirmed). We keep the car past Sunday.
Free day in the east — Bronte to Bondi walk, coffee runs, whatever the bodies allow.
Evening: Nadine's out with the girlfriends; Ricki to catch Serks if he's in town.
Scoot TR 11 · SYD 13:00 → SIN 19:30 · T1 · PNR E5B4TL. Work it backwards and there's just about time for airport breakfast.
Scoot TR 14, Thu 27 Aug
SIN 09:40 → SYD 19:20 (T1 → T1, B787-9)
Booking refs: RYFUMM E5B4TL — in the Scoot app.
Scoot TR 11, Tue 1 Sep
SYD 13:00 → SIN 19:30 (T1)
Tam & James's — 100 Macpherson St, Bronte 2024.
Nights of 27, 30 & 31 Aug, confirmed. Room config "to be discussed nearer the time" (Tam has threatened to rig it so Blake ends up in our room).
highballhouse.com.au · Fri 28 – Sun 30 Aug.
Dan Murphy's order (Nadine coordinating):
"The normal format where everyone has a role to play in making it f***ing awesome, with a few extra surprises." James & Tam are organising the surprises — breakfast crew, ordered-in lunch/dinner and the session slots are all allocated.
The Betts (hosts) · Taiaroas · Jen & co · Neil & Carolyn · Caitlin · Mai · Rob K · and the rest of the GlasTambury group chat. Kids everywhere — spare room may become a kid dorm.
James is booking Dawning Day (2pm) and the Bundanoon Hotel (5:30pm) off the group poll — if plans change, tell him, not the group chat void.
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