Accommodation

This Camp won't have a row of tents or a room full of triple bunk beds. If you're coming in from out of town for Betty, you will need to arrange your own place to sleep.

If you don't know Melbourne folk, we will try to hook you up with somewhere to crash. Email us at campbetty@gmail.com as soon as possible if this is you.

No matter where you stay, accommodation will most likely be on floors or couches. Like a good little camper, Be Prepared, and bring bedding or a sleeping bag. Melbourne is chilly in June.

Need a ride or people to help with petrol?

We've set up this thread on the eco-shout website for people who want to share rides to Camp Betty. Check it out if you're driving and want passengers or if you need a lift - http://www.eco-shout.org/forums.php?a=vtopic&t=113

Big Betty Bike Library

The Betty weekend is organised across a number of venues and will feature participants from all over. This sounded like an excellent excuse to organise the Biking Betty Massive aka Bikes for Bootylicious Betty Bums aka Big Betty Bike Library.

This is how it works: lovely people from Melbourne town have donated their older and unused bicycles which Betty bike mechanic and bike mechanic wannabe (Jess and Tallace) fixed and made beautiful.

We then make this bike posse available to betty-goers who need to get around between venues and events. You can sign up for a bike at the InfoCamp (at Irene) and we will give you a bike, contact details for the owner and the contact details for Tallace who is coordinating the posse (0421 357 882 for the record). Hopefully you will have brought your own lock and helmet but we will try and help if not.

From then on in, the bike is your responsibility and we want you to take the responsibility seriously cause if you don’t then the person who lent the bike will think you’re stupid and mean.

It’s fine if you want to lend the bike to other Betty participants but please just let Tallace know who’s got the bike, or who’s responsible for it. At the end of Betty, please arrange to give the bike back to Tallace or to the owner if that’s easier.

IN SHORT:

• • Bring your own bike lock and helmet and lights if you own such things…
  • Keep track of the bike once you’ve got it.
  • Have fun.