Get Ready to Barunga Festival - It’s Just Awesome!

Australia is regarded as the most happening and worth-visiting destination on the Earthby most people to have the finest and memorable holidays ever with the family andfriends. And if you are planning your vacation for Barunga, then get a campervan rentalin Darwin with which your trip will be awesome leading you to have the finest time ofyour life witnessing the amazing Barunga Festival.

Barunga Festival, an annual happening event that is celebrated on the Queen’s Birthdayaround June in Darwin and it is a long weekend event enjoyed here. This will be the 30thyear of the event celebrated and has now earned its place as the important communityfestivals in regional Australia.

The festival involves a strong historical tale to showcase the Katherine region and supportthe indigenous communities to gather together and celebrate the community life’spositive aspects through music, softball, basketball, football, traditional arts and culture.

These festivities of the event encourage people from all the ages to enjoy and celebratethis opportunity to engage with a remote indigenous community. The festival this year in2014 attracted more than 3,000 visitors from all across the world along with garnering thenational and international level media coverage. Now, people are desperately looking forthe 2015 event on this much-loved territory. This time, the event organizers havepromised to deliver an incredible event of sports, culture, music, dance, art, workshops,kids activities, healthy food, and many more festive treats.

If you are also interested to join such a thrilling event, it is better to review in advancesome important highlights of the event and the location.

AnAcquaintance with the Location

The location of Barunga is 70kms southeast of Katherine on the Central Arnhem Rd. It isa sealed road and you don’t need to bring the 4WDs. However, always remember to getyour vehicle filled up in Katherine as the fuel is not available for sale at BarungaCommunity. The Barunga comes from the dry community and so you cannot expect theavailability of drugs and alcohol in the event. In fact, drugs and alcohol are totallyprohibited to carry in the event. Always be careful of the police checks on the road toBarunga as your car may be searched.

Barunga community enjoys great fun during camping in the nature’s arms. You can getbetter direction from the festival staff. Options of hotels/motels are also available there inKatherine if camping does not appeal you. You will be amazed to have a combination ofthe permanent and portable toilets in the event as an effort towards the convenience of thepeople and maintaining cleanliness. However, very limited showering facilities are madeavailable there. A beautiful and croc free river is there to let you enjoy swimming andhave total fun.

The organization behind the Barunga Festival 2015 runs a motto of healthy food policy.The event makes available a variety of food options at the reasonable price charges allthrough the festival. The city hosts an incredibly stocked and surprisingly affordablegeneral store to meet the routine needs of the people, easily. If you can, you shouldsupport the locals by buying their locally-made products. A certain amount of entry feewill be charged for the 4 day event. It includes the camping fee as well. This year, youcan access the event from 10am Friday, 5th June to lunchtime Monday, 8th June. At theentrance gate, the visitors are supplied with the wrist banks and these bands should bekept on for the festival duration.