Golden Plains opens 8am Saturday and goes through to lunchtime Monday. That’s about 52 hours of unadulterated Modern Freedom in the wonderful purpose-built Supernatural Amphitheatre 90 miles due West of the World’s Most Melbourne-like City. The Opening Ceremony happens at about 2pm then live music is made by the world finest artists, hand-stitched together into one epic passing sonic parade, all on the One Stage, with consideration given to time of day/night, so the live soundtrack fits the collective atmospheric conditions and collective mood for two days and two nights. Hopefully. Sometimes the best laid plans… Everyone camps within a short walk of The Action, there are many and excellent food stalls selling healthy and unhealthy foods, there’s The Pink Flamingo Bar, Sunset Strip, The Meredith Eye, SportsField TM, Ecoplex Cinema, Inspiration Point, and so on. Then Monday is a sleep-in and a late check-out after a lazy breakfast/brunch/calisthenics class.