Ah, but you see, that wouldn’t be the “right” kind of tourists… taps head
Perth and Sydney both do exactly as you say. And you’re not wrong. Perth’s Christmas light’s in particular are awesome (though Stockholm was better).
But unfortunately the erm… “Powers that be” here aren’t chasing after the dollars of that type of tourist.
Nah, they want pretentious hipster wankers, you see. The type who wear their white guilt on their sleeve, and would literally pay money to bathe in the blood of a dead bull (yes, that really happened, a few years ago)…
Actually, I think the lowlight may be when they successfully solicited donations of blood from (part-)Aboriginals to then soak a colonial-era Australian flag in (literally). That’s about as sick as it gets…
So yeah, that kind of “tourist”. That’s who they are trying to market to.
Not so much “wide appeal” as appealing to the kind of hipster who works for Vice (or whatever replaces it), lives in Manhattan or Mayfair, and, erm, hates their own race… And is probably a trust fund baby. Like the wife of the guy who runs and funds this whole thing literally is.
I love art but I steer clear of art festivals now. Similar to how I don’t go to the major comic cons anymore. Smaller venues are more fun. If I ever make it out to Australia I would love to see the Christmas display
Ah, but you see, that wouldn’t be the “right” kind of tourists… taps head
Perth and Sydney both do exactly as you say. And you’re not wrong. Perth’s Christmas light’s in particular are awesome (though Stockholm was better).
But unfortunately the erm… “Powers that be” here aren’t chasing after the dollars of that type of tourist.
Nah, they want pretentious hipster wankers, you see. The type who wear their white guilt on their sleeve, and would literally pay money to bathe in the blood of a dead bull (yes, that really happened, a few years ago)…
Actually, I think the lowlight may be when they successfully solicited donations of blood from (part-)Aboriginals to then soak a colonial-era Australian flag in (literally). That’s about as sick as it gets…
So yeah, that kind of “tourist”. That’s who they are trying to market to.
Not so much “wide appeal” as appealing to the kind of hipster who works for Vice (or whatever replaces it), lives in Manhattan or Mayfair, and, erm, hates their own race… And is probably a trust fund baby. Like the wife of the guy who runs and funds this whole thing literally is.
Yep.
Shit is absolutely bizarre.
I love art but I steer clear of art festivals now. Similar to how I don’t go to the major comic cons anymore. Smaller venues are more fun. If I ever make it out to Australia I would love to see the Christmas display