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Just So Festival

A festival aimed at families where we get to camp in the beautiful Kaitoke Regional park and take part in all sorts of events including a madcap tribal tournament? Sounds great! The inaugural New Zealand edition of the Just So Festival took place over the last weekend of February and we had a blast 🙂

We had left work early so we would have time to put up our tent and get settled before the festivities started at 5pm on the friday night. There were no queues and plenty of parking and from the car it was a short walk over to find our friends and pitch our tent. Once we had somewhere to sleep and everyone was ready it was time to head over to the festival site.

That evening and over the next couple of days we danced, crafted, paraded, rested, ate, marvelled, collected golden stones, played, talked, sang, dressed up, roasted marshmallows, chased bubbles, went inside bubbles, pillow fought and smiled. Hopefully you’ll see below some of the enjoyment and wonder that we experienced. We can’t wait for the next one!

Puppet dinosaur feeding
Puppet dinosaur feeding with String Bean Puppets
Learning some circus skills
Learning some circus skills
Campfire tales
Campfire tales
Kakapo shenanigans
Kakapo shenanigans
Misty morning camping
Misty morning camping
Conga line!
Conga line!
Alien Junk Monsters!
Alien Junk Monsters!
Bubbles!
The Highland Joker Bubbles!
Dress up fun
Dress up fun
The Travelling Tuataras
The Travelling Tuataras
Festival buddies
Festival buddies
The lantern parade
The lantern parade
Campfire marshmallows
Campfire marshmallows
Fire dancing
Fire dancing
Inside camp curious
Inside Camp Curious
Battle Ska Galactica
Battle Ska Galactica
Inside a bubble
Inside a bubble
Checking out the aliens
Checking out the aliens
Knocked over by Fraser Hooper
Knocked over by Fraser Hooper
The penguin tribe leader
The penguin tribe leader
Pillow fight time!
Pillow fight time!
Let the feathers fly
Let the feathers fly
Tribal tournament
Tribal tournament
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