One thing that is really excellent about Out of the Box is the location of the festival. We live pretty close to a train station so can easily get to South Brisbane train station within about half an hour. And with the train station being so close to QPAC I'm not worried about a long walk in hot sun or (hopefully not) pouring rain! The Festival website has a great page about getting there using public transport.
Loc and I have always carried Archie in a baby carrier because he's never really liked being in his pram. Although now that he's getting a little bigger he'll tolerate the pram for a little bit longer (like 20 mins - IF it's moving)! It's really only been in the last week or two that I've actually figured out how to work the pram without looking like a total nincompoop! As for whether or not we pram or carry to OOTB I'm really not 100% sure...
What I love about carrying Archie is that is it SO easy to navigate public spaces. No need to find lifts and avoid stairs, no need to feel pushy trying to get a pram through a crowd. However, our few days at the Festival are going to be quite long ones and my back can only tolerate so many hours of my now 7kg baby strapped to my chest!
Although, if we do decide to take the pram to the Festival on Tuesday catching the train makes that so easy because it's really pram friendly (although our trip through peak hour on Tuesday morning might not be quite so easy). Plus then I have somewhere easy to put him down and change his nappy if we find ourselves a little way away from some baby friendly ground! That said, we can't take the pram into any of the theatre spaces so will have to take advantage of the 'pram parking stations' provided (thank you OOTB - great idea!!).
If you're in the process of working how your OOTB journey the following pages might be helpful!
- Festival Tips - info about what to bring, services available and all sorts of helpful things
- Festival Schedule - what's on, where and when
- Getting Here - if you're saying "um... where is QPAC?"
- Public Transport Options
- The MAP!
2 sleeps to go! How exciting!
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