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Participants at Afrika Burns must bring everything that they need to survive to the Karoo, this includes water (bring enough for drinking and washing dishes and maybe a shower), food and shelter, basic first aid and A LOT of common sense and a positive attitude.
WHAT YOU MUST BRING
You will be camping in one of the driest areas in South Africa, there will be no water supplied and the temperature can be extreme: very hot during the day and sometimes very cold at night. Please come prepared…very prepared.
- At least 5 litres of water per person per day (for drinking, preparing food and washing)
- Always carry a bottle of water with you
- Enough food and beverages for your entire party and your entire stay.
- A basic first aid kit
- Shelter: a tent, and preferably an open shade structure too.
- Bedding.
- Torches, headlamps are very useful. Spare batteries
- Camping lights
- Rubbish bags
WE STRONGLY SUGGEST YOU BRING THE FOLLOWING:
- A shade structure other than your tent, that you can share as communal space with your camp mates
- Umbrellas
- Parasols
- A wide brim hat
- Sun screen, lip balm
- Sun glasses
- A bicycle (mountain bikes or just any bikes with fat tyres are best) decorate your bike, make it an installation, light it up for night time cruising.
- Tyre repair kit (these also make excellent gifts)
- A portable shower
- Earplugs, in case you want to sleep and the rest of those at Afrika Burns don’t.
- Smokers please bring a portable ashtray, an old tin with a lid is good, but anything that means you wont leave your cigarette butts on the ground is good.
- Plastic bottles, old tennis balls or old doll heads, anything that is going to make your extruding tent pole friendlier to the wondering foot.
- An extra set of car keys, just in case, keys are easy to lose on a camping trip and there are no locksmiths at Afrika Burns (as far as we know)
- Costumes, musical instruments, signs, body paint and anything else that might enrich and make your Afrika Burns more fun for you and your neighbours.
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Afrika Burns is a non-commercial event, this means that there will be absolutely no vending at the event. The aim is to create a gift economy. Nothing will be for sale, with the exception of Ice. The proceeds of which will go towards putting paying for infrastructure costs. And in the future, towards funding more art at Afrika Burns.
Afrika Burns is a Leave no trace event, this means that everything you bring to Afrika Burns, you must take away with you, please take ALL your rubbish with you….right down to the last stompie, the last stray false eyelash, EVERYTHING. There will be no bins provided at Afrika Burns. We also appeal to you to please clean up as you go, if you see someone dropping something, let them know, we are sure they did not intend to litter.
Portable toilets will be provided, and will be emptied regularly. If it wasn't made by your body, don't put it in the porta-loo. Use these facilities only for their intended purpose - not for dumping rubbish or your personal toilet bags. Putting anything but human waste and one-ply toilet paper (2-ply is a BIG no-no) into the portable toilets makes pumping nearly impossible. This includes tampons, rubbish, and wet-wipes. Here it is again: NO TAMPONS, RUBBISH OR WET-WIPES in the portable toilets. Put the lid down when you're done - it helps keep odours under control. Do not dump grey water or bags from your personal camping toilet in the portables rented for participant use: doing so will fill them up much faster than normal and result in nasty toilets for all. Clean toilets are a good thing from a public health standpoint. Follow the guidelines above and you'll find the toilets cleaned frequently and efficiently.
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Our village will be set out in a large half circle facing the open area that we are calling the binnekring. Camping at Afrika Burns will be in demarcated areas, please do not set up camp in the open area meant for art. Open space is important. Other camping tips.
Our village is for pedestrians and bicycles only. No cars, motorbikes, scooters or golf carts are allowed to drive at Afrika Burns after they have arrived and found a camping spot. The only vehicles allowed to drive at Afrika Burns are art cars and emergency vehicles. The speed limit is 10km/h.
Do not bring firearms to Afrika Burns, possession of any firearm, including BB guns or pellet guns is prohibited.
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Afrika Burns is a no dog event, please do not arrive at Afrika Burns with your pet, as you will not be allowed entry.
Any violation of these rules or violent and anti-social behaviour can result in revocation of your ticket and ejection form the event without a refund. Our gate will open at 11am on Thursday 16 October 2008. No-one under the age of 18 will be allowed in without a parent or guardian.
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- Plants,
- Feathers of any kind, for example boas always shed and this provides the most annoying MOOP of the lot…it is very difficult to chase after a stray feather in the wind when cleaning up.
- Loose glitter…also a nightmare to clean up
- Nuts in their shells
- Excess packaging from food, e.g. remove the outside cardboard packaging and bring the inner bags.
- Explosives
- Firearms of any kind
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