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Splendor in the Grass co-founder Jess Ducrou said the decision to continue this year’s festival was not motivated by money, and organizers were “doing the best we could” under difficult conditions. Key points: Organizers have defended the decision to continue this year’s festival Jess Ducrou says customers can expect refunds for events canceled on Friday Today’s passengers struggle through the mud to get home Ms Ducrou promised the festival would “definitely” return in 2023 in an interview with Hack on Monday, after a tumultuous weekend in North Byron Parklands. The 2022 edition is dubbed “Splendour in the Mud” because the festival venue was flooded and turned to mud by heavy rains on Thursday night. This creates chaos for people arriving at campsites, who are forced to wait hours to get in or are forced to sleep in their cars. Friday’s main event was later canceled amid fears more rain could destroy the already drenched festival, before the bill went ahead as scheduled on Saturday and

The Tasmanian targa will continue in 2023 despite the deaths of four competitors in the past two years, but racing fans are already concerned the pace will be limited to the detriment of the event. Key points: Event boss says 2023 “might look a little different in the competition room” 2022 event changed from race format after driver’s death on day two Three race competitors killed during 2021 event, prompting rule change The future of Tasmania’s racing has been uncertain since Motorsport Australia froze all Targa-type rallies following the death of 59-year-old Brisbane driver Tony Seymour during this year’s event. Seymour died when his car left the road and hit an embankment. His wife survived the accident. The remainder of last year’s Targa was revised back to a touring format following Seymour’s death. Targa Tasmania’s chief executive Mark Perry has promised the iconic event will take place next April in an email to competitors, with next year’s race set to kick off in Hobart for t