Yeah that's the one. It didn't seem that bad, I've definitely been to worse events, but it was more the sheer amount of people in such a tiny laneway that did it for me
Kinda. Thanks for asking! Ended up walking down Lonsdale and hopping on the first bus I saw, which took me to Warrandyte. Then I got another bus from Warrandyte to Eltham, then one from Eltham to Glenroy and now I'm on a train back into the city
Not quite done yet, want to grab some dinner from somewhere and I'm split between the kfc on Bourke Street and a Chinese bar out in Burwood (I spent a couple of hours there once but had no money to buy anything and it smelt realllly good...)