i was at this party, which i heard about through a friend, who knew one of the occupants of the house. This seems to have been the case for most people there who had heard about this party through word of mouth or the internet.
i got to the party real early and it was real tame, 20-30 people spread around the house in different groups socialising and listening to music. I realised I was probably the oldest person there at 24 and most of the crowd at this time were mainly of student age(16-early 20s).
it was all going steady and i didn't imagine any trouble to come of what was currently happening. then all of a sudden a hell of a lot of people started turning up in large groups. some were in their teens who were probably still in college and university, some even younger and had probably not even graduated school, others looking older.
the house had filled up and things started looking like they were out of control. at this time i chose to drive back into town to pick a mate up from a bar to come upto this party. we got back and parked the car up the road and then headed to the 24hr garage about 11:30 to get some beer, when we got back up there, the police had arrived and kids were starting to leave. i stood on the corner of the street at jaflong watching what was going off for a few minutes, a lot of kids just left but a group of about 20-30 started to grow outside.
i realised i'd left my coat in the house so i was going to have to go back to grab that, but i figured it would be for the best to leave it for people to leave before heading in and grabbing it, as we left we heard the sound of smashing glass followed by two kids running off with skateboards down the hill towards the 24hr garage and then down that massive hill with the funeral home on the corner of it.
after walking around the area for 20 minutes i headed back to the house and picked up my jacket, i spoke to a couple of people who were still there who said that it was all fine then it just went outta control and a group of skateboarders started causing damage to the house and a few more just followed suit, at the time of the party the main occupant of the house wasnt there but his housemates were, he knew about the party but not of the scale of it and said he didn't know anyone who caused the damage and aparantly they were gatecrashers. i found my jacket then nipped upstairs to the bathroom, it was a right state smashed glass bottles all over the floor, the bathroom floor was covered in booze and sick, one of the bedrooms had cerial all over the floor and the cupboard doors had been ripped off, and the living room had a ceiling in it, and aparantly someone headbutted the kitchen window and put it through.
i'm not justifying the damage and violence but there is nothing wrong with a good houseparty, there a good laugh and a good way for you to get drunk with friends without having to worry about taxis and ridiculous drink prices. i just dont understand why people would want to turn upto a house where everyone is having a good time and just cause havok, and ruin it for people there as well as neighbours. the headbutting of a window is absolutely beyond me too!
but as usual a decent party ruined by a set of idiots, making the rest of us look like a set of animals, absolute joke!
