A woman who documented her experience of the three-day music festival in Byron Bay has revealed she was finally able to escape the campsite after being told she was not allowed to leave, although she camped a few yards from a road.

Speaking to TikTok, Hannah Patterson said after camp officials refused to let her and her friend out in front of her, her mum ‘went a little Karen’ and called festival officials for him. ask to let her out.

“My step mom went completely psycho and called people until 12 o’clock last night. She was on the phone with anyone and everyone she could try to get us out of there,” she said.

Eventually, Ms. Patterson’s mother contacted a camp official and they hatched a plan to get her and her friend out of the festival.

“So in the morning we packed up the rest of our muddy stuff – I had to abandon the tent – and they ushered us out. All they needed was this key to open the door as they were telling me they had to tear down the whole fence,” she said.

The camper revealed that before going out she “just lost her mind” and “started crying” because they wouldn’t let her go.

In a previous video, she explained that she tried to have fun but now, on her fourth day of wearing wet shoes and sleeping upright in the car due to the flooded campsite, she and her friend just wanted to get back to the House.

“We tried for about five hours last and last night to get out of here…they just won’t let us go,” Hannah Patterson said.

“We paid to be here and it’s been really awful and we just want to leave but they won’t let us go,” she said.

Ms Patterson showed the camera that there was a temporary fence between her car and the road, which could be moved.

She said staff told her they weren’t allowed to move a section of the fence to leave and had to wait until Monday when the festival was over.

In a second video, Ms Patterson added while she would have liked a refund, she wasn’t asking for it and all she wanted to do was leave.

“I fully understand it was a natural weather event, but there could have been a little more preparation, but honestly, I don’t even mind. I just want to go. If I want to go, I should be able to go there,” she said.

Despite her negative experience, Ms Patterson praised festival officials who helped and comforted her and her friend.

She said she was “relieved and happy” to be home and finally able to take a shower.

Other TikTok users expressed shock at the situation, urging her to move the fence herself or call the police.

“Oh the anxiety I would have of not being able to leave if I wanted to!” we wrote.

Another said: “If your car is able to get out, this fence needs to be taken down!! It’s so frustrating! I would lose my mind feeling caged!

news.com.au has contacted Ms Patterson and Splendor in the Grass for comment.

In the FAQ section of their website it says that campers are not allowed to leave early due to the way the cars are parked.

“Vehicles are parked end to end and your departure depends on which vehicle is in front of you first, which happens after the festival on Monday morning,” he said.

“If you have to leave on Sunday evening and are camping, your only option is to camp WITHOUT a vehicle in the campgrounds and walk out with your gear.”

Ms Patterson’s story comes after revelers claimed they were forced to wait in ‘hellish’ queues until six o’clock just to board a bus away from the festival site on Saturday night.

“When you’ve been on the bus route for four hours and still have so much to do,” a frustrated woman wrote on TikTok as she shared footage of crowds packed in like sardines waiting for transport.

“It’s so shameful for the organizers! What do they expect not allowing people to be picked up and not park – total scammers,” one angry participant wrote.

Another woman claimed she was stuck in the queue for six hours.

At 4 a.m., a defeated group of pals took to TikTok to reveal they were still waiting for a bus after nearly five hours in the cold.

“Not to mention this is a PRE-BOOKED bus ticket… like they know how many people have to go home,” wrote one woman in the group.

“Update: I just got home. It’s 6am. The sun is up.

On Sunday afternoon, Splendor wrote on its Facebook page that it understood people’s frustration with its bus services and that around 1,000 people were affected by prolonged delays due to the shortage of bus drivers. bus on its Tweed routes.

“Our sincere apologies to all of you. We are doing everything we can to secure additional services for tonight’s outing, which is difficult in the current climate,” the post read.

“Please be patient, be kind and be safe. We want to get you home as quickly as possible.

Many hit back in the comments claiming more than 1,000 people had been affected.

Extreme weather conditions saw the first day of the festival canceled on Friday.

Thousands of festival-goers were forced to retreat to Byron Bay after major stage acts, including headliners Gorillaz as well as the Avalanches and Kacey Musgraves, were canceled as choppy weather transformed the site of the festival in a flooded swamp.

Unlucky ticket holders who had to walk through muddy water were promised refunded tickets.

Day two was less chaotic and with the rain easing off, organizers hope the final day of Splendor goes smoothly as tens of thousands of people gather to watch rapper Tyler, The Creator in the lead poster after the sets of Oasis rocker Liam Gallagher and British star Aitch.