A LAKE Macquarie couple spent almost 12 hours caught in a Splendour In The Grass traffic snarl on Thursday night after heavy rainfall sent the Byron Bay music festival into chaos.
Kilaben Bay's Joey van Lier and his girlfriend Angelica Lilly finally reached a drenched makeshift camping ground at 3.30am on Friday after initially arriving near the North Byron Parklands site at 4pm on Thursday.