THE shine was taken off Splendour in the Grass for a second night on Saturday with angry festival goers stranded in bus pick-up zones for hours as they attempted to get home.

Organisers had promised a review of the traffic control plan after the opening night’s gridlock but still some revellers braved the walk to Brunswick Heads and beyond after enduring lengthy waits for buses.

Festival goers took to social media to vent their frustrations for a second consecutive night with hundreds of tired people, including some who were clearly intoxicated, stranded in the cold as buses arrived infrequently for collection.

“Worse tonight than last night,” frustrated traveller Julie Peers said on Splendour’s Facebook page.

“We left the amphitheatre at 11.15pm last night and at 11.30pm tonight. Last night back to Byron before 1am, tonight only just got back after 2am.”

Ms Peers questioned Splendour’s traffic strategy, with anger over cars blocking bus routes into pick-up zones and multiple changes to pick-up and drop-off arrangements.

“Honestly don’t see how buses got priority. There were loads of cars in with the buses,” she said.

“Just don’t understand how the whole thing was gridlocked for over an hour with nothing moving whatsoever.”

Fellow reveller Shannon Gleeson was also frustrated by the experience, suggesting it might impact her plans to attend the event in coming years.

“Please sort the buses out. An hour between pick-ups to Byron is not on,” she said on the Facebook page.

“Particularly when we all waited three hours last night. Fifth splendour and not looking like a sixth.”

Organisers had offered their apologies on Saturday morning as festival management was inundated with complaints that queues had been largely unmanaged, with too few attendants, limited signage and a lack of communication about what was causing the delays or how long they would be forced to wait.

They acknowledged traffic planning was thrown into “disarray” after a failure to take into account the large numbers of people driving cars into the drop-off and pick-up zone at the North Byron Parklands festival site in Yelgun.

Stranded reveller Taylor Olsson said on Splendour’s Facebook page that bus wait times were worse on Saturday night than the previous evening, with some people braving hours of walking in the middle of the night rather than continue waiting for buses.

“Is this nearly the worse one yet? Such a disappointment for everyone trying to leave after such a great day,” Ms Olsson said.

“You have people walking hours home because it’s easier than waiting for a bus. Crazy.”

While organisers addressed issues on Saturday morning, they were yet to follow-up with a statement at time of print on yesterday afternoon.

Splendour reveller Claire Simpson questioned why organisers’ weren’t addressing complaints.

“Is splendour replying to any of this, or apologising and keeping quiet knowing that we all have no other option?,” Ms Simpson said on Facebook.

“The wise thing would be to respond to specific concerns and suggestions from everyone and tell us how they will plan it better in the future.”

Splendour organisers had offered festival goers free bus rides on Saturday night in the wake of Friday night’s chaos.