Re: Accommodation Near Sydney Cbd Stradbally/Electric Picnic? portlaoise isn’t that far from stradbally you know it would take maybe 20 minutes by car from portlaoise, abbeyleix would be another alternative (about 15 minutes). if you got in early enough you could book the midway in portlaoise possibly for a decent price. i lived in portlaoise and just headed out to the picnic each day the last 2 years, no problem at all.