We started off in Geelong for an interview and an acoustic performance of our single “At Worlds End” at K-Rock radio and then a gig at The Nash. We pumped out a high-energy, rock heavy gig and I don’t think we have ever sweated so much. It was a great little crowd and a hot little stage (A nice start to our tour). After the gig there was no time to lose so we crammed all our gear and ourselves, miraculously into the Tarago and at 1am set off on our death defying friendship testing 13hr drive to the Blue Mountains in NSW. We arrived somewhere after 2pm exhausted and delirious unable string together 2 sentences and stinking of the sweat from the gig of the night before. As we were unpacking the van in our delirious states’ over the road a tourist bus pulled up and fists started swinging! It started off as a simple miss understanding as to where you could get the best local post cards and ended up with an all in brawl between the fat conductor and the elderly Brazilian tourists armed with soup strainer moustaches and hand bags. They were out of breath pretty quickly which was lucky and the fat conductor was able to scramble into the van and lock himself in along with the remaining tourists and their camera phones… It was time for sleep!
Friday nights gig was quite a contrast from the night before a chilled down tempo show to let us savour with a few glasses of Jack Thompsons’ very own branded wine and a nice bowl of chips covered in Jack Thompsons’ famous bbq sauce and after the show we grabbed a refreshing Jack Thompson ale and wandered around the bar to have a look at the photos of Jack in all his glory on the sets of his many different films?.. Nothing like a bit of self-promotion I say!
From Geelong to Kings cross… The next day we hit the road again detouring for the awe inspiring Blue Mountains outlook to cleanse the soul and then headed for Sydney. We arrived in Sydney with only 2 things on the to do list! Bondi beach, and to see what Paul Kelly was talking about, down at Kings Cross. Unfortunately tho it seemed that the US Navy had docked in Sydney Harbour and they had been given some R&R so Kings Cross was over run by sailors and we weren’t going to get anywhere near it!
Sunday night came and we were ready to play with a great Australian band that we had all grown up listening to. The Church. A fantastic show and fantastic welcome to Sydney. The Boys from the Church were great bunch and looked after us well and the crowd was as warm as we had been hoping for! The Church showed us that even when you are fully-grown up it is possible to still play rock’n’roll and do it with grace!!
To be continued…….
