WE WROTE SOME TOUR DIARIES FOR THE MUSIC DOT COM AND THOUGHT WE’D SHARE THE DIRECTOR’S CUT WITH YOU UNFORTUNATELY WE COMPLETELY FORGOT TO DOCUMENT BALLARAT TRARALGON GEELONG MELBOURNE LAUNCESTON OR ADELAIDE YOU KNOW WHAT WITH ALL THE DRINKS BUT WE REMEMBERED BY WOLLONGONG GREAT JOB EVERYBODY
THURSDAY 9 APRIL – WOLLONGONG
WE STARTED THE DAY BY NEARLY MISSING OUR FLIGHT WE MISS A LOT OF FLIGHTS
THE BEARDS PICKED US UP IN THEIR TOUR VAN AND WE ALL DID GREAT JOKES TOGETHER ON THE WAY TO WOLLONGONG FOR OUR SHOW AT THE UNI BAR
THE BEARDS’ STAGE TECH WORKED OUT THAT MY AMP WAS COMPLETELY BLOWN UP AND THAT HE’D NEVER SEEN DAMAGE THAT BAD AND THAT IT WAS ALMOST LIKE SOMEONE HAD POURED A WHOLE BOTTLE OF PASSION POP IN THERE SO WE GOT OUT OF THE WAY WHILE HE FIXED IT
WE FIND THE BEST THING TO DO IN THESE SITUATIONS IS TO STAY OUT OF THE WAY
THE BEARDS TAUGHT US ABOUT THIS GREAT NEW DRINK CALLED A ‘FACEY MCSTUBBLINGTON’ WHICH IS A GLASS OF JAMESON’S WHISKEY TOPPED UP WITH ENERGY DRINKS AND GINGER ALE IT WAS REALLY GREAT AND FILLED US WITH ENERGY
WE PLAYED A TERRIFIC SHOW AND EVERYONE WAS HIGH FIVING EACH OTHER IT WAS GREAT TWO PEOPLE BOOGIE BOARDED OVER THE CROWD AND SOMEONE PROPOSED TO THEIR GIRLFRIEND ON STAGE WHILE THE BEARDS YELLED ABOUT BEARDS IT WAS REALLY ROMANTIC
THEN SOMEONE DID A POO IN A SCHOONER AND THE BAR MANAGER WAS NOT VERY HAPPY ABOUT IT WE’RE NOT SURE WHY THEY DID THAT IT MUST BE A WOLLONGONG THING.
WE KEPT ENJOYING DRINKS UNTIL WE WOKE UP AT 3AM AT THE MCDONALDS NEAR SYDNEY AIRPORT WHICH WAS FULL OF POLICE OFFICERS WE RESPECT POLICE OFFICERS BUT TO BE HONEST WE WERE SLIGHTLY DISAPPOINTED TO SEE THEM BECAUSE IT STOPPED US FROM ENJOYING ANY MORE DRINKS