V Festival finally gets to Australia after about a decade in England, and they bring ou The Pixies about 3 years after their reunion tour.
So double header of side show on Friday night and V Fest headline on Saturday.
So Shelly and Stotty had AAA passes, but only told us an hour after the gig had finished. Alas the green room was deserted but a beer or two left over
Luna Park, Friday night
Big screen Saturday V Festival
Happy punters
Leaving the stage for the last time
hope its not another 20 years before I see them
Frank Black shows some emotion leaving the stage
Take one spectacular beautiful location next to the magnificent Hawkesbury River, flanked by breathtaking natural cliff formations, add a healthy dose of local and international acts, flavoured with multiple genres of music, rigorously baked in gorgeous sunshine, and sampled by a ridiculously small number of sydneysiders, and you have The Playground Weekender taking festivals to new levels in Australia. One weekend that you never wanted to finish
Birthday girl Shelly celebrates her 30th
Fat Freddys Drop dub it up on Friday night
Twats - Me, Al and Ade go to great effort for the fancy dress party
Al, Nat, Mick and Lal chilling in the Cocktial tent to Mr Scruff
Finally on the last evening, a smile from the lovely Mel, organiser of the Festival. Give this girl a knighthood.
Sweeney's getting married. Stag do coincides with The Ashes, 'lets go to adelaide' said someone, 38 other people agreed. 'Fancy dress it is' said the best man, after much debate 19 batmen and 19 robins joined The Joker and we made the tv, YouTube, the radio, the papers, blogs, dvds, and just about avoided jail and hospital,. The funniest weekend.
Matt came over for xmas with his lovely girlfriend Beth.
Much speculation and betting ensued as to whether he was here for the cricket or something else..., and yes he proposed and the silly girl accepted. No one must have told her about....
I interviewed Adam Eliot for http://www.niceshorts.com.au/extras.asp and he brought Oscar along.
Bloody heavy it is too.
October 2006 mainly in Tunbridge Wells, London,(for Streaming Media Europe ) and a tript o cornwall with the folks
From top left:
- Matty Mitch, Nessie, Zala and me at The Compasses,
- Me and Andy Brander in Borough Market, London, shortly before Cardiff v Palace. Yes, I know, big waste of money
- Cornwall, Jez, me, Mum, Dad having the same meal in the same pub 20 years later. It hadn't changed a bit and it was the best Ploughmans and pint of bitter I've ever had.
- Mum lent me her MX5 - with Scott and Louise's son Dylan
- If you'd gone to The Red Lion, Newquay in the summer of 1992, you'd probably have found Collier, Nessie and me propping up the bar. October 2006 and they still wouldnt let me back in.
- Jez and I teaching Dad Texas Holdem - still trying to spend the winnings
- Cant beat a Cornish Pastie - Padstow Harbour. Later on I spent a small fortune at Rick Steins, yet this meal was far better value for money.
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