Blue skies and crisp morning temperatures greet me when i step out of my hut in Kosovo village. The view over the dorms is just magic...
Krisso is awake and there is a makeshift tennis court at the "resort", so we head down for another set.
I take this one out 6-1, and that's the match. Final score is 6-4, 6-3, 6-1. Krisso has got a lot of work to do to salvage some pride in the next battle. May i suggest he gets a little court time, maybe a hit out with someone better than me, and that means anyone!
Pretty soon it's time for the crew to load into the gig. Krisso and I go and check out how things are going.
Our truck driver and rigger, James Leydon, has shown up overnight, and he is carrying all our extra gear plus the P.A.. James has done loads of touring with us over the years, and he used to play guitar in Craig Mclachlan and check one two!...
The gear gets loaded in and I notice something really quite bizarre! Tony is helping!.....
The gig itself is a bit of a box, but there is a really low roof over the stage and a strange pointed roof. It's probably gonna be pretty hard to pull a decent sound in here, but Tony is up for it.....
Sean is gonna drive us up to Thredbo village so we can check out the snow.
We jump in the van and head to Nuggets for some lunch before we head up.
The drive takes us into the Kosciusko National Park. As soon as we go past the ranger station we come across an echidna in the middle of the road. Joe jumps out and tries to encourage it to the safety of the other side...
He makes his way over to the scary beast....
And I'm not sure if his technique is fully sanctioned by the RSPCA!...
The echidna is not really responding to the encouragement, and the rangers are right there, so we decide to leave it to the experts....
We get to Thredbo and it's looking good. Lots of snow and cloudless blue skies, so we take the opportunity for a quick photo shoot...
We grab a coffee and watch the skiers and boarders make their way down the mountain. Looks like a good day for it and i wish i had a couple of days off to partake!We get back in the car and drive around to Friday Flats (the beginners area) to check out the gift shop.
Krisso needs to have a nap so he finds a quiet spot in the sun....
It's time to go back for sound check, so we head back to The Station.
The check is pretty good, it wont be the best onstage sound we've ever had, but we'll get through it.
Amy Meridith, who are supporting us for the rest of the tour, turn up today. They seem o.k. (very polite) and i a watch them run through a few songs....
Head out to the dining hall at the resort and grab a bain-marie dinner...not good.
Then its back to the room to get ready for the show.
Get back to the gig in time to catch a bit of Amy Meridiths set. The crowd are into it. They are basically a pop band, but they have a song on the radio and people seem to be genuinely enjoying their show.
Pretty soon it time for us to take the stage. Its a pretty wild crowd! Lots of stage diving and crowd surfing. Red bull must sell well down here...Its a great show and the large audience seemed to have a ball.
An old friend named Pete was there, so i catch up with him and his mate Brad after the show. We drink a few beers and have a laugh. They end up missing the ski tube so when we get kicked out of the venue it all moves back to my demountable. They stumble out at 4am and i pour myself into bed.
9am lobby call in the morning. That's not going to be fun....
*bain-marie
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