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back with the 80's...really ?

A few months ago , I was contacted by a curator from the power house museum as they were putting together an exhibition on the 80's ( shit...really ) And one part of it is the partying part, where the big dance parties played a big part of it, especially the notorious R.A.T. parties, and they wanted to use some of my photos , especially the ones of Grace Jones at the R.A.T. party, so fast forward to today , and it is the opening night, and I'm here with Jac Vidgen, one of the key players (there were 3 of them-3 rats :-) outside the powerhouse museumWith Stephen FerrisPseudo Echo played, remember them ? I saw them ( back in the 80;s ) at Avalon RSL :-)damn it, forgot her name but (s)he used to be at all the parties, looking immaculate, and confusing quite a few blokes I'm sure heheheIn the actual exhibtion space ( the party with bands playing was downstairs ) they had some those old 80's arcade games, think pacman, galaga, so while everyone was down there, Jacs and I score a few free gamescool pics of me that Jac tookgo pacmancheck the concentrationmaybe we should get one of theseStrange thing about this exhibition is that we were invited as guest to come to opening for a preview and drinks at 6pm till 7:30 and then for a "party" after wards. After 7:30, people who had bought tickets could come in, mainly to "party " and see/hear the bands ( Gangajang & Pseudo Echo ) but we turned up at 6:30 and there no more free drinks, so had to queue up to buy a drink, with over a hundred people there and only 3 in experienced bar staff, quickly turned into long queues , and while the band was playing and Jac and I played pacman, well, when the band finished, at 10:30 and so was the party it seemed, and museum staff and security moved through the crowd telling people to exit the building, well, powerhouse museum people, if you gonna do 80's , you need to learn, that that was no way to party, they usually did not start till 11 at night and went till the sun came up, plus, where was Donna Draper, she should have been on the door working with Tux, telling me I could not come in with a beard like that hehehe.
Anyway, Jacs wrote a little report on the event as well ( better than me of course ) check it out on her blog

Thai Dinner with Red Face

First night back, and we go out for dinner with the girls dressed in their new clothes Jacqui got for them in Fiji form the Indians, how red is my face !!Evan is the only with colour on his face compared to me and the girls

Here we go, another trip, but this time ...holiday

I really don't recall the last time I went to the airport tyo go on a holiday, it's been so long. Anyway here I am looking out at the window from the Qantas lounge. Bags and surfboard checked in , and now just waiting till it is time to board
Cheers to Jac's with coming up with the idea to go away for my birthday
me, checking up on any last minute emails and things that need to be done, as I will probably not have any internet while in Fiji
there's our plane, and what a gorgeous day to be flying out
Holiday here we come, oh , and we are on the top deck of the plane, awesome, never been top deck before
that's Sydney for you, jeez, be a bit hot down there today. You're probably looking at about 80 percent of greater Sydney, probably just out of the frame would be Northern beaches, warringah , and Penrith, so maybe change that 80 to 60%
zooming in, that's Sydney CBD in the middle top half of the photo
oh my gawd, check it out, I have nbever seen Palm beach form this angle in the air before, awesome, woauw, this is a special treat for me... That's Lion Island right in the middle there, and all the bush you see , that''s Kuringai Chase National Park, and then just on top of Lion Island and to the left, that's the Box Head surf spot I keep raving about
oh my, look at central coast, I never seen it from this angle, clearly see Lion Island, Box Head, Tallow beach, Putty Beach, ( all in Boudi National Park ) Maitland bay, MacMasters , Copacabana, Avoca, Terrigal, Wamberal, Forresters Beach, Bateau Bay, Shelly Beach, Toowoon Bay, The Entrance, Pelican, Soldiers awesome
and then looking straight down, home, the northern beaches starting with Newport Reef, Newport beach, Bilgola Beach, Avalon beach, Whale beach and Palm beach. And Pittwater to the left and the edge of the Kuringai National Park ( Fredcha see now why I keep hassling you to come visit me ... paradise !! )
I can just make out the house. All those white dots you see in Pittwater are boats, moored at their buoys
Another look, a little further out to sea
Check the settings
And then snap away
Holiday, here we come

Big in Japan

Kirin Beer and Ksubi denim brand put on a party/ art exhibition on tonight at the carriageworks. and look who's here Marc the Cobra Snake, here to cover the party for pedestrian TV. Every time he's been to Sydney I always just managed to miss him, and this tim eI just bumped into him.
Didn't stay long at the party , as tomorrow is FiJi time

:-)

Diesel aka Dion

Another day in Paradise, but no waves, and instead a big hand paint bus in the car park
It's the surfing brand Insight's bus
and who do I find insight inside, mi mate Dion of course. I had no idea he was looking after this bus.
Cool bus, Dion is up this way as he is building Zimmermann's pop up store for summer.
It's where the famous whale beach burger cafe used to be. And should be open for summer starting in the next day or so

DefWishCast gig at Beachroad Bondi

Guest appearance by former member Brass
I'm having a Peter Garret , Midnight Oil flashback moment here






















what a gig, awesome !!

DefWishCast Pre-Show

Just had to get a shot of the smoko room. As there is now a smoking ban in all venues, they created a separate smoking area. The purple room
DJ Vame will be making a guest appearance ( he used to be part of the DefWishCast Crew )
But right now DJ Murda1 is getting the crowd amped
werqing that mixer
Mic's ready for DefWish
waiting in the wings to go on
DefWish with Diec and Sereck ( just out of sight)
Here we go !

Beer O'clock

Headed to Bondi tonight to catch DefWish Cast at the beach roiad later, but first a sunset beer at the Bondi RSL with A.M. and Jacqui. 's been a while since I been here
A.M. and Jacqui
with my new toy
Jac's and her new toy :-)
getting ready to go see the maddest B-boy of em all
Head to the venue for some dinner (was too noisy at the rsl ) and AtAt is already here
so are Kerry and Jessie
and biggest DWC fan Jaz Daly
about an hour later, me , snapping away

Danielle Wallace Pop up Opening

Mark Cavanagh and Daniell Wallace
Mark I bump into sporadically, but Danielle I have not seen in a long time, always with a smile, and the girl to see for ties, without a doubt.
We are here for the opening of her pop up store, right on Macquarie & Bent Streets in Sydney, perfect location. I was just in my t-short so felt a bit under dressed when I walked to the corner of Bent street, with all the suits and ties around, but as always, Danielle makes you feel right at home and welcomed
of course some of the fashion set is here this evening as well
location , location
She's the queen of ties, and Toby Osmond has some of shirts on sale here as well
how awesome are these umbrellas, just think how good you would look with one of these crossing the street on a grey rainy day
game of pool while you decide which shirt and tie to buy, oh, and don't forget that umbrella for that rainy day
the bar is stocked up as well, so a refreshment with your tie ?
as you look around plenty of things to discover

a book perhaps, chrissy pressie
must be Toby's
we're all travellers
Love this image
Danielle and Alex Zabotto-Bentley
Peter McMenamin and Viva Vayspap.

Sydney Bushfires . . . again, then drinks Av style

Crazy ornage light in the late afternoon, there's bushfires out in the blue mountains again, so Sydney is blanketed with the firesmoke, causing this eerie light
so head up to the headland for a better look at it, that's Bilgola beach below in the shade
mad colour

aaaah, nice orange glow
open the camera a bit to expose the shaded areas

After little sun viewing, head back to Avalon and bar called L A , for a drink for Jessie Hill and Kane Skennar's birthday, and Dion is here, super
Me, 2 hours later, waiting for our food , waiting for our food, everyone else has left to go up Ogg's place and keep drinking there, but our orders got messed up. 't was a busy day at Avalon with market day
later that night, chillin at Oggy's place
Me & birthday boy
birthday girl
Was a nice evening of just chilled out fun, up in the hills at Avalon, no plastic, no crap music, no bouncers, no pricey drinks and waiting ina que to get one. Love it
Thanks to John Ogden for letting Kane and Jessie use your pad for their little birthday drinks/get together/booze up
yew :-)