The Sunshine Coast
Mooloolaba, Caloundra, Brisbane, The FUMES, Crocodile Hunter.
After a warm introduction to the beaches in Perth, we were prepped for the Northern Australia beach culture, and maybe get in a bit more surfing. But that wasn't going to happen, as a subtropical storm raged through the region the whole time. In Caloundra, this was to our benefit, since 95 km/hr winds pushed the weekend festival event indoors, giving us a much better and closely packed audience. Both of our shows ended up in packed mid-size clubs as opposed to the nearby park at King's Beach, which would have had people spaced widely apart, free to lose their focus.
Amidst these festival dates we drove down to Brisbane for our first date with the FUMES, a super excellent guitar/drums duo. I will write more on them later.
Oct 11 due to the cyclone like torrential rains, there will be no surfing on Mooloolaba beach, and consequently there will also be no Monday show in Brisbane @ The Shire. The Shire is a tiny club that is half outdoors. The appeal is that live music plays while people spill out upon the sidewalk. They have a free live music event every Monday, but if it rains they must cancel. Double bad, as we had left Mooloolaba at 6:30 AM to race into Brisbane to get an editorial photo done for that day's MX commuter magazine promoting the show.
I sure hope all 200,000 readers didn't commence upon The Shire that night.
PS everyone, Nov 15 in Mooloolaba is Steve Irwin Day. Crikey, you better get ready!
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