Blogs from Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania - page 4

Day Seven: The following morning, or perhaps just slightly later that same morning, there was none of the usual 7 am stirrings and no usual wake-up music from the Pinky's lounge. Eventually we did stir around 9 am, mostly because the sun was coming in through 3 different windows and all hitting me in the face! The kitchen/dinning room was about half full but very quiet as a stumbled in. The boys were mumbling quietly into their cornflakes and several others were nursing their third or fourth of many coffees. With no structured programme for the day we were free to eat whatever we found in the student fridge (mainly cheesecake and other left over puddings!) so breakfast blurred into more coffee and a pudding brunch and on into random salad-and-leftovers lunch. We had been planning ... read more

Despite all the beach culture, Australia still knows how to throw one hell of a pasture party. Tamworth, located about 400km NW of Sydney, is considered the country music capital of Australia. Each year the town of 50,000 people hosts a week-long music festival and opens their arms to another 50,000 visitors (and their wallets!). The music festival had a country base, but there was also bluegrass, folk, indie-alternative bands, 11-yr old boys who killed on the guitar (and 71-yr old boys who can still rock with the best of them). The sidewalks of downtown were lined with up-and-coming talent playing their tunes as people passed by- they called it “busking”- in fact, that’s how Keith Urban got his start! They had venues all over town with shows starting at 10am and playing through 3am, with ... read more

Jo, var var jag... justdet jag skulle vilja bo dar ute i vischaan och pyssla med hastar, anda tills det borjade regna och blev kallt. inte vad vi raknat med riktigt sa sa mycket varma klader hade vi ju inte med oss. Men det regnade bara i tva dagar, ovriga dagar var bara bra vader, varmt svettigt. Landskapet var som i Hobbiton/Hobsala med storre kullar och upp och ner for dessa branta backar skulle vi rida, vara hastar var nog nan korsning mellan bergsgetter och hastar... Vi fick valla bade kor och far, och da maste man fora en himmla masa ovasen for att fa djuren att rora sig och det var kul, aven om skrika kanske inte var min basta sida. Under var 5 dagars kurs fick vi ocksa se pa nar de kastrerade en ... read more

Nu har vi varit fem dagar pa cowboy skola, Jackaro Jillaro Liconfield tror jag de hete, hos hastfarmaren Tim Sarrett's gard. Och det var det absolut bart hitils pa resan! (Det slar till och med fladdermossen som vi sag mer av nar vi var pa Mardi Gras Festivalen i Sydney, ovanfor Hydebark var det enormt manga av dem presic i skymningen! Mardi Gras var ocksa kul, valdigt spexigt, alla var utkladda, och det var en massa utspokade bilar och det vara manga lattkladda och hm, okladda? nastani alla fall... det var himmla kul att titta pa i alla fall! Bilder kommer snart!) Jo, var var jag... Cowboy skolan, forst akte vi till Tamworth (en hala) och vi blev upphamtade fran hostelet dar v ibodde for att sedan fort bli skussade till secondhand shop for att handla ... read more

We have varied and vast musical tastes , we listen to most genres , one in particular has always held a soft spot ..... Country..... I (Scibe ) love bluegrass and Modern, Jo who plays the Harmonica has leaning toward folksy , Harmonica driven stuff. We have our favourites and are pleased to report that all the talent there is very accomodating towards their listeners, I have always loved Melinda Schnieder's music and Jo has a torch , as does a few of the ladies , for Lee Kernaghan. We had no trouble getting those stars of country to sign our Book and pose for photos, Melinda especially had the patience to allow me to have several shots lest one gets my not so good side, lol, She looked gorgeous in all of them. ( How ... read more