Rod Stewart!!

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Welcome to March!!

Not long after Kellie and Ryan got here, they texted me one night to ask if we wanted to go and see Rod Stewart with them. Ricky wasn't keen and the tickets were a bit expensive as I wasn't working at the time. So they got tickets, and Caroline and Tucker got tickets, then another couple from England we are friend's with got tickets. Great!

So, a couple of weeks ago I thought I would look on ebay on the off chance there was a ticket going...and there was!! I was well excited, although a little worried about the prospect of being outbid in the last few secs. But I took my chances and I won!! And I only paid $10 more than the original price. Excellent!

We have been taking turns to make dinner every 2nd Thursday and on Kellie and Ryan's turn we had some very exciting Rod chat! Kellie and Ryan decided to camp overnight near the winery where he playing. I was just going to camp with them as Ricky wasn't coming.

The drive up to the Yarra Valley is only about an hour or so, so Ricky just came up on the drive as the gig started at 4pm. We met Kellie and Ryan at the campsite and have a wee drink before being dropped of at the winery.

The winery was really small and there was only limited seating (obviously attracted the older ticket buyers!!). I was amazed, it was so small, and not really that secure looking (compared to how it would be if it was at the Barrowlands, or T in the Park or something. It was just a case of rocking up with your picnic rug and picnic and buying a bottle of wine!! Great!

Kellie and Ryan had seating tickets (hee hee!!) and I had a general admission ticket. Through a little scheming, I managed to get into the seating area with them and eventually we were all on our feet!! A bottle of wine and 3 songs later, Kellie and I found ourselves at the very front row belting our hearts. Rod throw a signed football to me and the guy behind grabbed it - then Rod looked at him as if he was out of order, then Rod got another ball and threw it right at me and I caught it!! I was ecstatic!

Rod was funny, he played all the old time classics and much of the chat was about his family, Scotland and Celtic. 3 things I have in common with Rod!! It was a great gig and I guess you can see how close I actually got to him in the photos and how much fun we had.

Rod Rocks!!

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Photos

Rochford Winery
and the stage in the background

Ryan and his eski
The grapevines were all cordoned off, but how many people stole a grape, do ya think??

View from the back
of the winery

Kellie and Ryan
chillin on the lawn

Suzanne and Dave
A couple from Liverpool

Rod
Kellie can quite contain herself!!

Kellie
givin it all!!

The Green Team
All the staff had t shirts on saying Green Team on the back - I thought it was funny!

Third change
and video footage of the Late Jinky Johnstone

Me and Ryan
lovin the wine - it was a winery after all, so would be rude not to have one!

Fourth change
Thats a lot of changin!!

Me and Kellie
So happy....;)