Suzi and the trip back

On 22 February as we did our dog walk I noticed a lot of action around Stage 88.  On asking a worker she advised it was a touring concert scheduled for the 24th, featuring Suzi Quattro.  I'd almost be prepared to go along and listen to her!  Not sure how much visual appeal there would be, given that she is  nearly my age!  The line up also features The Angels - again my age and I used to see them (for free, other than the cost of the beer) in their earlier manifestation as The Moonshine String and Jug Band at the Sussex Arms in Walkerville.

Frances commented that rather than pay I could go and sit at NGA (1.4km away) .  The volume should be just bout OK there!  This reminds me of hearing The Wailers at Roosevelt Park in NYC.  They would definitely have been audible in Jersey City (astonishingly also 1.4 km from the concert).

Here is what the venue looked like on 23/2.
Interestingly the tickets cost $68 for General admission and $130 with 'uninterrupted view".  Given that the area inside the fence is a clear lawn I can't see what interrupts the view.  Unless they are going to reposiyion the dunnies halfway across.
 It won't matter if the dunnies are aromatic as the bat colony has got a fair pong to it already!  They were quite active and noisy this morning
 Nerang Pool  looked pretty peaceful.
 Our drive got off to a slow start with several kms of 60kph due to road works.  Just after the car in front spat a stone into my windscreen (a nice crack resulting) we had to stop for 10 minutes for some tar spraying and the follow a pilot for about 2 km through more work.  Grrr.
 On the outskirts of Nimmitabel  a new sculpture of a metal tree'n'birds has appeared.
Otherwise a pretty uneventful drive.

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