Dandy old time

The Dandy concert in Sydney was great, went out for dinner first at a fancy restaurant and then on to the venue itself. Even was the band playing before the Dandy's and I thought they were excellent. Kind of folky and country like, a bit like me. The Dandy's weren't bad either but not really my style. Thought most of their songs were too similar but some that stuck out were great. After the concert we tried to find a decent pub, an old, back-street one and we lucked out in Newtown. This one had awesome ambience. I'll put the name here as soon as I can think of it..

The following day we were a bit heavy out of bed and thus went for a hearty brekkie in Coogee by the sea. Nothing like a breakfast full of fat, greasy goodness after a night out.

What a beautiful spot to live in! Lucky sweetpea!

The day was spent shopping away in Sydney and in the arvo we took the ferry to Manly where we had a 35th party on, Redneck style. So, what we wore were short skirts, tight tops and lots of make-up and ugg boots. I felt like i was back in Newcastle.. Needless to say the mullet was a must among the guys for the evening.

Maribob in her getup. Not being used to make-up it rubbed off in no time. I reckon I look like normal... Maybe I do belong in Newcastle, Rednecked Hillbillieville..

(those pics in the background are not there all the time.. just emphasized the redneck "ambience" for the evening)

Ponytails like that are "handle bars" in Redneck lingo.

Sunday we hopped on the (world's slowest) train to Newie where we had our second Dandy part of the weekend at Nobby's point, the Fat as Butter festival.

We missed the entrance and had to walk around the whole festival area, we went over sand dunes, past dog poo beach and walked and walked until we finally got there.. to find the place packed with teenagers. I haven't felt that old in a long time. Everyone was running around in skimpy dresses or shirt-less, carrying on like teenagers do. We were dressed in sensible shoes, had warm clothing on and a blanket in out bag..... PLUS snacks. We were officially old. It all came to good use though, those little girlies in their little dresses were pretty cold by the end of the night.

Later in the afternoon we found the older population to be hangning out in front of the band scenes. This is a fashion sample of the not so fashion conscious but at least more fashion sensible. No it is not 1988, it really is 2008!

Tomorrow, Friday we are off to Brisbane. I'll be back with details of that trip.