Meanwhile, waiting to go to the venue (which was near all day), we had haircut day. Matt Cook dawned his skills as a premiere barber, and cut both Dave and Rob's (drummer from City Of Ships) hair.
Compliments of the captain.
We also had both breakfast and dinner at a restaurant called 'Lentil as Anything' which is a pay-what-you-want vegan buffet. Everything was delicious.
Outside we got another jump shot with Matt Cook.
A close up.
And one of Jackson (guitar player for Nuclear Summer)
During our downtime, the drummers in the pack (Rob from City Of Ships, Nate from Nuclear Summer, Matt Cook, and I) went to 'Drumtek' in town. It's a pretty rad drums-only store with a great selections, great staff, and great prices. Australia apparently, also has a 'drummers union' and drumtek help support that, rad.
We all went to hangout at the shop, but I also had to replace my bottom snare head that I blew in Adelaide. I replaced both heads (cause the top was wearing pretty good too, and I had a spare in my case). Here's a look at both once removed.
The show was a blast. Once again, the Capt. was on sound, so, obviously, everything sounded amazing.
A couple key people came out to hang and see the show. A girl named Mischel came out, who apparently only found out about us right after we had left Australia in 2008. She was super stoked and freaked the hell out during the whole set. Rock on. A friend I made at the last show of the '08 tour, Meg, made it out, and I was stoked to see her. Theron, a friend of Armine's, who used to play in Sorrow's End was present at all our Melbourne shows, so that was awesome. I ended up signing and giving him the busted top snare head I replaced.
After the show, we loaded up directly, and headed straight into a 12hr drive to New Castle. The winds were in high gear again, so part of the trip was again, a bit nerve wracking. We slept at a truck stop, and it was sub-0 temperatures. I left the van once to go to the bathroom, and it was almost impossible to stop shivering. I'm a very cold weather type of dude, but going from a mildly warm van, to subzero temps, and then having to sit on an equally cold toilet seat...that was pretty harsh for 4 in the morning.
The sun came up quickly, but we were all still spent.
We eventually stopped as McDonald's around 9am or so and got some wifi and breakfast, but then we were right on our way again.
The rest of the drive was uneventful till we actually got into New Castle. Once in, we zoomed passed the venue and straight to the beach. We first found a really awesome fish & chip shop, and ate our hearts out. We walked all the way down this long pier and it was beautiful.
Onto the show. It was a long wait for the show to start, and we mostly just fell asleep on whatever we could find, including the floor. I also got some great shots of us preparing for naps.
When the show finally started, it flew by, and when we played, it was fun.
We found a place to sleep tonight instead of directly heading out. It's better for the drivers to sleep, and safer overall. We head out early or Brisbane tomorrow, the last show, stoked and bummed at the same time.
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