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Hey guys !
Here is a brief run down of the events that took place over almost 2 weeks ago.
It
was everything we wanted it to be; fun, boring, tiring, annoying, frustrating,
amazing, and all the words that can describe the most amazing experience we got
to live. ....
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Jessseeka,
Steph & Mum Rogan started off early Wednesday morning at about 7am to pick
up the Van from Blacktown, then venturing off to a Rural town to pick up
Russell and the trailer, and then trekked it all the way to Gavins (which isn’t
that far from Russells) picked him up, then headed back to headquarters (The
Rogan Household). ....
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After
packing the trailer, with gear, enough food and people, we headed up the coast
to ....Newcastle....,
where Steph spent most of the night in the Van sleeping as she was sick, and we
raised hell in the venue; managing to get 40 odd kids into a random room, for
no apparent reason. Steph managed to get her sick self outta the Van to play
our first show, it went off.....
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After
a long-ish drive home after the show, everyone was exhausted, and knowing we
all had to get up at 6:30am the next day, we all crashed. ....
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The
next morning, we added our luggage to the trailer, and started driving for
Wagga Wagga, it was cold, a little bit rainy, and fucking windy as, it was
pretty hard to keep this van straight in the wind on the mountains, but the
girls managed very well. ....
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Finally
getting to Wagga in the mid afternoon, we split up and walked the streets
seeing what we could find. The boys decided on $10 all you can eat (they
regretted that soon after), and the girls decided to shop, because that’s what you
in random towns! After finding great stuff to waste money on, they decided on a
more trusting meal; thai.....
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Arriving
back at the venue, we started setting up our gear, and organising ourselves, a
few mates came down from Goulburn (Never Trust A Bunny), and party with is, to
be honest, I’m pretty sure they were partying harder than any of us! We played
the show, we packed up, and we setted off for a very long drive to Yarrawonga,
about half an hour into the drive, we decided to change course and go to
Albury, to a mates house, because it would take us too long to get to
Yarrawonga and we were all fucking tired. The drive was long, dark and scary.
We ended up having to stop in the middle of a crest intersection, in the middle
of nowhere with little light, because the spare tyre had hit the crest and
fallen out from underneath the van causing it to make a fucking loud scraping
noise, we thought the worst. BUT NOT – Russell managed to save the day, and
clip the god damned tyre back up where it should be, and we continued to
Albury. We finally got there, everyone except Squeaks, Steph & Jessseeka
slept in the car, the girls slept inside as they were our only drivers, and it
was Squeaks mate’s house. ....
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After
a very uncomfortable sleep in the van, all of us grabbing each other for some
extra heat (I think there was a little too much heat at times hahahahaha), we
finally got up, and were somewhat refreshed. Jess, Squeaks and Steph finally
joined us (we were only parked outside the house hahaha) we headed off the
rural Albury where we had lunch with some family. We all had a fantastic shower,
and relaxed. Then once again, cramming into the Van and off to ....Bendigo.........
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Steph
was on the first driving shift, it was her longest drive ever (only 3 and a
half hours hahaha), and she decided to miss the Bendigo exit, she saw it, and
drove straight past it, 25 km’s later, we realised that maybe we should turn
around. Jess then finally took over, driving all the way back to ....Bendigo.... for our next
show. After becoming totally delirious, listening to Britney Spears, Disney,
Dragon Ball Z and some funny skit on a PSP we arrived in ....Bendigo.........
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It
was a mad venue, and we ran a muck there. Mum Rogan found $50 in the toilets
(good on ya!), posters we were trying to steal, someone else had stolen them,
finding a parking spot, and finding some good chow. ....
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The
drive back from ....Bendigo....
was stressfull. With Jess doing the night driving, we had to stop, and collect
ourselves. After a break in the freeeeezing cold on the side of the highway we
chilled. Getting back in and heading to ....Melbourne....
was a little more lively. With only 69km’s to ....Melbourne...., we were cheering. When Jess saw
the city lights, it was the best feeling ever. ....
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As
we arrive in ....Brunswick....,
finding the most perfect park right out the front of the venue that we were
playing at next, and the place we were sleeping for the next few nights, we
were all fucking happy. Mind you, it hit 3:30am on the clocks. At 4am we were
let into the venue, packing all our gear in the green rooms, and getting our
luggage out of the car and into our rooms. We were asleep by 6:30am.....
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We
wasted no time the next morning. We were all up, showered, dressed and ready to
check out ....Melbourne....
city before our show that night. We headed in, it was frustrating using the
ticket machines, considering they only have about 10 buttons on theirs, and we
have 10 million, for some reason ....Sydney....’s
method is easier. After getting our tickets, and missing the first train, we
waited, took pictures, Bee decided to press the red button, and harass the
station guy. (all this is on film, and a vid will be placed together soon!). ....
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....Melbourne.... was run, we shopped, we ate, we split up, we got
lost, but all managed to find out way back to Noise Bar to get some rest before
the show.....
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We
got some grog (passion pop for the poor band – passion-pop-a-holics) we started
drinking instead of resting, we got ready for the show, drank more, ate some
$2.56 Home Brand Lasagne from SafeWay across the road for dinner. When getting
ready to play the show, we wanted to do it, so we could go out and party, it was
a Saturday night after all. ....
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We
played a pretty hectic, drunken, messy show which the crowd enjoyed (thanks ....Melbourne....!), finished our
set, packed up, hurried back to our rooms, got dressed, did our hair, make up,
glitter hahaha, whatever, and then managed to all meet up to get to Bang ! It
was about 12:30am going on 1am, and we realised that all public transport had
stopped. So in the end, and after wandering around ....Brunswick...., we got 2 cabs. Russell, Jess,
Steph & Gavin’s cabbie probably owned. ....
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We
arrived in Melbourne city, first stopping at McDonalds to use the bathroom, and
also stuff our faces, we ended up at Club X for a $2 peep show, (I have to say,
a lot of members on this tour spent a lot of money in this club), and started
trekking it up to Bang !....
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We
finally got there. We got it. We drank. We danced. We partied. We left. On the
exit of the club is where the fun began, we rode bins, we found hubcaps, we
fell into gutters, we made maccas breakfast, and stuffed our faces once again.
We stumbled home, where we had showers, puked, and slept. ....
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The
next day, most of the band and crew slept, whilst Mum Rogan, Steph & Jess
did some breakfast shopping, we had a big hot breakfast, and got changed, and
headed back out to the City again, we went to the Casino, where Clik wont $170
on pokies, and Bee won $200 on Blackjack (we all know where their winnings went
to).....
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Mum
Rogan & Steph decided to head back, watch some dvd and chill out seeing as
Steph had first shift on the van to leave at 6:30am the next morning for home.
They got back and chilled. The rest decided to party it hard, they came back
from the casino having been to SafeWay and got dinner, they ate played some
cards, and when everyone went to bed, they caused havoc on ....Brunswick....’s streets (you can find some of the
evidence in our photos).....
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The
next morning, those who partied didn’t sleep, so when those who slept woke up,
those who didn’t were ready to jet, we packed the trailer, we packed the van,
and we headed off back to the ....Hume
Highway..... Stopping for breakfast, and cigarettes,
then eventually just smoking in the Van (the drivers & Mum Rogan needed
their bad habibts). We stopped at the Big Submarine, where Bee decided to join
in to a game of soccer with about 20-30 scary 15 year olds (all this is on
film), it got pretty nasty, but it was hilarious. ....
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After
13 and a half hours of driving Steph got us home. It’s was great to be home.
Love Always
The Vaine
xxx