The weather is starting to warm up here and the Spring Carnival horse racing is always a sign that summer is just around the corner. Donning a suit and tie, I had fun at the Melbourne Cup and Oaks Day last week.

Our corporate marquee had a great location track-side. The food and beverage hospitality flowed through the conversations punctuated by the galloping of other horses in front of the ones I had placed a small wager on.

Spring Carnival at Flemington. Photo by Paul Miles.
 

Last night I caught another band from Los Angeles on their first-ever tour of Australia - Ratt. My friend John Corabi of Motley Crue fame currently plays guitar in Ratt. We were going to have dinner the night before but they arrived in Melbourne later than expected and wanted to see Megadeth's concert. I passed, as I had to be up at 5am to fly to Sydney for the day.

An hour after touching back down in Melbourne, my wife and I were at our daughter's dance concert. We enjoyed watching her first performance in about 4 years since she blew her knee out at dance college. She loved it and did really well.

So we then hit the city to catch the tail-end of Winger before a great set from Ratt. It was good to catch up with Corabi in the band's dressing room after the show for an hour or more. As I felt worse for wear later this morning, my son had his last exam to complete his years of high school. I'm proud that he stuck this year out and is now ready for different experiences every day. It's weird to think that I no longer have any children at school. Time flies!