The Angels @ The Zoo

The Crap Facts

This is my 13th concert.
This is my 3rd concert at The Zoo.
This is my 3rd concert in Long Jetty.
This is my 13th concert in New South Wales.
This is my 13th concert in Australia.
This is my 2nd The Angels concert.

Big Day Out @ Sydney Showgrounds

What I remember (in 2024)...

Went with Benno.  Caught the train down and back from the Coast.

Like every other individual on the day, I wore my Nevermind t-shirt.

Day started at midday at the Skate Stage to see the Village Idiots (12-12.45).

Smudge on the same stage (1.15-2).

You Am I also on the Skate Stage (2.30-3.15).

Moved over to Stage 2 for the Falling Joys (3.30-4.30).

Left early to head into the Hordern for the Beasts of Bourbon. (4-5)

Next was Cosmic Psychos on the Stake Stage, though they were advertised to play last on that stage.

Back into the Hordern early for Nirvana (7-8).  It felt like everyone at the show (10,000 people) were packed into the 6,000 capacity venue.  Was ragdolled around the building the whole set.  Security fired water cannons from the front of stage to cool everyone off.

Afterwards, everyone collapsed over by Stage 2 while the Hard-Ons tore it up.  Henry Rollins joined them about half way though.  I'd never heard of him, but crowd loved him - and so did I.  Would be the start of a mini obsession with him.

Ratcat followed on the same stage, outside it was now dark and a bit cooler.  Saw Krist from Nirvana up the back watching Ratcat.

Left them early to head back inside for the Violent Femmes.  While Nirvana was wild and crazy, Femmes were mellow and a ton of fun.

Bought a t-shirt, with the Big Day Out logo on the front, but no bands listed on the back.  

The Crap Facts

This is my 12th concert.
This is my 2nd concert at RAS Showgrounds.
This is my 2nd concert in Moore Park.
This is my 12th concert in New South Wales.

This is my 12th concert in Australia.

Village Idiots are the 14th band I've seen.

Smudge are the 15th band I've seen.

You Am I are the 16th band I've seen.

Falling Joys are the 17th band I've seen.

Beasts of Bourbon are the 18th band I've seen.

Cosmic Psychos are the 19th band I've seen.

Nirvana are the 20th band I've seen.

Hard Ons with Henry Rollins are the 21st band I've seen.

This is my 2nd Ratcat concert.

This is my 2nd Violent Femmes concert.

Australia vs India @ SCG

What I remember (in 2024)...

I don't remember exactly who was there, but I assume it was the Coasties

We sat in the Brewongle Stand and were in line with Mike Whitney when he ran forever to take a catch in the outfield.

Match details

Toss: Australia, who chose to bat

Result: Australia 9/208 (50 overs).  India 7/202 (50 overs).  Australia won by 6 runs

Australia won the best-of-3-finals series 2-0

Players of the Finals:  David Boon (Australia) and Geoff Marsh (Australia)

Crowd: 34,470

Violent Femmes @ Virgin Megastore

What I remember (in 2024)...

I caught a train down from the Central Coast with Lucas, Steve and Butch.  Train got delayed, so we thought we were going to miss the show.  Fortunately the band was late as well.

Was flicking through the CDs in the store, when Brian Ritchie stood beside me and started playing.  The band were right in front of me.

The Crap Facts

This is my 11th concert.
Virgin Megastore is the 9th venue I've seen a concert in.
Sydney is the 9th sity I've seen a concert in.
This is my 11th concert in New South Wales.

This is my 11th concert in Australia.

Violent Femmes are the 13th band I've seen.

The Angels @ Central Coast Leagues Club

The Crap Facts

This is my 10th concert.
This is my 2nd concert at the Central Coast Leagues CLub.
This is my 2nd concert in Gosford.
This is my 10th concert in New South Wales.
This is my 10th concert in Australia.
The Angels are the 12th band I've seen.

Canberra Raiders vs Manly Sea Eagles @ SFS

What I remember (in 2024)...

Drove to Sydney with Dad to see the game.

This was a semi final match.

We sat up really high in the stadium.

Gary Coyne is the most unlikely 4 tries in a game ever.

Canberra 34 (Gary Coyne 4, Gary Belcher, Mark Bell tries, Mal Meninga 3, Matthew Wood 2 goals) defeated Manly 26 (Kevin Iro 2, Frank Stokes, Owen Cunningham tries, Matthew Ridge 5 goals)

Crowd 34,707

Canberra: Gary Belcher, Paul Martin, Mal Meninga, Mark Bell, Matthew Wood, Laurie Daley, Ricky Stuart, Bradley Clyde, Gary Coyne, David Barnhill, Glen Lazarus, Steve Walters, Brent Todd, subs: Darren Fritz, Darrell McDonald, Jason Gregory, Brett Boyd

Manly: Matthew Ridge, Craig Hancock, Kevin Iro, Darrell Williams, Frank Stokes, Cliff Lyons, Geoff Toovey, Owen Cunningham, Matt Dunford, John Jones, David Hosking, Danny Russell, Martin Bella, subs: John Grieve, David Ronson, Chris White

Sydney Morning Herald Report - 9 September 1991

Ratcat & Swirl @ Central Coast Leagues

What I remember (in 2024)...

Really liked that Swirl had a real swirling sound.

Ratcat were the biggest thing around at the time.

Not sure who I went with, but there were tons of people from high school there.

The Crap Facts

This is my 9th concert.

Central Coast Leagues Club is the 8th venue I've seen a band.
Gosford is the 8th city I've seen a concert.
This is my 9th concert in New South Wales.

This is my 9th concert in Australia.

Swirl are the 10th band I've seen.
Ratcat are the 11th band I've seen.

Nick Barker & The Reptiles @ The Zoo

What I remember (in 2024)...

Was right at the front for the whole show.

Nick Barker came and took my beer and sculled what was left, and came back later with a full beer for me

The Crap Facts

This is my 8th concert.
This is my 2nd concert at The Zoo.

This is my 2nd concert in Long Jetty.
This is my 8th concert in New South Wales.

This is my 8th concert in Australia.

This is my 2nd Nick Barker & The Reptiles concert.

Hoodoo Gurus @ Zoo

What I remember (in 2024)...

1st concert in a pub after turning 18.

Bought a pink tye-dye long sleeve Hoodoo Gurus shirt.

The Crap Facts

This is my 7th concert.

The Zoo is the 7th venue I've seen a band.
Long Jetty is the 7th city I've seen a concert.
This is my 7th concert in New South Wales.

This is my 7th concert in Australia.

Hoodoo Gurus are the 9th band I've seen.

Def Fx @ Bar On The Hill

What I remember (in 2024)...

Not many people in the audience and people were stand-offish.

Uni Bar was doing $2 Tooheys Reds.

Was with a guy from Terrigal who was doing the same course.

I was taken aback by this wildly dancing, Kylie Minogue-looking, Jane's Addiction t-shirt wearing lead singer playing heavy dance music (Fiona Horne).

Def Fx had so few songs they had to play a few twice in order to fill in their time allocation.

The Crap Facts

This is my 6th concert.

Newcastle Uni Bar is the 6th venue I've seen a band.
Newcastle is the 6th city I've seen a concert.
This is my 6th concert in New South Wales.

This is my 6th concert in Australia.

Def FX are the 8th band I've seen.

Midnight Oil & Neil Murray & The Rainmakers @ Sydney Entertainment Centre

What I remember (in 2024)...

Midnight Oil were my all time favorite band up until this point.

The concert landed in the middle of 2 HSC exams that were 10 days apart.  

I remember being with Lucas (it was his 18th), Steve, BJ, Gav and Luvvo.  Probably others as well.

Went to the pub just outside the Entertainment Centre before the show.  Before the days of photo IDs as most of us were under age.

We were in seats on the first level as far away from the stage as possible.

I'd hyped myself up so much, that I was let down.  They played mostly Diesel & Dust and Blue Sky Mining.  I wanted the older stuff.

Bought a t-shirt.  Peter Garrett playing a harmonica and lightning on the front, tour dates on the back.

The Crap Facts

This is my 5th concert.

Entertainment Centre is the 5th venue I've seen a band.
Haymarket is the 5th city I've seen a concert.
This is my 5th concert in New South Wales.

This is my 5th concert in Australia.

Neil Murray & The Rainmakers are the 6th band I've seen.
Midnight Oil are the 7th band I've seen.

Johnny Diesel & The Injectors & Nick Barker & The Reptiles at Woy Woy Oval

What I remember (in 2024)...

1st concert without parents.

Drove down with Robbie.  Can't remember who else was there.

I thought Nick Barker & The Reptiles were awesome.  Johnny Diesel & The Injectors then came on and killed it.  They were the biggest band around at the time.  

Bought a Nick Barker & The Reptiles shirt.  My first concert shirt.

The Crap Facts

This is my 4th concert.

Woy Woy Oval is the 4th venue I've seen a concert in.
Woy Woy is the 4th city I've seen a concert in.
This is my 4th concert in New South Wales.

This is my 4th concert in Australia.

Nick Barker & The Reptiles are the 4th band I've seen.
Johnny Diesel & The Injectors are the 5th band I've seen.

Canberra Raiders vs Wests Magpies @ Seiffert Oval

What I remember (in 2024)...

Stopped overnight in Canberra on family trip to Victoria.

Went to the game with Dad, while Mum & K stayed at the hotel.

As cold as I'd ever been.

Wests were not expected to win, but did.

Wests 25 (Graham Mackay, Jason Lidden, Garry Schofield, Wayne Simonds tries, Brett Docherty 3, Graham Mackay goals, Garry Schofield field goal) defeated Canberra 22 (Gary Belcher, Mal Meninga, Kevin Walters tries, Mal Meninga 5 goals)

Crowd: 8,289

Canberra: Gary Belcher, Mark Bell, Ivan Henjak, Mal Meninga, John Ferguson, Chris O'Sulllivan, Ricky Stuart, Craig Bellamy, Craig Dimond, Gary Coyne, Brent Todd, Steve Walters, Glen Lazarus, subs: Dean Lance, Kevin Walters, Ashley Gilbert, Wayne Collins

Wests: Brett Docherty, Graham Mackay, Jason Lidden, Garry Schofield, Wayne Simonds, Elery Hanley, Richard Smith, Brendan Tuuta, Cameron Blair, Dave Gallagher, Pat O'Doherty, Pat Flanagan, David Woods, subs: Gary Bukowski, Doug Rawlings, Trevor Cogger.

Australia vs West Indies @ SCG

What I remember (in 2024)...

Went with Aunty Trish, Uncle Greg & Andrew Tate

2 large rain interruptions.

Sat in the Don Bradman Stand.

Chanted " We want our balls back!" after beach balls were played with during rain interruptions, and the West Indies had minimal work to do afterwards to win.

Match details

Toss: Australia, who chose to bat
Result: Australia 4/236 (38 overs).  West Indies 2/111 (13.2 overs).  West Indies won by 8 wickets with 4.2 overs to spare (under Duckworth/Lewis Method)

West Indies won the best-of-3-finals series 2-1

Players of the Finals: Allan Border (Australia) & Desmond Haynes (West Indies)

Crowd: 31,900

Sydney Morning Herald Report - 19 January 1989

Australia vs New Zealand @ SCG

What I remember (in 2024)...

1st ever cricket match.

Went with Uncle Rob & Michael

Sat in the Hill Stand, but Michael and I were down on the boundary for the whole match.

Kim Hughes picked up nuts and bolts off the field and gave them to Michael.

Rodney Marsh breaking a bat off Lance Cairns bowling.

Geoff Howard copping it while fielding by the boundary. ("Hello Howard.....How are you?")

Australia hit a ball to the boundary and a spectator jumped the fence and threw it back to the keeper.  Australia only ran 2 and the umpire did not signal 4.  It cost Australia the game.  (However this was not reported in the next day's paper, so I could well be wrong).

Match details

Toss: New Zealand, who chose to bat
Result: New Zealand 8/220 (50 overs).  Australia 7/219 (50 overs).  New Zealand won by 1 run.

Players of the Match: Jeffrey Wright (New Zealand)

Crowd: 20,855

Sydney Morning Herald Report - 14 January 1981