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

Manly Sea Eagles vs Cronulla Sharks @ Brookvale Oval

What I remember (in 2024)...

Went with Mum and Dad

Rick Chisholm's debut for Manly and scoring all their points

Manly 17 (Rick Chisholm 2 tries, 5 goals, 1 field goal) defeated Cronulla 14 (Greg Mullane, Kurt Sorensen tries, Dane Sorensen 4 goals)

Crowd 9,458

Manly: Ross Windshuttle, Tom Mooney, Simon Booth, Russell Gartner, Jim See, Martin Meredith, Rick Chisholm, Paul Vautin, Bruce Walker Ray Brown, Steve Cray, Max Krillich, Ian Thompson

Cronulla: Rick Bourke, Ossie Welsh, Chris Gardner, Greg Mulllane, Tony Graham, Dave Chamberlin, Greg Cox, Scott Dudman, Kurt Sorensen, Greg Pierce, Dane Sorensen, Barry Pearson, Paul Khan.

Richard Clapton @ Manly Corso

What I remember (in 2024)...

Was with Mum & Dad.

Dancing on either the roof or bonnet of a car.

The Crap Facts

This is my 2nd concert.

Manly Corso is the 2nd venue I've seen a concert in.
Manly is the 2nd city I've seen a concert in.
This is my 2nd concert in New South Wales.

This is my 2nd concert in Australia.

Richard Clapton is the 2nd band I've seen.

Abba @ Sydney Showgrounds

What I remember (in 2024)...

This is my 1st concert.

Tickets were for my 4th birthday.

Went with Mum & Aunty Trish.

Wore my Abba socks.

I remember standing on a chair, but don't remember any of the show.

Had to leave as soon as it was finished because I was scared of the fireworks.

Abba Setlist