Australia and NZ tour rumours going around Part 2 (No Bullshit)

threefish10 wrote:

No, it was announced that Ed would be there, he snuck into Sydney to play with ben harper just after these shows and didn't tell us.

I missed out on the Ben Harper gig he did in Sydney.. If I were in the country at the time i surely would have been there :( my luck... boohoo heh

zenith wrote:

...fucking redbacks...

I know that's not your quote... butttt i never knew the antidote for red back venom wasn't used... i guess keeping calm is best poor you.. was that before or after the surfing lessons?

zenith wrote:

the gorge boxset interested me because it seems to be a member only limited release?? or am i just stupid??

showbox - https://secure.pearljam.com/store/product.spring?categoryId=6&sku=5002 - and remembering again, ive just got back off holiday, my brain is claged and i could be completley stupid, but ive never noticed this one in the goods section before???

surfing - yea, i had heaps of fun at it! i knew itd be hard, just never realised how battered id get - skin off knees, board rash under my arms, bruises - but hey it was all good. i got a few photos taken, but well see if they turn out and ill pop a few up here. and boards for the boys - jason could stand, but wasnt that keen, prefered bodyboarding - riley loved it, and like i said, was a complete natural - the instructor actually had to keep stopping him from heading right out to the bigger breaks. he'll be on a board again without a doubt, but south coast (ulladulla, batemans) is a good 3, 4 hours for us. we'll be borrowing boards me thinks.

and redbacks - they should all be exterminated. mean little shits.

LMAO! Sorry, I'm not laughing at you....your story just reminds me of when I was a kid....I permanently had a rash all over my stomach and upper arms. All I had growing up was 'foamies'. Looking back, although unaware then....I wasn't a help to our environment, with the amount of foam surf boards I went through....was always snapping them in half :eek:

ozsmalltowngirl wrote:

LMAO! Sorry, I'm not laughing at you....your story just reminds me of when I was a kid....I permanently had a rash all over my stomach and upper arms. All I had growing up was 'foamies'. Looking back, although unaware then....I wasn't a help to our environment, with the amount of foam surf bourds I went through....was always snapping them in half :eek:

Foamies - gold. Why the heck did it ever take them so long to invent rash vest? The rash around your neck from your wetty didnt help either. Were you surfing Margaret River?? - is that why you kept snapping them?

DonJon wrote:

Foamies - gold. Why the heck did it ever take them so long to invent rash vest? The rash around your neck from your wetty didnt help either. Were you surfing Margaret River?? - is that why you kept snapping them?

Mag's....no. Did have a go at Smiths beach in Yallingup once (was only about 11-12?) and got caught in a rip....scared the darkies outta me!
I grew up in Fremantle, so was mostly just the beaches up that way, unless we headed further down South for family holidays. We did used to go to this wicked beach (that no-body seemed to know about) called Stinky Bay. I don't know why it was called that, because it was the most beautiful beach. It was kind of in between Margaret River and Augusta.
Have you surfed Margaret River....?

ozsmalltowngirl wrote:

Mag's....no. Did have a go at Smiths beach in Yallingup once (was only about 11-12?) and got caught in a rip....scared the darkies outta me!
I grew up in Fremantle, so was mostly just the beaches up that way, unless we headed further down South for family holidays. We did used to go to this wicked beach (that no-body seemed to know about) called Stinky Bay. I don't know why it was called that, because it was the most beautiful beach. It was kind of in between Margaret River and Augusta.
Have you surfed Margaret River....?

Mags hey? local lingo

Never done Mags - dont have the balls (or skill) like I used to. Surfed Ullawatu and Grajagan about 12-15ft - end up with reef rash and on antibiotics for several weeks but worth it. Done Bells and Queenscliff bomie (Manly) about 10-12.

Lucky to get me out in anything over about 6 these days.

DonJon wrote:

Mags hey? local lingo

Never done Mags - dont have the balls (or skill) like I used to. Surfed Ullawatu and Grajagan about 12-15ft - end up with reef rash and on antibiotics for several weeks but worth it. Done Bells and Queenscliff bomie (Manly) about 10-12.

Lucky to get me out in anything over about 6 these days.

LOL!!! I'm with ya there. It's so different when you're a kid - NO FEAR!!!! When you get older you find out that you can break and it's no fun. I agree about Margaret River.....way too scarey for me....and those reafs there - OUCH!! I love watching people surf there though.
Reef Rash! BLEK! Nasty business if it gets bad....best to go to the straight penacillin for that. My sis-in-law is married to a guy, who was the Balinese surf champion for about 5 years running and I've seen some really gross reef injuries on him, when I've been over there. Now Bali is 1 place you don't want those kinds of wounds! He just used to come home and Sharon (SIL) would have this huge bottle of peroxide that she'd pour straight into all the cuts on him. He'd just be standing there screaming with all of the peroxide just frothing up.
Nah....I'm the first to admit, I've never been one to surf to be able to say I've done something amazing or surfed the biggest waves.....it was just something that everyone did where I grew up - just seemed the norm.....surfed for the fun of it.

DonJon wrote:

Righto - think I can do without it. Ill wait for this alleged DVD

Me too. I've already got The Gorge 2005 boot anyway. I'm going to save my money for the 7 Worlds Collide DVD and then the 2006 Worldwide Tour DVD.

So Crowded House are re-forming and going to headline the Live Earth show in Sydney, huh? Maybe because Ed loves Neil so much, he'll come over to sing with him again?

ozsmalltowngirl wrote:

Love the Perth poster. I tried to get a Perth CCFA poster when they were first on there last year, but missed out. Have been trying to get one on eBay since, but the prices have been to exxy for me. Believe me....if I had the money, I'd pay anything, I want one so badly, but I don't have the $$ :(

They are having a ding and dent sale soon u may one then.....
U shouldve bought a mystery poster.....
If I get a Perth one and dont like it...u can have mine for face value..

aus_suz wrote:

They are having a ding and dent sale soon u may one then.....
U shouldve bought a mystery poster.....
If I get a Perth one and dont like it...u can have mine for face value..

Didn't know bout the mystery poster sale...would've gone for that. You're a darl, offering me your poster if it's a Perth ....but I guarentee you'll like it if it is. It was an awesome poster - underwater diver opening a record player and the words Pearl Jam and Nov 25 written in coral. Unreal colours!

ozsmalltowngirl wrote:

Didn't know bout the mystery poster sale...would've gone for that. You're a darl, offering me your poster if it's a Perth ....but I guarentee you'll like it if it is. It was an awesome poster - underwater diver opening a treasure chest. Unreal colours!

You should try then when they have the ding and dent sale....
They arent mint but still ok too frame.....the flippers wont worry about them tho