 A dawn mission from Sydney to inland up north, beyond Taree, in order to farewell a truly wonderful woman, followed by this trip through the bush, to crash at a mate's place an hour and a half away. Naturally Waze tried to take me down a mountain, at sunset, via a forestry track that it turns out has been closed since 2010. It was essentially a bunch of rocks, creeks, foot deep gullies, fallen trees and landslips that left a few inches either side of the car before a drop into the void on the low side. The road is apparently infamous and the subject of a longstanding campaign for restoration (it worked for all for a century prior to more recent disuse). I made it a few k's to this sign, then only 1 or 2 beyond, before multiple toppled trees irrevocably blocked me. Turned back to do the lot again! There were zero signs indicating closure, 4WD only, or any peril whatsoever at the top. It's a miracle I made it out in one piece (ditto the brand new AWD I was driving). All today's photos were taken post-funeral in chronological order, the last after escaping back up onto normal dirt. Sheeeeeeeit! Wednesday August the 20th ~ Palmer & Co streams live above the Tank. 10 til 2 Thursday August the 21st ~ Wink & Spin is evergreen at Woy Woy's Link and Pin. Hear tracks from every where and when, from 6 til 10 Friday August the 22nd ~ The free fare keeps rolling, this time at new Balmain venue Elliott's. They aren't even officially open yet and this is their first night on the sly. Can give you more goss before next Friday but if you can figure it now you'll catch me between 5 and 9 Saturday August the 23rd ~ After a fortnight of sweet Jonny Seymour Jack Off reverts to my seedy hands on fbi from 3 to 5 Thence I'm driving (alive) back towards Birchgrove to play privately for Robyn's Combined 60th Comments are closed.
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