Last full day in Tamworth. Let's see how much I can cram in.

It started off with my last interview at Toyota Festival 106.1FM just after Troy Kemp (such a cool bloke to talk to, but DAMN he is tall). This interview gave me an opportunity to showcase my track 'Get Back Up'. 

After the radio interview, it was a mad dash to get to my gig at Centrepoint. I ended up playing this acoustically, which gave it a cool buzz. I sold CDs, had people singing along with me. All in all ... another cool gig.

This was followed up not to long after with a show at the ABC Stage on Peel Street. Although this event wasn't performed in the comfort of an air conditioned room, people really enjoyed the show still.

Another outstanding day in the Australian Capital of Country Music. This time on Australia Day.

It started of with Maree, Klein The Kiwi, and I popping into the Big Golden Guitar centre, and who do we walk into? Lyn Bowtell and her family. That woman's positivity is infectious. 

Today was a big day, starting with a radio interview on Toyota Festival Radio 106.1FM. I felt it went really well, talking about the CD release, previous accomplishments, upcoming gigs, and concluded with a sing through one of my new songs "I Can't Stay". 

It wasn't too long after this that I had another New Zealand Showcase event to play on the Fanzone stage (one of the biggest free public event stages in the festival). This was very well received. I did a short intervew for Kiwi Country TV, sold some CD, and made my way to a very late dinner at Hogs Breath with Maree, Lana, and Phil Doublet. Heaps of laughs, and a perfect finish to another busy day. Bring on tomorrow. 

The weekend prior to our trip to Australia was in the lower end of New Zealand in an area called The Catlins. It was pretty rainy and miserable the day prior to leaving, however I was sure that the sun of NSW would perk up our spirits. 

Our Monday started with us (Maree and I), driving the most direct route we could to Queenstown via Owaka, Clinton, Gore, Lumsden, and Kingston. There were several weather warnings in place, including flooding and wash outs, however we successfully made it to Queenstown airport for our trip. 

Waiting for the flight seemed to take forever, however the delay didn't impeed on our trip. We traveled safe and sound through to Sydney with no issues. From here, it was a quick transit through to Sydney Domestic Airport, were we waited for our connecting flight. It was pretty nerve racking, as the first of my Tamworth shows started 50 minutes prior to us boarding our flight. I was beginning to think I wouldn't make it. 

Turns our my worries were pointless. As soon as we landed in Tamworth, we sorted the hire vehicle, and raced to the venue where I performed 2 songs off my new album at the CMAA 2016 Senior Graduates concert. They both went very well. I was super excited to see that I made it in time. 

After that, although keen to party, we both went to our motel (Stockmans Motel, Tamworth), and checked in. Turns out this was our final move for the day, and we both passed out in bed within minutes. A massive day of travel and gigging finally caught up with us, and we'd need the energy to carry on throughout the week.