Avalanche City

     On Friday I was working in lab when I got a text from a friend asking if I wanted two tickets to the Avalanche City concert that night. She wasn't able to go because she was going to be stuck at work. It was pretty late Friday so I didn't have a lot of time. I texted my friend Alix. Luckily she was keen and on campus. I finished my experiments as quickly as I could and we headed off to the venue which wasn't too far from uni. I was starving so we stopped at an Ale House near the venue (called Power Station). Around 730 the opening band came on. It was more a singer than a band. His name was Carian McMkeen. He is a local guy. I liked his music. I hadn't heard any of it before. 

    After that Avalance City came on. They are a New Zealand band. The lead singer is David Baxter. There was also a drummer, pianist, trumpet/xylophone player and a various string instrument player. David played the guitar. The trumpet player had a go at trumpet and xylophone. My favourite guy was the one who played bass, guitar, ukulele, a mini banjo type thing and an instrument I've never seen before and do t know the name of. I was super impressed at all of the instruments that were played. 

    I only knew a few of their songs but I still really enjoyed the concert. It was an interesting mix of people. There were people from my age to older than my Dad. I'm super lucky that I got to go. I highly suggest looking up some of their music. 

Picture Monday

So...I didn't take any photos this week. I did have this photo sent to me and it made me laugh so I'm sharing it with everyone else :) 

A second photo (cause I've forgotten so many)

I thought doing a photo a week would make it easier to post more but I got out of the habit. 

It's finally hit winter here which means around 40 degrees, windy and damp. It wouldn't be so bad if buildings were heated or insulated but you never really get warm which can be pretty miserable. 

Even though it's cold and windy I'm currently standing on a beach. Today is Jack and Kaiya's cross country race which I agreed to come watch. I'm classic child event style that means I've been out to work. I'm supposed to stand by a cone and be a race Marshall. I picked a cone on the beach so I'm in the sun with a nice view while I wait for runners. Waiting for them to organise 200 kids I to races also gives me a chance to catch up on my blog! 

Forgotten photos!

I forgot to put photos up again!

This is a photo that I made of the kids for Robs birthday. He always jokes that he is going to make them into his band so I made him a family band photo. I'm pretty proud of my photoshop skills.