(heading to Australia for the Melbourne shows with Dad)

I took the pics to show myself just how ridiculous it is

To be going on the shortest trip I’ve been on all year

With as much luggage as I had when the whole family went to Oz in July

But it’s Christmas!

I wanted to bring MORE

The photos were also to show the Qantas folks WHAT my luggage LOOKS like

Just in case they ‘happen’ to lose my shit

Again

It didn’t take long to forget about the bags

And look at that puppy with the sad face

He doesn’t like it when the suitcases come out

He misses me when I go away

Right back atchya Fluffinator

Right back atchya.

Always have

If you’ve read Dad’s book

You’d know that many years ago, when we (as a family) left Kalgoorlie

We were headed to Queensland

Specifically Cairns

Mum & Dad loved the place, and thought it’d be a great place to raise me & my brother

We got as far as Perth – to say goodbye to Mum’s family

Dad picked up some work

Actually, Dad picked up A LOT of work

And we never left

But every time I come to Queensland, I wonder if my life would have been much different if I’d grown up here

I don’t think so. The people here are equally as fun and fab as my WA peeps

And they’re on the same page too

The sold out crowds we’ve played to on this tour would attest to that

Easily our most successful Queensland tour ever

And the drives from gig to gig weren’t too shabby either

Queensland has some of the most spectacular scenery in all of Australia

Not that you can tell by my crap photos

And I’m always a happy girl when I can add to my  wanker wall

I love that I sign them….we pose for a pic…they smile big

With no idea what I’ve written on they bellies

(L- I’m on school holidays  R- I need a weed wacker (whipper snipper) )

Purrrrrrdyyyy…

Ah boys…

(my parents are cuzzins)

Ahhh purrrrrrdyy…..

Crazy long lines for signing after the shows every night

One of our most favourite parts of the day

Second of course to the totally fucking clueless boys

(I like penis)

And to celebrate, the Poms went and crashed his website

Fuck, I laughed

The dates are on my website too

So be nice and behave – I don’t need my shit crashing too, OK?

It’s a little sad to think that it’ll be Dad’s last tour of the UK

He may still go and do the odd show over there (he may not too)

But he won’t be touring there anymore

There’s 38 shows on the COP-U-LATER tour

And the Ireland shows aren’t even on yet

It’s going to be a bigg’n

I’m stoked to be going for this one

Dad’s last tour, after 25+ years of playing in the UK

I wouldn’t miss it

Well, I might miss it

If they decide to not let me in again

You remember, don’t you?

I know I fucking do

(Who knew the heels had to be ‘screwed’ in before you wear them?)

The first show in Springwood was a  sellout

And a better than shit-hot way to start our 3 week tour of Queensland

1 show down, 17 to go!

I’m off to buy some Crocs.

Tickets available through Ticketmaster

read day one (part 1) here

read day one (part 2) here

read day two (part 1) here

read day two (part 2) here

After paddling gorillas and mountaintop lunches

Our day was still going strong

But we were a bit knackered and gladly accepted offers to carry our guitars

It was sound check time!

For part of the year, this location is covered in snow and skiers

At this time of year, it made the perfect location for an outdoor music festival

I’ve played in a lot of places over the years

But none, matched the beauty and scenery of this stage’s backdrop

Not even Narrogin *cough*

Luckily all signs were in English too

Making it all a little less confusing for us Kalgoorlie kids

Did you know that Japan has mosquitos?

Me either

But now….NOW… I know

We weren’t at soundcheck long

We got off easy

Between the local crew’s efficiency

And the Kiwi and Aussie crew’s making sure we had everything we needed

It was a short & sweet end to the day

Just seeing the stage, and the fabbo location

Got me all excited for the gig the next day

See? This is my excited face

Not to be confused with my, holy-shit-I-am-being-eaten-alive-by-killer-mossies-that-don’t-speak-Australian face

But wait, there’s more…but not right now, ’cause my flight’s about to board (wait, didn’t I use that BS excuse already?)

I’ve been to Collie before, but never played a show there

Add in that it was a Wednesday night

I wasn’t sure if anyone would even show up

I needn’t have worried

Not only did we have a great turnout for a school night

I think I was laughing harder than the audience most of the night

That’s what happens when you play in the country

It’s so top heavy with interesting characters and funny bastards

They end up entertaining ME

Particularly these boys

Who are, unintentionally, now members of the Collie Ranga Flavour Saver Club

They all had goatie beards

That were GINGER as buggery

I tried my best to give them a shot at a normal life

And by ‘normal life’, I mean ripping off the fanta fuzz from their faces

So they could go out in the world without the ridicule and shame of having people laugh at their flame coloured fur

And people knowing they have a concealed weapon in their pants

In the form of a clown wig

When I say ‘letting me’ – it’s not like I have to have permission

I can do whatever the fuck I want

My shows

Just as long as I ask really nicely first

Anyhoo

If you’re keen to come to

Thursday’s show (1st Sept) in FREMANTLE

or Friday’s show  (2nd Sept) in KALGOORLIE

or Saturday’s show (3rd Sept) in RAVENSWOOD

And you know what? Fuck it – I’ll give away some to tonight’s gig in NARROGIN (31st Aug) if you’re super quick

They haven’t given me any to giveaway for the NARROGIN show, but trust me, I KNOW people

I can get your arse in

Email me at jenny@jennytalia.com

And I’ll pick some random winners, the official way

Eenie, meenie, miney, mo

And let the winners know ASAP

I was going to make you answer a question like, “on a scale of 1 to 10, how hot am I?”

But it was a trick question – ’cause the answer is 11

So I’m keeping it simple

Just send an email through…..like, NOW

Get on it!

And hopefully I’ll see your smiling mug soon

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For tonight’s first solo show in Cowaranup

I’m cleaning my guitars too

Sydney tour is done & dusted

And now it’s time to kick off my solo shows in Western Australia

Game on!

THURSDAY 25th August, COWARANUP (Cowie Club) 08 9755 5190

SATURDAY 27th August, NORTHAM (Northam Country Club) 08 9622 1050

I’m not sure why this picture ended up so big on here, it’s all stretched out and fucked up

And by fucked up, I mean totally out of proportion to the point where I look way thinner

So yeah, I’m leaving it like that.

Sold out, amazing crowds

We also got to catch up with some great mates

You remember Tom?

If you’re not  familiar with his story

You can read about him here

Before his wife Kylie passed away

She had been promising to take her younger brother to one of our shows

But he had to wait until he turned 18

Kirrin, who looks so much like Kylie, turned 18 just before his big sister died

So he never got the chance to see a show with her

But Tom made sure his little brother-in-law didn’t miss out

The boys had special t-shirts (dedicated to Kylie) made up just for the night

Instead of coming with a big group of mates

They opted to just come to the show together

And brought along photos from every time we’d all caught up in the past

There were some laughs and a few tears

Dad and I made sure we did Kylie’s favourite songs in the show

‘Cause we know she was there somewhere

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