Day 67 & 68 - Gold Coast - rest days
We got breakfast beside a beautiful creek at Burleigh Heads, school kids swimming in the creek, we took a walk around the head with a great view over the surfers.
I was staying with Abbey and Holly Vaggs, two sisters I had worked with in Darwin. Over the next few days I was thrown into their big family. Chaotic at times with 3 young kids (one who broke broke wrist) and a baby. It was fast paced and full of love. A little jarring from my solitude ride but incredibly enjoyable.
It culminated in going to see the band King Stingray, a 5 piece from Nhulunbuy with family links to Yothu Yindi. With grandma looking after the kids, 6 of us piled into a prado and as we drove in lighting filled the sky with flashes of light.
Out the front we met Roy one of the band mates but also an old friend of the Vaggs from Nhulunbuy. I felt very honoured to have met him in this way. Fast forward to a little later and we were backstage meeting the whole band!
The show was incredible and the crowd was loving it, we all bought a band tshirt and stood at the front. The band had only released a few songs so got to hear a lot of new music. Suddenly it was all over and the crowd was chanting "One more song!" And erupted when the band came back out.
We ended up Backstage again and told them how great the show was and bid them farewell.
What a night it was and the kind which you normally only daydream about. It was also a great ending to my time in Gold Coast and I can't thank the Vaggs family enough for letting me stay with them and giving me a great experience I won't forget.