Last night i was lying in bed,too hot to sleep.
I was remembering all the awesome time's and experience's i have had in my life with all of you,my great friends.
One memory that stood out was a night in South Gippsland.
Gavin played at the Tarwin Pub, we had rented a house down in Venus Bay for a big crazy after party with all the crew.It had allready been an awesome night with special people and special time's.
I remember brucey coming inside and saying "there's some really weird shit going on in the sky",
It was a little funny as it was abou 4:30 in the morning and who knows what he and everyone else had consumed.Anyway, a few others investigated and returned to say "you have to come and check this shit out".
Covering One quarter of the sky,it was huge, in front of us all was a masterpiece at work.It was an aurora happening,(aurora australis).
There were red's,oranges and shade's of green,splashing and dancing around the sky as if it was an artist painting the sky with magic.
If i were on my own i would'nt have beleived my eye's,such a big colorfull aurora in australia.It was an epic and went on for at least half an hour that seemed like a lifetime.
I looked around,saw wooly,trav,b,jinka,brucey,smithers,binny,jess,boo (i think,very late,long time ago) and so many other good friends sharing the moment,we were blessed that night im sure.
This was easily one of the most amazing and beautiful things i have ever seen nature produce.
NOW TO SMITHER'S AND HIS DRIVING-
Another one that came into my head which made me laugh and also feel blessed again.
(for the gatha crew and wooly) Remember Luke Smith's Drving skills.
They were at an all time high when he owned his big red ford family wagon.
It had a dint in every panel by the end of it's life.I don't think there was one person (maybe joan and ian) that entered that car and was'nt involved in some sort of accident or beleiving that this was going to be their last night alive,at the hand's of Luke.Funny shit.
Three of my favourite incident's.
1- when he handbraked for 150 metre's with a car full of us into the corner at The Gap,Waratah Bay.We even knew we were going to go into the gully and had time to put our seatbelt's on.Straight off the corner and into the ditch.We had to walk back in the pissing rain to waratah,nice driving luke.
2- well this time me and luke were alone.We had been out at Cypriss Hill,Leongatha North.It was a little wet and where the dirt met the bitumen at a blind T-intersaection luke decided to hit it at 80km per hour,go sideways and do a full 180 degree spin to face bace to the intersection.
"whoaaaa, thats cool,lets do it again Noel",
"No fucking way man,let me out,im watching,and ill signal you if there is a car,Your fucking mad".
I stood there at this intersectino in the middle of the country,awaiting smither's to appear,coming so fast into around the corner and hit this intersection sideways.It was so goddamn funny to watch,crazy too.
This went on for half an hour as he would go back about 6 time's and do it again, he was stuck in the moment,funny stuff.Nice driving Luke.
3- well number three saw the end of an era.This would be the death of the big red wagon, so many incident's in one car,unbeleivable,and no injurie's.
Im not sure how much detail i can go into here as fore legal reason's.
But let it be known, the car was full,it was dark, we should'nt have been driving if you know what i mean, it was a backroad to the pub to avoid anytrouble.
We rounded a corner only to lose the back end and fly straight off the edge,spinning around airborne,a two metre drop off the edge,through a fence and into a farmer's paddock.Think we even nearly hit a cow.Luckily we hit nothing,it was like been on the Gravatron at the show.Spin Spin Spin.
We were in the paddock,"is everyone cool",
"yeah slightly dizzy but i don't think we are dead".
We were in the middle of this paddock,80 metre's from the road,bogged and working out how to get out of there.
The car was completely rooted,a write off,but still went.
We saw a driveway,pushed the car,wheels spinning getting dirty towards it,then found another fence.
We all pulled the stumps and pushed this fence over to get on the driveway.This was pretty funny as it was an electric fence and everyone was getting constantly zapped.
Smithers was stressing,the farmer did'nt hear us.
We were out on the driveway,back in the trashed car,up the driveway 100 metre's to the road and free.
Not free.As luke hit the main road (im really luaghing writing this),He turned on to the road to soon,drove of the driveway and into the drain on the dide of the road.We were high and dry,stuck going nowhere.He had muffed it good and proper and amonst the "what are you bloody doing smither's" we were laughing at the whole ordeal.
Trent "mellon" Allen then had to call Kaz,drag her out of bed and get her to drive out the 4 wheel drive to tow us out.
We waited for age's but once out of the ditch it was a slow,clunky and quite drive back to brucey'e farm where the old red ford had her last day.
Nice driving Luke.
The best thing was smither's had written off two car's,lost his licence for drink driving,countless speeding offence's,countless other incedent's but still protested with such self beleif and confidence.
"What are you talking about,i'm a Great driver"
All i can say is,"nice driving luke" and thanx for some funny memorie's.
wink wink
