2 August

Australians are overwhelmingly huddled in a handful of cities on the coast. As far away from confronting the reality of the country they live in as possible. Got a great example of this yesterday, Paul McCartney is touring this year. He expressed an interest in playing some regional shows. What 'regional' locations did the promoter organise for him? Newcastle and the Gold Coast. How's that for regional. Wouldn't want to stray more than 20 m from the beach. The same promoter who organised Elton for Bathurst. Didn't even occur to them to try Bathurst again, checked with them today.