On Friday 20 March The Eternal joined The Darker Half and Destend for an evening at The Sando in Newtown, Sydney. It was great to see all our local fans come out to have a beer and singalong as we played the final set of our Oz Tour. Despite the soaring temperatures in the Sando’s band room, we played an energetic set to an enthusiastic crowd which was a great end to the tour. Thanks to everyone at the gig but most importantly, the other bands, Metal Dave, Ben,  Sabine, Jets, Sam, Whitey, Peter the Greek, Teddy bear conditioner guy, and the lovely merch girl.

After the show the boys explored the bright lights of Newtown and Kings Cross spending time meeting the locals and chasing cars in the thick of it all. The Airport was a bit of a struggle for all on the way home but we all made it back in one piece ready to do it again next week in Tokyo.

The Australian Tour has been a lot of fun and we will be back to see all of you some day soon. All of the awesome people in Adelaide, Melbourne, Gold Coast, Brisbane, Geelong and Sydney that helped us have made our last month an great one. Make sure you all keep in touch and follow the tour and blog as we take Kartika to the world.

Dave.

Thursday morning we all got up and headed to Melb Airport to head off to the Gold Coast for the first show of the weekend. When we got to the Tiger check  in, we were asked if we wouldn’t mind participating in a new reality TV show similair to the show in the UK that centres around Easy Jet…. being the loving giving rockstars that we are, we agreed to let them invade our check in and get some in depth info about The Eternal.

Heading up to the Gold Coast, we encountered some lovely turbulence.. and not being a great flyer through turbulence, I almost ripped up the arm rests… but we made it alive, and headed up to Surfer’s Paradise to check in and have a look around and see what a warm, humid Gold Coast had to offer.

After munching on some cheap surf club eats, we ran into the Meter Maids.. nice girls… mmmm… but back to things The Eternal!

After finding the venue and loading in, we watched the support bands and I thoroughly enjoyed Dead Letter Opener I must say, but good work all round!

After a rockin set, we headed out into the night to see what we could do… after finding not too much of interest open we settled for a kebab and a few beers back in the hotel!

Friday had us move  up to Brisvegas! After travelling up and finding our accomodation for the night, we all went our different ways around Brissy and met up near Rosies to load in and settle in for a night of some of Brissy’s best!!

Getting up in front an excited Brissy crowd, we rocked out a pretty good set and got a great QLD reception!!! Afterwards some of the guys stuck around for a few beers and a good chat!! And a thanks to Kirsty at the door… poor girl sat out there all night by herself!!

Getting back to the hostel, we found all the party people in bed… another kebab and a few beers and we retired for the night.

Up on Sat bright and early and off to the Gold Coast to fly to Melbourne.

After a few hold ups, we got on the plane and we’re told it could be a very turbulent flight… ahh.. my favorite!!!

Bumpy flight, cold weather… ahh yes, we were back in Melbourne. We got in the van and headed down the Princes Hwy to Geeeeeeeeelong.  As our flight was delayed because of weather, we missed out on seeing all of the first couple of bands (sorry guys!!!) but we did manage to catch Mushroom Giant who rocked our socks off!!

Playing to a very receptive, yet intimate crowd, we played a few fan favorite songs, and again, a couple of beers and a good chat to punters later, we were back in the van and off to Melbourne for a well earned rest, and our own beds!!!

All in all, great bands, great nights… an enjoyed mini-tour to get us into the mood for the epicness of what is to come!!!

Sydney… here we come!!!