Thursday, March 7, 2024

Summer 2024 - Fringe, Forty and Fun at the Beach

Was just about to write a post up about our trip, but realised Jan and Feb have been jam packed with activities!

Summer in Perth is just the best, we made every effort to get to the beach and even caught a thunderstorm.

Beach 2024

Beach 2024

City Beach Sunset 2024

City Beach Sunset 2024

City Beach Sunset 2024

City Beach Sunset 2024

City Beach Sunset 2024

City Beach Sunset 2024

Beach 2024

Finally caught up with Amy and Dermot, and Emma and Joey at Will St. Bellies are always full of food, drinks and laughter after any night out with these legends:

Catchup with friends at Will St

Keeping up with the Glamrdip obsession (the glow ones are the best):

Glamrdip

Glamrdip

Glamrdip (glow in the dark)

Glamrdip (glow in the dark)

Glamrdip (glow in the dark)

Glamrdip

Everyone was excited to celebrate Andrew's 40th wih him, maybe he'll stop getting carded now. Dinner at 6HEAD was a great venue for a special occassion, and catchups with family and friends were all lovely. 40 suits him, he's fitter than I've ever known him to be!

Andrew’s Birthday

Andrew’s Birthday

Andrew’s Birthday

Andrew’s Birthday

Andrew’s Birthday

Andrew’s Birthday

Andrew’s Birthday

Andrew’s Birthday

Andrew’s Birthday

Andrew’s Birthday

Andrew’s Birthday

Andrew’s Birthday

Andrew’s Birthday

Andrew’s Birthday

And of course a million fringe shows. Club D'Amour (with the amazing Melina) was our favourite this year, and Kinetica's Circus After Dark was amazing as always. We also saw a kids show (Enchanted) so support our friends who did some gorgeous doubles acro as Jasmine and Aladdin, a few comedy shows (Tom Cashman, Greg Larsen), Moist and Viva GlasVegas which were both very joyful (my description for shows that aren't exactly my cup of tea, but enjoyed them anyway because the people were amazing).

Fringe - Moist

Fringe - Moist

Fringe - Moist

Fringe - Moist

Fringe for Claire’s Bday

Fringe for Claire’s Bday

Fringe 2024

Fringe 2024

Fringe 2024

Fringe 2024

Fringe 2024

Fringe 2024

Fringe 2024

Fringe 2024

It was nice to see Alvin and Diana who visited briefly:

Fringe 2024

DOMi & JD Beck at the Rechabite lived up to their prodigy reputations:

Fringe 2024

And the rest of Feb was a whirlwind of work and getting ready for our little week off.

Wednesday, January 10, 2024

SBTRKT and Wildlands

We started off 2024 with some awesome live music, seeing SBTRKT at the Rechabite, and Wildlands (Rufus du Sol) at the Claremont Showgrounds.

So exciting to see SBTRKT! Even though it was on the Friday night before Wildlands, at 12-2am... He played a very cool DJ set, with the highlights being Wildfire and Pharos, otherwise was very drum and bassy, maybe even too much so but possible that opinion is because we got a little tired towards the end.

SBTRKT
SBTRKT
SBTRKT
SBTRKT
On Saturday we had an amazing lunch at Vin Populi celebrating Claire's birthday and filling our tummies with lots of carbs for energy to dance for like 6 hours.

Claire’s Birthday at Vin Populi
Claire’s Birthday at Vin Populi
Claire’s Birthday at Vin Populi
Claire’s Birthday at Vin Populi
Wildlands was awesome! My outfit choice meant it was really easy for people to find us, unless they mistook someone from security for me.

Wildlands (Rufus du Sol)
Wildlands (Rufus du Sol)
Wildlands (Rufus du Sol)
We arrived at Wildlands at around 3:30pm, and decided to watch G Flip from a-far in the shade. The first band I really wanted to see was Romy, and she was lovely but a bit too pop for me compared to The XX. We went back to watch the Jungle Giants who were fun, and then went back to see Luude who was... interesting. I think he played every track for a maximum of 15 seconds, and we managed to somehow find ourselves in a transit/washing machine zone. The highlight was Amy crushing cans with her foot of steel.

Wildlands (Rufus du Sol)
Wildlands (Rufus du Sol)
Wildlands (Rufus du Sol)
Wildlands (Rufus du Sol)
Wildlands (Rufus du Sol)
Wildlands (Rufus du Sol)
Wildlands (Rufus du Sol)
Wildlands (Rufus du Sol)
Back to the main stage, after what felt like hours in the line for the gross toilets, we caught some of Central Cee and waited for Rufus du Sol.

Wildlands (Rufus du Sol)
Wildlands (Rufus du Sol)
Rufus was beyond expectations, I get shivers just thinking about it! I am somehow even more obsessed than before, he is amazing. Highlights were On My Knees and Alive, and Adam getting everyone and anyone on his shoulders.

Wildlands (Rufus du Sol)
Wildlands (Rufus du Sol)
Wildlands (Rufus du Sol)
The Silent Disco to finish the night was really fun too, silly dancing with a great group of friends.

Wildlands (Rufus du Sol)
Definitely will go again if it comes back next year!

Wildlands (Rufus du Sol)