The Tour Begins

Welcome to the Kate Rowe and Ryan Morrison Grand Touring Blog. We'll be posting our adventures here as we know a lot of you would like to keep up with our news day to day. The only thing is, 7 days in, I'm not sure if Ryan and I are cut out to be photojournalists. We keep forgetting to photograph things.

Did we remember to capture the drama of our broken down van on departure day in outback Victoria? The searing 43.4 degree walk along the highway? The all-important flushing out of the radiator? No, we forgot.

Did we remember to take beautiful artistic shots of my first gig at Ange Takats' album launch in QLD, singing to a warm and happy 150-strong audience about Frank and Fred? Of Pete Uhlenbruch and his eerie Icelandic songs? Or of the gorgeous Ange herself, resplendent in red ballgown as her spinetinglingly beautiful voice soared across the darkened room? No, we forgot then, too.

How about our open air gig in the park at Peregian Originals the next day -- Ryan's QLD debut? Surely then we remembered, amidst the picnicking crowds, the dogs, the icecreams?

How about pics of the beautiful quirky house we were hosted at, that looked like a scene out of a fairytale, or the enormous crashing waves of Yaroomba beach, and the luminous white crab that scuttled across the path?

Or the second van breakdown involving a loud bang and a chunk of ice falling off the gas converter? (nice!). The kind NRMA man? The huge cawing ravens fighting in the car park where we slept alongside the trucks?

Nup. Afraid not.

We did, however, collect ourselves in time to photograph the Big Prawn, on our way out of town.





Also Macadamia Castle.



























We'll try to do better, we promise.
Love, Kate and Ryan

NEXT INSTALLMENT: ON THE STREETS -- USING OUR COLLECTIVE WITS TO PROMOTE OUR SYDNEY, GOSFORD & KATOOMBA GIGS