I know I was supposed to post these days ago but life has gotten the better of me. But, better late than never right. :O)

And so, with no further ado, ( my new nephew Mason... )

So last night was the Elton John concert.

I was a bit worried about the weather, because it was an outdoor concert and I woke up to the sound of rain and it didnt let up until early arvo. But it did clear up and we had perfect weather for the concert.

Getting there was a bit of a nightmare. The concert was at Werribee Park Mansion, which is about 10 minutes from my house, and it took 90 minutes to get there. The traffic was that bad. We even used our local knowledge to go a lesser-known way (which we obviously werent the only ones to do) and it still took forever. I was seriously worried it would start before we got there, thats how bad it was. We ended up arriving just as the support act was finishing his final song. The wait wasnt too long, and then we heard a helicopter arrive (Elton is basing himself in Sydney and flying down to Melbourne each day for the concerts) and a few minutes later, with no announcement, Elton walked on stage.

The concert was great. I didnt know all the songs, and only knew about a quarter of them well enough to sing along to, but it was awesome. It was just Elton and a piano and he totally owns that thing. I was quite amused by how at the end of most songs he would stand from the piano and bow and point to people in the audience. :O)

Our seats werent great (see below the cut for pics) but our section of the bleachers were great, people wise. Everyone talked to each other and at one point a group of women left their seats to go dance on the grass, but one of them wouldnt move, so the others in her group were yelling at her to go with them so then we all joined in telling her to go. It was so funny.

My personal highlights of the evening were: Daniel, Tiny Dancer, Rocket Man, Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word, Your Song and Candle in the Wind.

Although I have to say my sister and I were very disappointed that he didnt do any of the songs from The Lion King, especially since he did a song from the Billy Elliott musical. (One of the guys at work told me he did Circle of Life as part of the encore, which meant we were expecting to hear it, but apparantly the set list we got was different than all the other Aussie shows.)

This was the only concert I have ever been to where they actually encouraged you to bring a camera. So...

( Pics from the concert and two videos (Daniel and Tiny Dancer) behind the cut )

A few people have asked me about where I stayed while I was away, so for my next holiday story, the theme is: hotels. I dont know what people want to hear about so if there is a particular part of my trip you wanna know about drop me a line and I'll be sure to tell you about it.

( Cut for length )
When I finally upload some pics, I'll add them to the entry so you can see some of the rooms/views for yourself. :O)

Upcoming stories: The Day Trips (Niagara, Grand Canyon etc), The Museums.
(feel free to request what you want to hear about)