Ozzy, Ozzy, Ozzy, Oi Oi Oi!!!

Years ago i visited Australia with my brother. I was 19, and it was 1989. We flew in to Cairns and promptly went out on a 3 day scuba trip to the Great Barrier Reef. Memories of Huge fish, underwater gravitational freedom, Giant Clams (huge motherfuckerz, like as big as a car wheel) and riding sea turtles will forever be imprinted on my mind.
We bought a car for $1,000 -- a 1977 ford falcon station wagon, with 3-on-the-tree and a clutch, and, the bloody steering wheel on the right-hand side of the car! We drove on the left side and until just now i didn't know why... obviously it's so you can high-five your mates as you pass them on the road -- or is that for a cheers of VB's? Either way, it took a little getting used to, but that's cool.

We travelled clock-wise around that great big land, stopped in Surfer's Paradise and went to a Hunters & Collectors concert in Coolangatta (sp?) which we renamed cool-and-gotta-getta-beer... i'm sure we weren't the first. Then Fraser Island, the Whitsundays, Brisbon, Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, and then out across the surface of the moon for three-four days (the nulabour) before arriving in Perth. Wish i had been a stacker then!!! The Perth mint is legendary!
I think i could ramble on for hours -- so many good things and good people come back to mind

But all this is not what I even came here to post... a couple days ago i replied to a post titled 'Team Australia needs your help'. It was a call for help with graphics, leaflets, curator stuff, a call out for members' abilities and the like. And so i replied with gusto. I had had a few pints and some "bush tucker" by that point.

I promised that i would make a post about one of my most favourite Australian phenoms. And so, i present Bon Scott and the most notorious rock and roll band to hail from that gorgeous jem of Oceania -- AC⚡️DC

Look at this gorgeous creature!

I must say, that despite their extremely humble beginnings, and playing small shows in small venues, this band has gone on to become the real rock and roll house band of world -- yeah yeah the Stones, They're great too, but AC⚡️DC delivers the straight meat&potatos Rock like none other.

Check it out, who can argue that:

It's a long way to the top if ya wanna' rock n roll

So awesome! Let's hear more!!!

Here's some: Riff Raff

And one of my all time favs:
Sin City -- he sang this for Paris in 1979 so don't think this is just for Vegas

Fuck is Angus awesome too!

Oh boy, i could just keep posting them: Highway to Hell, Live Wire, Gone Shootin', Hell ain't a bad place to be, Ride On and the list truly goes on... and that's just the extra tasty songs with Bon Scott. After that legend passed in 1980, Brian Johnson took over and the tribute album Back in Black went on to be one of the top selling LP's of all time -- right up there with Sgt. Peppers and Thriller.

I won't add any vids of the new stuff -- it's all easy to find -- but the above i posted just 'cause they're a little more obscure for some people -- and they fucking rock!

Just like #teamaustralia! Many of these members are active with #steemsilvergold -- my home plate! -- and some have really put an oar in and helped to paddle. I'm thinkin' of you @bearone -- the chief designer of the new 1oz silver Steem coin that may land as early as this week! I'm talking @buggedout who is a real fine person and contributor, and many others besides. This tag also inspired my home boy @goldenarms to single handedly create #teamcanada which is a cool spot for canadiana and is embellished by, yet again, @bearone's great design.

So Cheers to you #teamaustralia! Your kind countrymen and women are all over the place where i'm from -- up here in Vancouver, Canada -- and up in Whistler you'd think you were at an Aussie Convention for all of ya's there.

Don't forget to check out #steemsilvergold for numerous celebrations of The Perth Mint -- we're cukoo for kookaburras and cool with koalas -- not to mention the bars, ingots and specialty stuff :)

Finally, if you're still with me, i leave you with the most sincere tribute to your House Band i could find...

Kids react to AC⚡️DC

Cheers Mates! from @thedamus
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