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Australia...you will love it!
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Australia...you will love it!
I just know I will! I'm very, very excited about going. Wanted to for a long time and now with my brother emigrating there, I have an excuse for the long journey and expense!
It all sounds interesting to me. Not sure yet how many places I can see on this trip but Melbourne's tempting for the Stones. I a big tennis fan so it might be interesting to see them at Rod Laver.
Hanging Rock does look amazing but I'll probably be on my own (brother not a stones fan) and can't drive so think I'll stick to venues easy to get to and from.
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MarthaTuesday
Thanks, BluzDude.
It's good to get people's opinions - especially as I still can't quite believe I'll be going!
Depending on my budget (especially if I see the stones whilst out there) I may only be able to do one place other than Adelaide on this trip. But with my brother moving there permanently, I'll get other opportunities. And New Zealand's definitely on my list to visit as well!
Melbourne does sound nice, and other people I know have recommended it to me.
Adelaide looks lovely from the photos I've seen. More than slightly envious of my brother!
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Thanks, BluzDude.
It's good to get people's opinions - especially as I still can't quite believe I'll be going!
Depending on my budget (especially if I see the stones whilst out there) I may only be able to do one place other than Adelaide on this trip. But with my brother moving there permanently, I'll get other opportunities. And New Zealand's definitely on my list to visit as well!
Melbourne does sound nice, and other people I know have recommended it to me.
Adelaide looks lovely from the photos I've seen. More than slightly envious of my brother!
You need at least a couple weeks to do New Zealand justice. I started in Queenstown (south) and drove up to Aukland (with a couple short fights in between) and realized I could have easily allowed for more time as there was still a lot I did not get to see. The one thing I took home from New Zealand was the feeling that I could easily retire there.
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Thanks, BluzDude.
It's good to get people's opinions - especially as I still can't quite believe I'll be going!
Depending on my budget (especially if I see the stones whilst out there) I may only be able to do one place other than Adelaide on this trip. But with my brother moving there permanently, I'll get other opportunities. And New Zealand's definitely on my list to visit as well!
Melbourne does sound nice, and other people I know have recommended it to me.
Adelaide looks lovely from the photos I've seen. More than slightly envious of my brother!
You need at least a couple weeks to do New Zealand justice. I started in Queenstown (south) and drove up to Aukland (with a couple short fights in between) and realized I could have easily allowed for more time as there was still a lot I did not get to see. The one thing I took home from New Zealand was the feeling that I could easily retire there.
I haven't even been there but that appeals to me too! People I've met from there and friends who've visited have all loved it. And it looks beautiful. Although my brother suggested I avoid Wellington airport (I'm a slightly nervous flyer) so I'm bearing that in mind.
I think if I'm realistic I won't have time for New Zealand this time but I plan to visit my brother regularly so hopefully can go next time.
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MarthaTuesday
Maybe my brother just had a bad experience at Wellington - I'll ask him.
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Rockman
......Geeeeeeeez I had ta push-start her Volkswagen on me own in the blazing LA sun ..
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Deathgod
Australia...you will love it!
I just know I will! I'm very, very excited about going. Wanted to for a long time and now with my brother emigrating there, I have an excuse for the long journey and expense!
It all sounds interesting to me. Not sure yet how many places I can see on this trip but Melbourne's tempting for the Stones. I a big tennis fan so it might be interesting to see them at Rod Laver.
Hanging Rock does look amazing but I'll probably be on my own (brother not a stones fan) and can't drive so think I'll stick to venues easy to get to and from.
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jammingedward
You will be able to get a bus to and from Melbourne city centre to Hanging Rock easily and cheaply. They will be selling bus tickets on ticketmaster.
Hanging Rock and Rod Laver are easily the two best venues on the tour. Also Melbourne is the closest city to Adelaide.
Try and make those shows if you can!!
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Just like they have played in every single city in USA with more than one million people over the years, including Missoula, Wichita, Louisville, Albany, Portland OR and so on and on, they want to perform in the main cities of Australia, where it takes several hours to fly between each city. The travel from Perth to Adelaide is like NYC to Las Vegas.
My post with the number of shows per inhabitants wasn't meant entirely seriously, therefore the
Yes, it seems there is at the moment a huge demand in AUS/NZ, the Stones have fun to tour there and this is a good thing. What has astonished me that 27.5 mill. people have generated nearly the same demand (203000 seats) like the 352 mill. people in US/CAN (ca. 252000 seats), counted together the venue capacities from the IORR Tour dates page.
The distances in AUS/NZ are large, but not larger than in North America or Europe. While Perth-Adelaide is 2140 km, a fan from Wichita in Kansas had last year to travel about 2000 km either to West- or East coast. Melbourne-Hanging Rock or Sydney-Hunter Valley aren't far away, Sydney-Brisbane is about 735 km. Similar distances in Europe: Lisbon-Berlin 2300 km, Oslo-Rome 2000 km, according to the Google Maps distance measuring tool.
I don't wanna distort the reality with statistics or write a PhD thesis ..... only some thoughts about effort / costs and demand in general.
The shows have different economics. As I am sure you remember from Econ 101, demand decreases as prices increase. Ticket prices in the US were much higher, across the board, than in Australia. It's entirely possible that the demand curves are identical (or very similar) in the US and Australia, but that the difference you see in ticket sales is entirely a function of differing prices.
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RockmanHanging Rock andRod Laver is easily thetwobest venue on the tour .... wish they'd add a second Rod Laver
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BluzDude
Is it the venue itself, or the fans that occupy the arena?
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Rockman
Hope to see you Rockman, at least one night drinks are on me!
I've never been to Melbourne, suspect I am in for a great time.
You will Steve ... and yeah she's a good town ... We'll have a laugh!!!
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