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Just done Port Fairy Festival which was fantastic and loverley. I played with Fairport Convention and did a few solo sets. Also met nice people such as:

1. Mal Webb who does really wacky stuff with his voice. His CD is superb. You must visit his website which I'll tell you soon.
2. Pete Morton - who singer songwriter solo act very good is touring over here. 
3. Some nice people who moved my stuff around the festival who I couldn't have done without. Some of their names are Chris, Gavin, Dave, Ollie, Quentin, and some others.
4. Jamie Mckew who is the boss of the fest and speaks young.

Also Eddi Reader was there and did brilliant singing with Boo Hewerdine and Colin Reid. Colin has 4 letters of the word weird in his name. The Fairports had a great time and did go swimming in the sea there. It was really hot on one day and very much like a UK festival except with dollars for money and probably more people than most fests in UK.

Yesterday - went to see some big huge stickyupin the air rocks called the 12 apostles with Enda who is looking after me here - he's a solo singersongwriter here - with Pete Morton - he's a solosingersonwriter in Leicester - with Lindsay Martin who is fabby fiddle player from Woolangong in north somewhere. He has been my guide for Melbourne and I love his playing - he got up with me on my last set at Port Fairy and sounded wondrous. I am sad now he's gone home which was yesterday just in time for plane. I will be sad when  leave all the people I've met here cos they're so nice and I've been treated like some kind of international megastar.

Here is a quote from Pete Morton regarding Australia: cough cough cough cough cough (choking on tea) walks across room to look at  me doing this " we've been treated like international megastars when we are merely from the land of Uk (UK). annA rydeR was horrible to me in the car  all the way to Port Fairy and she wouldn't give me any chocolate."

I'm here for a few more days. I'll go to the Cornish Arms at Melbourne to see and perhaps play my accordion with Eddi and also do a gig at  Rhythm and Views record shop in Northcote Melbourne. Last week I played with the Fairport at Cornish Arms and had a great time.

The people of Aus are quite relaxed and like to hang out a lot. I think it would be nice to live here but I spect I would miss old Engerland a bit.

Got to go now as Pete Morton is being horrid and nasty to me trying to get me off this computer because he says it's his turn when it's not. But as he is bigger than me he will easily be able to push me off the chair and I will fall off and hurt myself but if he does I will tell Uncle Don .... ow .... ow ... get offf!!!! owwwwwwww! help Don! help! It's my turn! ow........