As Mike and I were walking to the grand prix we had a little discussion.

Jo: Do you know any of the drivers in the Grand Prix?
Mike: Nope, you?
Jo: no idea.
(pause)
Jo: Tell me, why are we going to the grand prix?
Mike: For the Kiss concert wasn’t it?
Jo: oh yeah
(pause)
Jo: Do you know any Kiss songs?
Mike: nope, you?
Jo: I don’t think so.

Great, $300 spent and we don’t know a thing about what we’re about to see.

Anyway, off we trotted to the Melbourne Grand Prix. We got there early (around 10am) and marked our spot at the front on the track. It was a stinking hot day of 38 degrees and no shade. V8 super cars were very cool, followed by FA-18 jet fighter display, then a Qantas 747 flyover, then the F1 cars. They were fast, noisy and exciting. Excellent stuff.

After the race we trotted off to the Kiss concert. We had paid $50 each to see Kiss but it turned out it was free to all Grand Prix goers. The $50 was to get into a special area close to the stage. Oh well, suited us as we like to be up close anyway.

The Kiss concert was an amazing show. There was on-stage pyrotechnics. You could feel the heat from the flames on stage. Lucky there was no fire ban in force. Or was there?

A scary Kiss band member maimed himself then flew to the rafters of the stage. The main singer flew across the crowd on a flying fox type thing so the people outside of the inner circle could see him. Various parts of the stage lifted band members to the rafters. There were on-stage fireworks. It was all very theatrical.

And they sung two songs I knew!

On the walk back to the hotel we were discussing the days events.

Jo: Do you know who won the Grand Prix today?
Mike: Schumacher wasn’t it?

Oh well, at least we enjoyed it.

Here are some photos of the day.