The Life and Times of Peter Green
updated 19 March 2026
 Cool Cars at the 68th Kalorama Car Rally. |
March 2ndI love it when Polly at the bakery tells me I would make an awesome Frank N Furter .... Whatever does she mean? HA!That special fine misty rain is falling up here in the National Park. If you look carefully you see the wild animals out enjoying it , in the grass and fields. A few of us humans go for a run in the mist too. So refreshing. March 3rdIt is so dark this morning , I have the lights on when I am getting ready to go into the charity. Midnight walks into the kitchen to say goodbye. She is such a sweetheart, I go to give Marky a kiss but I can hear him quietly breathing asleep so I don't wake him. I tip toe around like some spectre haunting the halls of Ailsa Craig.Split Enz add 2 more shows to Auckland and Wellington they've sold a few tickets. Good on them. I haven't asked Malcolm or Nigel how they feel about not being part of it and probably won't, it is what it is. Eight countries under attack from Iran as they target USA assets and allies. It is limited though, lets hope it's ballistic missiles doin't have nuclear war heads. Estimated inventory on ballistic for Iran is around 3000. I'm sure their weapon of choice will end up being drones. Next the world's oil supply will be a mess. No doubt petrol prices will jump. Times like this I am happy I have a small car, time to fill it up. A blood moon tonight around 8.50. All of us wildlings will howl. March 4thNew numbers show the strongest growth for Australia's economy for three years. Gotta love that.Some volunteer work at Food Bank and not many volunteers so head down and into it. I leave feeling like we got a lot done today. I work with some good people. Marky's YouTube Wednesday . It's another clip from the Utrecht Holland record store appearance by Crowded House. "Chocolate Cake" from Woodface. Filmed on February 18th 1992. We've had 854 video clips on our YouTube page, amazing. Mark points out that he is running out of things to go up, so people should make the most of them. There will be a time when he runs out. The first 1000 people watch it within an hour. So here is the link for CHOCOLATE CAKE live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gMiZHrjGto March 5thI call my Mum early in the morning to wish her a Happy Birthday. She turns 88 and I mention "the number" and she tells me to shut up. Ha! You'd think after 88 years on this planet the number would mean very little. I wonder if I will even get to 88? She's still here, she tells me her kids are the main reason to be here.We watch Silent Night. A group of friends reunite for one final Christmas before an apocalyptic poisonous cloud wipes humanity out. They all have a suicide pill. Roman Davis is great as the son Art. I do predict the ending though, it's worth checking out. The way we treat the planet I am surprised this hasn't actually happened. Despite the war the petrol price at my local is still at $1.85. I bet it jumps in a few days , the greedy will descend after loads of endless fear mongering. March 6thA few of us are sitting in front of the balcony chatting. Ian, Alan and Angus. Various other locals join us. I think how fortunate it is up here, some good people, we all share a few jokes. I count my blessings that I live in Australia. I do some work to fill in time waiting for Andy White to arrive. He's back from his overseas dates and he did well, some passionate shows. He is on time and grabs me a coffee. His birthday is in May so he is doing a birthday gig at Merri Creek. May 28th. The last few have sold out and been such fun nights. Tickets for this one are up now, so come along and enjoy a fine night of music.Tickets and information here: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/andy-white-at-merri-creek-tavern-northcote-tickets-1978694219676 March 7thI have noticed my energy levels are a bit low lately , not sure why, maybe I need something in my diet, So will focus on this over the next week. Maybe because I'm an older bugger and life is catching up.We put up the two Daddy Cool songs with Ross Wilson singing them at Bongo's Archies Creek Celebration. From 1971 "Come Back Again" and the mighty aussie anthem "Eagle Rock". Eagle Rock becomes "Bongo Rock" at the end. Mark gets me to approve the clips and I burst out crying when the crowd sings "Bongo Rock". First time I've had a cry over Bob in ages. I sob into Marks arm. He pats me on the head. The water works are over quickly, probably good that I did it. The Ross Daddy Cool footage has its first 1000 viewers within 30 minutes (it's currently up to 3,700 which is great). I love this footage, good one Mark. Even my camera 2 footage is ok. You can enjoy it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZq2GV35Wq8 March 8thA windy morning in the national park, lots of hay fever sneezing from the residents of Kalorama.It is sad to see Katherine in the NT experience it's worst flooding in 28 years. The Katherine river peaking at 20 metres. I make a few calls to see if they need any of our emergency stock, which I notice is running a bit low. Too many disasters lately. March 9thI hope Michelle Milthorpe the Independent for Farrer does well in the By Election. OK she has supported the Liberals a lot but I prefer her to ON's Farley who got caught out lying today over his certificate from Harvard University. Talk about dodgy. One Nation have a history of getting these Z grade candidates.A friend of mine who lives in Sapphire (QLD's central highlands) has just evacuated to higher ground as the flooding continues. 100 millimetres since yesterday, it's certainly wet up North. March 10thThe sun is rising and I drive past all the power trucks lined up near the Kalorama General Store. They are turning the power off at Kalorama to do some line work. I'm off to the charity so it doesn't worry me. Mark and Midnight will find plenty of things to do outside,The power comes back on early, it is on by the time I am home, so that's a nice surprise. We live in a national part so we are use to this. They are always repairing something. We watch "Light Years" a cool documentary on Aussie photographer Olive Cotton. We both really enjoyed this one. March 11thFood Bank and we are a few volunteers less, a few have finished up. We all make an extra effort and get the boxes filled for all the locals. I am certainly focused today, no time for much chit chat, boxes to fill and mouths to feed,I arrive home and we put up Markys You Tube Wednesday. Split Enz today, live at the Capitol Theatre, Sydney 1979. Yes teenage Peter and Mark were at this one and it was such a great Enz gig. Mark has THREE songs going up (Audio) and they sound great. If you listen very carefully you can hear both of us cheering the Enz on. You can enjoy the music clip here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDgNh31Zo-s I work in the office for many hours so Mark surprises me by making dinner. His super special golden omelettes. They taste great. We watch Spy Game again , 2001 thriller action movie starring Brad Pitt and Robert Redford. It's a good one. March 12thI was heading to Wollongong today for my sister who hasn't been very well, but it all got changed at the last minute. By the time I got home ,half the day was over.I see the fuel buying panic has started, people get so greedy and paranoid. Late afternoon I pick some of our wild blackberries and raspberries and bake a pie. I try a little trick that I spotted on line and its seems to work. It's a pretty nice pie says Marky. March 13thThe Byron Bay Bluesfest has been cancelled, apparently for lack of ticket sales. I spend the entire day dealing with Split Enz fans, which is ok, though I keep reminding people that I no longer work for the band. I feel sorry for many as it appears that ticket refunds are not happening, let's hope that is wrong. I bet the band add a Brisbane show onto the tour now that the Bluesfest is dead. That is just me assuming. Weird still no word on the Split Enz Facebook page in NZ. What the hell are they doing? It's everywhere else.Our Split Enz MURDER video is 2 years old today, it had a jump in views on YouTube so that's kind of cool. After we go to bed a helicopter or was it two starts circling above our house, all very weird. Our security system is on and nothing trips it so hopefully not a mass murderer living in our garden shed. March 14thNot much sleep with all the helicopter action so I sleep in a bit. The first time in many months. It is kind of nice, doing nothing for once.A beautiful day outside. Pre Poll voting has started in the South Australian election. Yes I am hoping for a Labor win, I want to see skanky old racist Hanson end up with egg on her face. So put One Nation LAST! Hanson doesn't care about Australians she just cares about money. I hear from Enz drummer Malcolm Green. I never know what to say, must be hard, an Enz tour gets all that publicity and is in your face daily and you are not part of it. I feel for him. I chop up jasmine on the decking, it's taking over. Miss Midnight sits with me and makes a few high jumps into the air, every time I disturb a moth. Marks editing away in the office. It feels nice to get some sun on my shoulders while I work. Late afternoon and I make one of my lasagne's for dinner. It is a good one, some you just know after the first bite that they are delicious. Midnight makes some oddball cat noises just before we went to bed and a baby ringtail possum is outside the top window in the kitchen and she is watching it. An hour later it's mother arrives and puts junior on her back and heads off into our trees. March 15thI call into Bourkes Lookout and fill up a bag with micro plastics. The suns out and you can see all the way to the city and Naarm (Port Phillip bay). It looks amazing, the sky is so blue. You can almost reach out and touch the city.I sit with some of the locals sipping my coffee watching the vintage cars drive by on the way to Kalorama oval. I read a cool story on the ABC news page about Witiyana Marika from Yothu Yindi and what he has done with his life. He's going to be on Australian Story tomorrow at 8.00 so I have to watch it. I'm sure it will be shown on Iview. It was fun when Yothu Yindi were special guests at some of our Crowded House shows. I walk down to the oval on this beautiful day and spend an hour at the 68th Kalorama Car Rally. Not as many cars as last year but still impressive. I buy a few raffle tickets off our local CFA -we will always support them. We leave the windows and doors open all day as the music from the oval is pretty good. God we live in such a beautiful country, Australians need to appreciate just how lucky we are. On that note- Love from Oz. PG |
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