25000kmsONaMOBILEBAR withDANCERS !

   ‘Please welcome to the stage … Tara, Jess, Nikki, Ebony, Michelle, Kirsty and not forgetting Katie. All part of the greatest show on wheels – Here they are, Your XXXX Angels.’

   I hit the button and the dancing starts. I have only recently discovered the secret enjoyment that lightly touching a computer space bar initiates such activity. One button. Professional dancers. Paul, I hear you ask, how can I get a job such as this? Well, to do this involves saying ‘yes’ to everything. Not saying yes to a few things now and then or to only certain aspects of life: be it work or love etc. Neither does it mean asserting the affirmative to almost everything – but everything.

   However, even after years of furious nodding, the last step needed to involve oneself in the world of the XXXX Angels required turning down an alternate well paid and high profile job… Yes, it took a single ‘No’. And that’s that.

   The four main characters of this pan-Australian tour are Manu (project manager), Ben (driver), Paul (a/v operator) and a kick-ass bright yellow B-Double semi-trailer that transforms into a two-level wild-west bar with stage, enormous TV screen and beer garden.

                          

   From June till October 2011, this XXXX GOLD promotional vehicle will travels over 25,000 kms from Mansfield in Victoria to Alice Springs, Darwin, Townsville, Mount Isa, Bathurst, Phillip Island and other destinations for events such as V8 Supercars, international rodeos, horse races and dirt car rallies.

   Subjects covered in this journal include driving ridiculously long distances, eating, towns, pubs, accommodation, bathrooms, crowds, cleanups, locals (past/present), food and potentially handy tips.