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| Peter Garrett and Midnight Oil, Hope Estate. Image © AP |
What a thrill to be at Hope Estate, Hunter Valley, NSW, for Midnight Oil's Makaratta Project. The moving and engaging welcome to Wonnarua Country was followed by powerful performances from Alice Skye, Troy Cassar-Daley and the mighty force of Peter Garrett/Midnight Oil and guests. What a show, what a message for reconciliation.
The Welcome to Wonnarua Country. Video © AP
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| Midnight Oil onstage, Hope Estate. Image © AP |
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| Troy Cassar-Daley and the crowd we were part of at Hope Estate. Image ©AP |
Alice Skye's quiet, awesome ownership of a stage set up for a phenomenal rock band still sends shivers down my spine. Playing piano and accompanied by twins on guitar and drums, Alice, a Wergaia/Wemba Wemba person from Horsham, Victoria, played her heartfelt songs including her own I Feel Better, but I Don't Feel Good, also Terror Australia , written by Peter Garrett and Bones Hillman (Wayne Stevens) who sadly died in November 2020.
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| Alice Skye at Hope Estate, Image © AP |
Hopefully heading out of Covid are we going back to a better, more thoughtful world?
