From the Central Coast, to Gympie, Townsville, to Tamworth, Newtown, Cronulla, Henty, and Deni – I played in some of these towns last month and playing some this month, and I’m really getting those kilometres up in the Toyota RAV4.

I’ve had the best month travelling around, getting my music out there and going to see other musicians. I got to meet with my local Toyota dealer in Pennant Hills this month too which was great and I look forward to working with them into the future.

I loved playing at the Central Coast festival.  It was a nice early morning spot and it was beautiful looking out at the blue ocean from my spot on stage. I know the organisers had been hoping for a break from previous year’s bad weather – it was a perfect day this year. Thanks for having me.

At the end of last month, I performed at the Gympie Muster firstly with a really nice gig at The Grove with my guitarist, and the following day I performed on the Toyota Star Maker showcase with fellow winners Kaylee Bell (2013), Karin Page (2016), and Liam Brew (2009) at the Crow Bar before heading back home. The muster began in 1982 and is such an iconic event and has supported Star Maker since  1982, the year Lee Kernaghan won. I’m so glad to be a part of the history.

When I returned home from the muster I had a quick overnight rest before heading back up to Townsville to sing for the Toyota Cowboys versus Brisbane Broncos pre-match on August 31.

This month I returned to where my year began, in the country music capital Tamworth to sing at The Albert Hotel, and later this month I’ll sing at a special event for Toyota Shade Day in Cronulla and then at the Toyota stand at the Henty Agricultural Field Days. Thank you so much to all of the organisers of each of these events, your support means the world to me and I’m having so much fun.

This month was also the month that Melanie Dyer released her debut album Fresh which I pre-ordered as soon as I could, and I am so excited to hear the full thing.

Mel is such a beautiful person and she is SO talented. Her Sydney launch was on September 6 at Leadbelly in Newtown. Another insanely talented artist also had their launch this month – Mr Judah Kelly. I was at his Cronulla launch at the Brass Monkey on September 8. 

At the end of this crazy month, the Deni Ute Muster weekend begins, I’ve got my set list ready to go so I’m super excited.