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Tax Return

17/7/2014

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Got a big fat tax return from the ATO on Tuesday. Time to move to Europe in November 2014.

But first i got to work hard for the next 5 months and sooner or later i will be having a white Christmas with my British Family.
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Tax Time

8/7/2014

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Its tax time and allot of people ay its hard right. WRONG tax time is so easy for anyone on a low income. All you really need is a few thing: A computer with access to the internet, Etax 2014, PAYG slips, banks transaction that show interest, receipts for taxable items, Pension paper that explains how much you got from the dole and also your private heath insurance summary.

Now what you got to do is put all this into your etax with the correct amount, answer everything right, submit and with 2 weeks or so you get your refund deposited into your bank.

If your like me maybe it is best to work two jobs. You do have to pay a high amount of TAX but you will get allot of it back in your return but you have to pay a few dollars to the tax man
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The Dream Theater Experience of 2008

5/7/2014

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As you all know about my famous Dream Theater experience where i saw them live in Jan 08, it shocked me & i realize what a true metal head is. Here my intake of the DT XP

It all started on a hot Summer day Wed Jan 30th 2008.

I was given the day off work to go see Dream theater At the Hordern pavilion Moore park.

The day started by getting to the venue. As most Hordern  Pavilion concerts beginning with lining up early, I got to the venue around midday. Only 30 people there. I was in the no bag lines.

SInce the day was hot we all pinched cardboard boxes to keep the ray outs. We all got sunburn after 6 hours in the sun.

The doors of the Pavilion slide open at 6:30pm. We all rushed in cloaked our shit & got to the barrier first. 

A huge build up at the front was starting to happen. My big brother got "first to the barrier" pick & i was a row behind him.

SHow started at 7:30pm. WE had a curtain fall & a 3 minuet video intro of the history of dt.

THE LIGHTS WENT ON THE INTRO WAS PERFORMED. THEN IT WAS constant motion.

the CROWDED ROARED. EVERYONE IS PUSHING & SHOVING. wE ASRE ALL SIGNING, AIR GUIATARING, DRUMMING, BASING & KEYBOARDING TO THE SONG.

James tells us 20 years is BS we will never let this happen again. if he see anyone sneaking out he shall set them onfire with a flame thrower

The concert is 3 hours long, no bullshitter support bands & a 15 minute intervall.

The stage presence of death theater was somewhat interesting. all 5 members had their spot, Jordan could swivel his keyboard left & right + he used a keytar. John Petrucci used two steel blocks to rest his leg, Mike Portnoy had 2 Drum Kits in one and seeing john Myung live just amazed me. The  projector screen was on hand to show cartoons of the NADS animation during "Dark Eternal Night" and other various animation

There was a octagon dream theater logo on a stick & 2 model ants around the stage

Midway through Forsaken i see a short girl next to me. She is leaning on my hips. I thought she was a short girl but then a big man told me she has fainted pick her up & take her out. So i picked her up & gave her to a security guard. she was rushed off to first aid. The heat was taking its toll. I was sweating like a pig in a denim jacket.

Intervall is called we all head to the bar. I remember getting 2 OJ & some Gatorade top revive me mid show. It gave me the energy to mosh

After 3 hours Dream Theater finished up with Pull Me Under &  Metropolis Part 1. Mike told us: "Better late than never". "We will be back".

It was the end of a 3 hour concert. A concert that drew me into the world of Progressive Metal. It showed me the talents of studies musicians & it gave me the influence to become a Dream Theater fan.

I got in a cab & drove back to Central got on a train back to The west & drove home with my friend Steven. I had thought of 15 years i spent wasted  listening to 2DAYFM, watching hours of Video Hits/Rage, buying CD singles, being a fanboy & meeting artist that faded away, getting punched out because of music preferences 

I then said: I will be a metalhead for the rest of my life. I will no longer care about pop music & i will listen to more metal.

Every show since Megadeath i have thanked the artist for saving my life from shit music  & i use vulgar words against those bitches i wasted my time on



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HI EVERYONE!

I'm Martin Anthony AKA the Overland Metalhead!

I'm a British Metalhead (Born in Sydney) who enjoys the way of overlanding.


 I have been travelling solo since April 2010 when I spent 6 weeks in North America. Since then I have visited 84 nations and 100+ cities.

I have lived in Sydney, New York, Birmingham, Melbourne, London and Stockholm!

I have visited Parliament Haus in Port Moresby , spent a week on the Trans Siberian Railway,  visited Commonwealth War Graves around the world, met Joanna Lumley in Melbourne, swapped a European phrasebook for a Jackie Collins novel in Bangkok and I travelled 15,000km from Vladivostok to London without flying

I am the proud Author of "Journal of a Metalhead" Vol I & II that are out now 



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