IN the true vein of Murphy's Law (If anything can go wrong, it will), A Day On The Green in Bowral had to be called off because of wet weather - again.
The pity is that Saturday (the day of the concert) was a little overcast, but there was no rain.
Yesterday was mostly fine sky and sunshine.
The promoters said the heavy rain of the four previous days has left many areas of the venue under water and, "despite the best efforts of the site management team, there are still several areas of the site that provide a safety risk".
Last year rain forced the cancellation of the Crowded House concert, although we did still get to see Joe Cocker, INXS and Lionel Richie.
For Hall and Oates fans (and Icehouse fans) the cancellation of Saturday's concert would have been a big disappointment - but don't despair, the next A Day On The Green (on March 25) will be a cracker.
Let's hope the rain stays away so all fans of Noiseworks, Ian Moss, Richard Clapton, Dragon, 1927 and Choirboys get to relive some of the best Aussie music from the 70s and 80s.
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Talk of a Federal ALP leadership challenge was rife yesterday, with Treasurer Wayne Swan trying to quash the speculation by saying media coverage of the "supposed" leadership tensions was simply bizarre.
He told the Sydney Morning Herald the community had had a gutful of so much of the commentary and speculation.
Pity is, I think the community has also had a gutful of Julia Gillard.
The way party politics operates so that an elected leader can be tossed out because a faction of the party takes a dislike to them is just plain wrong.
Like him or not, Kevin Rudd was originally elected by the people - not Julia Gillard.
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