WAAX Show Us How Much It Really Costs A Young Aussie Band To Tour The Country

It’s no secret that Australia is one of the most expensive countries in the world, a fact that young Aussie bands touring the country, know all too well.

Unlike the US and Europe, where the next million people are just down the road, each major population hub is approximately 1000 kms from the next, so getting around this wide brown land of ours in a short timeframe isn’t cheap.

One such young Aussie outfit, WAAX, did just that recently, and along with their illuminating tour diary (chicken rap squats and all), the Brissie based group also gave us a detailed rundown of costs so you can see exactly what we’re talking about here.

Check out the annotated tour diary in the gallery and see for yourself how much moolah the guys dropped on their quest to bring their crunchy punk tunes to fans around the country, below! WAAX head out on the road once again supporting Ecca Vandal this month, grab all the dates and deets underneath.

BUDGET

Flights:

$2150

Van:

$1800

Fuel:

$1000

Accommodation (cheap cus we stayed with family/friends or drove overnight):

$140

Misc (Parking):

$300Total

$5,390

ITINERARY

Flew to Melbs

Friday, 4th December 2015

Workers Club, Melbourne

Hired a van – drove to Adelaide OVERNIGHT after show. Stayed at Marie’s Grandma’s house in Adelaide for 4 days to get cheaper flights for the next week.

Saturday, 5th December 2015

Ed Castle, Adelaide

Flew home. Hired van – drove to Sydney

Thursday, 10th December 2015

Oxford Art Factory Gallery, Sydney

Drove back overnight to Brisbane

Friday, 11th December 2015

Black Bear Lodge, Brisbane

Drove next morning down to Port Mac for this.

Saturday, 12th December 2015

Festival Of The Sun, Port Mac

Camped there, drove home next morning.

Gallery: WAAX tour diary 2015.

From WAAX:

“Being on tour is hard sometimes and you have to find ways to stay entertained. “Let’s document our whole trip with disposable cameras” someone said. So here are the fruits of that endeavor, a bunch of mediocre photos of our shenanigans presented in a digital format anyway. While this sort of renders the whole idea useless, we sure had fun and now have some very happy snaps. Witness us traverse the country the cheapest way possible.”

Ecca Vandal National ‘End Of Time’ Tour

w/special guests WAAX

Friday, 19th February

Party In The Paddock, Burnscreek

*WAAX not appearing

Saturday, 20th February

Jack Rabbit Slim’s, Perth

Tickets: Jack Rabbit Slim’s

*WAAX not appearing

Thursday, 25th February

The Foundry, Brisbane

Tickets: Oztix

Friday, 26th February

Rocket Bar, Adelaide

Tickets: Crippen Place

Saturday, 27th February

Howler, Melbourne

Tickets: Moshtix

Thursday, 3rd March

The Small Ballroom, Newcastle

Tickets: Oztix

Friday, 4th March

Newtown Social, Sydney

Tickets: Newtown Social Club

WAAX Tour Diary 2015

WAAX Holy Sick Tour Diary

“Let’s do a thing” –Everyone about going on tour (Somewhere over NSW).
WAAX Holy Sick Tour Diary

Picking up Tour Whip number 1 Wicked Campers is wicked innit (Melbourne).
WAAX Holy Sick Tour Diary

Ready 2 go after a mad graffiti sesh (Melbourne).
WAAX Holy Sick Tour Diary

Adelaide/Melbourne Tour whip, don’t judge a book by it’s cover (It had aux)
WAAX Holy Sick Tour Diary

Die for metalz✌
WAAX Holy Sick Tour Diary

Da Boiz is back in town (Somewhere in Melbourne).
WAAX Holy Sick Tour Diary

20 mins into Beer’s n chill he gives you this look. (Little Creatures Dining Hall, Melbourne)
WAAX Holy Sick Tour Diary

You Disgust me!..You urchin (Somewhere in Melbourne).
WAAX Holy Sick Tour Diary

Hustlin’ 4 dem $$$ - (The Worker’s Club, Melbourne).
WAAX Holy Sick Tour Diary

Peace be wit ya’s m8 (The Worker’s Club, Melbourne).
WAAX Holy Sick Tour Diary

Fucking. Colossal. Gig. (The Worker’s Club, Melbourne).
WAAX Holy Sick Tour Diary

Putting shit in bags to drive 8 hours to put them somewhere else(The Worker’s Club, Melbourne).
WAAX Holy Sick Tour Diary

“You do not want to see my post gig face” - Maz (The Worker’s Club, Melbourne).
WAAX Holy Sick Tour Diary

Post gig hangz before overnight drive to Adelaide (The Worker’s Club, Melbourne).
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A snoozing Bloomfield (Somewhere between Melbourne and Adelaide).
WAAX Holy Sick Tour Diary

Sensual van bed photo shoot.
WAAX Holy Sick Tour Diary

One of the benefits of driving overnight all the time. “How’s the serenity?” - everyone(Somewhere between Melbourne and Adelaide).
WAAX Holy Sick Tour Diary

Never count your chickens before you prayer squat. (Somewhere between Adelaide and Melbourne).
WAAX Holy Sick Tour Diary

Adelaide bound.
WAAX Holy Sick Tour Diary

Look it’s a thing- Somewhere between Melbourne and Adelaide.
WAAX Holy Sick Tour Diary

Arriving at Maz’s Nan’s (Larg’s Bay, Adelaide).
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Jams with Nan (she’s in the Adelaide Ukulele society)(Nan’s House, Adelaide).
WAAX Holy Sick Tour Diary

Smashing Tinnie’s, stupidly drunk on this beach, sorry public (Larg’s Bay, Adelaide).
WAAX Holy Sick Tour Diary

Beach Hangz 2k15(Larg’s Bay, Adelaide).
WAAX Holy Sick Tour Diary

Maz (Larg’s Bay, Adelaide).
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Spewin (Larg’s Bay, Adelaide).
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Tom (Larg’s Bay, Adelaide).
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Griff (Larg’s Bay, Adelaide).
WAAX Holy Sick Tour Diary

Sydney bound with Tour Whip 2 - Jonny Feelgood (Fortitude Valley, Brisbane).
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Coming in hot (Sydney).
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A bridge (Unknown).
WAAX Holy Sick Tour Diary

Gorilla Street busk...Oi nah. Getting ready for our interview with FBI Radio. (Sydney)
WAAX Holy Sick Tour Diary

Being Rock Stars (Sydney).
WAAX Holy Sick Tour Diary

OAF (Sydney)
WAAX Holy Sick Tour Diary

Fam coming in large.
WAAX Holy Sick Tour Diary

Post Blackbear Lodge show RIP (Casa De La Maz & Tom, Brisbane)