My old friend Stuart McGavin always used to say - "we're not here for a long time, but we are here for a good time." It was a full-of-life, very Australian attitude that he embraced right up until he was knocked down and killed in Melbourne after a rugby international in 1997. I miss Stu a lot, he was a proper bloke with a nailed on view of everything. Honest, loyal and kind.
One of our drunken ideas for the future used to be a TV programme on the ten best parties on the world. He went to more of them than I ever did...
The running of the bulls in Pampalona (July)
Never has being chased by crazed animals been so much fun
Hogmany, New year's Eve, Edinburgh
The best way to see in the new year, even when it's chucking it down
Glastonbury (June, but not always annual)
The mud and music
Mardi Gras in Sydney (February/March)
Best party in Australia and a tribute to Aussie machismo
Oktoberfest, Munich (September/October)
Swilling lager and oompah singing
St Patrick's Day in Dublin (March)
A close call, with New York and Boston throwing decent parades, but the original is the best
Beer can regatta, Darwin, Australia (July)
Tins of bear and mad boats in the harbour
Full Moon Party, Haad Rin, Koh Phangan, Thailand (every month)
Druggies on the beach going mental
Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (February/March)
The party city lets its hair down even more than usual
Trinidad Carnival (February/March)
A two day festival of rum and drums. The biggest in the Carribean
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