So the weekend just gone was certainly one of the more eventful weekends I’ve had in a while. And by eventful I mean NOTHING went to plan.

For the ‘Ironlak Australia Day’ festivities, I had planned to visit Townsville on the Saturday for an event at Cre8ive SK8 – returning to Brisbane on the Sunday to paint a 14-namer wall with the Ironlak Family, staff and friends. Both events had a heavy BBQ, beers and fun in the sun aspect to them – emphasis on SUN. As it turned out, the weather didn’t want to give us any sun, instead deciding to first hit Townsville with torrential rain and hectic winds and then continue to share the wet-weather love with us in Brisbane.

With the original plans clearly out the window, I scrambled to reorganise things.

RUSTE, YESMA and myself went for a quick piece early on the Sunday morning. With the weather getting worse, we opted for an “indoor location”. The only catch was the roof of the spot had definitely seen better days and was clanging around in the wind, threatening to fall apart on our heads at any moment. In addition, the mounting rain wasn’t deterred by the shambles a roof – leaving us, my camera and the wall completely drenched.

Fortunately Ironlak’s formulation sticks surprisingly well to wet surfaces due to its water displacement ability. So even the parts of the wall that had water-a-flowing managed to accept the paint with minimal bleeding. I also got to use the latest formulation of some of our greens and was excited that the coverage was restored and better than ever.

After that we spent the afternoon with the Ironlak Fam and friends for a BBQ on my balcony. The weather got a little crazier but couldn’t deter us from the good times. The only dampener was when the power went out in the early evening (for 3 days!), forcing us to continue our party under the ‘romantic’ setting of candlelight.

I hope everyone else in Queensland stayed safe in the rain. Thanks to all the homies for helping us make the best of what could have been a shitty weekend.

Photos: Luke Shirlaw.