GateWAy Blog

Wayne is a Maori living and working in Albany and, lucky us, staying at our new accommodation premises at 1849 Backpackers, behind the London Hotel.

Wayne has been a singer/songwriter for more than 30 years and today shared a CD with me, with a little of his music. To coin a cliche … I was blown away!

This track is dedicated to his mother specifically, and to all mothers everywhere. I don’t think it even has a title, I have listened to it only four times but it impacts and touches me every time I hear it, so I felt the need to share this with you.

To listen to an audio track only, PLEASE CLICK HERE.

We have been privileged to listen to Wayne play us everything from Rock and Roll to Blues to Jazz, to playing covers and his own songs to improvising for hours and indulging in what is clearly, lucky for us again, his passion.

This is an audio file only so have a listen while surfing and checking emails. I think you’ll be glad you did.

The other nine tracks are superb too and I believe he deserves to sell a million of these. What do you think? Please click on the link below. Enjoy …

Wayne Maxwell

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Anzac Memorial

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Albany: (where the first dawn service in Australia was held.)

The dawn service starts at 5.30am at the Desert (more…)

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Albany Waterfront

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Maria Price and Dorothy Lucks of Sustainable Development Facilitation

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Mark's Cherry Spit

Ground breaking news from New Zealand.   Annual Cherry Pip Spitting
Competition.

“Australian Champion fell foul of cherry pip spitting Championship Crown by
5 inches” (A very short 5 inches at that!) (more…)

Albany Christmas Pageant was held on December 6th 2008. Photos of this magical night are here (more…)