Doing some Bettering of me.

A while back I posted about a close mate of mine who was going through a break-up after over ten years of marriage and how I wanted to be a better friend to him. Back in college I had two close mates who I basically did everything with. I had other friends too, but these two were who I went out with every weekend and once college was over, I stayed in close contact with them. They are the god parents to my children, one to my son and the other to my daughter. We usually only catch up a couple of time a year, sometimes less, but since one of them is going through this break-up I've been trying to stay in contact with both them more than I have in the past.
We've set up a group chat and the three of us send messages during the week and check in on each other, it's probably the closest we've been in years. The other night I was telling them about my recent trip to Melbourne and how I really liked Melbourne and we decided that we should go on an road trip together, leaving our families behind for a couple of days and just go and enjoy spending time together as mates. Over the last few years we've often spent a night or two camping together, but this time we're going to go to a hotel and live it up a little. Hopefully we can find something interesting to attend whilst we're there. I'd like to go to the F1 in Melbourne but I'm not sure the other two would be into it as much as I am. I'm pretty sure we would all enjoy going to see a band together or even just find a cool pub and have a few drinks together.
I'm trying to see what's going on in Melbourne in the next few months that could be worth the trip. Metallica are playing in October but the normal tickets have already sold out so unless we want to shell out for the premium gold class tickets, then that's out of the question. I'm sure it would be a good show, but I don't know if I want to pay that much to see them.
Other than that, I can't find any other big names, I'm sure that there will be some smaller gigs with decent bands, but we may just have to pick a date and take our chances. 

Bomber
Bettering my friendships