Getting ready to set off on tour

The Spike is Back! Pick up a Pen! regional tour of the east coast of Australia starts tonight in Murwillumbah, on the far north coast of New South Wales. Tomorrow night we head south to Yamba, then on Friday we're back up north for three shows in South East Queensland. (The film's director Cathy Henkel took Spike to Yamba last week - the photo shows him making new friends.)

The 'Pick up a Pen' subtitle relates to how active Spike was with his pen. Dad wrote 83 books and was a dedicated activist and prolific letter writer who took a stand on many, many issues that he considered important. The film highlights this aspect of Spike's legacy and I will encourage audiences to get active with their pens again.

Special Spike pens will be available along with other Tour memorabilia such as T-shirts, bags, badges and the DVD of the documentary, which also contains a wealth of extra material.

A life size Spike doll, with pen in hand, has been created to lead the Tour and will ride on top of the tour bus as it arrives in each town. I call this 'payback time' for those nights when we were children and Spike would wake us, tie us to the top of his mini and take us out bunny spotting!

The Spike doll will welcome fans as they arrive, start the show and may even sign autographs.

Watch Video ---> Laura Getting Ready