HOMETOWN GUIDE: Nina Las Vegas on Wagga Wagga

11 February 2014 | 12:03 pm | Lauren Payne
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Nina Las Vegas shares some of her most cherished memories in this round of our Hometown Guide.

Moving from a small town to the big city is always a difficult transition. Where you grow up holds a special place in your heart, especially if you spend most of your childhood in one area.

Walking around town and spotting that corner store you used to go to before school, or the old neighbours who used to have that dog that always barked when someone walked past the fence. NINA LAS VEGAS has a catalogue of memories just like this from growing up in the inland New South Wales town of Wagga Wagga.

She's the curator of Saturday night's Mix Up Exclusives radio show on Triple J and the recent national House Party Tour. A DJ, a party starter and one of the busiest people we know, Nina shares with us five sites from her peaceful home town that have specific sentimental value.

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1. SOUTH WAGGA PUBLIC SCHOOL

'I went to South Wagga Public School and painted part of the school's mural. Not that I've been there in a while, but when I did go there last it was still there. FYI it's a beautiful picture of an echidna, eating ants. Duh.'

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2. ADVISION GRAPHICS

'My Dad owns the design store and gallery ADVISION. It's on Gurwood Street and often the shopfront's window is dedicated to something he believes in. I'm incredibly proud of him.'

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3. FORUM 6 CINEMAS

'I worked at the Forum 6 Cinemas throughout high school and because of this, I think there was a good three years that I saw absolutely everything that came through Wagga Wagga; even a film called Let's Get Skase which only had four attendees in total, counting me and my friend Kimberley.'

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4. COLLINS PARK

'Before they re-did the equipment in Collins Park, one of the bullies from my primary school wrote 'Nina Agzarian is a slut' on the slide. I was nine, and there was no way in the world that I was a slut. It was there for ages; so long that when Mum called me to tell me it had been replaced, I actually think she was sad. '

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5. WAGGA BATHS

'Before the pool closed and became Oasis, I went to the Wagga Baths after school religiously, as did everyone else in Wagga. They had the most intense 'towers' in the diving pool, five metres and 10 metres high. I jumped off the top about four times, and I can still feel the wedgie.'

NINA LAS VEGAS is about to embark on her latest party tour with an amazing line-up of acts. 'Parties by Nina Las Vegas For You' will be travelling all the way down the east coast, to Adelaide and across to Perth. Be sure to catch Nina and her long list of friends when they come and party in a city near you, full details below:

'PARTIES BY NINA LAS VEGAS FOR YOU' NATIONAL TOUR DATES

Thursday, 13 February 2014

Corner Hotel, MELBOURNE

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Wave Racer

Emoh Instead

Cosmo’s Midnight

L D R U

Tkay Maidza

Friday, 14 February 2014

170 Russell (Previously Billboard), MELBOURNE

Nina Las Vegas

Motez

Emoh Instead

Indian Summer

Nile Delta

Thursday, 27 February 2014

Rocket Bar, ADELAIDE

Nina Las Vegas

Motez

Cosmo’s Midnight

Tkay Maidza

Sable

Friday, 28 February 2014

Metropolis, FREMANTLE

Nina Las Vegas

Motez

L D R U

Sable

Saturday, 1 March 2014

Republic Bar, HOBART

Nina Las Vegas

Motez

Thursday, 6 March 2014

Goodgod Smallclub, SYDNEY

Nina Las Vegas

Motez

Tkay Maidza

Sable

Friday, 7 March 2014

Goodgod Smallclub, SYDNEY

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Cosmo’s Midnight

L D R U

Indian Summer

Playmode

Basenji

Saturday, 8 March 2014

Bowler Bar, BRISBANE

Nina Las Vegas

L D R U

Indian Summer

Tkay Maidza

Sunday, 9 March 2014

Trinity Bar, CANBERRA

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L D R U

Plus VERY SPECIAL GUEST Ryan Hemsworth

Words by Lauren Payne

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