In January 1970, 5 months after Woodstock, the small NSW town of Ourimbah hosted Australia’s first major music festival.

New Zealand-born Max Merritt and his band the Meteors visited Australia for the 1972 Sunbury Pop Festival, having moved to the UK 2 years earlier.

In this excerpt from an oral history interview with Max Merritt, he talks about being discovered by Harry M Miller in New Zealand after he stole the show as opening act for Johnny O'Keefe.