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Lainey Wilson Is Enjoying Australia: ‘Never Forget This Trip’

Author Nancy Brooks // Country Writer, Beasley Media Group

Lainey Wilson is enjoying Australia, and while playing shows for fans there, she’s been seeing a lot of the sites the country has to offer. Throughout the trip, she has been posting photos and moments on her social media.

Enjoying Australia

Lainey posted several photos on Instagram of her time at the beach near Melbourne, Australia, relaxing and having fun with her manager and bandmates. She captioned the post, “I’ve been to a lot of places, but rarely do I get to see how beautiful those places are. I will never forget this trip. Soaked up all the beauty of Australia.”

“You Needed To Relax”

Many fans reacted to the post, including one who wrote, “Take Time To Enjoy Your Moments Road Runner.” Another fan commented, “Good for you. You work hard and need some ‘you’ time.” One more fan said, “You needed to relax and see the beauty of this world. You have been working so hard.”

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Wilson also visited the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary and got an unexpected surprise.

The Incident

She posted a video clip of the moment on her Instagram. In the video, Lainey is wearing her signature bell bottoms, a ball cap, glasses, and a Barbara Mandrell t-shirt. She says in the clip, as she and her group get ready to go into the sanctuary to visit the animals, “I just got s— on. Okay. I don’t know what to do. I just got s— all over. Dang.” One of her crew tells her that it’s considered good luck in some cultures, and she replies, “Yeah, I get blessed, baby.” Her friend then points out that she has a worm crawling up her sleeve, and she says, “You are lying.”

Holding a Koala

Lainey then gets ready to hold a Koala. She says, “I got s— on by a bird this morning, about to hold a Koala, life is good.” The guide tells Lainey to hold steady and she nervously holds the Koala. In the same video, Wilson gets to pet and feed a large Kangaroo, which she comments is just “huge.”

She captioned the post, “I’m just out here makin’ friends with the locals.”

Fans React

Many of her Australian fans commented on the funny video. One fan observed, “Ohhh @laineywilson, you visited our local by the looks of it!” Another Australian fan wrote, “Great to see you here in Australia!” One more Aussie fan gushed, “That’s good luck :).”

4 Lainey Wilson Collaborations That Have People Talking

  • Lainey and Lauren Alaina - "Thick As Thieves" (2023)

    This fun song started a viral trend that had Blake Shelton and Kane Brown among the country stars joining Lauren on social media to dance. Lainey shines on this song, as does Lauren. The lyrics include, “Thelma and Louise and some faded blue denim / Jumpin’ in them Wranglers, barely gettin’ in em / Buttons hangin’ on, thank god they ain’t givin’ / Flauntin’ what we got like we do it for a livin’ / Dressed to kill (Dressed to kill), to the nines (To the nines) / I got her back (She got my back), and she got mine.”

    The chorus includes the lyrics, “We’re thicker than our accents, thicker than our hair / Thicker than the Georgia and Louisiana air / Thicker than molasses from the patches to the seams / Stealin’ hearts is in our jeans / Us southern girls, we’re thick as thieves, we’re thick as thieves / We’re thick as thieves, we’re thick as thieves.”

  • Lainey and Jelly Roll - "Save Me" (2023)

    This collaboration came as a surprise when Lainey joined Jelly to sign it at the 58th ACM Awards in May. The song will be released as a single for these two label mates. Lainey said of Jelly in a recent interview, “I was an extra in a music video of his in, like, 2013. It was one that he did with Uncle Kracker. I was a drunk girl, passed out on the ground.” She said it was her first interaction with Jelly, and even then, she could tell he was a “good dude.”

  • Lainey and Cole Swindell - "Never Say Never" (2022)

    A powerful duet with Cole Swindell that topped Billboard’s Country Airplay chart. Cole said of the song when it came out, “I wrote ‘Never Say Never’ with Jessi Alexander and Chase McGill in 2018 about a relationship you just can’t stay away from; I have been a fan of Lainey Wilson’s for a while now and what she brings to this song is everything it needed.”

  • Lainey and HARDY - "Wait In The Truck" (2022)

    “Wait In The Truck” is one of country music’s best murder songs. She and HARDY show off some impressive acting chops in the dramatic video for the song that won Collaborative Music Video of the Year at the 2023 CMT Music Awards. “Wait In The Truck” also won ACM awards in 2023 for Visual Media of the Year (video) and Musical Event of the Year. When HARDY and Wilson won their ACM awards, HARDY said on the stage, “Man, thank you, Lainey. You absolutely killed it. There was never a doubt that you were always the one to make people believe this song.”

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.

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