I went out and bought a dozen spray paints and with my brother, Mook, and my girlfriend at the time, Bianca, we set to work doing our piece in rectifying the evil messages around town. We did a Benson & Hedges one near the airport and a Sterling cigarettes one down at Woolloomooloo. It was exciting and fun.
Our third intended target was a big one - corner of Forbes and Bourke streets in East Sydney. We had a plan - Bianca would stand as look out while Mook and I gave the massive ad the once over. The paints were out and Mook and I were just about to begin when Bianca screamed out my name. I ran over to find her standing uncomfortably in the shadow of two beefy men in suits.
Turns out they were undercover vice squad and they thought Bianca was a sex worker (she was wearing hot pants and did look the part). They were pretty tough and inimidating fellas and after half an hour of interrogation and berating, confiscated our spray paints and managed to scare us off any further activities. We were lucky they didn't search the car because those were pot smoking days.