It’s been a year of milestones for Red Symons. There’s the professional landmark – it’s 40 years since we clapped eyes on him in 1974 in his first public incarnation playing guitar in Skyhooks – and the personal one: the one-time enfant terrible of Oz rock has just turned 65. Yes, Australia – the bloke in the satin suit, cape and face make-up is officially a pensioner.