"Our final statement was a good one. In fact we broke up better than anything else we ever did really."

A bit harsh on yourself and the group there Neil but you're not wrong about the finale. After 10 years making classic pop music, one of Australasia's most endearing bands said farewell to the world in front of 120,000 people on the steps of the Sydney Opera House in November of 1996.

Delayed a day because of rain, the concert was a mixture of sadness and celebration that was thankfully captured on film. A decade on now from the gig and it is now available on DVD for old fans to reminisce (especially if you were there) and potential late comers to be swayed.

With the now late Paul Hester returning on the drum stool after quitting a few years prior, the band played through all their big hits in a mammoth 24 song set that turned into a 2 hour plus massive sing-a-along. Due to the grandness of the occasion there was less of the notorious off the cuff banter and humour than at a regular Crowdies gig but it was balanced out by some superb renditions.

From the harmonising by the Finn Brothers on 'Weather With You', to Hester's tight drumming on 'There Goes God' and the fervour of the jam that ends 'Private Universe', the gig was performed as it should have been: as if it was their last time.

But it is the moments in between that remind you how great the band was. For all the impeccable song writing and musicianship, the Crowdies were a band for the people. Take their ever popular track 'Sister Madly'. What other performance of a song can combine two drummers (Hester's replacement Peter Jones lends a hand), a Tina Turner impression and a snippet of 'Climb Ev'ry Mountain' from The Sound Of Music?

As the concert goes on you get the sense that the band members don't want it to end. Even at the final stretch on their second encore, a chorus only version of Hunters & Collectors 'Throw Your Arms Around Me' seems to be in a continuous loop (in a good way) like it is a comforting delay tactic. By this stage, people in the crowd are in tears and by the start of the inevitable final song 'Don't Dream It's Over', Hester is quite overcome with emotion. By the end, Mark Hart, Nick Seymour and Neil Finn join him.

With a dignified bow, the group bid their final adieu and the legend of the group and the questions immediately begin.

Did they depart at the right time? How much bigger could they have become? Will we ever see a band as universally loved as them ever again?

The answer to the final question at least is probably not.