Charlie's Country Page #3

They're lucky.

I'm only borrowing their car!

We'll bring it back later.

Where are we going?

Live the old way.

What's that for?

No electricity there.

Carrying water.

Where we used

to sleep as kids...

...we'll hunt and fish there.

...going bush, going bush...

...going to my

Mother Country...

...yes, your Mother Country...

Second, second.

This is not

your Mother Country.

No. This is where

we run out of fuel!

The fuel's run out!

We've barely left...

...and we've already

run out of fuel!

- I'm off then. See you.

- Yeah.

You'll be back as soon

as you're hungry!

Plenty of food out there!

Yeah eh?

Good tucker, this.

Our food...

He took my spear,

that policeman.

"This spear got no license."

Why take my spear?

Are you going to throw it?

Good, good, good.

Not bad.

Long time since

I painted anything...

I've been waiting

for you, Fish.

Oh! You're beautifully cooked.

That's what I want.

Yes! My Barramundi.

Well done.

Oh! You're cooked

just right, Fish...

Ah Fish...

Hey Fish...

Good Fish...

Very good, Fish.

Good fish, yeah.

I've been away fishing,

now I'm home.

I'm eating well.

It's my own supermarket.

Here, I'll wrap

some fish for you.

Just a minute... I'm busy.

I'm free now!

Yeah.

Lot of fish,

I have my own supermarket!

Yeah!

And this is my country!

I can dance with it!

Tap, tap, tap, tap, tap!

The ancestors

used to eat these.

Ashes.

They'd sit by the fire here.

They've all passed on.

Gone.

No one left.

Me...

...me at the Opera House.

...and to its cultural

and community life.

The Queen was there...

...declaring

the Sydney Opera House...

...and opened it...

...the Opera House.

Just a boy...

...and the Queen.

Mother Country

is a long way...

...too far...

...I can't see it...

...my Mother...

F***, you're hard to find.

Charlie, Charlie.

I thought I told you

to look after yourself.

We need to get him

to hospital.

Today?

See if the medevac's

available.

Charter a plane

if you have to.

It's off to Darwin

with you now, my friend.

Well...

...you're looking

much better, huh?

Do you mind if I call

you Charlie?

I have difficulty

pronouncing foreign names.

Now I'm a foreigner?

Sorry?

You a doctor?

Yes, yes.

Well, I, uh...

I believe you were

found in the bush, Charlie.

I born in the bush.

I didn't find me

in the bush.

I see you still have

your sense of humor, ey?

I want a doctor.

F*** this.

Home...

...we have to go home.

What's going on here, Charlie?

-I'm leaving.

-Are you? Okay.

Um, is there something

I can help you with?

No, you can't

keep me here.

Yeah, but you're

not well, okay?

You haven't been discharged.

Come back with me,

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