Last Cab to Darwin Page #3

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So do I come to you or do you come to me?

- It's not that simple.

- Well, it's legal now, right?

Well, the Northern Territory

Government has passed the bill.

Well, I guess I'll have to come to you.

Okay. Slow down.

This isn't the right time.

We might have to leave it there anyway,

folks. It's coming up to news time here.

Thanks for your call, Rex.

Thanks, Dr Farmer. It's news time.

Come on.

Come on, mate.

Anything in the papers, Col?

Oh, yeah. There's... You know, there's...

stuff.

- Stuff?

- Yeah. Stuff.

Rex, we heard you. The whole

bloody world must have heard you.

Darwin? What do you think

you're doing, hey?

Who do you think you are?

Joan of f***in' Arc?

It's too bloody weird, mate.

It's not natural.

Boys... I'm dying.

Oh, Jesus, Rex. You are not f***ing dying.

You're sitting here

having a beer with your mates.

My Uncle Jack had cancer

for f***in' years.

Used to dance around the living

room singing. Cancer, cancer...

Hey.

Yeah, well, my grandad

had cancer of the bum.

He said that was okay. He reckoned

Grandma was a bigger pain in the arse.

Everyone gets cancer. F***in' everyone.

You'll be right, Rexie.

We'll look after you here.

Darwin's a long way, mate. A long way.

Give the boys a round, Stella.

On the house.

Hey?

Me ears! Something's happened to me ears!

So, this is what it's like inside?

Not much, is it?

You made it sound special.

- Polly...

- Don't you say a word, Frank Brown!

I know you don't serve blackfellas

in here, do ya?

Well, don't worry.

I'm not asking you to start now.

Is it true?

Want a beer?

Why not?

You packed your mum up.

Are you really gonna do this?

- How are you gonna get there?

- I'm gonna drive.

- It's 3,000 kilometres!

- I do that in the cab every week.

Jesus, Rex. You've never left

Broken Hill in your life!

Yeah. I know.

- What you got here?

- Oh, just some old photos.

Don't think I'm gonna stop being angry

at you just 'cause you put Livvie on.

Worth a try.

Mum tried to get to Darwin once.

Said she'd never seen the sea.

- Did she?

- No.

Got close.

Made it all the way to Daly Waters.

Used to be an air force base

there during the war.

That's where she met Dad.

He was a looker.

Mum thought so too.

So she gave him a little present.

Me.

Anyway, 'cause of that,

she had to go back to Broken Hill.

Dad stayed and built the airfield.

Promised he'd come back to her

when it was all over.

And he did.

Back to a family he didn't know.

To a place he didn't want to be.

Look at 'em. I can't remember

ever seeing them that happy, Pol.

Ever.

How come you never told me that before?

You never asked.

Rex!

Rex!

- Take me with you.

- No.

Listen to me!

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