Last Cab to Darwin Page #5

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"In 15 seconds, you will receive

a lethal injection and you will die.

"Do you wish to proceed?

'Yes' press the space bar."

I'm sorry. I don't think

I can... I'm sorry.

Kylie. That's a perfectly normal reaction.

- Can I just have some water?

- Yeah.

Perhaps we'd better take a break

and give Kylie some time to recover

from her near-death experience.

After the break, toenails...

what they can tell you about yourself.

"Open". "Open".

"Open? "Open".

F***!

What the f*** is that?

You want to keep cool, bro,

you should've just...

turned that air conditioner on.

You work here?

I'll fix your windscreen, no worries.

Leave your keys in there

and go inside, old man.

Have a cold beer. She'll be good

as new when you come back out.

My name's Tilly. What's yours?

- Rex.

- Don't worry, Rex.

I'll look after ya.

Gday.

- Give us a Coopers, love.

- Okay. How's the track today?

Oh, lost my windscreen just out of Maree.

Young fella who works next door... Tilly?

- He's fitting me another one.

- He doesn't work here.

He came up from Oodnadatta last night

to get on the turps with his cousin.

Oh, don't worry. Might be a pisshead,

but he can fix just about anything.

- How much will it cost?

- Dunno. A couple of hundred.

You'd better give it to me, though.

Well, he'll charge you four

and he owes me twice that.

Good on ya.

Feral cats.

- Why do they string 'em up?

- 'Cause they don't belong here.

We'd be f***ed without that tree.

- It's the only reason people come here.

- Well, they haven't got a lot of choice.

They've got to refuel.

It's the only thing worth

putting on a postcard, though.

Well, they could put you on a postcard.

Would you buy a postcard with me on it?

We'd be f***ed without that tree.

Looks good.

Yeah. That's him.

I...

I paid the barmaid.

- Faith?

- Yeah.

- How much?

- $200. She said you owed her.

Oh, f*** it!

Mother, father, dog!

I'll tell you what, Rex.

I'll do you a deal.

You drop me off up the road in Oodnadatta,

we square. Okay?

Good job, that.

Fitted solid, unna?

Let's hope so.

You know I was gonna play

for Essendon, Rex?

- Oh, yeah?

- No bullshit. I was drafted.

Best full-forward

in the history of Oodnadatta.

- I met Michael Long.

- Yep?

What happened?

Well, they had my ticket booked

and everything.

But Sally... that's my wife...

she had Lionel... that's my boy...

the night before I'm supposed to go!

So I got to stay and look after

family, you know?

Think you might try it again sometime?

Lionel nearly three now.

Plus, we got little Jimmy.

There's this mob up in Darwin.

They reckon they still interested.

It's not the big time,

but you can get there from Darwin.

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