The thoughts of H True blue #300 Two mates sit side by side just before the rest arrive, on Australia Day in January - both filled with Aussie pride. Ice-clad stubbies click a CHEERS…to stir a best mates heart, the twenty-fourteen Backyard Boofhead Test about to start. The pitch has been re-mown - Wazzas primed the strip just right, for the Aussie Day day-nighter…from lunch till loss of sight. Paddys chosen prawns of course of the highest calibre, as Bones applies the grog with ice direct from Toddys bar. And Toddys there of course - as tradition states each year, with tongs and onions snags and rumps and a smile from ear to ear. Dazzas just strolled in with Johnno Rod and Vince in toe, pub-tab tickets a big screen and all that stuff that punters know. Ben, JD and Neddo have just touched down from Brisbane town, with dad BD still at the helm of his Kingswood of renown. The backseat boasts a brute of a bloke best backyard bowler seen, a bullocking bristling bustling bloke bearing the barnstorm badge - of Bean. The tank-stand serves as commentary box for Crowie and his team, yes…a one-dayer at the WAZZA…tops the list of yobbo dreams. The Tsunami Army does its thing and invades the wading pool, two Poms a dog from up the road and propensity to play the fool. The toss is done by Jonesy - lone umpire on the day, he defines the simple backyard rules and the game gets underway. The anthem stirs emotion through the words of Hey True Blue, Bean bounces Wazzas dreadlocks with advice of what to do. Jonesy - hand on heart recites The Man from Snowy River, as the boys within the Pub-tab pray the ghostly grey delivers. As Digger sheds his clothing for the obligatory streak, a square-cut from the batsman ensures hell not sit down this week. Zinc creams flying everywhere, skin drops from hips and knees, the crickets quite frenetic - confrontational if you please. Aussie versus Aussie on this most traditional day, where words are just as lethal as any action on display. Well…the constant classic sledging carries on into the night, butcher Toms beef burgers prove an Aussie Day delight. With arguments and incidents - Paddy hits the winning run, and another dinkum Aussie Backyard Boofhead Test…is done. Harry Donnelly Australia Day 2014 (389) To join Harrys mailing list: [email protected]
Posted on: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 19:53:05 +0000