Faithful bloggers from around the world will know of Audrey's first anxious moments when she met Roy the Boy from Yalleroi and The Bullringer at Daffy's Diner from Part 1 of the interview series. They will also know of the revelations about the hit song about Rudy, and the events that inspired it from reading The Interview Part 2
Bullring now presents, from the pages of that prestigious** magazine CFarm, Part 3 of Audrey's interview....
... "Roy the Boy discourses.. "
As we leave the concrete apron which defines the alfresco dining area of Daffy's, I glance up to catch Roy the Boy from Yalleroi in the throes of what appears to be a muscular spasm; his curved left arm shooting skyward, as if to protect his head from an invisible missile. Simultaneously The Bullringer ducks and weaves before resuming a normal gait. I hesitate, curious at this strange behaviour and not willing to follow....
CF: "Fellas what was that all about?" I shout, "that ducking and weaving from you, Bullringer and those weird arm movements from Roy the Boy?"
RtBfY: "Totally involuntary movement Audrey, instinctive behavior drawn from painful experience. In the days when December Sunn reigned supreme in the supper halls and other venues of the central west, Gravox would sit inside at the end table there near the door, facing west toward Longreach, enjoying his favourite dish of lamb chops mutton chops and pork chops.
Unfortunately for alfresco diners and passersby, Gravox was not one to leave a cluttered plate for Rudy to clean up. No siree, once each chop had been gnawed to the bone it would be tossed negligently, but with the speed that only a ninja could wish to replicate, through the open door and into the path of pedestrians, bike riders, and occasionally even ricocheting into alfresco diners.
We have been hit too many times, that the body's defenses become involuntary. You are safe though Audrey, this was all a long time ago.."
Suddenly Roy the Boy from Yalleroi seems to go into a trance, as he stares back wistfully at the outside dining area, the alfresco dining concept that Rudy brought to Barcaldine, and continued by Henry, Daffy and others.
"Where's the recognition?" he says. "Where's the recognition?" he repeats. "We have got heritage signs all round town at various places, and they deserve to be there, don't get me wrong. But The Blue Danube, this is a piece of real history, social history. It should be on the heritage register."
Roy the Boy is on a roll: "Where is the plaque? Where is the statue of Rudy? Nothing, nothing at all to mark the biggest innovation in hospitality this country has ever seen - the birthplace of alfresco dining in Australia and nothing to mark it to the tourists. At least the Bullring Music cd and the book to the cd will pay tribute to this remarkable place...."
"Come on Roy the Boy from Yalleroi" calls The Bullringer, "Lets get to The Globe for a refresher and answer Audrey's pertinent questions about Bullring Music and the untold story."
"Yes!" I think to myself, "This is the big break Audrey S McNash has been waiting for."
*Not as acclaimed as the Longreach Leader
**Not as prestigious as the Longreach Leader
NEXT WEEK: As promised, a lot of blabbing at The Globe.
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