WE ALL DREAMED OF BUSH WEEK...
How many times were you denied a small treat when you were a kid, because it wasn't sought during Bush Week? Maybe asking to go to the Pictures on a school night, a bag of lollies from Spechies, an ice cream from Bull Collins', a few bob for the Juke Box at the Astoria, a trip to Longreach to see The Rubber Band or December Sunn win the music competitions.
Millions of treats have been denied to Queensland kiddies, merely because they were not sought during Bush Week.
And you would dream of this heavenly week, this week of wonder, this truly glorious week of plenty.
And you copped the many rebuffs from parents, teachers and older siblings, because you knew that you would be justly rewarded when the time came. And the Bush Week rebuffs came in many forms:
The classic: What do you think this is? Bush Week?
The Australiana: Crikey, Stone the bloody Crows China, do you think this is Bush Week or something?
The formal: I beseech you to kindly wait until the occasion of Bush Week.
The sarcastic: Bring me the calendar and show me where it says Bush Week.
The dismissive: Bush Week?
The cynical: Last time I looked it wasn't Bush Week
The offensive: Can't you just be patient and wait for Bush Week. Is that too much to ask?
The vulgar: It's not f***ing bush week* (*more common among siblings)
(COMPETITION NO. 1 Write to Roy the Boy from Yalleroi and tell him the style of Bush Week response you endured and you could find a bottle of Gully Gang Red going your way)
One thing was for sure about the Bush Week retort - it brought all your entreating to an abrupt end. You simply could not argue with the logic that-
(a) they were right: it was not Bush Week; and
(b) the rebuffer was really a kindly person, who would love to grant your small indulgence, if only their hands weren't tied by the fact that it wasn't Bush Week.
So bloggers well you might ask what are all these ravings about...
SCANDAL EXPOSED BY BULLRING MUSIC
Bush Week finally comes and what is it called: "COUNTRY" Week that's what!! So after years and years of calling it Bush Week, suddenly this name change. Out with BUSH and in with COUNTRY.
WHY THE SUDDEN CHANGE? Well it's all crystal clear to Roy the Boy from Yalleroi and The Bullringer -
TO DENY ALL BUSH KIDS THEIR RIGHTFUL REWARDS DURING BUSH WEEK and
TO NEGATE ALL THE PROMISES MADE TO AN ENTIRE GENERATION!!!!
Of course a scandal of these proportions deserves a name, and what better name than the one that rolled off the tongue of Roy the Boy from Yalleroi: BUSHGATE.
And what can Bullring Music do? As we are intent on finalizing the eagerly awaited and forthcoming Bullring Music CD and Book to the CD, we can't spare the time to lobby AS WE WOULD LIKE TO on behalf of all Queenslanders, young and old, to change the name to Bush Week, however we did play a small part as the "before" and "after" shots will show.
HAVING SAID ALL THAT...what a great job the representatives of the central west did with the stalls. They were flat out serving customers when Roy the Boy from Yalleroi and The Bullringer attended in-cognito - and got the exclusive shots below on Bullringcam for our faithfull Bullring bloggers.
Also it was great to see Aramac so close to Barcy in the display area. It was as if we were part of the same family, and lets face it, if you were ever going to adopt a kid, wouldn't the wonderful town of Aramac be your first choice? Also noticed Blackall fluttering a rather licentious eye at Tambo...and now that I think of it there were some sideways glances from Longreach in the direction of Ilfracombe. What could it all mean?
Finally A FANTASTIC COMPETITION. Were you alive during Bush Week in the early days? Tell us your story of the events of the week and you could have your stories published in the Book to the CD and win an exciting PRIZE - and it could even be a SPOT on the forthcoming and eagerly awaited Bullring Music CD. (Check out the Zimmers on the top right side of the blog if you think you are past it) or maybe an exclusive Bullring Music Zimmerframe OR a bottle of the Gully Gang Red. Whatever it ends up being you can bet it will be a RIPPER prize.
Be sure to tell all your friends and the other people in the home about this competition. Please send your entries to
BUSHWEEK COMPETITION.
Good Luck and enjoy the photos. The first few are BIG photos so don't forget to click to enlarge them.
The Bushgate sign:
If Roy the Boy from Yalleroi and The Bullringer had their way:
And enjoy some more photos of the displays:
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