Charlie's Country Page #3

All right,

so when you're considered

for parole, Charlie.

- When?

- When?

I don't know,

not for a few months yet,

but when you are...

...where do you think

you might go?

I don't know.

Somewhere.

What about going back

to your community?

You can live

your own way.

No.

White fellas locked me up

for being aboriginal.

I wanted to live in

the white fella's way now.

F***.

You're gonna

report to me weekly.

You're gonna

show up on time.

And another condition

is that you'll be banned

from buying alcohol.

I'm giving up drinking anyway.

That's good.

And you won't be allowed

to associate with known drinkers.

Everyone in this country

are known drinkers.

Yeah, this means

known to the police.

Police are known drinkers.

Tell them not

to associate with me.

Okay, all right.

I'm gonna arrange

for you to stay

at a dry house

for the first month.

It's not the easiest

of places, Charlie.

But given what you want,

that's the best I can do.

I want to go home now...

...back to my own country...

...where my place is...

Same old junk,

same old prices.

Where's all the decent food?

The food in prison

is better than this.

Ah, doesn't matter.

What are you doing

in the bush?

You know I like it here.

I had to get this ranger

to find you.

He's always finding me

in the bush.

How come you don't

answer your phone?

Old number.

What's the new number then?

Only got old number.

You going to come

and teach the kids to dance?

No... not me...

...get Bobby

to teach those kids.

He knows how to do it.

Bobby's crook.

His lungs are bad.

Yeah, Bobby smokes too much.

They've taken him

to hospital in Darwin.

Okay, I'll teach them.

I'd like to do it.

Me.

Yeah.

I went from this land,

by myself.

Not just me,

other boys too.

We went far,

all the way to...

...Sydney.

We danced there,

all the boys.

Dancing... for...

Queen Elizabeth... Queen...

...from England, London.

I've danced there!

For the opening

of the Opera House

and the Queen was there too.

Me, and all them boys.

Number one didgeridoo player,

and number one

clapstick player.

Very big.

Many, many people were there...

...at the Opera House.

Do you want to give it a try?

I'll show you, eh?

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