On Location with 'The Sundowners' Page #6

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Friends, Romans, shearers.

Hello, Sean. How did you like the play?

Oh, don't question him, madame.

Don't waken him from his dream.

He fell in love with the leading lady.

- Honest truth, give a bloke a go.

- Oh, no shame in that.

When I was your age, I was

head over heels in love with Lily Langtry.

And now, my mulga-scrub lily,

I'm head over heels in love with you.

Oh, no.

Hey, Sean.

Oh, hello, Dad. Didn't see you.

What are you doing all by yourself?

I like being by myself,

except for you, of course.

My own family.

Your mother wouldn't come with me.

Should've taken you.

But I was going to the play with Rupe.

That's what I mean.

All my family seems to be

spending their time with somebody else.

Madame, the memory of-

The memory of your bell-like laughter

keeps calling me back.

Oh, Rupe. Those duke's daughters

must miss you.

The duke's daughters. They haven't

heard half the things I want to say.

- Can't we go?

- Oh, I can't leave the till, Rupe. Not yet.

Well, have I come to this?

A cash register as a rival?

Gert. I'm back, Gert.

How's the cold you had in your chest?

Matter of fact, how's your chest?

- You miss me while I was gone?

- Certainly not.

- Who the devil's this, Gert?

- Hello, Jack. This here's Rupe Venneker.

Rupe, this is Jack Patchogue,

mayor of Cawndilla.

He's a sort of friend.

- Pleased to meet you, Venneker.

- Patchogue.

"Sort of friend"?

Gert, what's been going on here?

Now, you pull your head in, Jack.

What I do with my spare time

is my own affair.

- Now, listen to me.

- Yes, you do that, Your Worship.

And I'll be next door

warming the cockles of my heart...

...for you-know-who.

You're gonna die laughing at him, Jack.

And you should've heard the words.

When you think it's the same language,

you say, "Pass the salt in"-

- You just can't understand how they-

- Sean.

Sean, have a beer.

- What?

- Have a beer.

You went to the play with Rupe

because that's what he likes.

Now have a beer with me

because that's what I like.

All right.

Here, love, small beer.

Just wish Mum could see me now.

Now, where is the doctor?

But he must have said

when he'd be back, I-

I'm sorry I yelled, but please,

send him over the minute he gets in.

The doctor's at the Jameson place,

You think you might catch him

before he leaves?

I can have a go.

- What will we do?

- Be a welcoming committee.

That baby's on its way,

doctor or no doctor.

Well, I better help Liz get into bed.

Mrs. Carmody, I don't want Jean

to be frightened.

Well, you think we should let Liz

have that baby alone?

Give Jean credit, Mr. Halstead.

She's a strong girl.

She'll do what she has to do.

Right. Try Mrs. Firth's pub,

see if our mob's there.

If not, try every pub in town.

They're bound to be in one of them.

Nobody home.

There's nobody home but me.

And I'm in terrible hurry.

We played lots of tennis at school

and did a lot of surfing.

Sydney's lovely in the summer.

Couldn't find him.

Ida, I feel crook.

- Starting to hurt quite a lot.

- Not for nothing, Liz.

I'll try to be good.

Don't. You scream the house down

if it helps.

If she doesn't, I probably will.

- Ida, how long were you with Sean?

- It's different every time, you know.

Bluey. I want Bluey.

- Hang on, Liz.

- I want Bluey with me.

- You'll be all right, Liz.

- Bluey.

- I'll get him.

- What?

I'll go into town, find him,

and bring him back.

All right, but don't be long.

Hello. What are you doing here,

Mrs. Halstead?

I'm looking for Bluey.

- Hello, love.

- Have you seen Bluey Brown?

Where is he, I said?

Oh, get away from me.

Oh, here he- Bluey? Here he is, love.

Right over here.

Look at him. Full as a goog.

It's just that after-hours drinking.

Well, sober him up and be quick about it.

Liz wants him.

Oh, hey. Hey, Bluey! Hey.

Hey, Bluey.

- You're having a baby.

- I know that.

It's lambing time at Wattle Run!

- I'll lay a quid it's a boy!

- Neither one, it's twins!

Come on! Come on, you!

- I'll lay a quid it's a boy!

- Neither one, it's twins!

Come on, you blokes! I'm driving!

I couldn't get the doc.

He's gone out to Big Billabong.

Bob, I must go and help Ida.

See that the men get Bluey sobered up.

Well, here he is, Ide.

All in one piece,

and almost as good as new.

Shut up, all of you!

Well, stone the flaming crows,

if it ain't old Ide.

Good on you, Ide!

Well, thanks for all your kind help!

Now then, get him sobered up. I don't

care how you do it, but do it quick.

What am I, his flaming keeper

or something?

Hello, Mum. I saw my first play

and had my first beer tonight.

Aren't you his keeper either?

Ida, hurry.

Come on now, Liz. Push.

That's it. Now harder. Come on.

There's a girl.

Here, Jean. Let her pull on your hands.

Well, here he is, what's left of him.

The rest is down the hill.

Well, he looks shrunk, but human.

Ida. Oh, Ida, I feel crook.

No, you don't, Bluey.

Go on in and say hello to your son.

Oh, I gotta tell the fellas.

Well, this is the first baby

born on Wattle Run that isn't a sheep.

Won't be the last, I hope.

What are you two talking about?

- Morning.

- You're up early.

Well, I needed something to do.

- I told Turk to tell you-

- Yes, yes, he told me. Thanks.

Didn't want you to worry.

- All right, look-

- Paddy.

Before you say anything, I...

- I'm sorry about last night.

- It's all right.

I'm sorry about Sean, for that matter.

I don't know what I was thinking about.

- It was just one beer, Ide.

- Well, won't kill him, eh?

Everything all right, then?

Yeah.

Only...

...I'm turning in my time tomorrow.

We're leaving Saturday night,

right after work.

We've been here six weeks, Ide.

You needed a change, you said.

All right.

Well, ain't six weeks long enough?

Listen, Ide. Everything's going wrong

between us since we've been here.

We never see Sean anymore.

We never see each other.

When we do, we're dead tired or there's

a hundred strangers hanging around.

It isn't staying I care about,

it's the money we're making.

We don't need the money.

We've never needed it.

We need it now. I want a home, Paddy,

just like Sean does.

I don't want to ride that wagon

right into my grave.

Oh, what good does it do

turning away every time I say it?

I told you in the beginning,

I couldn't get stuck in one place.

I had to keep on the move.

You kept on saying it was all right.

Now, what'd you wanna lie for?

I never promised I wouldn't change.

I never promised I wouldn't get older

and scared.

What do you mean? You think I can't

take care of you and the kid?

We're both getting older. It's time we-

- Don't talk for me. I'm not finished yet.

- I'm just trying to look ahead, Paddy.

Well, I'm not looking past Saturday.

That's when I'm gonna go.

You and Sean

don't wanna come with me?

Well, don't.

Hey, Paddy.

Wait a minute, will you?

Everything's right for the contest

with the Mulgrue bunch.

It's okay with the boss too,

so we fixed it for Saturday.

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