Walkabout Page #3
- GP
- Year:
- 1971
- 100 min
- 566 Views
There you'll be
in front of me
So I'll catch up
and turn to see
You look my way
And smile
- We'll walk a while
- Please. Put me down.
How's it goin', boy?
I said, "How's things?"
You got ear trouble?
Suit yourself.
Move it. Go on.
Quicker. Move it!
Get that bloody dingo
out of here.
It's the last time
I'm warning you!
Here.
Paint your titties with that.
Lovely.
Be careful with those.
They're valuable.
for about ten minutes.
No sneakin' off.
We've got a lot of work to do.
Will you shut the door?
The kids?
The window's open.
I'm hot.
Hey!
Look what I found!
Over here!
Come on!
That must be a weather balloon.
This black one's bigger...
and it's ticking.
Probably someone's listening to it.
- Will it hurt me?
- No, of course not.
How long will it take?
Ask him. Ask him how long it will be
before we can get anywhere.
Ask him how long!
Go on.
We'll be there today!
Hey! There's lots of water out there,
coming up out of the ground.
That's a spring.
- Jon-ge.
- Jon-ge.
Jon-ge. He wants me
to go and fetch some wood.
All right.
What are you doing?
Nothing.
There's predestination
and free will required.
We know now that
that that is, is.
Water. Water.
Water.
Yes, water.
Sorry, that's all
I could find.
I didn't know where-
Where are we going?
It's a road!
It's a real road!
Where does it go?
You're making me
drop my stick.
I like these.
All right.
Hello.
Didn't I get a lot?
There's lots more there.
Didn't I get a lot?
Where've you been?
Picking these. He showed me
where to get them.
Didn't I get a lot?
They're my favorites, remember?
- Where are you going?
- Out.
No, stay here.
Here. I've got lots of them.
Why won't he speak?
What's he dancing for?
I don't know.
Perhaps he's pleased.
- Why?
- Because we got here at last.
Where are you going now?
- Aren't you hungry now?
- Please, leave him alone.
You haven't cooked
the meat yet.
- The radio's gone.
- Hmm.
The battery's gone.
No. Dad said
they'd last for 400 hours.
How long is that? It's longer
than we've been walking, I bet.
Leave it. We won't
need it much longer.
Put it down
and go to sleep.
I want to start early
in the morning.
I think he wants to stay here.
- Why should he?
- It's nice.
I think that he wants
to stay here for a while.
There's lots of ferns
growing out there.
Anyway, I've already
decided something.
We're going
on our own tomorrow.
Why?
- That's best.
- No!
Suppose he wanted to do something,
or something happened?
Suppose he tried to-
Suppose he went off and left us?
No, he won't.
Won't go. You must
have dropped it.
Will he dance all night?
It's all right.
He won't keep you awake.
Can we go on the road?
What road?
Up there.
We found a road.
Didn't he tell you?
What sort of road?
A real road?
Yes. Is that where
we're going tomorrow?
Yes.
I knew we were
getting somewhere.
He's not there.
He's not there!
I went to sleep.
He's gone.
Oh.
Where's he gone?
He's gone home.
Why?
Well, there was no reason
for him to stay.
He just wanted
to bring us to the road.
We must be near a town.
So he's gone back to his family.
Ahh! Ooh! Ooh!
It's not really warm.
- He didn't say good-bye to us.
- Yes, he did.
That's the dancing about. It's their way
of saying good-bye to people they love.
I'd love to have a warm bath
with clean towels...
and eat with real plates
and knives and forks.
And have proper sheets.
And records.
And wear all my own clothes.
I'm glad I washed your things.
You want to look nice
when they find us.
Did you keep that button?
We must be near somewhere
if there's a road.
I wanted to give him
my penknife.
He's dead.
How?
I tried to give him my penknife,
but he wouldn't take it.
That doesn't mean
that he's dead.
He won't take it.
Should I see if the road's
still there?
No, of course it's there.
Did you eat
your breakfast properly?
- Yes.
- You should always sit down when you eat.
You shouldn't wander about.
You ready, then?
There you are.
What are you thinking?
Shall we sit down for a bit?
Stop sulking.
Where's the radio?
You forgot it.
So what?
It didn't work.
It's time now for hospital requests.
You're listening
to the first network of the ABC,
Radio 2BL Sydney,
The time is half-past eight.
- Look!
- I know.
- Will dad be there?
- No.
Ow!
- Is he dead too?
- I'm not sure.
Did he shoot himself?
It was an accident.
No, it wasn't.
- Then I don't know.
- Look!
- Did it hurt?
- Not much.
Well, why did he?
I suppose he thought
he was doing the best thing.
That's silly.
I said I don't know,
didn't I?
All right?
- You ready?
- Yes.
What's the name of that town?
I don't know.
Morning.
Wait here. Hello?
Uh, excuse me!
Hello?
Hello!
I say, hello!
- Hello!
- Yes?
We're lost.
We've had an accident in the desert.
Would you mind if-
- Put that down! Put that down!
- Please!
Put it down!
Put that down!
- I have.
- This is all private property.
I'm an employee of the company.
They own all this,
and the mine.
- What's the company?
- You touch their cans and you'll soon find out.
- Where's the mine?
- It's shut.
- What was in it?
- Nothing. That's why they shut it.
- We give them tours, same as anyone.
- When will they-
I don't know.
They never send me a card.
- How often do they-
- I don't know!
You'll have to wait.
You'll find it down the road.
- What?
- Where you're staying.
Don't touch anything!
Would you like to see
the rest of the town?
We shan't have to wait long.
Someone will come soon.
Can we go see the mines?
Yes, if you like.
- Can I go and play?
- Yes. Don't go far.
- Be careful.
- I'll be all right.
What's there?
Nothing.
- Hey!
- Yes!
Watch!
- What?
- Watch!
- Are you watching?
- Yes.
Well?
- What shall we do now?
- I know. Let's-
Hi, doll.
Well, they've made a decision.
I get Graham's job when he
leaves Friday, Ian takes over mine...
and Robby and Alan
go over to accounts.
Which means Old Mal
looks like being out of a job.
Still, it's his own fault.
What?
Nothing.
With all this changing around, there's bound
to be good news as far as salary's concerned.
I tell you, doll. In two years,
we'll be holidaying on the Gold Coast.
Into my heart,
an air that kills...
from yon far country blows.
What are those blue
remembered hills?
What spires,
what farms are those?
That is the land
of lost content,
I see it shining plain,
the happy highways
where I went...
and cannot come again.
So he was stuck.
He couldn't jump down
because it was too far,
and he couldn't shout
to his mother...
because then she'd know
he'd been spying on her.
So he just sat there.
It got dark,
very much room on the sill,
his legs grew very stiff.
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