High Tide (1987) Movie Script
The End
Johnny, go, go, go.
Johnny, go, go.
He used to carry a guitar in a grunny sack.
Sippin' in for Trina by the Rapportrack.
He'll just know a team sittin' in the cage.
Charming with the brimble and the driver's beer.
People askin' me, they would be done to say,
Oh, my, I'm a bad little before I play.
I'm a go.
Go, Johnny, go, go, go.
Go, Johnny, go, go, go.
Go, Johnny, go, go.
Go, Johnny,
-Lister. -I don't wanna play games, do you?
I'll be back, I'll be back, but you think it's so cool.
- Silly little bitch.
- Come on, baby.
- You okay?
I told you to follow me!
Yes, Lester. We know Lester.
- Par for the course, Lester. - Right.
Oh, Harry.
Never mind.
- Have a bite? - Yeah.
Come on!
Come on, let's hurry!
I'm sorry.
Come on.
- Don't chicken out. - She'll say no.
- She might. - Want a bath?
- At least try. - Yeah.
- See ya. - See ya.
Good luck.
Good luck.
Can I go to the disco tonight with the others?
Nope.
But she said I could.
I said I'd think about it.
Please?
No.
Don't be cross.
Is it Talent Quest tonight?
Hm?
What are you doing?
- I can't call the
rainbow
- Oh, it's good to see you make a bit of an effort.
Always travel first class and always look the part.
That's what I saw.
- You've got a problem with it, do you?
- Well, I know.
And you should make more of an effort with yourself too, Lily.
- Lester, some men like that look.
- What look?
The daggy look.
- Oh, that's enough.
- You look.
- Anyway, we've made good money in Japan.
- Japan now?
- They're like white ladies with long legs.
- That just about chops you out, don't it, Trace?
She's gone.
And the winner is 61 folks. Green 61.
Who's got green 61?
Who's the lucky person? Somebody must have it.
I know that we sold it.
Hey! We've got it! It's Lily! You've won it!
Oh, God, no, I don't want those things.
Oh, here, here. I'll have them.
No, no, no, no. I've changed my mind.
- Just like a woman.
- Sit down here.
- Yeah.
- What am I gonna do with them.
- What are you gonna do?
- Don't shoot tell 'em, Margaret.
Get out, don't shoot tell 'em.
- Who's got number 62?
- I got 62.
- You want this good?
- Yeah, I'll have 'em.
- Yeah, why not?
- Got another one?
- Sure.
- There you go.
- Well, there's me ticket.
- Okay.
It had to be you, it had to be you.
I wandered around and finally found somebody who could make me be true, could make me be blue.
And even be glad just to be sad thinking of you.
Some others I've seen might never be mean.
Might never be cross or try to be boss, but they wouldn't do.
For nobody else gave me a thrill.
With all your faults, dear, I love you still.
It had to be you, wonderful you.
It had to be you.
It had to be you.
It had to be you.
I wandered around and finally found somebody who could make me be true, could make me be blue.
Come in.
How's it going, girls?
Hi, good.
What's the house like?
Half of the course.
Lily, let's get ready.
We've got about ten minutes.
What about the band?
They'll be all right.
Don't worry about them.
I've had to talk through.
Lily, I asked you to get ready.
You've been in here for 50 minutes.
It's good enough for everybody else.
It's good enough for you.
All right, keep your hair on.
I look about a hundred.
Thanks, Trace.
No, my wig.
You're kidding.
Oh, shit.
I think I've left my wig behind.
Oh, great work.
Great work.
Jesus, you are hopeless.
Why is it everywhere we go, something goes wrong where you're...
Found it!
Found my wig.
Good.
Ten minutes, all right.
Yeah, but I really wish you wouldn't do that, Lily.
Oh, she's the only market.
I know, but it doesn't help things, you know.
One more thing.
Mm-hmm.
Don't think I don't know what you've been up to on this tour
and encouraging young Trace.
Oh, yes, but don't be so sensitive.
Now, I've kept quiet about it because I want to keep harmony on the tour.
It's very boring.
Boring.
Well, that's where you and I fall apart, isn't it?
Because what I think is essential, you think is boring.
Now, we need harmony on the tour,
but what chance have I got when you keep undermining me all the time?
Oh, Lester.
I'm sorry. I didn't mean anything.
Really, I'm sorry.
Sorry.
I'm sorry.
It's a little bit late for that, isn't it?
Nine minutes.
Oh, dear.
Oh, dear.
Have you got all your rallies with you for a bit of moral support, eh?
Oh, help me information for the night I got on air
Only that I'm listening on all the fun we had
But we were moved apart as our moms had not agreed
Tore apart how happy old in Memphis, Tennessee
Last time I saw the beach, she's waiting on me to buy
We're very long, not sold and cheap, and trickle from her lungs
Maria's only six years old, information please
Try to put me through to her, and once was the sea
I'm in the fall of sea
Oh.
Young Trace?
Yum yum yum.
There's yours, let's wait I advance you for the car.
Ta.
Lily, come here.
I'm sorry, but I'm not going to need you for Tessie.
I'm free again.
It's OK.
- Hey! See you in Japan! - The kangaroo.
Oh, no!
Here's yours. This is our last run.
- Oh! - Forever.
No, only for the winter. What do you want?
In...
One single.
G'day. Oh, g'day. Can I help you?
Yeah, I need a caravan.
To the falling gods of speed and steel
But life is sure and the days are sweet and
Passion rules the arrow that flies a million faces
My feet but all I see
That's a great song
That's a great song.
You're not even all right.
Hello, fish feet.
Hey.
Hey, Fish V.
- Hey, would you just help me up a bit?
Please, I've just, I've had a little bit to drink
and I can't get up by myself.
Would ya?
Jesus.
Oh, thanks a lot, thanks.
Oh shit, cow man.
- Hey hang on.
- There's a drunk lady in there.
- Hey could you wait a minute?
Hey!
Hey, fish, please!
Wait a minute!
Hi.
Excuse me.
Um...
I've lost my caravan.
What number is it?
Oh, my God.
I know.
- No. - Are you sure?
No.
You're a nice cute.
You're nice.
Is she your girlfriend?
Is she?
You shy as me.
You shy.
Are you his girlfriend?
- Sort of. - Sort of.
Oh, sort of.
God, you're great.
Kids, you're great.
Hey, listen, don't let anybody ever tell you that you're too young, okay?
Because you're not.
But they get old and ugly and jealous.
And they forget, you know, they forget what it's like.
But you're not, you're okay.
This is your caravan, Heath.
Huh?
This is your caravan.
Oh, good.
Do you want me to take the case?
Sure.
Hang on, let's have a look at this.
You've got a really long lifeline.
Do you?
No, I've got a very short lifeline.
Very short.
Where's my car?
Where's my car?
Oh, that's right. It's getting fixed.
Holy shit.
Hey, hang on.
I've got another bottle inside.
We can have a drink, okay?
You want to have a drink?
Watch out?
- -
Give me that, Fiona.
Oh, my God.
Is your car fixed?
Sorry?
Is your car fixed?
No.
Can you read hands?
No.
I thought you could.
Here, which one's my lifeline?
Oh my God.
Um, that one I think, isn't it?
Do you live here?
Yeah, are you going to?
No, just till I get my car back.
Where do you live?
God, that's a good question.
Where do I live?
Sydney, I think.
Sydney, you think?
I live in Sydney when I have to, and when I don't have to, I travel.
Have you been to America?
Uh, yep.
Greece?
Sure.
Where else?
Africa?
Italy?
Yes, it's great.
I'll let him tell him that spoon.
Hey, how are you?
I'm Alex.
I'm Alex.
I'm Lily.
Very good.
That's my machine.
You're using my machine.
There are lots of machines on that.
Yes, but that one's mine.
It's mine, and that's my driver up there, see?
Bob said it could be my machine.
It's got my mark on it.
Take them out, please.
Right.
I'll do that for you.
Allie!
Where have you been?
Just here, Nat.
Well, come on, Herman.
- It's time to move. - Okay.
- Hurry up. - Ciao, Lily.
Quick snack, come on.
Come in.
Let's go, come on.
I'm sorry.
Hello, Beth.
What are you doing here?
My car broke down.
I'm just waiting to get it fixed.
Why here?
Look, I didn't know you were here.
You know who she is.
Well, I don't want her knowing.
All right.
All right.
What's this lily-boo?
Your own name not good enough for you?
You've come to get her.
Of course not.
What if I pay? Pay to get your car fixed?
No thanks.
You've done enough damage.
If you go near her again, if you breathe one word, I'll kill you!
Who cares who cares I don't care
600? Does that say 600?
Yeah, well, look, I'm sorry. We had to go to Sydney for poets.
Yeah, but you quoted me three.
Well, that's what it came out of. Jock did the bill.
Oh, did he? Oh, that's fantastic.
600. I haven't got $600.
I mean, this is double what you quoted me.
Look, you buy an old car, you've got to spend money on it.
Oh, thanks. Any more advice?
Oh, sorry.
Look, I'm...
I haven't got it.
I really need my car now, you know. I really need it.
All I do is the work.
And it's all fixed and everything?
God.
Look, I know it's a bit tough.
Yeah, I'm sorry. It's not your fault.
I just... I need to get out of town quick, you know.
Look, um...
There wouldn't be any way that, um...
You could just let me take it.
What do you mean?
Well... Oh, God, I'm going crazy.
I'm sorry. Just forget it. I'm sorry.
Oh, Nancy, I can't juggle.
Anything else?
Yeah.
Mm-hmm.
No.
Yeah.
Well, if anything does come up, anything at all, Nancy, could you get in touch?
I'm at the Mermaid Caravan Park in Eden.
Uh-huh. That's what I said.
Of course I haven't been drinking.
In Wollongong, I wasn't drinking. I was sick.
Well, he's wrong.
So, should I ring you?
Oh, dear.
Well, maybe you could call me, then.
You can leave a message at the office, I think.
Yeah, all right.
Thanks, Nancy.
Okay.
Bye.
Musik
- Pony and James! - Hi.
- Nan? - Hi, Nan.
- Hi. Um, can I go to Michelle's for tea tonight?
Well...
How long you get home?
- My dad will drop me back. - All right, but just make sure that he does.
- Okay. - All right.
- Great. Thanks, man. Bye. - Bye.
Okay, go.
G'day there.
Hi.
Did you get the chook?
Eh?
Did you get the chook?
You got the chook.
Been up to the park a couple of times
but I haven't been able to spot you.
- I've been out a bit.
- Huh.
So, how long before your car's fixed?
- Hmm.
It's taken longer than I thought.
I think they're waiting for parts.
- I have to have a word with Ted.
Make him go slower.
- Oh, don't do that, please.
- Gives a chance to get to know each other better.
- Bye.
So, what else do you do other than fish?
Do you have any hobbies?
Yeah, I'm a fender fangs out.
Yeah?
Piss off.
Leave us alone.
Morons.
- I feel a lot of drawing and painting now.
I'm not very good at it, darling.
Little shits, aren't they?
- Geez.
I draw mostly water and boats and everything like that.
- Come on, Jason.
- Anyway, as I was saying,
it's sort of all sea stuff I do,
but I really like to get into doing people more.
I used to draw my ex-wife a lot,
but never got actually good at it,
never got into the little fiddly bits,
like the fingers and the feet,
bits of the face.
I'd really like to have a go at drawing you, actually.
Drawing me?
Yeah, and drawing your face.
Oh.
Sure.
That one.
And then there's this one.
Who are they?
That one.
Who are they?
Well, that one's my mom, and that one's my dad.
- So how was Michelle's?
- Good.
- I didn't hear her dad's car pull up.
- No, he dropped me at the gates.
- Ah.
- When I was a baby, did my mother and father love me?
- Well, of course they did.
- Did they love each other?
- Oh, yes.
Yeah, they were crazy about each other right from the start.
I can remember John coming home this night.
I was cooking dinner.
We were living up the North Coast.
- Oh, yes.
Anyway, John had this girl with him, and he said,
"Mum, this is Julie."
And that was it.
People used to think they were more like brother and sister.
Not that I saw much of them after that.
They were a law unto themselves, those two.
I dream about him sometimes.
He's wearing a big coat,
and he comes above me when I'm in bed,
like he's floating.
It was scary in the beginning.
His coat's all dark.
And he's not inside it.
Not in his face.
He's like in the photo, but older.
Well, we really don't have the clientele for a female singer.
Unless, of course, you happen to be Marsha Hines in disguise.
Sorry.
Well, we couldn't afford it anyway.
Well, look, can you dance?
Well, um...
Only what you saw the other night.
It's pretty basic, I suppose, but I...
Yeah, it's funny business, the club business, you know.
Have you ever done any exotic dancing?
Uh, no.
No.
Well, look, I'll tell you what. We've got a Bucks night coming up.
I can book you for that.
I should probably organize a smoko. That'd be two shots.
Bet you'd have to strip.
I'm not a stripper.
No, well, I mean, I appreciate that.
I appreciate that, but we pay well.
Enough to get you back on the road again.
I mean, after all, it's all show business, isn't it?
Oh, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John,
hold the horse swag it on.
If he hollers, pull his tail
and send him back to back to back to back to...
He's about to go out.
He's about to go out.
Bago, bago, rojel.
Very attractive.
I'll ask her now.
Here.
Here, chicken.
Here, you can have a chicken.
Mrs. Roper?
Yes, lad, what is it?
Can Ali come to the disco with me tomorrow night?
Her name's already said no.
Don't start that again.
My mum will pick us up.
Why not?
You mean yes?
She can come.
- That's real! - Well, it's gotta be a first time.
You know what them places are like.
- Oh, you stay out of this. - She gets her own way on everything.
- I don't. - Oh, don't be such an old, tired ass.
- Oh, don't start. Once you start, we'll be ready.
- Come over before we get ready together. - Yeah.
- Which is fantastic. - Where will never end?
- Everyone will be there. - Tell me this I do not know.
In summer sun, winter, snow. - Go, go.
- Have a good one. - Yeah.
Oh, no!
Excuse me.
You stung way!
- Ellie! - Coming.
What do you do to do such a silly thing?
I don't know what's got into you lately.
Why did you do it?
Why did you shave your legs?
It's just ridiculous.
You've got nothing to shave.
I don't know.
I don't understand you at all lately.
Just ridiculous.
It's stupid.
Anyway, you're not going.
What?
Why not?
Because I said so.
That's why not.
But I'm all ready.
Yeah, well, you're coming to the club with me.
No.
Michelle's allowed to go.
Well, you're not Michelle.
Michelle was.
So...
How many do you think will be there?
Oh, it's hard to say, really.
What?
10, 20, 50?
You should know.
Well, I've sold 150 tickets myself.
Hmm.
I've written, "get fucked all over my tits."
You think that'll turn them on?
Ah, I might, I suppose.
Yours for the asking, I sat here alone
With nothing but memories to burn
The torch that I carried for you has gone out
Now I'm begging, demanding my time.
I should have been listening.
You killed all my dreams.
Made leave a lucky day to me.
You didn't do it.
I still can, though.
Yeah?
Yeah?
Oh.
I do, you know.
Silly boy.
Oh, my God, what a mess you've made.
Are you invited to this Bucks party?
Well, I thought I'd stay back here.
Either.
Yeah, but I'm not gonna go.
No, go! It's gonna be great.
They might give me a weekly spot after this.
Saturdays at the club, Wednesdays on the fishing boats,
Fridays at the kindergarten.
Look, if I had the cash, I'd give it to you.
Look, it's gonna be all nice.
Of course you will.
And what's your name?
- Bette, Bette Roper. - Oh, lovely.
Gee, you're all good.
I'll sing a bit myself, you know, love.
Do you?
Yeah, I just damaged you though, nothing much.
I'd like to hear you sometime.
Would you?
Yeah.
Well, what about that, eh?
What about later?
Oh, that sounds good.
All right.
See you later.
Right.
Oh, yeah.
My Mars.
Ah, my very venus.
Good.
Good?
No, good's good.
Good for getting the word venus.
Excellent's the word.
Excellent.
Earth.
Yeah?
Man?
Man, Mars.
No, he just said that.
Oh, shit, damn.
- Oh.
- My very Mars Venus.
- Well, you know, you get it in barometers and--
- Oh, Mercury.
- Yeah, just show us--
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- Jupiter.
- Jupiter, yeah.
Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto.
But I always thought Pluto was a dog,
so I could never remember it, you see?
That's what I--
Must have been pretty crook.
- Yeah.
It was.
Come on.
Take your jumper off.
- It's too cold. - No, it's not.
Beautiful skin.
Come on.
You have gone now, now I'm back in demand in my time.
You got me iced?
I'm on my way.
Here, now.
Here's Teddy to keep you company.
This will be our little secret, okay?
Here we go.
A well-o'-dream.
I'm going to thank you.
That I brought you back in.
I'll be on the
Let's go.
Yeah
Jesus.
Oh, God, love, I'm so sorry.
- That makes it a pretty expensive night.
- Well, if you don't think it was worth it,
send me the bill.
I'm going to go.
whistling
- Do you have any party anywhere, love? - No.
- I'll be back in a minute. - Okay.
I'll bet this is stupid. I think I'll be gone soon. Lay off me, please.
Stop hanging around. Sneaking around.
- Well, I'm going. - Well, stay away from her, then.
I can see him in her.
What'd you tell her about me?
that you're dead.
Of course.
Well, I had to.
You screwed up my boy's life.
You carted him off around the countryside.
No, no, Bet.
No more.
Damn it, you were the one who pissed off.
Well, I did it to protect her.
To protect yourself.
To protect yourself.
Because you're a greedy old woman, Bet.
Why blame me for John?
Why do that?
Why blame anybody?
I don't blame you.
Where were you when he died?
Why couldn't you have helped me?
Well, you must have had all the help you needed.
- You had your family. - I had no help.
I did what I did because I was thinking of her.
You see, I can't trust you.
I don't know which way you're gonna jump next.
And I don't think you do either.
Well, you could take her tomorrow for all I know.
What would I do with a child?
Did I take her to spite me, maybe? On a whim?
Good God, it could be one of a dozen reasons.
- No way, Beth. - Damn it, you're a bloody mother!
Well, that's it. We're gonna stay with Carl for the winter.
What?
Yeah, well, it's closer to school.
But I don't wanna live with Cole.
Oh, come on now.
Glad he'd be for the winter.
He doesn't like me.
Yes, he does.
That's just his manner.
Don't think he likes you anymore anyway.
Oh, yes, he does.
He didn't this morning.
Yeah, well, I sorted all that out.
Anyway, he's been after me to move in with him for ages.
I'm not going.
You've got no choice, dear.
If I go, you go.
But it's too far from the beach.
Oh, there's heaps of other beaches.
The town beach is practically sitting
right on his front doorstep.
The way's not any good there.
Yeah, well, I can't help that.
Look, do you have to do that in here?
Great big, funny thing is always in the way.
Take it outside, love, and do it tomorrow.
It was on your own son's.
What?
I said it was on your own son's.
Just exactly what is that supposed to mean?
You don't even care.
I don't even care.
What would you know about caring?
What would you know about anything?
He'd give it to me.
You don't care about him. You don't care about me.
You never let me do anything.
You and Colt is bothering me around.
- It's ridiculous. - No, it's mine.
- Give it to me. - It's not yours. It's my father's.
- Oh, shut up. - I hate you.
And I hate you.
Oh, my God.
I'm a big one
You sure it's all right, Mum?
- Yeah. - Good.
- Good. - Oh, for God.
- She does. - All right.
- Ta-da, Nan. - Bye-bye.
Bye.
Thanks again, Mum.
He'd be a good girl and look after your grandma.
Mmm.
- Bye-bye then. - Ta-ra.
Say ta-ra to Daddy.
- Ta-ra. - Bye, Daddy.
- Bye-bye. - Ta-ra then. Bye.
Bye.
Here's to the road out of town.
Yeah, the open road.
- I haven't done anything like this for years.
- Haven't you?
Oh, God, I have.
The best thing in the world, this taking off,
going somewhere.
When I was married, we used to--
- Married? You never said you were married.
- Didn't I? Oh, well, I was.
Anyway, we used to just take off, you know?
We never even knew where we were going.
But we were young. I was young.
Now I'm old.
- Old?
No way, you're not old.
You're beautiful.
So, where's your husband?
Dead.
Dead as an old doornail.
Gone.
Go faster!
Faster now.
Sure thing.
- That's a lot. - Sure it is.
That lady's gone.
What?
That lady's gone.
Oh, so she has.
Dum dum dum dum, da-dee-da-da-dum
To cast me off discourteously
For I have loved you oh so long
Delighting in your company
Know that girl in the caravan park?
The little surfer, Ali?
Yeah, the Mr. Whippy kid.
She's my daughter.
She doesn't know.
Jesus.
I didn't know either when I first got there.
It was just the last town on tour.
Chance.
You see, I couldn't tell to look at her.
She could be anyone.
It was only after I found out I started to notice things.
Small likenesses.
then I couldn't stop looking for them.
Haven't seen her since she was a baby.
Well...
She's happy, she's settled, at least you know that.
I loved her father so much.
When he died, I think I hated her.
I hated myself.
Come on. There's no need to do that.
I would have been a bad mother.
No way you would have.
She seems happy, doesn't she?
Yeah, sure she is.
You know, when my wife took off with that bloke,
Like I told you about.
She took our son with her.
She left Fiona with me.
There's no rhyme or reason for those things.
You can't nut it out.
You've just got to make the best of what you're left with.
Oh, God, I hate that.
- Hate what? - Oh, that.
That's just mindless.
That's a slave mentality.
We'd all end up with nothing if we thought that.
So what's your thinking got you? What have you got?
with a sleazy band doing country towns, eh?
That's right.
That's what I am.
No, that's not true. That's not what you...
- Why? No, you're right. - No, I'm not right.
- Yes, you are. - You could be anything.
You could do anything. You're beautiful.
Well, you're different from other women.
Listen, listen, I'll tell you the reason
for us coming up north together.
I'll tell you what I had in mind.
Well, tomorrow straight away, we go for coughs,
and we'll do it in a day easy.
And I thought what we'd do is try and find somewhere
where it's warm, and we'll think about starting
a small business together, like a--
you know, I could run a fishing boat hire type place,
and maybe eventually I could, you know,
get an art thing attached to it, like a gallery wharf
and we could run it together, you know.
And I'd get Fi up with us and...
maybe we could have a baby of our own.
- G'day. - Hi.
Now, if I give you 300 now and 300 on Sunday,
could I take the car now?
How do I know you'll come back on Sunday?
Well, I'm doing a show at the club on Saturday night,
and I'll get paid.
What if you don't turn up?
You'll just have to trust me.
See you Sunday.
Thanks.
I'm sorry.
Hi.
Hi.
I've been up the coast and...
...brought you this.
What for?
Thought you'd like it.
To keep?
Yeah.
Thanks.
Where's your Nan?
Her sister's husband's dad and she's up at Stockton.
Would you like to have dinner with me?
Yeah.
- -
Where do you want to sit?
Over here?
Yeah, sure.
Okay.
Here we go.
Jeez, she's crazy.
What's this?
Hungry?
Starving.
Would you like to eat?
Hamburger.
- With the lot? - Yeah.
- Two? - Yeah.
- Three? -
- And what to drink? - A milkshake.
A milkshake. And I'll have a coffee.
Get lost Michelle
Just being stupid is she a friend of yours she's supposed to be my best friend
one of those supposed to be
God, they take a long time.
This is a good book.
My dad was a surfer.
Nan said if he was surfing today, he'd be top.
He would.
-Lynn Boer. She's great.
I wanna be like her.
-You will be if you want to.
I think you could be anything you wanted to be.
Would you water, please?
Come on.
I'm sorry.
- Ali, isn't it? - Yeah.
Keen surfer.
Yeah, it's great, me too.
See, uh, see Lily's back in town.
Managed to get a car on the road eventually.
Did she talk to you yet?
Talked to me?
Yeah, um, we had tea last night.
Did she say anything to you?
I mean, did she tell you?
Tell me what?
Well, tell you, you know...
Well, who she is.
I don't know what you mean.
She's your mum.
Lily?
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What's wrong?
Are you...
Are you my mother?
No.
That man, your boyfriend, he said you are.
My mother's dead.
Well, I'll say one thing for funerals.
You certainly catch up on all your rallies.
Boy, oh boy.
Am I ready for a cup of tea?
I found out Lily was my mother.
Who told you?
Lily's boyfriend.
Why did you say she was dead?
Because it was the best thing to do at the time.
I could have looked for her.
But she wouldn't have wanted that.
You lied to me.
Allie, you've got to try and see it from my point of view.
She's my mother.
But some bloody mother.
Where has she been all these years?
She didn't come looking for you, dear.
It was an accident.
You've got to wake up, Allie.
Stop kidding yourself.
She doesn't care about you.
Allie!
Allie!
Please!
Please.
Were you gonna tell me?
I couldn't.
Do you love me?
I love you.
You don't know me.
But you really are my mother.
Did you ever try to find me?
Why not?
Didn't you want to?
After John died...
I don't know.
I didn't want anything. Nothing.
Then I got used to that.
Well, then, you loved me before that.
Before he died.
Well, then...
I gave you away.
- But that wasn't my fault. - No, no, of course it wasn't.
Look, you make it seem so simple, but it wasn't simple.
After he died, I wanted to die.
I was so angry, you know, and I felt useless
because I couldn't ever bring him back.
I couldn't cope with you. I would have been bad for you.
So it's my fault. It's not your fault. It's my fault. You mustn't blame yourself.
Then you just stopped loving me.
No, no. I didn't just stop.
I stopped myself. I prevented myself.
I didn't love anyone.
I mean, I didn't choose to stop loving you. It just happened.
I mean, it was as if...
If I'd loved you, I would have hurt you.
So I had to just let go.
There must be a real reason why you didn't...
There is, can't you? Don't you see that?
- I'm sorry. - What?
I said I'm sorry! Isn't that what you want?
Oh.
I'm not coming in.
Oh, yes, you are.
I don't have to.
You're coming in, you're going to listen to your nan sing.
No two ways about it.
Cole, let it go.
You've done enough damage already.
You're going to have to work hard to make it up to her.
You owe her everything.
And don't you forget it.
You don't owe your mother nothing.
Not one iota.
She doesn't deserve the name.
She's just a no-hopper.
You don't know anything about my mother.
I've seen enough.
-Aroo, bet. -Yeah, okay.
I'll see you next time.
So when are you off, then?
Tomorrow.
Mm-hmm.
You really cocked things up, didn't you?
You know, I've always thought that I lived a kind of, um,
adventurous, brave kind of a life.
I've been a coward.
Well, maybe it's about time you woke up to yourself.
Come on, baby!
Cheering
Hey, no cheers, off you go.
Probably the bad news for Australian Crawl fans who think that Australian Crawl may get back
is that they're running and the book is from their lead singer James Green,
who is now living in Los Angeles, has just been signed to Capital Worldwide
and he's going to do a solo album.
He's currently in LA working on the song and hopes to start recording early next year.
So James, the best of luck.
She doesn't seem to be around much, does she?
Never mind, darling.
I could have told you.
Guess she stuck with me then, eh?
What do we have for tea, then?
Hm?
Come on, sad sack.
What'll it be?
I know.
Why don't we have some brown paper chips?
Hm?
She doesn't care about me.
All she cares about is herself.
Hey, when the sun's gone
Break it from the...
Okay, yep
Thanks.
Thank you.
Here.
Hello.
Hello.
What are you doing?
I'm going.
Finally.
Didn't know we called you Alice.
Did you?
Mm-hmm.
Do you want to come with me?
Can I?
You've got to be sure.
I am.
Hey!
I'm going away with my mama!
Bye, Ellie!
- Wait!
I want to go back. What for?
I want to tell Nan.
No.
Please.
She'll kill us.
- I'm not gonna tell her. - I'll tell her.
I'm sorry.
Ich bin mit meiner Mutter.
Oh, Jesus God.
We'd gone and we'd come back.
Where were you going?
North. We don't know.
She said we'll see.
You'd let me know, though, won't you?
Yeah.
We'll come and visit you.
And I'll write.
You write to me, Nan?
We'll ring each other up, won't we?
And see each other?
Yes, dear. We will.
I love you.
And I love you.
Come on now, cheer up.
Don't want us both crying into our hanky, do we, eh?
Fishy old one at that, but it'll do to my papa.
Is she waiting outside?
- I'll ring you up.
I'd better get back to work, too, before they give me the sack.
We wrote each other lots of letters.
Go to her.
Go on. Go on now.
Come on, come on.
I love you.
- Hungry? - Yeah.
- Let's get something to eat. - Okay.
- Wanna go to the toilet? - No.
- I'm gonna stick with the arms.
I can't support him.
Get the gun back.
- All right, thank you.
- Thank you.
- Would you like to order now?
- No, I'm waiting for my mother.
- Okay, well, I'll leave this with you.
- Okay.
-
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Johnny, go, go, go.
Johnny, go, go.
He used to carry a guitar in a grunny sack.
Sippin' in for Trina by the Rapportrack.
He'll just know a team sittin' in the cage.
Charming with the brimble and the driver's beer.
People askin' me, they would be done to say,
Oh, my, I'm a bad little before I play.
I'm a go.
Go, Johnny, go, go, go.
Go, Johnny, go, go, go.
Go, Johnny, go, go.
Go, Johnny,
-Lister. -I don't wanna play games, do you?
I'll be back, I'll be back, but you think it's so cool.
- Silly little bitch.
- Come on, baby.
- You okay?
I told you to follow me!
Yes, Lester. We know Lester.
- Par for the course, Lester. - Right.
Oh, Harry.
Never mind.
- Have a bite? - Yeah.
Come on!
Come on, let's hurry!
I'm sorry.
Come on.
- Don't chicken out. - She'll say no.
- She might. - Want a bath?
- At least try. - Yeah.
- See ya. - See ya.
Good luck.
Good luck.
Can I go to the disco tonight with the others?
Nope.
But she said I could.
I said I'd think about it.
Please?
No.
Don't be cross.
Is it Talent Quest tonight?
Hm?
What are you doing?
- I can't call the
rainbow
- Oh, it's good to see you make a bit of an effort.
Always travel first class and always look the part.
That's what I saw.
- You've got a problem with it, do you?
- Well, I know.
And you should make more of an effort with yourself too, Lily.
- Lester, some men like that look.
- What look?
The daggy look.
- Oh, that's enough.
- You look.
- Anyway, we've made good money in Japan.
- Japan now?
- They're like white ladies with long legs.
- That just about chops you out, don't it, Trace?
She's gone.
And the winner is 61 folks. Green 61.
Who's got green 61?
Who's the lucky person? Somebody must have it.
I know that we sold it.
Hey! We've got it! It's Lily! You've won it!
Oh, God, no, I don't want those things.
Oh, here, here. I'll have them.
No, no, no, no. I've changed my mind.
- Just like a woman.
- Sit down here.
- Yeah.
- What am I gonna do with them.
- What are you gonna do?
- Don't shoot tell 'em, Margaret.
Get out, don't shoot tell 'em.
- Who's got number 62?
- I got 62.
- You want this good?
- Yeah, I'll have 'em.
- Yeah, why not?
- Got another one?
- Sure.
- There you go.
- Well, there's me ticket.
- Okay.
It had to be you, it had to be you.
I wandered around and finally found somebody who could make me be true, could make me be blue.
And even be glad just to be sad thinking of you.
Some others I've seen might never be mean.
Might never be cross or try to be boss, but they wouldn't do.
For nobody else gave me a thrill.
With all your faults, dear, I love you still.
It had to be you, wonderful you.
It had to be you.
It had to be you.
It had to be you.
I wandered around and finally found somebody who could make me be true, could make me be blue.
Come in.
How's it going, girls?
Hi, good.
What's the house like?
Half of the course.
Lily, let's get ready.
We've got about ten minutes.
What about the band?
They'll be all right.
Don't worry about them.
I've had to talk through.
Lily, I asked you to get ready.
You've been in here for 50 minutes.
It's good enough for everybody else.
It's good enough for you.
All right, keep your hair on.
I look about a hundred.
Thanks, Trace.
No, my wig.
You're kidding.
Oh, shit.
I think I've left my wig behind.
Oh, great work.
Great work.
Jesus, you are hopeless.
Why is it everywhere we go, something goes wrong where you're...
Found it!
Found my wig.
Good.
Ten minutes, all right.
Yeah, but I really wish you wouldn't do that, Lily.
Oh, she's the only market.
I know, but it doesn't help things, you know.
One more thing.
Mm-hmm.
Don't think I don't know what you've been up to on this tour
and encouraging young Trace.
Oh, yes, but don't be so sensitive.
Now, I've kept quiet about it because I want to keep harmony on the tour.
It's very boring.
Boring.
Well, that's where you and I fall apart, isn't it?
Because what I think is essential, you think is boring.
Now, we need harmony on the tour,
but what chance have I got when you keep undermining me all the time?
Oh, Lester.
I'm sorry. I didn't mean anything.
Really, I'm sorry.
Sorry.
I'm sorry.
It's a little bit late for that, isn't it?
Nine minutes.
Oh, dear.
Oh, dear.
Have you got all your rallies with you for a bit of moral support, eh?
Oh, help me information for the night I got on air
Only that I'm listening on all the fun we had
But we were moved apart as our moms had not agreed
Tore apart how happy old in Memphis, Tennessee
Last time I saw the beach, she's waiting on me to buy
We're very long, not sold and cheap, and trickle from her lungs
Maria's only six years old, information please
Try to put me through to her, and once was the sea
I'm in the fall of sea
Oh.
Young Trace?
Yum yum yum.
There's yours, let's wait I advance you for the car.
Ta.
Lily, come here.
I'm sorry, but I'm not going to need you for Tessie.
I'm free again.
It's OK.
- Hey! See you in Japan! - The kangaroo.
Oh, no!
Here's yours. This is our last run.
- Oh! - Forever.
No, only for the winter. What do you want?
In...
One single.
G'day. Oh, g'day. Can I help you?
Yeah, I need a caravan.
To the falling gods of speed and steel
But life is sure and the days are sweet and
Passion rules the arrow that flies a million faces
My feet but all I see
That's a great song
That's a great song.
You're not even all right.
Hello, fish feet.
Hey.
Hey, Fish V.
- Hey, would you just help me up a bit?
Please, I've just, I've had a little bit to drink
and I can't get up by myself.
Would ya?
Jesus.
Oh, thanks a lot, thanks.
Oh shit, cow man.
- Hey hang on.
- There's a drunk lady in there.
- Hey could you wait a minute?
Hey!
Hey, fish, please!
Wait a minute!
Hi.
Excuse me.
Um...
I've lost my caravan.
What number is it?
Oh, my God.
I know.
- No. - Are you sure?
No.
You're a nice cute.
You're nice.
Is she your girlfriend?
Is she?
You shy as me.
You shy.
Are you his girlfriend?
- Sort of. - Sort of.
Oh, sort of.
God, you're great.
Kids, you're great.
Hey, listen, don't let anybody ever tell you that you're too young, okay?
Because you're not.
But they get old and ugly and jealous.
And they forget, you know, they forget what it's like.
But you're not, you're okay.
This is your caravan, Heath.
Huh?
This is your caravan.
Oh, good.
Do you want me to take the case?
Sure.
Hang on, let's have a look at this.
You've got a really long lifeline.
Do you?
No, I've got a very short lifeline.
Very short.
Where's my car?
Where's my car?
Oh, that's right. It's getting fixed.
Holy shit.
Hey, hang on.
I've got another bottle inside.
We can have a drink, okay?
You want to have a drink?
Watch out?
- -
Give me that, Fiona.
Oh, my God.
Is your car fixed?
Sorry?
Is your car fixed?
No.
Can you read hands?
No.
I thought you could.
Here, which one's my lifeline?
Oh my God.
Um, that one I think, isn't it?
Do you live here?
Yeah, are you going to?
No, just till I get my car back.
Where do you live?
God, that's a good question.
Where do I live?
Sydney, I think.
Sydney, you think?
I live in Sydney when I have to, and when I don't have to, I travel.
Have you been to America?
Uh, yep.
Greece?
Sure.
Where else?
Africa?
Italy?
Yes, it's great.
I'll let him tell him that spoon.
Hey, how are you?
I'm Alex.
I'm Alex.
I'm Lily.
Very good.
That's my machine.
You're using my machine.
There are lots of machines on that.
Yes, but that one's mine.
It's mine, and that's my driver up there, see?
Bob said it could be my machine.
It's got my mark on it.
Take them out, please.
Right.
I'll do that for you.
Allie!
Where have you been?
Just here, Nat.
Well, come on, Herman.
- It's time to move. - Okay.
- Hurry up. - Ciao, Lily.
Quick snack, come on.
Come in.
Let's go, come on.
I'm sorry.
Hello, Beth.
What are you doing here?
My car broke down.
I'm just waiting to get it fixed.
Why here?
Look, I didn't know you were here.
You know who she is.
Well, I don't want her knowing.
All right.
All right.
What's this lily-boo?
Your own name not good enough for you?
You've come to get her.
Of course not.
What if I pay? Pay to get your car fixed?
No thanks.
You've done enough damage.
If you go near her again, if you breathe one word, I'll kill you!
Who cares who cares I don't care
600? Does that say 600?
Yeah, well, look, I'm sorry. We had to go to Sydney for poets.
Yeah, but you quoted me three.
Well, that's what it came out of. Jock did the bill.
Oh, did he? Oh, that's fantastic.
600. I haven't got $600.
I mean, this is double what you quoted me.
Look, you buy an old car, you've got to spend money on it.
Oh, thanks. Any more advice?
Oh, sorry.
Look, I'm...
I haven't got it.
I really need my car now, you know. I really need it.
All I do is the work.
And it's all fixed and everything?
God.
Look, I know it's a bit tough.
Yeah, I'm sorry. It's not your fault.
I just... I need to get out of town quick, you know.
Look, um...
There wouldn't be any way that, um...
You could just let me take it.
What do you mean?
Well... Oh, God, I'm going crazy.
I'm sorry. Just forget it. I'm sorry.
Oh, Nancy, I can't juggle.
Anything else?
Yeah.
Mm-hmm.
No.
Yeah.
Well, if anything does come up, anything at all, Nancy, could you get in touch?
I'm at the Mermaid Caravan Park in Eden.
Uh-huh. That's what I said.
Of course I haven't been drinking.
In Wollongong, I wasn't drinking. I was sick.
Well, he's wrong.
So, should I ring you?
Oh, dear.
Well, maybe you could call me, then.
You can leave a message at the office, I think.
Yeah, all right.
Thanks, Nancy.
Okay.
Bye.
Musik
- Pony and James! - Hi.
- Nan? - Hi, Nan.
- Hi. Um, can I go to Michelle's for tea tonight?
Well...
How long you get home?
- My dad will drop me back. - All right, but just make sure that he does.
- Okay. - All right.
- Great. Thanks, man. Bye. - Bye.
Okay, go.
G'day there.
Hi.
Did you get the chook?
Eh?
Did you get the chook?
You got the chook.
Been up to the park a couple of times
but I haven't been able to spot you.
- I've been out a bit.
- Huh.
So, how long before your car's fixed?
- Hmm.
It's taken longer than I thought.
I think they're waiting for parts.
- I have to have a word with Ted.
Make him go slower.
- Oh, don't do that, please.
- Gives a chance to get to know each other better.
- Bye.
So, what else do you do other than fish?
Do you have any hobbies?
Yeah, I'm a fender fangs out.
Yeah?
Piss off.
Leave us alone.
Morons.
- I feel a lot of drawing and painting now.
I'm not very good at it, darling.
Little shits, aren't they?
- Geez.
I draw mostly water and boats and everything like that.
- Come on, Jason.
- Anyway, as I was saying,
it's sort of all sea stuff I do,
but I really like to get into doing people more.
I used to draw my ex-wife a lot,
but never got actually good at it,
never got into the little fiddly bits,
like the fingers and the feet,
bits of the face.
I'd really like to have a go at drawing you, actually.
Drawing me?
Yeah, and drawing your face.
Oh.
Sure.
That one.
And then there's this one.
Who are they?
That one.
Who are they?
Well, that one's my mom, and that one's my dad.
- So how was Michelle's?
- Good.
- I didn't hear her dad's car pull up.
- No, he dropped me at the gates.
- Ah.
- When I was a baby, did my mother and father love me?
- Well, of course they did.
- Did they love each other?
- Oh, yes.
Yeah, they were crazy about each other right from the start.
I can remember John coming home this night.
I was cooking dinner.
We were living up the North Coast.
- Oh, yes.
Anyway, John had this girl with him, and he said,
"Mum, this is Julie."
And that was it.
People used to think they were more like brother and sister.
Not that I saw much of them after that.
They were a law unto themselves, those two.
I dream about him sometimes.
He's wearing a big coat,
and he comes above me when I'm in bed,
like he's floating.
It was scary in the beginning.
His coat's all dark.
And he's not inside it.
Not in his face.
He's like in the photo, but older.
Well, we really don't have the clientele for a female singer.
Unless, of course, you happen to be Marsha Hines in disguise.
Sorry.
Well, we couldn't afford it anyway.
Well, look, can you dance?
Well, um...
Only what you saw the other night.
It's pretty basic, I suppose, but I...
Yeah, it's funny business, the club business, you know.
Have you ever done any exotic dancing?
Uh, no.
No.
Well, look, I'll tell you what. We've got a Bucks night coming up.
I can book you for that.
I should probably organize a smoko. That'd be two shots.
Bet you'd have to strip.
I'm not a stripper.
No, well, I mean, I appreciate that.
I appreciate that, but we pay well.
Enough to get you back on the road again.
I mean, after all, it's all show business, isn't it?
Oh, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John,
hold the horse swag it on.
If he hollers, pull his tail
and send him back to back to back to back to...
He's about to go out.
He's about to go out.
Bago, bago, rojel.
Very attractive.
I'll ask her now.
Here.
Here, chicken.
Here, you can have a chicken.
Mrs. Roper?
Yes, lad, what is it?
Can Ali come to the disco with me tomorrow night?
Her name's already said no.
Don't start that again.
My mum will pick us up.
Why not?
You mean yes?
She can come.
- That's real! - Well, it's gotta be a first time.
You know what them places are like.
- Oh, you stay out of this. - She gets her own way on everything.
- I don't. - Oh, don't be such an old, tired ass.
- Oh, don't start. Once you start, we'll be ready.
- Come over before we get ready together. - Yeah.
- Which is fantastic. - Where will never end?
- Everyone will be there. - Tell me this I do not know.
In summer sun, winter, snow. - Go, go.
- Have a good one. - Yeah.
Oh, no!
Excuse me.
You stung way!
- Ellie! - Coming.
What do you do to do such a silly thing?
I don't know what's got into you lately.
Why did you do it?
Why did you shave your legs?
It's just ridiculous.
You've got nothing to shave.
I don't know.
I don't understand you at all lately.
Just ridiculous.
It's stupid.
Anyway, you're not going.
What?
Why not?
Because I said so.
That's why not.
But I'm all ready.
Yeah, well, you're coming to the club with me.
No.
Michelle's allowed to go.
Well, you're not Michelle.
Michelle was.
So...
How many do you think will be there?
Oh, it's hard to say, really.
What?
10, 20, 50?
You should know.
Well, I've sold 150 tickets myself.
Hmm.
I've written, "get fucked all over my tits."
You think that'll turn them on?
Ah, I might, I suppose.
Yours for the asking, I sat here alone
With nothing but memories to burn
The torch that I carried for you has gone out
Now I'm begging, demanding my time.
I should have been listening.
You killed all my dreams.
Made leave a lucky day to me.
You didn't do it.
I still can, though.
Yeah?
Yeah?
Oh.
I do, you know.
Silly boy.
Oh, my God, what a mess you've made.
Are you invited to this Bucks party?
Well, I thought I'd stay back here.
Either.
Yeah, but I'm not gonna go.
No, go! It's gonna be great.
They might give me a weekly spot after this.
Saturdays at the club, Wednesdays on the fishing boats,
Fridays at the kindergarten.
Look, if I had the cash, I'd give it to you.
Look, it's gonna be all nice.
Of course you will.
And what's your name?
- Bette, Bette Roper. - Oh, lovely.
Gee, you're all good.
I'll sing a bit myself, you know, love.
Do you?
Yeah, I just damaged you though, nothing much.
I'd like to hear you sometime.
Would you?
Yeah.
Well, what about that, eh?
What about later?
Oh, that sounds good.
All right.
See you later.
Right.
Oh, yeah.
My Mars.
Ah, my very venus.
Good.
Good?
No, good's good.
Good for getting the word venus.
Excellent's the word.
Excellent.
Earth.
Yeah?
Man?
Man, Mars.
No, he just said that.
Oh, shit, damn.
- Oh.
- My very Mars Venus.
- Well, you know, you get it in barometers and--
- Oh, Mercury.
- Yeah, just show us--
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- Jupiter.
- Jupiter, yeah.
Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto.
But I always thought Pluto was a dog,
so I could never remember it, you see?
That's what I--
Must have been pretty crook.
- Yeah.
It was.
Come on.
Take your jumper off.
- It's too cold. - No, it's not.
Beautiful skin.
Come on.
You have gone now, now I'm back in demand in my time.
You got me iced?
I'm on my way.
Here, now.
Here's Teddy to keep you company.
This will be our little secret, okay?
Here we go.
A well-o'-dream.
I'm going to thank you.
That I brought you back in.
I'll be on the
Let's go.
Yeah
Jesus.
Oh, God, love, I'm so sorry.
- That makes it a pretty expensive night.
- Well, if you don't think it was worth it,
send me the bill.
I'm going to go.
whistling
- Do you have any party anywhere, love? - No.
- I'll be back in a minute. - Okay.
I'll bet this is stupid. I think I'll be gone soon. Lay off me, please.
Stop hanging around. Sneaking around.
- Well, I'm going. - Well, stay away from her, then.
I can see him in her.
What'd you tell her about me?
that you're dead.
Of course.
Well, I had to.
You screwed up my boy's life.
You carted him off around the countryside.
No, no, Bet.
No more.
Damn it, you were the one who pissed off.
Well, I did it to protect her.
To protect yourself.
To protect yourself.
Because you're a greedy old woman, Bet.
Why blame me for John?
Why do that?
Why blame anybody?
I don't blame you.
Where were you when he died?
Why couldn't you have helped me?
Well, you must have had all the help you needed.
- You had your family. - I had no help.
I did what I did because I was thinking of her.
You see, I can't trust you.
I don't know which way you're gonna jump next.
And I don't think you do either.
Well, you could take her tomorrow for all I know.
What would I do with a child?
Did I take her to spite me, maybe? On a whim?
Good God, it could be one of a dozen reasons.
- No way, Beth. - Damn it, you're a bloody mother!
Well, that's it. We're gonna stay with Carl for the winter.
What?
Yeah, well, it's closer to school.
But I don't wanna live with Cole.
Oh, come on now.
Glad he'd be for the winter.
He doesn't like me.
Yes, he does.
That's just his manner.
Don't think he likes you anymore anyway.
Oh, yes, he does.
He didn't this morning.
Yeah, well, I sorted all that out.
Anyway, he's been after me to move in with him for ages.
I'm not going.
You've got no choice, dear.
If I go, you go.
But it's too far from the beach.
Oh, there's heaps of other beaches.
The town beach is practically sitting
right on his front doorstep.
The way's not any good there.
Yeah, well, I can't help that.
Look, do you have to do that in here?
Great big, funny thing is always in the way.
Take it outside, love, and do it tomorrow.
It was on your own son's.
What?
I said it was on your own son's.
Just exactly what is that supposed to mean?
You don't even care.
I don't even care.
What would you know about caring?
What would you know about anything?
He'd give it to me.
You don't care about him. You don't care about me.
You never let me do anything.
You and Colt is bothering me around.
- It's ridiculous. - No, it's mine.
- Give it to me. - It's not yours. It's my father's.
- Oh, shut up. - I hate you.
And I hate you.
Oh, my God.
I'm a big one
You sure it's all right, Mum?
- Yeah. - Good.
- Good. - Oh, for God.
- She does. - All right.
- Ta-da, Nan. - Bye-bye.
Bye.
Thanks again, Mum.
He'd be a good girl and look after your grandma.
Mmm.
- Bye-bye then. - Ta-ra.
Say ta-ra to Daddy.
- Ta-ra. - Bye, Daddy.
- Bye-bye. - Ta-ra then. Bye.
Bye.
Here's to the road out of town.
Yeah, the open road.
- I haven't done anything like this for years.
- Haven't you?
Oh, God, I have.
The best thing in the world, this taking off,
going somewhere.
When I was married, we used to--
- Married? You never said you were married.
- Didn't I? Oh, well, I was.
Anyway, we used to just take off, you know?
We never even knew where we were going.
But we were young. I was young.
Now I'm old.
- Old?
No way, you're not old.
You're beautiful.
So, where's your husband?
Dead.
Dead as an old doornail.
Gone.
Go faster!
Faster now.
Sure thing.
- That's a lot. - Sure it is.
That lady's gone.
What?
That lady's gone.
Oh, so she has.
Dum dum dum dum, da-dee-da-da-dum
To cast me off discourteously
For I have loved you oh so long
Delighting in your company
Know that girl in the caravan park?
The little surfer, Ali?
Yeah, the Mr. Whippy kid.
She's my daughter.
She doesn't know.
Jesus.
I didn't know either when I first got there.
It was just the last town on tour.
Chance.
You see, I couldn't tell to look at her.
She could be anyone.
It was only after I found out I started to notice things.
Small likenesses.
then I couldn't stop looking for them.
Haven't seen her since she was a baby.
Well...
She's happy, she's settled, at least you know that.
I loved her father so much.
When he died, I think I hated her.
I hated myself.
Come on. There's no need to do that.
I would have been a bad mother.
No way you would have.
She seems happy, doesn't she?
Yeah, sure she is.
You know, when my wife took off with that bloke,
Like I told you about.
She took our son with her.
She left Fiona with me.
There's no rhyme or reason for those things.
You can't nut it out.
You've just got to make the best of what you're left with.
Oh, God, I hate that.
- Hate what? - Oh, that.
That's just mindless.
That's a slave mentality.
We'd all end up with nothing if we thought that.
So what's your thinking got you? What have you got?
with a sleazy band doing country towns, eh?
That's right.
That's what I am.
No, that's not true. That's not what you...
- Why? No, you're right. - No, I'm not right.
- Yes, you are. - You could be anything.
You could do anything. You're beautiful.
Well, you're different from other women.
Listen, listen, I'll tell you the reason
for us coming up north together.
I'll tell you what I had in mind.
Well, tomorrow straight away, we go for coughs,
and we'll do it in a day easy.
And I thought what we'd do is try and find somewhere
where it's warm, and we'll think about starting
a small business together, like a--
you know, I could run a fishing boat hire type place,
and maybe eventually I could, you know,
get an art thing attached to it, like a gallery wharf
and we could run it together, you know.
And I'd get Fi up with us and...
maybe we could have a baby of our own.
- G'day. - Hi.
Now, if I give you 300 now and 300 on Sunday,
could I take the car now?
How do I know you'll come back on Sunday?
Well, I'm doing a show at the club on Saturday night,
and I'll get paid.
What if you don't turn up?
You'll just have to trust me.
See you Sunday.
Thanks.
I'm sorry.
Hi.
Hi.
I've been up the coast and...
...brought you this.
What for?
Thought you'd like it.
To keep?
Yeah.
Thanks.
Where's your Nan?
Her sister's husband's dad and she's up at Stockton.
Would you like to have dinner with me?
Yeah.
- -
Where do you want to sit?
Over here?
Yeah, sure.
Okay.
Here we go.
Jeez, she's crazy.
What's this?
Hungry?
Starving.
Would you like to eat?
Hamburger.
- With the lot? - Yeah.
- Two? - Yeah.
- Three? -
- And what to drink? - A milkshake.
A milkshake. And I'll have a coffee.
Get lost Michelle
Just being stupid is she a friend of yours she's supposed to be my best friend
one of those supposed to be
God, they take a long time.
This is a good book.
My dad was a surfer.
Nan said if he was surfing today, he'd be top.
He would.
-Lynn Boer. She's great.
I wanna be like her.
-You will be if you want to.
I think you could be anything you wanted to be.
Would you water, please?
Come on.
I'm sorry.
- Ali, isn't it? - Yeah.
Keen surfer.
Yeah, it's great, me too.
See, uh, see Lily's back in town.
Managed to get a car on the road eventually.
Did she talk to you yet?
Talked to me?
Yeah, um, we had tea last night.
Did she say anything to you?
I mean, did she tell you?
Tell me what?
Well, tell you, you know...
Well, who she is.
I don't know what you mean.
She's your mum.
Lily?
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What's wrong?
Are you...
Are you my mother?
No.
That man, your boyfriend, he said you are.
My mother's dead.
Well, I'll say one thing for funerals.
You certainly catch up on all your rallies.
Boy, oh boy.
Am I ready for a cup of tea?
I found out Lily was my mother.
Who told you?
Lily's boyfriend.
Why did you say she was dead?
Because it was the best thing to do at the time.
I could have looked for her.
But she wouldn't have wanted that.
You lied to me.
Allie, you've got to try and see it from my point of view.
She's my mother.
But some bloody mother.
Where has she been all these years?
She didn't come looking for you, dear.
It was an accident.
You've got to wake up, Allie.
Stop kidding yourself.
She doesn't care about you.
Allie!
Allie!
Please!
Please.
Were you gonna tell me?
I couldn't.
Do you love me?
I love you.
You don't know me.
But you really are my mother.
Did you ever try to find me?
Why not?
Didn't you want to?
After John died...
I don't know.
I didn't want anything. Nothing.
Then I got used to that.
Well, then, you loved me before that.
Before he died.
Well, then...
I gave you away.
- But that wasn't my fault. - No, no, of course it wasn't.
Look, you make it seem so simple, but it wasn't simple.
After he died, I wanted to die.
I was so angry, you know, and I felt useless
because I couldn't ever bring him back.
I couldn't cope with you. I would have been bad for you.
So it's my fault. It's not your fault. It's my fault. You mustn't blame yourself.
Then you just stopped loving me.
No, no. I didn't just stop.
I stopped myself. I prevented myself.
I didn't love anyone.
I mean, I didn't choose to stop loving you. It just happened.
I mean, it was as if...
If I'd loved you, I would have hurt you.
So I had to just let go.
There must be a real reason why you didn't...
There is, can't you? Don't you see that?
- I'm sorry. - What?
I said I'm sorry! Isn't that what you want?
Oh.
I'm not coming in.
Oh, yes, you are.
I don't have to.
You're coming in, you're going to listen to your nan sing.
No two ways about it.
Cole, let it go.
You've done enough damage already.
You're going to have to work hard to make it up to her.
You owe her everything.
And don't you forget it.
You don't owe your mother nothing.
Not one iota.
She doesn't deserve the name.
She's just a no-hopper.
You don't know anything about my mother.
I've seen enough.
-Aroo, bet. -Yeah, okay.
I'll see you next time.
So when are you off, then?
Tomorrow.
Mm-hmm.
You really cocked things up, didn't you?
You know, I've always thought that I lived a kind of, um,
adventurous, brave kind of a life.
I've been a coward.
Well, maybe it's about time you woke up to yourself.
Come on, baby!
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Hey, no cheers, off you go.
Probably the bad news for Australian Crawl fans who think that Australian Crawl may get back
is that they're running and the book is from their lead singer James Green,
who is now living in Los Angeles, has just been signed to Capital Worldwide
and he's going to do a solo album.
He's currently in LA working on the song and hopes to start recording early next year.
So James, the best of luck.
She doesn't seem to be around much, does she?
Never mind, darling.
I could have told you.
Guess she stuck with me then, eh?
What do we have for tea, then?
Hm?
Come on, sad sack.
What'll it be?
I know.
Why don't we have some brown paper chips?
Hm?
She doesn't care about me.
All she cares about is herself.
Hey, when the sun's gone
Break it from the...
Okay, yep
Thanks.
Thank you.
Here.
Hello.
Hello.
What are you doing?
I'm going.
Finally.
Didn't know we called you Alice.
Did you?
Mm-hmm.
Do you want to come with me?
Can I?
You've got to be sure.
I am.
Hey!
I'm going away with my mama!
Bye, Ellie!
- Wait!
I want to go back. What for?
I want to tell Nan.
No.
Please.
She'll kill us.
- I'm not gonna tell her. - I'll tell her.
I'm sorry.
Ich bin mit meiner Mutter.
Oh, Jesus God.
We'd gone and we'd come back.
Where were you going?
North. We don't know.
She said we'll see.
You'd let me know, though, won't you?
Yeah.
We'll come and visit you.
And I'll write.
You write to me, Nan?
We'll ring each other up, won't we?
And see each other?
Yes, dear. We will.
I love you.
And I love you.
Come on now, cheer up.
Don't want us both crying into our hanky, do we, eh?
Fishy old one at that, but it'll do to my papa.
Is she waiting outside?
- I'll ring you up.
I'd better get back to work, too, before they give me the sack.
We wrote each other lots of letters.
Go to her.
Go on. Go on now.
Come on, come on.
I love you.
- Hungry? - Yeah.
- Let's get something to eat. - Okay.
- Wanna go to the toilet? - No.
- I'm gonna stick with the arms.
I can't support him.
Get the gun back.
- All right, thank you.
- Thank you.
- Would you like to order now?
- No, I'm waiting for my mother.
- Okay, well, I'll leave this with you.
- Okay.
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