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24 Palm Beach (Qld) SLSC visiting an artist's residence, Iseh, Bali, Indonesia. September 1977
24 Palm Beach (Qld) SLSC visiting an artist's residence, Iseh, Bali, Indonesia. September 1977.
Gil Graham (far left) kept us all in order and regimentally dressed. Made broke ranks with the flower behind his ear (and later put it behind mine) but by and large Gil managed a spirited company of rugged individuals with his usual persuasive and sensible manner. No mean feat considering our ability to find trouble. I was loitering on a Denpasar bridge that spanned a polluted little waterway with Ken (Wolfman) Warner, John (Goanna) Mackay (far right in the photo) and a few others. A stern looking Indonesian policeman in full uniform, dark glasses and with sidearm on hip marched up to us and demanded, "You are from Palm Beach?" Despite the shirts we wore that were emblazoned with 'Palm Beach (Qld) SLSC' I was about to answer, "Never heard of the place, mate." I feared some further indiscretion by Wolfie and Goanna to match their extravagant exploits departing the Anker Bar on a Yamaha 100 cc while laden with full beer bottles or their spectacular mid-paddy collision with a water buffalo (the buffalo fared much better than the Yamaha). Unfortunately Wolfie beat me to the response and growled in his usual undiplomatic fashion "Yeah. And so what's that to you?" What's that to him? Wolfie, the guy has a cannon strapped to his thigh and a license to use it. He needs no more reason to ask any question he likes other that that. I was about to explain to the gent that Wolfie suffered delusions in hot weather and had mistaken the officer for a pub bouncer informing Wolfie that it was closing time, but before I could the officer broke into a huge grin and said, "My cousin is being trained by you and will now get a job as a hotel lifeguard." Suddenly we were all the very best of friends.
24 Palm Beach (Qld) SLSC visiting an artist's residence, Iseh, Bali, Indonesia. September 1977
24 Palm Beach (Qld) SLSC visiting an artist's residence, Iseh, Bali, Indonesia. September 1977.
Gil Graham (far left) kept us all in order and regimentally dressed. Made broke ranks with the flower behind his ear (and later put it behind mine) but by and large Gil managed a spirited company of rugged individuals with his usual persuasive and sensible manner. No mean feat considering our ability to find trouble. I was loitering on a Denpasar bridge that spanned a polluted little waterway with Ken (Wolfman) Warner, John (Goanna) Mackay (far right in the photo) and a few others. A stern looking Indonesian policeman in full uniform, dark glasses and with sidearm on hip marched up to us and demanded, "You are from Palm Beach?" Despite the shirts we wore that were emblazoned with 'Palm Beach (Qld) SLSC' I was about to answer, "Never heard of the place, mate." I feared some further indiscretion by Wolfie and Goanna to match their extravagant exploits departing the Anker Bar on a Yamaha 100 cc while laden with full beer bottles or their spectacular mid-paddy collision with a water buffalo (the buffalo fared much better than the Yamaha). Unfortunately Wolfie beat me to the response and growled in his usual undiplomatic fashion "Yeah. And so what's that to you?" What's that to him? Wolfie, the guy has a cannon strapped to his thigh and a license to use it. He needs no more reason to ask any question he likes other that that. I was about to explain to the gent that Wolfie suffered delusions in hot weather and had mistaken the officer for a pub bouncer informing Wolfie that it was closing time, but before I could the officer broke into a huge grin and said, "My cousin is being trained by you and will now get a job as a hotel lifeguard." Suddenly we were all the very best of friends.