Townsville Bulletin

MAY 24, 2007

Mission to Morocco

By Steve Price

 

YOU can literally feel the pride of our mates in Bowen. Not that it wasn't there before, but now they can truly say they are known throughout the world, and more so than us or even those strange cities south of the sunshine. And may I say, there are some great stories coming out that are very, very secret . . . but I'll tell them anyway. Remembering the famed adage 'Blowin' Bowen', where the wind blew the 'L' out of it, well one local sparky was creating smoke for the movie on the jetty and someone remarked to him from the production crew, "Can you make the smoke go slower''. And I loved this one, about David Wenham and Bryan Brown wandering through the video store. David stopped and searched the $5 throwout bin of DVDs and said laughing, "I wonder how many of mine are in here. Wait, here's one,'' and held up one of his flicks. Fantastic. Wonderful Aussies all of them. A personal message from me, so look away: "I'll see you when I get back Nikki''.