Bound for Darnley
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Bound for Darnley
I once heard a great tune written by some of the boys in the straits, "Bound for Darnley" (sung to the tune of reg gum's I was only 19) and laughed till I fell over, but maybe that was the big stacks of VB tinnes at the wongai and not the song. Anyone who has lived/worked in the Torres straits would enjoy this, so who has the full set of lyrics? 
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BOUND FOR DARNLEY…..A Flight Over the Deep Blue.
First light at Horn Island
And the cloud was grey as slate,
As we kicked over
And rolled on zero eight.
The 206 was the first to go
And it was me who drew the card,
Out to Darnley
We did Kubin along the way.
And I can still see Mick and Mangy
Sitting on the couch back home,
Drinking VB tinnies
And playing Nintendo all alone.
Who’ll make the homebrew now
And who gets my CD’s
God help me…
I was bound for Darnley.
Levelled out at five and a half.
Hemispherical all the way.
Playing by the book
To keep those CASA boys at bay.
Looked down below and I saw a Bongo
Airborne out of Sue,
It was Lippy,
He was headed for Badu.
Then the engine started missing,
And the bloke behind me swore!
I went down along the checklist,
Through all that I’d been taught.
But nothing made it right again,
It was a stuffed up state to be.
God help me….
I was bound for Darnley.
I scanned the sea for a place to land
There was only one small reef
It was looking ugly
I knew we’d come to grief.
It was then I knew we were going down
The situation was looking grim
My heart was racing
Cause I knew I couldn’t swim.
There was Dixter, Dengue, Deefa
All the boys were out that day,
Sitting in their cockpits
All the fellas could do was prey.
But I changed the tanks
She sprang to life
I couldn’t have been much dumber
God help Me…..
I should have been a plumber.
Back upstairs she was looking good
It seemed I’d got us out of strife
The bloke beside me
Would be happy to see his wife.
Close to Darnley it was top of descent
And it was time to go on down,
I was in control now,
But I’d left my undies brown.
It was downhill on one zero,
With five knots up the arse.
At least the brakes were working
Thank Christ it wasn’t grass
I parked the plane,
Then turned around…..
The pax were in a flurry
HEY PILOT….YOU SABE WE STAP MURRAY!!!
And the ANSETT legends didn’t mention
Slogging around the straits.
A lifestyle that would make you cry,
If it wasn’t for your mates.
Now I’m in Sydney flying a jet
In money I am swimmin’….
God help me…
I MISS THOSE DARK WOMEN!!!!!
First light at Horn Island
And the cloud was grey as slate,
As we kicked over
And rolled on zero eight.
The 206 was the first to go
And it was me who drew the card,
Out to Darnley
We did Kubin along the way.
And I can still see Mick and Mangy
Sitting on the couch back home,
Drinking VB tinnies
And playing Nintendo all alone.
Who’ll make the homebrew now
And who gets my CD’s
God help me…
I was bound for Darnley.
Levelled out at five and a half.
Hemispherical all the way.
Playing by the book
To keep those CASA boys at bay.
Looked down below and I saw a Bongo
Airborne out of Sue,
It was Lippy,
He was headed for Badu.
Then the engine started missing,
And the bloke behind me swore!
I went down along the checklist,
Through all that I’d been taught.
But nothing made it right again,
It was a stuffed up state to be.
God help me….
I was bound for Darnley.
I scanned the sea for a place to land
There was only one small reef
It was looking ugly
I knew we’d come to grief.
It was then I knew we were going down
The situation was looking grim
My heart was racing
Cause I knew I couldn’t swim.
There was Dixter, Dengue, Deefa
All the boys were out that day,
Sitting in their cockpits
All the fellas could do was prey.
But I changed the tanks
She sprang to life
I couldn’t have been much dumber
God help Me…..
I should have been a plumber.
Back upstairs she was looking good
It seemed I’d got us out of strife
The bloke beside me
Would be happy to see his wife.
Close to Darnley it was top of descent
And it was time to go on down,
I was in control now,
But I’d left my undies brown.
It was downhill on one zero,
With five knots up the arse.
At least the brakes were working
Thank Christ it wasn’t grass
I parked the plane,
Then turned around…..
The pax were in a flurry
HEY PILOT….YOU SABE WE STAP MURRAY!!!
And the ANSETT legends didn’t mention
Slogging around the straits.
A lifestyle that would make you cry,
If it wasn’t for your mates.
Now I’m in Sydney flying a jet
In money I am swimmin’….
God help me…
I MISS THOSE DARK WOMEN!!!!!
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Steady Fellas
I aint that hairy!!
Yes it is true, I do have a copy of the original tune (slightly different to the one posted by the gimp).
It was called the Horn Island Crew, I think Roon and Ratoka Jim had something to do with this piece of creative genious.
Unfortunaley it is back in the land of OZ packed away with my wongai stubby cooler and
my photos of Nancy. 
I aint that hairy!!
Yes it is true, I do have a copy of the original tune (slightly different to the one posted by the gimp).
It was called the Horn Island Crew, I think Roon and Ratoka Jim had something to do with this piece of creative genious.
Unfortunaley it is back in the land of OZ packed away with my wongai stubby cooler and
my photos of Nancy.
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Yes you is mate. I hazily remember a certain night in the CSA/WN office when we took a photocopy that proves it
Without a conference with Roono, i'd say Slick Nick should take authorship credits also for that dubious piece of slanderous genius (all true of course!), as probably should the Deester- as i think it was hatched on the roof of the Mozzie Farm in the budding days of CSA. But it was more of a group thing by the time it was finished as everyone got a word in somewhere!. Thought ours was a little different to the one above- leaning more towards the Amber Antics than the Winged Whirlwinds we used to drive up there.
MB, if you every happen to unpack your Wongai Cooler and reminisc over those photos ... (and can photocopy something other than your a**e 
) ... i'd appreciate a copy of the HIC. Cheers.
Be well Bro,
RJ
Without a conference with Roono, i'd say Slick Nick should take authorship credits also for that dubious piece of slanderous genius (all true of course!), as probably should the Deester- as i think it was hatched on the roof of the Mozzie Farm in the budding days of CSA. But it was more of a group thing by the time it was finished as everyone got a word in somewhere!. Thought ours was a little different to the one above- leaning more towards the Amber Antics than the Winged Whirlwinds we used to drive up there.
MB, if you every happen to unpack your Wongai Cooler and reminisc over those photos
... (and can photocopy something other than your a**e ) ... i'd appreciate a copy of the HIC. Cheers.Be well Bro,
RJ
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Herc, you've got me, I'll bet those guys at weipa would probably agree with you, after some mongrel faxed the imcriminating copies down to em.
I cant work out who you are though, send us and e-mail, would like to catch up.
You too bboy!
I cant work out who you are though, send us and e-mail, would like to catch up.
You too bboy!
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hey thats great, good on ya gimpy "muta big esso pas". nah torres didn't quite make it as far as banks peak, a couple of tallies of Kubin pale ale saw to that good to see the boys are still around and keepin the faith, and to the current island crew keep havin a great time, we all did. look out for kupi and don't let faye throw ya outa the gateway too early!
good to see the boys are still around and keepin the faith, and to the current island crew keep havin a great time, we all did. look out for kupi and don't let faye throw ya outa the gateway too early!
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Which way balas??? We needed that copy posted here when we killed it at Dixters engagement party. Pretty much sums up the life up there. Mina big esso bala dengue for bringing it up. Yawo balas, I'm off to the Caribbean mon.
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Ah the real hairy mick good job! how was ya bus trip bala? sittin here with a big lip both goin to work manyana. Yea could have used the words at koah but E BE RIGHT! Have a good time in the Crib say g'day to nads and tell im to "pipe up" from dengue ha ha. esso for the necta back flipping hand standing @%*&$ straddling B%&!h yowal
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HA! I'd forgotten it finished up in the fax machine in Weipa. Hehehehe... bl**dy mongrel The Pommy Git made me buy a new ink cartridge for his damn machine after that effort. Money well spent!!
Remember my "racing red" 3 wheel Fiat that we sacrificed to the gods?
Been a while old Mate. Will send email. Hear plenty of the crew is @ CX now. SM in Cairns. Caught up recently with some of the rest down in SthQLD.
Who's BBoy?
The Pommy Git made me buy a new ink cartridge for his damn machine after that effort. Money well spent!!Remember my "racing red" 3 wheel Fiat that we sacrificed to the gods?
Been a while old Mate. Will send email. Hear plenty of the crew is @ CX now. SM in Cairns. Caught up recently with some of the rest down in SthQLD.
Who's BBoy?
