The global consumption of VEGEMITE is expected to rocket to astronomical heights due to a zany commercial shot in Darwin at the weekend . A 15 -strong film unit from Melbourne captured the internationally famous Darwin Rock Sitters’ Ice Hockey team in ferocious action at Mindil Beach, in a three hour shoot, watched by a puzzled group of Aborigines .
Decked out in their dazzling uniforms , the squad, never beaten by any of the top Canadian or Russian teams , once more issued a challenge to the world’s ice hockey teams to come on down to Darwin for a hit and giggle, and all the vegemite sandwiches they can eat . The awesome Darwin side looked frightening as they posed for the cameras, some players wielding golf clubs, cricket bats and other unusal armoury.
Mother Nature provided a slice of good luck for the yeast extract film-the tide was out and the Mindil backdrop looked like real ice. For one of the hockey players , padded up to look like Bazza,the Conan-like Barbarian , terror of the international ice rinks, it was his fourth appearance as a film star, his last starring role with Nicole Kidman,in a passionate scene on a boat , bobbing about near Stoke's Hill Wharf, in the epic film, Australia , the title later changed to Gone With The Wind in a desperate bid to get bums on theatre seats . Unfortunately , that steamy scene was cut from the movie . Another international hunk in the Vegemite commercial is a famous paparazzi star and a real estate investor .
The world famous Darwin Ice Hockey team is the sporting arm of what used to be the Rock Sitters Club, a group of thoughtful and enlightened residents who regularly sat on a seaside rock and debated the meaning of life over a flagon of wholesome strawberry milk.
There was even a metal flagpole on the outcrop about which the merry throng sang patriotic ditties, some singing with such gusto that they plummeted off into the sea and were eaten by the Mandorah Monster , who found them tasty, almost as good as Vegemite . By a million to one chance, lightning hit the flagpole and the rock was split asunder. Stormy seas then washed away this unique venue for cultural gatherings . PS :Incidently, this explains our CRYPTIC ROCKWORDS.
