Friday, August 29, 2014

DARWIN DRAGONS IN VENICE ,COWBOY GUFFAWS

In a despatch from Venice  , it seems  the  Darwin Dragon Boat team heading for the Italian championships in Ravenna  has  been  attacking  the  local   tasty  pizzas   and  gelato . Another  Darwin related  email received contained   this  classic  photograph  of   the  late ? Cowboy  Bill   whose  store of  jokes seemed endless , causing very  loud laughter  throughout  pubs . This  shot, by Darwin  photographer   Barry  Ledwidge , was probably taken when Cowboy  was  affluent  because of work on  an oil drilling rig . There were times when Cowboy was  short of a  bob or  two, slept on the ground, and used his repertoire of jokes  to  help him  survive .  As mentioned  recently, he was known to come into the office of the Northern Territory News with  two whiskies -one  for  the editor, Jim Bowditch -  sit  down   and  discuss  the meaning of  life at  an editorial  laugh  in .