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Broad Arrow Tavern, Western Australia: “I live in the bush with my uncle. He’s a ‘roo shooter.”

December 11, 2019 Jim 3 Comments

This is Fiona, the bartender at the Broad Arrow Tavern. I can’t believe this beautiful, delicate-looking young woman actually works at this roughneck, outback bar. She looks like she should be a ballet dancer in London or an aerobics instructor in Perth or a barista in some hip Sydney coffee shop.

I had a short conversation with Fiona. It was short because I had no idea how to respond to what she said. Sentences were spoken that just plain stumped me.

This is the conversation. Verbatim.

Jim: You work out here in the middle of nowhere, but where do you live? (I really thought she’d say “I commute from Kalgoorlie.”)

Fiona: I live in the bush with my uncle. He’s a ‘roo shooter.”

A ‘roo shooter, in case you haven’t figured it out, is someone who shoots kangaroos for a living.

Now if perchance you’re a speed reader and accidentally skimmed over that sentence, please allow me to repeat:

HER

UNCLE

SHOOTS

KANGAROOS

FOR

A

LIVING!

I was speechless. But I’m not sure which concept surprised me more — the fact that she lives in the bush or her uncle’s chosen profession.

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  1. Wendy says

    December 13, 2019 at 5:41 am

    Haha. We KNEW you would love ‘The BAT” !! Iconic to say the least. And I couldn’t have wished for a more crazy experience for you and Jamie. Next time you visit, I’ll endeavour to introduce you to a “dogger”. That’s a bloke who traps wild dogs for a living.!

  2. Jim says

    December 13, 2019 at 6:32 am

    You live in a very odd country.

  3. Mark says

    December 15, 2019 at 5:59 pm

    Have you taken up drinking beer?

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