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

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