Long Weekend

... motorway and the...

With no option but to return to Adelaide last Sunday

Hello?

Hi, Mark.

Did you just ring a minute ago?

No, no. No reason.

Oh, will you hold on a sec?

Hello again.

No, no, we won't be able to.

Peter's being a real shit.

You know he is when he digs his heels in.

Actually, we're, uh, not talking at the moment.

You're still going to Eldon, aren't you?

I mean, just 'cause I can't.

Marsh? Marsh, you there?

Hey, what's going on, Mar?

Sorry, I dropped something.

I didn't catch what you said.

Where's Peter gonna drag you off to?

I don't know.

Some beach up north. Should be really great

with the weather we're having.

Shit.

If I had a pint, for sure.

You're the one that wants to get away early.

Oh well, is everything ready, is it?

- Nearly. - Huh.

I thought you were gonna ask Mrs. What's-er-name to feed Cricket.

I didn't feel right about asking someone we

don't even know to babysit YOUR dog.

- Well, I'll ask her. - She's not home.

I don't think Cricket's gonna starve to death

with three whole cans of dog food there.

If ya think she's fat, she can go without.

She's too fat anyway.

You can't just prop a pile a of dog food

down on the porch and expect her to...

Look, why don't we take her?

We'll take her.

Look at the poor ol' bugger, y'know?

She's knows we're going away.

Then why don't you and Cricket go away

and I'll stay at home and bark at the birds!

Speculations concerning the flying saucer

I was listening to that.

The public... sleeps..

What's that?

Get in touch with Mark or Frieda?

Yes.

Told him we couldn't come?

Yes!

Can they struggle along without us this weekend?

- They still going to Eldon? - Yes!

Aren't we talking?

Luv, look, uh...

I'm not trying to start anything, I'm not.

I just think that, uh...

All things considered, you know, we...

We.. we should back off for a while, all four of us.

You can lie in the sun. Recuperate.

Recuperate?!

Anyone would think I'd been sick!

- Oh no, it's me too, luv, I need a change. - Oh, my...

Alright.

Alright, you're not wild about camping

but you're not exactly roughing it either.

2000 dollars worth of camping gear

I should hope not! For that we could have

had a VIP suite at the Southern Cross.

Oh, you'll be an authority on hotel rooms.

Fucked!

I see.

Jesus.

Bit quiet for a long weekend, isn't it?

Too far from the highway to make that much difference.

All we get round here is the lost

and the locals.

Ya in from the Smythe?

- Yeah. - Oh yeah?

- Where ya headin'? - Moonda. Moonda Beach.

Where's that?

It's just about five miles up the road, isn't it?

You heard of any.. Moonda Beach, Kim?

- No. - Just before the abbatoir?

Ah, there's all bloody tracks

and scrub up that way these days.

Ain't seen much traffic. Not since the sand mining moved out.

Oh... '63.

'64, whaddya know?

Never heard a name Moonda Beach there.

- Where are we? - Oh, we're nearly there.

It's just down the road.

Come on!

Shit!

Hey, Cricket!

G'day, girl.

You knew, didn't you?

That was close.

I ran over a kangaroo tonight.

Well, that looks promising.

Ah, gettin' close now. I can smell the ocean.

That's the same tree.

It's not the same tree. How could it be?

We're going round in circles, Peter.

We've been on the same track for nearly an hour.

- How could it be.. - Then where are we, Peter?

May I offer a suggestion?

Let's go back and spend the night at the hotel.

We'll sleep in the car.

- Here? - Yeah.

We must be close now.

We'll catch some sleep

and we'll find the beach in the morning.

- I'm sorry for the... - Shh!

Stop, Cricket!

Good morning!

Where are we?

We're here.

Sun is shining.

- Birds are singing. - Your bacon's burning.

Shit!

Fuck!

What'd you do with my clothes?

What do you want clothes for?

I mean, who's gonna see you except me, and a seagull?

You know, we, uh..

We just missed the marker last night.

We'd gone another hundred yards we would've made it.

Well..

Don't congratulate me for doing such an

extraordinary, splendid job of cutting up the camp.

Clever boy.

What have you been doing to the tree?

- Chopping it down. - Why?

Why not?

Hey, come with me. I want to show you something.

Ta-daaa!

What do you reckon, ay? What do you reckon?

What do we do for toilets?

Toilets? She wants toilets.

I'm not the outdoors type, Peter.

I love you.

Cross you heart and hope to die?

- What's that? - What? - There, in your hair!

Bastard!

What did you call me?

- Nothing! - Ay?

Nothing!

Say uncle!

Uncle.

Uncle with sugar on top.

If you don't get off, I'll piss myself.

Oh no!

Bully.

Go find a rat!

Go get a rat! Get a rat!

Go fetch a rat!

Peter!

The tree with the arrow carved in, is it just down the track?

Yeah, I'll told ya last night.

If we'd gone another hundred yards, we woulda been...

No, a track in theory. How could we have gone around in circles?

Obviously, we didn't.

I was right the first time.

Peter!

Peter!

Peter!

Peter!

What's the matter? Cricket, shut up!

There's a thing in the water!

There was a dark shape out there in the water!

It coulda been a shark or something.

What've you'd done if I'd died?

What kind of question is that, for Chrissake?

What would you've done? Suppose.

Christ! I don't know.

Would you've remarried?

You didn't die so let's forget about it.

Alright?

What'd you want for to eat tonight, steak or chicken?

What's wrong with a bit of fresh fish?

Nothing. Except we haven't got any.

Well, catch some.

I'll think I'll defrost something anyway.

Peter, where's the insecticide?

In the tent.

What do you think that noise was last night?

Sounded like a baby crying.

You're not going to tell me it's a tomcat. Not out here.

I don't know, luv.

Not sure I heard anything at all.

Where are you going?

Oh, I thought I might go for a bit of a wander.

What are you gonna do?

Think I might...

Christ!

You all right?

Jesus Christ!

Funny thing shouldn't of gone off. It was on safety.

I put the safety on it.