The morning chimes of the bells echoing through the campus woke me up. I turned the
TV onto the news with Prime Minister Bob Hawke telling everyone: ‘If your boss sacks you today, you’re a bum.’ He then laughed out loud. We had just won some yacht race called the America’s Cup one year ago to the day, the sports reporter was talking about it, and how the Aussies beat the Americans was all the rage. I became a little captivated while they showed off the keel, with a guy called Alan Bond behind this unique keel. I remember it had been on all over the news last year.
It was a proud time to be an Aussie in the mid-’80s. They even changed our national anthem from ‘God Save the Queen’ to ‘Advance Australia Fair’ in 1984. I thought ‘Waltzing Matilda’ would have been a good one. Dad used to play
