Arms And The Man

Ned Kelly, The Trigger-Happy Bushranger

Photographs copyright: DAVID McMAHON

This figure of the infamous bushranger (that’s Aussie-speak for “outlaw”) Ned Kelly stands tall over the Victorian town of Glenrowan and is an integral part of local folklore. During a long interstate drive on Friday 5 June, I pulled off the Hume Highway and literally parked under the statue.

I quickly shot some silhouettes of the famous figure before heading to a local cafe for breakfast. About 45 minutes later, the sun had shifted to my advantage, but I still had to work the angles to get the statue against a patch of blue sky.

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Arms And The Man

Robbery Was A Piece Of Cake

A Czech man abandoned an armed robbery after a shop assistant invited him for a "nice cup of tea and a piece of cake''. The assistant, a 59-year-old woman, said: "There was no one else in the shop, so I guess he relaxed and in the end he apologised. I said if he wanted he could come and talk to me and have a cup of tea and slice of cake. He agreed and then walked off.''

FOOTNOTE: Tea leaver.