Gareth. You're comment regarding 4X4's brings to mind a new game we have going down here. And it involves the use of Koala Bars - what you folk call Bull Bars.
A couple of weeks ago I was commenting, on the Mudcat, about just how succulent Koala Bears were after they had been fried in a bushfire, and now another situation regarding the old kay-bees arises.
Now we've got this new sport here that utilises 4X4's fitted with kay-bees ( koala bars that is ) and it's kinda like polo without the horses.There's 5 4x4's, shit-it's nearly algebra, ain't it ? per team and the object of the game is to hit a kay-bee ( koala bear that is )through the goal.< As with all games there's a degree of difficulty. This is centred on the fact that until the kay-bee is properly knocked out it doesn't roll too well. The ears stick out and this causes it take on a curve after you hit it. Something like those pitchers manage to achieve with a baseball. This kay-bee curve, as the players call it, is generally tighter than the turning circle of 4x4's. This caused the kay-bee to go down the off-side of the vehicle. To overcome this problem the navigators in the passenger seat are issued with Spear & Jackson shovels. They lean out and give the kay-bee a on-drive ( cricket devotees will be able to picture this )with the shovel.
My navigator is called Dildo Dalton- helluva knickname ain't it ? Came about during his rookie year as a navigator. He was holding the shovel the wrong way and with a mighty swing he managed to slice the head clean off the kay-bee. He was sin-binned for that and has had the shakes ever since.
A game goes for an hour or so as by then the kay-bee has taken enough hits from the kay-bees to just tenderise him nicely before we throw him on the barby.

JG/FME