Rawlinna (1984-1996) – The Cattle Station Kid

Thinking back to the early days, to my first crush. The days of playing in the playground at recess and lunch, playing tag in the yard planting kisses on each other face in chasey and then switching to the a heated game of dodge ball. Those where the days.

I grew up in the WA Outback in a small town surrounded by cattle and sheep stations. The town had a few things, combined school with the community hall (pub) next door. Well my crush came from a cattle station headed towards the SA border, he travelled each week day to attend the school, we’ll call him Sam.

We were becoming good friends and the kids used to tease us saying we should be boyfriend and girlfriend. It wasn’t unusual for us school kids to all hang out at the local park or on the school grounds to play before dinner. We’d often be riding our bikes around town doing burn outs or skiddies making dust fly everywhere. 

So one day after school my friend and I were sitting and talking when out of no where, my friend Sam comes flying up on his bike, does a big donut/skiddy on his bike so he could dismount in a such a hurry as he wanted to plant a kiss on my lips and jumped back on his bike and took off just as quick in a trail off dust.

I think Sam is still on that cattle station out in the middle on nowhere, I often think of that day and question whether he remembers or not. For me it will definitly remain as one of the most romantic funny moments in my life where he literally nearly took my breathe away with at how close he came to me before climbing off his bike, thanks Sam, thanks for the memory.