Keen to disseminate some Australian culture to the locals in Shetland, it was drunkenly decided that we needed to make a lager phone! After fending off some of the local wildlife (massive seagulss!), we found a suitable stick on the side of the road in a shipping yard, and sourced bottle caps from what became our local, and then invaded the Lerwick Bicycle repair shop to create our masterpiece.
No joke, these seagulls are absolutely massive! Unfortunately I was unable to place a pen or coin in the photo for scale.
Scene of the crime
Steph and Lachlan setting up the production line.
A work in progress.
Final touches
The masterpiece completed!
So we had the best of intentions to debut it at the ceilidh on Friday or Saturday night, however due to the serious nature of Shetland ceilidh bands we were a little too intimidated to do so. The lagerphone was left at Mareel on Saturday night, and when we went to collect it to present it to its prospective owner we found that unfortuantely someone had decided on their way out the night before that it looked pretty cool and had decided to keep it. I hope it’s new, unplanned, owner looks after it and cherishes its Australian roots.
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