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Despite a recently pierced nose and a missing tooth, local bush-drunk ringer Ethan Barnesley (25) reckons last night on the Goldie was pretty tame.
While initially having to visit the city to get signed off on some of his mechanical units at Ipswich TAFE, Ethan took the chance to catch up with some old jackarooing mates on the Glitter Strip – a good hour and a half away.
“Bit of a nudge last night, Ethan?” asks his mate’s dad, during a rowdy brunch at a local cafe.
Ethan, still as chirpy as he was when he got punched in the face by a UFC-branded flat-brim-wearing coastie, plays down the 25 schooners of bitter he downed last night.
“Yeah got to meet a few of the locals. Good blokes” laughs Ethan.
“Looks like it” says the old man.
“Looks like you got to meet the locals they don’t have on the posters for Surfer’s Paradise”
Ethan, not yet processing the fact that he’s probably up for about $5000 in dental work over the next few months, chuckles at the suggestion that he came out second best in last night’s explosive melee.
“I gave him five of my best, Brucey”
“But yeah. They had me”
