# Ozzies: What's an Astra Wally? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 18, 2006, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ozzies-whats-an-astra-wally/380908 "2006-11-18T01:35:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2018, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ozzies-whats-an-astra-wally/380908/41 "2018-11-14T06:58:15Z")
More lives than Bruce the Bleeding Cat! > [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Yay, my _Simpsons_ reference of eight years ago still makes me smile. Fuck, made me smile even at this late date. That was a solid joke. _“Bullfrogs”._ ---
**Author:** ![Bpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bpunk)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2023, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ozzies-whats-an-astra-wally/380908/42 "2023-11-16T11:22:40Z")
The Astra was a pub in Bondi ( Sydney) in the 70s and 80s . It was a law unto it own . It went 3 floors up and there was bands every night. All the great Australian bands played there . Rock n roll was alive and well back then . The pub was filled with a large contingent of Māoris and other South Pacific nationals as well as Caucasian Australian drug fiends The drugs back then were barbiturates( reds, tuinal and Mandrax . Thai Buddha sticks ( pot) and H crept in around 77-78 big time . There was a bit of acid around and bikie speed as well. A great time was had by all for many YEARS . It was really wild . The bouncers were hardcore and there was always fights . Wally was obviously a bit of a dealer ( look up the lyrics) He obviously had a bad Heroin habit and he got busted and was coming down ( drying out) in jail . Therefore: Astra = pub in Bondi (Sydney) Wally = local drug dealer who got busted and was sick as fuck in jail from drug withdrawal . ---
**Author:** ![Bonn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/74df32/32.png) [@Bonn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonn)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2024, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ozzies-whats-an-astra-wally/380908/43 "2024-12-24T23:43:14Z")
> [@Bpunk](#): > > n Spot on, what Bpunk said., re: the Bondi Astra. Also; ‘Caps in his hat’ is the dealing clue, as a ‘cap’ was a personal measure of Heroin. Getting around in a Jaguar Mark X implies taste and financial status, being a wonderful vehicle. What a classic song. Still on high rotation in our house, 47 years later ---
**Author:** ![Bpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bpunk)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2024, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ozzies-whats-an-astra-wally/380908/44 "2024-12-30T03:09:02Z")
Astra Wally - The Astra hotel was a live music venue in the Sydney suburb of Bondi Beach . It was a rough and tough pub ( bar ) Wally (Walter) was a local drug dealer . He may or may not have been a real person. I personally didn’t know him . ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2024, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ozzies-whats-an-astra-wally/380908/45 "2024-12-30T03:12:51Z")
Welcome back! Your new reply to this thread is quite similar to what you shared when you first posted to it, a year ago. 🙂 > [@Ozzies: What's an Astra Wally?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ozzies-whats-an-astra-wally/380908/42): > > The Astra was a pub in Bondi ( Sydney) in the 70s and 80s . It was a law unto it own . It went 3 floors up and there was bands every night. All the great Australian bands played there . Rock n roll was alive and well back then . The pub was filled with a large contingent of Māoris and other South Pacific nationals as well as Caucasian Australian drug fiends The drugs back then were barbiturates( reds, tuinal and Mandrax . Thai Buddha sticks ( pot) and H crept in around 77-78 big time . Ther… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ozzies-whats-an-astra-wally/380908.md?page=2)