More lives than Bruce the Bleeding Cat!
Fuck, made me smile even at this late date. That was a solid joke. “Bullfrogs”.
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 .
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
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 .
Welcome back! Your new reply to this thread is quite similar to what you shared when you first posted to it, a year ago. 