John Durack: Have I used up my family quota? Robbie, where are you?
Robyn Durack:
Jack, that was a terrific speech, I'm so glad I married you.
OK, Without Further Ado,
though not First Cab Off The Rank,
but Without A Doubt In The Nick Of Time,
I'd like to Face The Music,
Do What Comes Naturally,
Put My Money Where My Mouth Is
at This Little Grey Home In The West,
without Jumping The Gun.
Noni and Bill, Nona and Big Daddy,
To Coin A Phrase which has Kept The Home Fires Burning over the years, It Takes Two To Tango, and you have certainly Tripped The Light Fantastic,
Over Hill And Dale, Through Thick And Thin, from The Big Smoke to The Back of Beyond.
From All Accounts, you were A Dead Cert,
A Sure Thing, The Moment You Laid Eyes On Each Other.
So this celebratory event is definitely All In The Game,
and it's Not A Moment Too Soon to Accentuate The Positive And Eliminate The Negative.
Since it is definitely All Over Bar The Shouting,
and even though any Tom, Dick Or Harry could Steal The Limelight,
and Have The Last Laugh,
Just Between You And Me,
I'll not be Disappearing Into The Wide Blue Yonder before Making It Plain that whilst I could Sleep Tight and See What Tomorrow Brings, and
Not Put Too Fine A Point On It,
I'd like to Lose My Head,
Let The Cat Out Of The Bag,
Nod As Well As Wink to any roo out of control in the top paddock,
Clear The Air,
Sort The Sheep From The Goats,
Have My Cake And Eat It Too,
Let Off Steam,
Make A Clean Breast of it.
It's Nothing Short Of Miraculous to be here today,
I couldn't be more stoked.
This event is A Real Winner, and The Honoured Couple are
A Sight To Behold.
Over the last 50 years, they've taken The Right Track,
Gone Their Own Way,
Did and are Doing It Their Way,
put A Finger In a number of Pies,
produced five problems, that Between You And Me And The Fence Post, are Not Altogether Little Ones,
Pushed The Envelope In The Work Game,
they've stayed In The Pink and On Their Toes,
as well as on the same page while Jumping Out Of Their Skins.
What More Can I Say?
If My Time Is Up, I'll soon be getting The Bum's Rush,
it's time to Get While the Getting Is Good, or
Go Before The Going Gets Tough.
However before I Do Take My Leave, let's not forget how Nona and Bill have Licked Us Into Shape,
Picked Just The Right Note,
Struck While the Iron Was Hot,
Played Their Cards Right,
Laughed Till They've Cried,
In Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea, and
even if there were Tears Before Bedtime, they've not Cried Over Spilt Milk,
nor Gone Off On Some Wild Goose Chase, From The Frypan To The Fire.
Their Picnic is definitely Not Short A Sandwich,
and their Driveway Goes All the Way To The Street and then some.
Bill is A Man Amongst Men,
A Chip Off The Old Block and Something To Write Home About.
Nona is As Bright As A Button,
Scarcely A Shrinking Violet,
definitely A Woman In Her Own Right,
and a writer In A Room very much Her Own.
London To A Brick On, this celebration is Just What The Doctor Ordered,
and I For One Am More Than Happy to be Jack's Little Woman and part of their Going Concern.
So to The Guests Of Honour,
Congratulations On A Fine Effort In All Walks Off Life, Thanks For The Memories, Without A Doubt Some of the Best Is Still Yet To Come and won't they be fine?
So Let The Good Times Roll, Rock On, Feed Our Faces and Lap It All Up.
Of course It Goes Without Saying, though I shall say it Till I'm Blue In The Face, From the Very Bottom Of My Foolish Heart, Thank you very much for being you, the unique, irreplaceable and the entirely original Noni and Bill Durack.
