He seems like a good bloke, a Essendon man, but I'm not sure.
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A few weeks before Christmas, Prince Charles had called Edwards "a jolly good bloke," at a celebration of the prince's 70th birthday.
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This, and other appearances on late-night shows, such as Jimmy Fallon's, helped to foster an image of a good bloke who could take a joke.
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In honor of this event, and in honour of him genuinely being an all-round good bloke and great DJ, he's sent us this guest mix.
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He portrayed himself "as the good bloke, the good father, the buddy, the mate that Australians would like to have," said Patrick Dumont, a professor of political science at the Australian National University.
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While his policies were painful to middle-class Australians, he subdued inflation and unemployment for years, and was regarded by his countrymen as "a good bloke," a blunt, trim, silver-haired cigar smoker with the wit of a Rhodes Scholar and the rugged features of an Aussie who loved horse racing and football, admitted marital infidelities and once bragged of downing two and a half Imperial pints of beer in 12 seconds.
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In Australia, the term "good bloke" has a particular nuance that distinguishes a "good bloke" from just any "bloke". For instance, in Richard Walsh's essay "Australia Observed" (1985), Walsh (himself a noted good bloke) notes "The ultimate accolade in Australia is to be a "good bloke", meaning someone who is gregarious, hospitable, generous, warm hearted, and with a good sense of humour. In Australia it availeth a man nothing if he makes himself a fortune and is not a good bloke!" A good bloke is also readily identifiable by his unceasing fidelity to the principles of mateship.
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The "Aussie bloke" has been portrayed in important works of art and associated with famous Australian men. "He's a good bloke" literally means "he's a good man".
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The "good Aussie bloke" is generally regarded as being synonymous with the "good bloke". An Australian charity, the Top Blokes Foundation was established to support young men's mental health. The use of the term "Top Blokes" is a reference to males who are admired by their peers.
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Will was originally described as a "hot-tempered trouble maker" who arrives in the Bay to reconnect with his siblings, Hayley (Rebecca Hewitt) and Nick (Chris Egan). Will learns to calm down and when he decides to leave the Bay he was, by then, considered a "good bloke".
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Lewis Richardson is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera, Hollyoaks, played by Ben Hull. Lewis was introduced by Phil Redmond as part of the Richardson family. Lewis made his first on-screen appearance on 6 November 1995 before departing on 15 October 2001. Lewis was initially a "good bloke" but changed, becoming like his abusive father Dennis Richardson.
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Adam Clarke, played by Clint Bizzell, made his first screen appearance on 30 March 2009. Bizzell's casting was announced on 23 March 2009, although he joined the serial in late 2008 to film his five-week guest role. Bizzell's character, Adam, is an AFL champion, who "initially appears to be a good bloke". However, when Adam befriends Ringo Brown (Sam Clark), he quickly leads him astray.
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Armitage told a reporter from the serial's official website that Bill is a "good bloke" who would not harm anyone. Bill is the type of man who "knows everybody" and speaks to everyone. He said that some people walk down the streets with their heads to the floor, but Bill is the opposite and always ready for conversation. Bill can sometimes be awkward, angry and has a "short fuse".
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She told the Neighbours publicity team that Dipi "only got eyes for him". She could not fathom anyone tempting Dipi away from "the beautiful man that is Shane". She explained that Dipi views him as her "husband that wears his flannelette shirts, who makes all these genius inventions that do not work out, but is such a good bloke." She added that she hoped the show's writers never split them up over infidelity.
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She later praised the storyline stating it was getting "juicy". Catrin Griffiths writing for the Daily Express said the serial came back in style after its summer break in the UK, owing to storylines such as Ruby's binge drinking. The Daily Record also said ever since the Buckton family arrived they "created drama", noting it was Ruby and Charlie especially. All About Soap questioned whether "poor Ruby" would ever find a "good bloke" to pair up with.
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The highway is named after a popular former Queensland and federal politician, Harry Bruce. Bruce was the state Minister for Works when the highway was named after him, in the mid-1930s, and was widely considered to be a good bloke. The highway once passed through Brisbane, but was truncated at Bald Hills when the Gateway Motorway became National Highway 1 upon its opening in December 1986. The highway is the biggest traffic carrier in Queensland.
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So what? He's a good bloke, a good mate to his friends and he can work miracles with motors [...] What you see is what you get where he's concerned." Author Kate Lock has described Ricky as hapless and a figure of fun, "completely lacking in tact and rarely opens his mouth without putting his foot in it." Noting the changes his character went through in 2000, Owen said, "[Ricky] grew up over the years just as all of us have to change.
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Joyce played 49 games in the 2013–14 season as Accrington posted a 15th-place finish under the stewardship of rookie manager James Beattie. When the club were bottom of the English Football League in November after failing to win in their first 12 league games, Joyce stood by Beattie, calling him a "good manager and a good bloke". Two months later Beattie returned the favour by calling Joyce an "unsung hero" after he scored his first goal in 22 months to help secure a 2–1 victory over Cheltenham Town.
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In 2006 he was canvassed as a potential successor to Russell Balding, after Balding resigned as managing director of the ABC.Errol Simper, "Good bloke passes baton", The Australian, 14 November 2011; Retrieved 18 August 2013 In December 2011, Williams was appointed CEO of News Limited (which became News Corp Australia in July 2013). He resigned in August 2013 amid reports that his management style had alienated many staff members and executives, including members of the Murdoch family. In February 2014 he was appointed a Commissioner of the Australian Football League (AFL).
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The Welsh-born Hopkins did not employ the Kiwi accent which the real Munro would have had — the review in The New Zealand Herald said that "his vowels swoop from the Welsh valleys to the high veldt without ever alighting in Southland" (Munro's home region of New Zealand). Nevertheless, the same reviewer said Hopkins gives a "generous, genial and utterly approachable performance … he nails the backyard eccentric genius dead centre … he has inhaled the nature of a mid-century Kiwi bloody good bloke and he inhabits the part to perfection".Peter Calder: The World's Fastest Indian. The New Zealand Herald, 8 October 2005.
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In the 1980s Coster started his Stan Coster Show at the Tenthill Hotel in Tenthill, Queensland in the 1980s to crowds too large to be accommodated in the hotel. In 1987, Coster won another Golden Guitar for APRA Song of the Year for “He’s a Good Bloke When He’s Sober”. In 1989 he was awarded an OAM for "Services to Country Music" and was in 1990 inducted into the Australian Roll of Renown at Tamworth. He won the 1995 Golden Guitar (Heritage Award) for Bush Ballad Song of the Year with "Lawson’s Loaded Dog" and in 1996 released his last album Come Back to the Bush.
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She described Potter as "a good bloke" and argued that "such minor abuse rarely has lasting consequences". In a 2012 article she wrote that "Demonising sexuality inevitably distorts a proper perspective on sexual crimes, leading to politically inspired calls for absurdly longer sentences, misinformation about the likelihood of offenders to reoffend and exaggeration of the emotional damage to the victims of minor abuse" and that "Our prurient interest in sex crimes often robs the perpetrator of any chance of redemption - as the sad death of cricket commentator Peter Roebuck bears witness." In 2017, Arndt conducted a 17-minute interview on her YouTube channel with Nicolaas Bester, a high school teacher in Tasmania who in 2011 was sentenced to two years and ten months jail for sexual assault, maintaining a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old student and possessing child pornography. He was subsequently jailed again for producing child exploitation material and bragging that the sexual abuse had been "awesome".
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