Outback Elvis

by John Connell

Spacemen (rubgy league team) 22

  Spirit of Elvis 91

  sponsorship 38, 41, 46, 53, 55, 57–8, 65, 68, 70, 74

  spirituality 79, 80, 81, 82, 126

  Stallone, Sylvester 25

  Stanthorpe (Queensland) 174

  Star Wars 190

  Steel, Bob and Anne 31–4, 36–40, 48, 53, 198, opp. 31, opp. 39

  Stefanoski, Elvis Aaron 117

  street parade 34, 38, 47, 55, 73–8

  Stuart, Tom 79–82

  succession planning 184

  Sullivan, Ed 9, 124

  Summernats 116

  sunglasses 76, 77, 83, 135, 138, 140, 146, 147, 153, 157, 171

  Superman 192

  Surfers Paradise (Queensland) 100, 143

  Suspicious Minds 92, 101, 128

  sweat 65, 67, 127, 138, 140, 146, 147, 182, 198

  Sutherland, Adam 44, 46

  Sydney (NSW) 58, 103, 119

  Tamworth (NSW) 43, 84

  Country Music Festival 71, 116, 135, 164

  taste, absence of 134, 136

  tattoos 54, 151–2, 153, 166, 175

  teenagers 10, 11, 16, 134

  television 8, 9–10, 12, 13, 16, 58

  ten Cate, Roel 32–3, 40–41, 46, 48

  tent city (Gracelands on the Green) 56, 164

  Tinder 145

  toilets 57, 116, 143, 155

  Toovey, Rod 144

  tourism 21–2, 47–8, 53–4, 190

  trains 13, 20 see also Elvis Express

  transport 20, 57

  tribute artists 16, 39–40, 59, 63, 87–113

  Ultimate Tribute Artist 95, 100, 181, 182

  Trundle (NSW) 17, 21, 174, 193

  T-shirts 2, 68, 77, 108, 120, 122, 134, 135–6, 158, 171

  Tully (Queensland) 193

  Tupelo, Mississippi 98, 182, 187

  U Beaut Ute 46

  undertakers 160, 175

  United Kingdom 179

  United States 18, 48, 179

  Uniting Church 79–80, 183

  utes 158, 188–9

  Utes in the Paddock 193

  Vegas, Dean 83, 91, 98

  Victor Harbor (SA) 192

  Vietnam 180

  visitors see festival-goers

  Viva Las Vegas 82

  Viva Las Vegies 93

  Viva Lasagna 59

  voluntarism 24, 46, 156, 171–3, 183, 185, 189

  Wagga Wagga (NSW) 169

  Warhol, Andy 186

  Warwick (Queensland) 137, 174

  Wawak, Hans 102

  Wayne, John 16

  weddings 3, 83–5

  Wellington (NSW) 193

  Western Australia (WA) 41, 102, 170

  wheat 13, 20, 56, 189

  widgies 11 see also bodgies

  wigs 53, 65, 70, 73, 89, 96, 134, 135, 138, 140, 152, 157

  Wiggles 3, 64–5

  Wilson, Robert 185

  wine 24–5, 33, 66, 169, 174

  wineries 40, 65, 151

  Wink, Texas 193

  Wintersun Festival 117

  Wiradjuri 13, 22, 57, 119

  Wollongong (NSW) 107, 123

  Woodford (Queensland) 67, 93

  wool 13, 15, 19, 76

  Wright, Allan 96

  Wyong (NSW) 192

  Yellow Wiggle see Greg Page

  Yorkshire hens 36

  Youngblood, Eddie 38–9, 41, 43, 44, 91–2, 93, 94, opp. 38

  Ypsilanti, Michigan 182

  youth 15, 26, 120, 146, 178

  Z, Dean 98