He had just finished filming True History Of The Kelly Gang where he played the murderous Australian thug Ned Kelly.
All for his Pheidippides moment.
They arrived early, carrying leaflets, having marked museum times, looking unabashedly like English tourists.
But she can't be faulted for choosing to concentrate on raising her family, especially since she was always so willing to share her memories of her parents at any time.
Even when the stood, they were holding everything all wrong.
Still snaking across the town too are trenches.