It has been a big couple of weeks for Wyndham’s wandering star Jerry the Giraffe.
While on holiday in a location Star Weekly has been conditioned to keep classified, the 2.5 metre, swashbuckling sensation met his biggest fan.
On Tuesday 28 October, Bradley Farnill, the founder of the Jerry the Giraffe Fan Club, arrived at the location not knowing the subject of his admiration awaited him.
As Mr Farnill approached and first caught sight of Jerry, the opening track to Oasis’s Standing on the Shoulder of Giants played from a nearby and unaccounted for speaker.
Mr Farnill, who first became acquainted with Jerry after the icon’s abduction last year, said he was pleasantly surprised to meet his towering idol.
“He is actually a lot taller than he looks in photos– I am 190cm and he towered over me,” Mr Farnill said.
Hailing from Yorkshire, England, Mr Farnill was on holiday in Melbourne to see friends and Oasis on 31 October.
“I have to give the big lad credit, he had done his research before I got there,” Mr Farnill said.
“I was left starstruck in his presence, ever since I heard about what he went through last year, and his resilience to get back out there touring in Wyndham after being rebuilt, really resonated with me.
“All jokes aside, when I had my cancer scare earlier this year, his Instagram page made me laugh and distracted me from a lot of life’s worries.“
As usual, Jerry didn’t have a lot to say, but found himself the A-lister in another feel good story.
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