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Don't buy a pint in Sydney Airport

Postby Icefever » Thu Dec 12, 2013 10:34 am

We're away in Australia for a family wedding & Christmas, we arrive at Sydney airport last Friday to be told that there would be a 4 hour delay on our internal flight. >:( So off to the nearest bar for a pint seemed like a good idea, NO it was not.....a pint of ice cold “cat piss & pepper” (as our old dad would say) for me & a vodka & coke for the better half. The cost ??? ...hope your sat down....22 dollars, that's £12:71 in real money.
Ok you can expect that at any airport, but it's not much better when you go to a bar where we're staying, a beer (that's a laugh) and V& coke are still around £9/£10.

I found a micro brewery about 2 miles from where we are, so we went around there yesterday. They brew real ale...yaaa...but are not allowed to sell it over the counter booo. You have to order a brew, minimum 50 liters, they brew it, keg it and you collect it, it's all down to the laws of the land. As we're only here for a month it didn't seem that good an idea, I could see me dragging 2 kegs back through Heathrow customs, “hello hello hello, what you got there sunny Jim” so at the mo I'm sat by the pool with a bottle of Corona Extra in my hand....any chance one of you guys could post me a survival box of real ales over.

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Re: Don't buy a pint in Sydney Airport

Postby Admiral Toad » Thu Dec 12, 2013 12:34 pm

If you can find a way to help England retain the ashes I'll send you more beer than you can cope with mate ;D
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Re: Don't buy a pint in Sydney Airport

Postby Almanac » Thu Dec 12, 2013 1:29 pm

Go here http://www.coppercustomstillcomponents. ... /index.php and introduce yourself as a member here and some of our brothers there might be able to help you out ;D

I'll post a notice over there that one of our members is in need of rescue and see what happens ;)

What part of AUS are you staying in?

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Re: Don't buy a pint in Sydney Airport

Postby Icefever » Thu Dec 12, 2013 8:14 pm

Admiral Toad wrote:If you can find a way to help England retain the ashes I'll send you more beer than you can cope with mate ;D

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I'm getting it in the neck, from the son in law...but like I told him, we have to let them win every now & then. ;) As for retaining the Ashes A.T...there's nowt I can do for us, even the weathers no help.
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I'll post a notice over there that one of our members is in need of rescue and see what happens ;)
What part of AUS are you staying in?

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We're in Coffs Harbour on the East coast, been on the site all that lovely copper.. 8)
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