Medowie is located in the Hunter Valley North of Sydney and is famous for
it's Hunter Valley Wines.
This region is a popular one for MG clubs to use for their regular outings.
luckily there are plenty of places to stay overnight as it is far too easy
to "sample" more than the driving limit.
I assume he is from the Lions club district 201.
graeme
Sydney Aust
70' roadster
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Conley <swconley@foxinternet.net>
To: Eric Erickson <eric@erickson.on.net>
Cc: MG LIST <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Friday, January 01, 1999 4:33 PM
Subject: RE: OT Beer Bottles (was Turkey Day)
>I don't have a reply specific to your topic. I'm looking for info from our
>Aussie listers. Tomorrow we will be taking in an exchange student from
>Medowie, NSW which I see is north of Sydney. Any other info about Medowie,
>or Australia in general that might make things more enjoyable for him (14
>y.o.) If he gets homesick, can he send some of his countrymen a note?
>Thanks,
>Steve Conley
>Marysville, WA USA
>MG wannabe
>mailto:swconley@foxinternet.net
>MGB.com: http://web3.foxinternet.net/swconley
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net]On
>Behalf Of Eric Erickson
>Sent: Friday, January 01, 1999 5:00 AM
>To: MG Nuts
>Subject: Re: OT Beer Bottles (was Turkey Day)
>
>
>Skye Poier wrote:
>>
>> Word on the street is that Eric Erickson said:
>> > Well, in Australia we have these half-sized bottles of beer... so
>> > seeing as they are short and squat they are called "stubbies".
>>
>> We call them stubbies in Canada too, must be a colonial thing.
>>
>> Mmmmm Red Stripe.
>>
>
>Purely for those into the art of beer bottles...
>
>In far north Australia (just "up the road" from where I live.. a
>thousand miles or two on the other side of Ayers Rock/Uluru) they have
>the "Darwin Stubby" which is a few times the size of the normal beer
>bottle.
>
>Darwin/Northern Territory is like the Texas of Australia. Everything is
>bigger there! Maybe, as with Charles Darwin, they believe it is a
>"further evolved" bottle.
>
>Now... back to cars...
>
>
>Eric
>'68MGB MkII
>
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