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I remember driving up yo the Eagle on the Hill pub on a Sunday to buy some beer to take away. One had to pretend to be a 'bona fide traveller' meaning one had to have travelled 50? miles to qualify with this archaic law. So we always had a story prepared about just coming over from Melbourne or somewhere. That's what everybody said and the barman would smile and wink as one signed the form at the bar. I remember once my friend I was with told the barman that we'd just come from Melb. The barman then asked 'which road did we take' and my mate was caught by surprise and said Eyre Highway! The punters in the bar burst into laughter but the barman just chuckled and gave us our beer anyway. It was a popular place on a Sunday. The only other place to drink was at the Adelaide airport bar!
by rell2 (score: 0|5) 2399 days ago
by Dave Walsh (score: 4), 2398 days ago
Yes, great story! It was a completely different world back then.