Dining Drinking
November, 1956
No matter what you may have heard to the contrary. Australia has two sexes just like most other countries. It also has wombats, wallabies, koala bears, Tasmanian devils, laughing jackasses, kookaburra birds and Scotch over-the-bar at the Australian equivalent of 21¢ a slug. At current currency conversion rates a bottle of 12-year-old costs $3.20; brandy, local but lovable, dents your money clip to the pleasant tune of two bucks a fifth, as do gin and rum. We learned these things in the spirit of...