Re: Thirlmere becomes Bowen

[Robert Harris <bob@fastlink.com.au>]

Roy Marshall wrote:

> Filming for a new XXXX ad (Qld beer) took place at Thirlmere this week.
> Bordering on the bizarre they used 4306 with 'N' cars and renamed
> Thirlmere- Bowen! A number of palm trees were strategically placed. Even
> stranger, the plot was supposed to be a bloke getting off of a train to
> go into a pub. The pub ended up being the Imperial at Picton which had
> all of it's taps changed to XXXX.Unfortunately (or fortunately for those
> of us who live in NSW) they don't serve it at all!! Watch out for this
> one...
>
> Cheers Roy

I was talking to the guys from Thirlmere and apparantly the XXXX add won't
be seen in NSW, but the film crew were going to send a copy of the footage
back to us.

Tried a few "samples" of  the "bitter" and it tastes better than the old
stuff

rgds

Rob