Australian Trivia Only

[Greynomad]

Baaarrrrp!
Sorry Busman,
Not Pokolbin, either.

[supersparky]

Ray, is it the old water in Rutherglen Vic, that is painted to resemble a wine bottle?
Probably not far from your place.

[Greynomad]

Ka-CHING!!
Got it, David!
Quite a few years ago, some bright spark had the idea of saving the redundant water tower from demolition by putting a steel framework on top to make it into a wine bottle.
Very clever, as the open steelwork on top of the brick tower with iron tank makes it look like a bottle ¾ full.
(Apparently a full steel bottle-shaped canopy would have been too heavy for the old brickwork.)

Unfortunately it is now Heritage Listed, so we can’t put a label on it saying “Welcome to Rutherglen”...

I’ll post a pic soon. (It’s about 1.5km from our house.)

Meantime, David, you’re IT!

[supersparky]

Thanks Ray, we saw it the last time we passed through.
I will come up with something soon, standby.

[supersparky]

I hope that someone, anyone, can come up with the same answer that I gave in my head.
Who used to run the most famous two up house in the 60- 70's in Melbourne. I dont know if Mr Google or Wikipedia will help.

[jon_d]

was it a woman?

[supersparky]

No Jon, it was a man, with a fearsome reputation in gambling circles.
Edit. He did play footy for Footscray many years ago.

[Greynomad]

Pardon my interruption...

Quite a few years ago, some bright spark had the idea of saving the redundant water tower from demolition by putting a steel framework on top to make it into a wine bottle.
Very clever, as the open steelwork on top of the brick tower with iron tank makes it look like a bottle ¾ full.
(Apparently a full steel bottle-shaped canopy would have been too heavy for the old brickwork.)

Unfortunately it is now Heritage Listed, so we can’t put a label on it saying “Welcome to Rutherglen”...

I’ll post a pic soon. (It’s about 1.5km from our house.)

Here's the pix:

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[Shirley]

Lionel " Nappy" Ollington ?

[supersparky]

That's it Shirley, correct. Its over to you now.