Beer? Nope. Can't stand the stuff....

However, since my early 20's (20 years ago...LOL), I have always been very partial to a decent red wine. A nice robust cab sauv or a decent shiraz will catch my eye even on a red hot day when everyone else is drinking beer.

I lived and worked on a cattle station in central Australia (place called Curtin Springs, about 80km east of Yulara/Ayers Rock resort) for a while in 2002/3 before I moved to Alice and developed a serious taste for this stuff while living and working there...

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Interesting story. You could have heard a pin drop in the Curtin Springs bar that first night I drove in the front gate in the HJ (had just driven in from Alice), propped at the bar and Stevie (the owner's son) offered me a beer..... "No thanks mate", I politely declined. "Would you have a red wine back there at all?" I winked.... a blank look for about 5 seconds that desolved into a smile and then "an interesting" evening ensued. I now have life-long friends from that evening and I've prattled on here long enough.....

Regards

Dave.