An Australian pub has been drunk almost dry by thirsty customers travelling miles for a beer from one of the country’s hottest towns after their local closed, the manager has revealed.
Brett Powter, who manages the Conglomerate Hotel in the Western Australian town of Nullagine, said his establishment was down to its last drinks since the closure of the pub in Marble Bar, 120km away.
“We’ve got no rum left, we’ve got no bourbon,” Powter told AFP.
“I think we’ve got 10 cartons (of beer) to last today. Some days we go through 25.”
Powter said business had been booming in Nullagine, a town of about 100 people in Australia’s Outback, since time was called on the 117-year-old Ironclad Hotel in Marble Bar last month.
Forced to sweat through some of the country’s hottest conditions without a cooling ale, residents have driven the 120km to Nullagine — its nearest neighbor — to slake their thirst, he said.
Allen Cooper, chief executive of the East Pilbara Shire, said moves were already afoot to reopen the Ironclad Hotel.
Cooper said the gold rush town of Marble Bar was something of a tourist draw, and most people who visit “want to go there and have a beer.”
Marble Bar holds the record for enduring Australia’s longest stint above 38°C at 160 days — a record set in the 1920s, Cooper said.(AFP)
澳洲某個最炎熱城鎮的酒吧關閉後,居民不惜長途跋涉找啤酒解渴,以致另一家酒吧的酒幾乎被喝乾。
在西澳省納拉金鎮經營礫岩旅館的布雷特•波特說,自從一百二十公里外馬波巴市的酒吧關閉後,他店裡的酒就幾乎被喝光。
波特告訴法新社說:「我們已經沒有蘭姆酒,波本威士忌也售完了。」
他說:「我想我們今天有十箱(啤酒)可以撐。有些時候,我們需要二十五箱。」
波特表示,自從馬波巴市擁有一百一十七年歷史的「鐵甲旅館」結束營業後,納拉金鎮的酒吧生意變得出奇的好。納拉金是澳洲內陸人口約一百人的小鎮。
他說,頂著最炎熱天氣又沒有清涼麥芽啤酒可消暑的該鎮居民,只得長途跋涉一百二十公里到距離最近的納拉金鎮找酒解渴。
東皮爾巴拉地區行政長官亞蘭•古柏說,有關單位準備讓鐵甲旅館重新開張。
古柏說,淘金重鎮馬波巴是觀光勝地,許多人都「想去那邊參觀,喝杯啤酒」。
古柏說,馬波巴市於一九二0年代,創下澳洲攝氏三十八度以上高溫持續一百六十天的最長紀錄。(法新社╱翻譯:吳岱璟)
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A: Artificial intelligence technology has been causing controversy lately: a student was caught cheating with AI to win the grand prize in an art contest. B: That’s so absurd. Does this mean that AI paints better than humans? A: Maybe. Luckily, the student was later disqualified. B: And more absurdly, it’s becoming more and more popular to use AI technology to “resurrect” people. A: Yeah, some netizens even posted videos featuring the late singer CoCo Lee, who was “resurrected” by them with AI software. A: 人工智慧的爭議不斷,有學生違規使用AI參加美術展,甚至贏得首獎。 B: 真誇張,這是不是代表AI比人類還強大? A: 或許吧,幸好得獎資格被取消。 B: 還有更誇張的︰讓死者重現的「AI復活」技術越來越熱門。 A: 對啊,還有網友製作已故歌后李玟「復活」的影片呢! (By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times/台北時報張聖恩)
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