The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #112318   Message #2375346
Posted By: GUEST,John Gray in Oz
27-Jun-08 - 03:03 AM
Thread Name: BS: Welcome at Aus. pub.
Subject: RE: BS: Welcome at Aus. pub.
In Bruce's post the story mentions "outback watering hole".
This is our slang for a pub or bar. Not a hole full of water in the Outback where, in the north of Oz, you would expect to find crocs.
Sometimes our slang can be misleading.

JG/FME