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Bundaberg Rum originated because the local sugar mills had a problem with what to do with the waste molasses after the sugar was extracted ( it was heavy, difficult to transport and the costs of converting it to stock feed were rarely worth the effort ).
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Bundaberg and Rum
Bundaberg Rum is a dark rum produced in Bundaberg, Australia, often referred to as " Bundy ".
The Bundaberg Distilling Company owns its own cola-producing facility, which supplies the cola for its ready-to-drink Bundaberg Rum and Cola products.
H T Christsen Pty Ltd operated their own Bundaberg Rum bottling plant in Bourbong Street, Bundaberg at the rear of their large grocery and hardware business in the centre of town.
In 2000, the Bundaberg Rum company and distillery were sold to British company Diageo.
The Bundaberg Rum distillery is open to visitors for tours of the facility.
There is also a museum and offers free samples of Bundaberg Rum products for visitors.
Bundaberg Rum is a major sponsor of the Australian Wallabies rugby union team and also sponsors the Bundaberg Rum Rugby Series.
Bundaberg Rum sponsored the rugby league ANZAC Test till 2009.
Bundaberg Rum signed a 5 year deal with the NRL to be the official dark rum of the NRL.
Bundaberg Rum has also been criticised for targeting its advertising towards young people and boys, through television commercials during NRL broadcasts, and other promotions.
The Bundaberg Rum Bear advertisements first appeared in 1994.
Bundaberg Rum has been labelled the drink for yobbos, after some bars reported that " bundy drinkers are a lot louder, and more disruptive than other patrons.
The Bundaberg Rum Distillery admitted it was aware its brand had a reputation of being associated with aggression, and said it may change its advertising to dispel its " yobbo " image.
Bottle of Bundaberg Rum OP, 2006.
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Another of the city's exports is Bundaberg Rum, made from the sugar cane by-product molasses.
Tours of the famous Bundaberg Rum distillery and attractions at the Botanic Gardens are also popular with tourists.
Bundaberg and originated
It originated from the Bushells Coffee Chicory bottle that Bundaberg folks sold to his grandfather at the firm for one penny a bottle, after which they were washed and filled with the famous spirit.
Bundaberg and local
Subtropical Bundaberg is dependent to a large extent on the local sugar industry.
Local news coverage of Bundaberg and the Wide Bay is provided on all three commercial networks with both Seven Queensland's Seven Local News and Win Queensland's WIN News airing 30-minute local news bulletins each weeknight.
They are the Bundaberg Radiology Bulls ( men ) and Bundaberg Radiology Bears and both feature local players as well as national and international professionals.
He learned to play cricket on a backyard wicket with his three brothers and father Les, an iron moulder at the Bundaberg foundry, who played as a slow bowler in the local cricket competition.
Tallon continued to play local cricket in Bundaberg for another decade.
Bundaberg and sugar
The early sugar industry in Bundaberg was the result of the semi-slave labour carried out by Kanakas.
A bulk terminal for the export of sugar is located on the Burnett River east of Bundaberg.
It is predominantly used for shipping raw sugar and other goods related to that industry such as Bundaberg Rum.
Born in Bundaberg, Queensland, Graduated from Maroochydore State High School, Meninga is an Australian South Sea Islander, a descendant of plantation workers recruited or blackbirded to work in the Queensland sugar industry in the late 19th century.
Tallon was born and raised in the Queensland coastal sugar and rum town of Bundaberg, north of Brisbane.
Gin Gin, like Bundaberg, is heavily dependent on the sugar industry, with sugarcane plantations dotted throughout the area.
Bundaberg and mills
In 1939 he became an accountant in Bundaberg, Queensland, and after World War II a part-owner of timber mills in the Gympie region.
Bundaberg and had
Harry Aldridge stated that the scars of initiated men differed from that of Fraser Island in that men on Fraser Island had 5 vertical scars on their chest whereas in Bundaberg the Dundu: ra people had 3 scars across the chest.
In 2005 the only public transport servicing Mundubbera had was a bus service operating once a week on Thursdays to Bundaberg and on Wednesdays and Fridays to Maryborough.
Copeland had been alerted to Patel's inadequacies by Toni Hoffman, a nurse at the Bundaberg Base Hospital.
In 1954, he married Lynda Kirchner from his native Bundaberg, with whom he had two daughters.
Bundaberg and problem
He later met Arthur Burr Stone, at a travelling show in Bundaberg and again at the Brisbane Exhibition where Hinkler worked with Stone to solve a problem with the " Blériot ", the world's first monoplane.
Bundaberg and with
In December 2010, Bundaberg experienced its worst floods in 60 years with floodwaters from the Burnett River inundating hundreds of homes.
Bundaberg town centre with Bundaberg General Post Office to the right.
Cania Gorge National Park, Deepwater National Park, Eurimbula National Park and Kinkuna National Park, located in the Bundaberg region are popular with campers and bush-lovers.
Bundaberg has a subtropical climate with hot summers and mild winters.
Bundaberg is situated at the end of the Isis Highway ( State Route 3 ), approximately 50 km east of its junction with the Bruce Highway.
Bundaberg is also served by Bundaberg Airport, with flights to Brisbane and Lady Elliot Island.
Bundaberg has sister city agreements with Nanning, China and Settsu City, Japan.
It was filled with fuel and flown non-stop to Bundaberg, Queensland, a distance of 1370 km.
Cricket legend Allan Border and Brisbane Broncos identity Barry Maranta, along with Rod Petricevic of Bridgecorp, have all been associated with McDermott either as directors of Maxen or directors of other entities related to Maxen & its projects at Bagara Beach Estate near Bundaberg and Fraser Waters at Hervey Bay.
Springborg toned down some of his advocacy, however, and was content to announce a renewal of the Coalition agreement with the Liberals on 26 September 2005, aiming to maximise Labor's trouble regarding the scandal instigated by Dr Jayant Patel and the Bundaberg public hospital.
Her first stage performance was at the age of six at the Queen's Theatre in Bundaberg, where she sang the American folk song " The Merriest Girl That's Out " with her father accompanying on piano.
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