38 INSANE FACTS ABOUT Australia (Part 2) - Drinking

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8⃣ 1/2 Pint. The amount of rum Sir John Robertson, five-time premier of New South Wales, drank every morning. For 35 years!

9⃣ 2.5 pints of beer in 11 seconds. Bob Hawkes' entry in the Guinness Book of Records. Bob later become the Prime Minister of Australia

🔟 83 litres. The amount of beer drunk per year by your average Aussie.

1⃣1⃣ Alcohol was banned in the Australian capital until 1967

1⃣2⃣ Australia has over 60 designated wine regions.

1⃣3⃣ European settlers in Australia drank more alcohol per head of population than any other community in history of mankind

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