Fed: Oddities of the Week

AAP General News (Australia)
04-21-2006
Fed: Oddities of the Week

SYDNEY, April 21 AAP - Oddities of the Week:



+ Parkes Elvis Festival organisers are "all shook up" by recent changes to copyright
laws that aim to stop unauthorised impersonators. An American billionaire, who owns the
rights to Elvis's name and likeness, plans to open his own festival to celebrate the King
and his music. The plan may threaten the western NSW event that attracts more than 5,000
visitors each year. Organisers are seeking legal advice to ensure the event goes ahead.



+ Easter saw New Zealand overrun with bunnies, but not the good kind. Rabbits have
reached plague proportions in New Zealand's South Island, hence the annual Great Easter
Bunny Hunt, which this year managed to dispose of 12,000 bunnies. Locals forewent the
usual chocolate at the event, guzzling down such treats as bunny burgers and sausages.



+ Like selling ice to Eskimos, Tasmania has achieved the impossible and is exporting
vodka to Russia. The company, located north-west of Launceston, opened recently and notched
up some impressive clients straight off the bat, with the Russians considering a long-term
contract. "The main attraction is the quality of the wheat grain alcohol we're using and
also the quality of the Tasmanian natural spring water," The Tamar Distillery's Phillip
Ridyard said.



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