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There's a funny story surrounding each of the items of memorabilia that adorn The Southern Cross - the car hub caps which encrust the ATM outside, the street and distance signs everywhere and the bull, saddam, wooden stocks (which had been dismantled in a drunken frenzy the week before we arrived) and even the bar itself.

One story which stands out is that of the Torpedo - which in fact is a dummy Excocet missile which was used by the navy during loading practice.

Obviously pinched from a local base, it hangs above the centre of the dining area.  Danny informed me that it was donated by a bunch of naval chaps who delivered it on the back of an official jeep and enjoyed a free night of booze in return.

However, the fun story of the mock Excocet revolves around the French nuclear tests taking place in the French-Polynesian Atols... 

Now, Danny and the boys took exception to Jaques Chiraqs tests - so they drove to the French embassy in Sydney, with the Excocet mounted on the back of a Jeep. 

When the bemused guards refused access to their convoy, they crashed the gates, and when security cought up with them, handed a letter to them for the Ambassadors attention which read something like:

"Dear Mr Ambassador,

You and your President Jaques are hereby barred for life from the Southern Cross pub, Berry.

Signed,
The Management" 

Fair play Danny!

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