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A Galaxy Rasbora, Red Spot Severum, and even the endangered Nosferatu Labridens are just some of the exotic fish that call the 2×1.5 metre fish tank in Betoota’s Royal Hotel home.
While the origins of these fish remain rather suspicious, one thing we know for certain is that the exotic school has been funded entirely by punters.
Catching up with the Advocate earlier, Royal manager Sven Cochorone, outlined exactly how much cash comes through the pokies each week and just how they ended up with Australia’s second largest collection of exotic fish – second only to the Great Barrier Reef.
“We see about $150,000 go through the pokies each week and as you can see we’ve reinvested a lot of that money in the pub”
Sven was right, the pub was in top order; freshly painted interiors, no sticky carpets, large high-definition televisions, renovated bathrooms with built in AI, in fact, it almost seemed like Sven had done what any average bloke who’d come into a lot of money would do – start spending money on unnecessary shit.
“Haha [sic] yeah you’re right, we’ve got more cash coming in than we know what to do with”
“That’s why I added the fishquarium.”
“It’s my pièce de résistance. Look at those majestic creatures, so beautiful”
“Little Larry here cost me $10k, had to have him smuggled in from Myanmar with a – oh actually never mind”
“Don’t want the cops to cut off my fish supply.”
Sven’s ‘fishquarium’ is a testament to the amount of cash Betootan punters pump through the pokies each week and with his sights set on a Pelagic Octopus, we can only hope people don’t kick their gambling addictions before then.
More to come.
