Drought side effects - marauding snakes, thirst-crazed camels and nude car washes ...

... that's what's being discussed about Australia in the foreign press.

Excerpt from France 24 (annotated):

Aussie cleans up with naked car-wash

4 May 2007

Sydney, Australia - The worst drought in memory has had many weird side-effects in Australia but a nude car-wash has to be one of the oddest.

The "big dry" has driven snakes into towns in search of water and sent thirst-crazed wild camels rampaging through outback camps.

In east coast Brisbane, capital of the "Sunshine State" of Queensland, it's led to water restrictions that include a ban on residents washing their own cars.

The result: a boom in professional car-wash services, a phenomenon which caught the eye of strip-club entrepreneur [and Fitzgerald Inquiry star] Warren Armstrong.

He set up "Bubbles 'n Babes" where customers can have their cars washed by a topless woman for A$55 or a nude woman for A$100 and it's all apparently above board.

Police said no complaints had been received and, as the washing took place out of public view, no criminal offence was being committed.
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Acting Premier Anna Bligh was happy for the show to go on - the car wash uses recycled water.

Excerpt from news.com.au:

Acting Premier Anna Bligh said her concerns regarding public decency had been quelled after advice from police.

The operation also was running on recycled water and therefore did not break current level five restrictions, she said.
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Heaven help Toowoomba if Mayor Thorley and her gaggle of Yes Councillors contemplate a similar venue (the 'Sewer Six Pack Shine and Go') as a revenue raising exercise for Toowoomba ...