Our Shipping Reporter was given the opportunity to invest in what seemed to be a sure big money making food venture in Denmark , a city which has a famous mermaid seated uncomfortably on a hard rock..
As part of a new eatery run by an experienced , enterprising Australian celebrity chef in Copenhagen , it was proposed to offer Aussie style sausages in rolls as an added attraction to nearby hungry university students and tourists .
There was an instant response , Big Willys attracted attention. However , a large restaurant chain asked the Australian to run a major business in Denmark , which he did.
What do you do with a Big Willys sign when it is not wanted anymore ? In Denmark , it is said , if you leave anything out on the footpath it disappears overnight .
Such was the case with Big Willys .
It is just possible that Big W was souvenired by Danish year 12 students who rampage about like Queensland Gold Coast Schoolies . Danish kids, at the end of their so- called gymnasium education , drive about in old cars and trucks , playing loud music , drinking , expecting to be fed by their parents and others , wearing special white caps , called studenterhuen , as in the following action shot .
( Denmark, Willys, Mermaid .)
