Christmas at Toompine

I was very taken with this posting by the Australian Broadcasting Commission :


http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-12-23/town-of-two-open-pub-for-christmas/3745124

It seems that there is a town in south-western Queensland called Toompine, which lies between Quilpie and Thargomindah and has a total population of 2 (yes, two). Moreover, they've decided to open the pub for Christmas dinner, which is not difficult to do as the only residents are the publican, Sue Jones, and the bloke who owns it. Quite where the guests will come from is another matter. Quilpie has 560 inhabitants and Thargomindah has 203, both slightly larger than Toompine. The latter lies in Bulloo Shire, whose area is 73807.6 km² (28,497.3 sq mi), about 30% of Britain's, and the total population, if you can imagine it, is 377. Quilpie's area is slightly smaller at 67633.5 km² (26113.4 sq mi), and so the two LGAs are almost 60% of Britain's size, but only  377 + 986 (= 1363) people choose to live there (townspeople, farmers and miners). Population density is a low 1 person per 10 km². Thargomindah's forecast temperature for Christmas day is a mild 38C (or 100F).

AS