Chooks and tinnies

Within a month or so of arriving, I was involved in our local primary school's gala. A gala is the equivalent of a school fete, but on a much grander scale as it is the major fundraiser of the year for primary schools and requires almost military planning for at least six months before the actual event. My job on the day was to sell tickets to the quickfire raffle - once ten tickets are sold, a raffle is drawn, so I wandered the playground accosting would-be winners and yelling "chooks and tinnies" as requested, having found out that "chooks and tinnies" meant chickens (dead and ready to cook) and cans of beer - these were the raffle prizes.