A CHANCE drink in the Rainhill Ex-Services Club has set Julie Hoather from Allendale Avenue on course for the Millennium 'Party of a Lifetime' in Sydney, Australia - courtesy of Foster's Lager.

Julie won her dream ticket as part of the Fostralia 2000 promotion which ran in more than 50,000 pubs, clubs, off-licences and supermarkets earlier this summer.

She and her husband Stephen will join more than 300 fellow winners who will jet to Sydney for five days of fun and sun. They will spend this historic New Year's Eve at one of the city's most exclusive harbour-side venues and will view the fireworks from ring-side seats, dance to live entertainment and enjoy plenty of refreshment - all thanks to the 'Amber Nectar'.

Then they will be whisked up to the Gold Coast for 10 sun-drenched days and fun-filled nights - plus plenty of Foster's of course!"

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