WHEN The Doctor and The Colonel aren't creating beers that taste like local towns, they're keeping the peace in Warrnambool.
This week, the dynamic duo are cruising up Raglan Parade with The Colonel at the wheel.
"Here we are," he said as he pulled over. "The mythical Stonehenge, Warrnambool's oldest manmade structure, built in the Cretaceous Period by Merlin and the aborigines... or possibly aliens. Some say it's a cosmic calendar. Others say it was going to be a video shop."
"Colonel, I think you'll find this stone structure is only about 25 years old. But you may be right about the video shop thing."
The Colonel was dumbfounded. "Why is it called Stonehenge then if it wasn't built by druids for the purpose of picking a good time to plant turnips?"
"What?" The Doctor said, equally dumbfounded.
"Look, it doesn't matter," The Colonel said. "Welcome to our new headquarters."
"What?" The Doctor repeated. "You want to move out of the Silver Ball?"
"Of course not - once you live in a giant sphere it's hard to go back to regular-shaped houses. I'm talking about branching out, Doctor. I'm talking about franchising. I'm talking about creating outposts of Doctors and Colonels all over Warrnambool. We can't be everywhere at once. We need to build an army of Doctors and Colonels to protect not just Warrnambool, but the whole nation, the whole world, the whole universe. And think of the mega-gargantuan buckets of cash we'll make."
"We can't move in here, Colonel," The Doctor said. "About a dozen businesses from the Fletcher Jones building are relocating here soon."
"They're leaving us? How dare they? Turncoats! If there's no one coming down to peruse the shops at FJs then who's going to impulse buy something from my sausage sizzle or take The Doctor and The Colonel Adventure Ride?"
"What about the gardens?" The Doctor said. "People might still come for the Fletcher Jones gardens."
"Who cares about gardens? Everyone's already got one." The Colonel stopped suddenly. "Hang on... if everyone leaves the FJ's precinct then we can take over the whole area and I can finally fulfill my dream of building Colonel World - it's like Sovereign Hill, but with more Colonels and less digging in the dirt for gold."