Brinjevec is a candidate for the classification as a specialty on the list of world-famous drinks. "Kraški brinjevec" is made of juniper berries from the species "Juniperus communis". "Juniperus communis" is a barbed evergreen shrub or low tree that grows in a dry karst terrain. It is a monosex plant and only female plants grow berries. Juniper berries ripen only every two or even three years, so the same bush often carries mature and immature berries. Mature berries are fleshy, dark blue, refreshing fruity smell with a bit sweet and bitter taste. Berries are gathered in October and November with a
Gin Gin, Queensland and their stockmen as punitive measures to these deaths. The Gin Gin district is nicknamed "Wild Scotsman Country" due to the capture of one of Queensland's few bushrangers, James Alpin McPherson, in the area on 30 March 1866. McPherson, who went by the same nickname, was captured at Monduran Station, north of town. Gin Gin Post Office opened on 15 March 1875. Gin Gin Provisional School opened on 26 June 1882. It closed on 31 October 1890 to be replaced by Gin Gin State School which opened on 3 November 1890 with 8 students under teacher Arthur William Moore. In