Dick Smith had a dream of towing an iceberg from Antarctica to Australia. He thought it would be a great way to provide fresh water for cities such as Adelaide. But most people told him it was a crazy idea. On the morning of April 1, 1978, a barge appeared in Sydney Harbor towing a giant iceberg. Smith said that he was going to moor the iceberg near the Sydney Opera House and then carve the berg into small ice cubes, which he would sell to the public for ten cents each. These well-traveled cubes, fresh from the pure waters of Antarctica, were promised to improve the flavor of any drink they cooled. The cubes would be marketed under the brand name 'Dicksicles.' Excitedly the entire city waited to catch a glimpse of the floating mountain of ice. People gathered along the shore to see it. Boaters who traveled out to meet the berg were given complimentary cubes. (http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/af_database/permalink/the_sydney_iceberg/)