By Kate Sikora
Friday April 06, 2007
PETROL giant Shell has snubbed Sydney in favour of Wollongong because it was too stingy to donate $50,000 to Sophie Delezio’s charity in return for having the Harbour Bridge shut to make a commercial.
It is one of the most expensive ads ever shot and features world famous cities – except Sydney.
Instead Wollongong gets world exposure along with Rome, Monaco and Rio De Janeiro in the new Shell-Ferrari television ad.
While Shell gouges motorists at the bowser and reaped in $25.4 billion last year, it refused to pay a $50,000 fee in return for having the Harbour Bridge closed.