Ask a question about Australia

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do you actually make anything in Oz? In terms of military equipment (guns, vehicles, etc..) or even in terms of anything (household appliances, cars, computers, anything). I'm sure there isn't a single thing in my ouse with "made in australia" on it.

[Kitsune]

Don't they make Foster beer?


p-)

[Fox2]

Kangaroo skin rugs! :lol: Oh, and let's not forget Vegemite! Yeck!

[Dalleer]

There's this stuff that takes out your body-hair sold in the Finnish "TV-shop" called "Nad's" or something along those lines...

The commercial says that the Nad's- cream is 100 % Australian made and all, doubt that it's the case anyway.

So, I'd say "Nad's- the 1st body hair removal cream straight from Australia!"

[Deuterium]

Some of the best motorcycle racers in the world come from down under......

[Fox2]

But you can't manufacture crotch rocket racers! Or....can you!?

http://www.guyantique.com/motorcycle.JPG

[Deuterium]

You da man Troy....

http://www.ducati.com/docs_eng/downloads/wallpaper/tb/36_800.jpg

http://www.ducati.com/docs_eng/photogallery_races/images/wallpapers/tb/12_800.jpg

[Minjin]

I heard the new GTO is made in OZ. And they have some pretty sweet Holden autos. I know they make (re-make) a version of the asstastic Cadillac Catera into a good car that is better in terms of performance than the BMW M5.

In terms of military gear, I have no idea.

[fantassin]

They make the Bushmaster wheeled APC, the Perentie SF modification on the Land Rovers (6X6) called LRPV (Long Range Patrol Vehicle)...

[mocking_loudly_died]

Why bother making **** when we can get you c*nts to do it all for us.

We let the UK make the SA-80 so we could laugh at them.

Nice rifle fellas.

[Falco]

I'm not australian but I spent 8 months over I know a few things. They export sheep (Merinos mostly), sugar, BEER !! ...

[ßå$tĮТHÏ¿ð]

OZ has the V-8 supercars(Holdens and Fords) series, thats pretty interesting to watch. I think those cars are all supercharged? (correct me if im wrong) Makes some pretty good entertainment when drinking beer.
Also there a Hyundia (spelling?) pony-truck that was also made for Australia.
P.s. Vegimite does suck.

[Ballistic]

I can tell you something that Australia does create, some of the best Infantry and Special Forces soldiers in the world. ;)

Just because you dont see much of our stuff over there doesnt mean we dont make anything. Take a trip over here and I guarantee you'll find plenty of Australian made items on the store shelves. Half the stuff probably just isnt exported.

[Ngati Tumatauenga]

...They export sheep ...

Only the ones they don't marry.......

[Falco]

OMG LOL :lol: :lol:
actually australian chicks are pretty good looking (the one in Montréal are nicer ... )

[mocking_loudly_died]

...They export sheep ...

Only the ones they don't marry.......

Run a bath mate, we can all smell the camel sprog on your lips.

[Pojo]

Just hope they become another state soon :) I like them and they should be ours. :P

[ShotOver]

You talkin about Australia?

We export:

Sheep
Cattle
Wheat
Sugar
Salt
Metals

And we make here in Australia, some of the finest beer, vehicles, electrical items in the world.

[digrar]

We do keep a few sheep around for all the KIWIs who leave New Zealand in droves to live in the luck country. :P

We do make the Pontiac GTO, although the Yanks at GM do butcher the front to suit their tastes.

The V8 supercars are naturally aspirated. The boys are racing in China and New Zealand next year.

Our biggest drama is keeping our brand names in Australia. Vegimite is owned by the yanks, most of our beer companies are owned by overseas interests.

We do our own version of the Canadian LAV, We have stopped making the landrover varients and I think we are looking for new replacments for landrover and unimog (I don't see a need, both are excellent vehicles). We make our own Austeyr and minimi. We tried to make our own submarines, according to who you ask they are the best things since sliced bread or are the most useless bits of kit ever made. They did have a lot of teething problems and are way over budget and behind schedule, but I think they are starting to perform.

I would say that we are more of a primary producer than an industry based economy. We do make a lot of things but we produce more raw elements than anything. Gold, iron, diamonds, natural gas, nickle, ect. I think we produce 30% or 40% of the worlds wheat and wool, we also produce a lot of beef.

There is always a big push for us to buy Australian made, but stuff we make ourselves is a lot more expensive than something made by our northern neighbours.
The government is trying to get a free trade agreement with the US, which will help our primary producers, but will have a big impact on other sectors within the country. It will be interesting to see how that develops.

[ShotOver]

Our Collins class submarines were designed by sweden though..

But we still beat the yanks and the poms in war games with them ;)

[stryker182]

Australia has the best looking girls in the world ,the best Beer in the world ,the best beaches in the world and the best sporting teams in the world.

We are Starting to make alot of New Weapons Technology now aswell ,i read somewhere they we invented the handgun with dna coding on the grip and the fastest firing weapon in the world .

[Ballistic]

Australia has the best looking girls in the world ,the best Beer in the world ,the best beaches in the world and the best sporting teams in the world.

We are Starting to make alot of New Weapons Technology now aswell ,i read somewhere they we invented the handgun with dna coding on the grip and the fastest firing weapon in the world .

Metal Storm. ;)

[Mark Sman]

http://ultimategto.com/2004/04_00086_9.jpg

[ßå$tĮТHÏ¿ð]

Well everyone has a bias on the best looking girls in the world...in fact I got a hot one laying in my bed right now so I'll make this quick. A: Im dissapointed that the V-8 supercars series is naturaly aspirated (carbourated for idiots), I assume they are still rear wheel drive.
B: everyone says they have the best beer in the world (except americans they know they have weak ****)
C: the gto's look slick, I dont think they sell them in North America
D: Vegimite does suck, I'm glad you guys dont make it.

[Mark Sman]

The above picture is from the docks in California when GTO's were being shipped. Due at a dealers in the USA this month.

This car is way cool, but what I really want is the car Holden exports as the Caprice SS in the Mid-East. Chevy canned the Caprice in 1996 after three memorable years of putting out an Impala SS package in that body style.

To sum them up quickly. They rock.

A fast land yacht, they'll dust a Clown Vic.

[oldsoak]

Aussies do produce small arms ammunition, propellants and explosives and other good stuff - try this 'ere link - might have to cut and paste it

http://www.adi-limited.com


rgds

[marktigger]

some of the best new wines in the world are Australian. IMHO much better than Californian.

[oldsoak]

I like their wine, their women and their big open spaces. All the Aussie IT people I've worked with have been top notch, I guess you could call them an export although most are on "temporary loan" :) They dont do pubs the way the Brits and the Irish do pubs though and they dont do a bangers ( sausages ) the way we do. And they dont do warm beer.... ;)
I must mention CSIRO ( Commonwealth Scientific Industrial and Research organisation ) - who do premium work - built their own satellite, lot of top notch work in pharmaceuticals and vaccines , biotechnology and the like. They're here allright.
rgds

[digrar]

The V8 supercars are fuel injected, good for around 450 KW, rear wheel drive, about 2 or 3 hundred kilograms lighter than a normal falcon or commodore.
We make vegimite but we don't own it. It's good on toast :D .
The GTO is being sold in the states, but not as many as we would like, or probably as many as the market could take.

[Dalleer]

Yes, and Nad's bodyhair removal cream!

[cut]

Don't they make Foster beer?


p-)

Drink Australian, Think Australian, Brewed in the UK... hmmmm :D

[Scrim]

What about those awesome hats with the corks hanging from pieces of string. Seriously, do they have a name?
Cut- I just noticed your excellent Avatar. :lol:

[Falco]

think we produce 30% or 40% of the worlds wheat

Ermm ... That's not quite accurate, China is the world's biggest wheat producer then commes the EU, India, the US and russia.

[grendel]

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[hahaha]

Not Australian by birth but lived here awhile.

Australians were locally making the L1A1 SLR in Lithgow, as a variant of the Belgian FN (FAL) rifle. The SLR was used by some Australian troops in the Vietnam war, a shortened version was developed also (3" shorter) and used by the SASR (I'm not sure which book but one of Gary McKay's books detail this - great Australian historian!).

Australia is currently making the Steyr up in Lithgow under license to Steyr Mannlicher AG.

Also the Minimi, which is based on the M240 (I think), and a .50 cal.

Check out this site - www.adi-limited.com (Australian Defence Industries)

[Falco]

some Aussie celebs - [...] Steve Irwin :oops:

LLLOLLL I've got some aussie friends and they all think the same thing.[/quote]

[grendel]

do you actually make anything in Oz? In terms of military equipment (guns, vehicles, etc..) or even in terms of anything (household appliances, cars, computers, anything). I'm sure there isn't a single thing in my ouse with "made in australia" on it.

A lot of things at my place are labeled "made in China". ;)

However, as previously stated, primary products make up the bulk of Australian exports. Livestock, farm produce such as dairy, minerals:

http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/australia/tradingnation/images/share_world_production.gif

Australia has also exported:
- wine to France
- chillies, chilli sauce and salsa to Mexico
- bamboo surfboards, skateboards and wall panels to Japan
- Peking Duck to China
http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/australia/tradingnation/growth&diversity.html
- a few military equipments:
http://www.tenix.com/Products.asp
http://www.incat.com.au/defence_fs.html
http://www.adi-limited.com/ thanks, oldsoak :hug:

Other motorcycle champs that Deuterium may be familiar with:
Mick Doohan (http://www.mickdoohan.com.au) and Wayne Gardner (http://www.waynegardner.com)

Other things Australia is known for:

tourism - wildlife (kangaroos, wombats, koalas, platypus, dingos, crocs, killer snakes & spiders, flies the size of bees), the outback, curved sticks that you throw and flies back, hitting you in the head, beaches, indigenous Australians (Aborigines);

film production - Mad Max, The Matrix, Star Wars (the newer ones), The Thin Red Line, Tom Berenger's "Sniper", Priscilla Queen of the Desert ;), etc. were produced here;

some Aussie celebs (who are being exported) - Nicole Kidman, Elle Macpherson, Geoffrey Rush, Naomi Watts, Kate Blanchett, Mel Gibson (actually American, but learnt his trade here), Eric Bana, Russell Crowe (New Zealand can have him back), Sam Neill (New Zealand can't have him back), Hugo Weaving, Steve Irwin :oops:

[farmgirl]

I don't care what you make.... I just really dig your accents.... ;)

[Mortimer]

we make heaps of stuff we just don't export it so widely.......
lol come on our total population is the size of new york...or something just reached 20 million about a week ago.

I know our military make all their own equipement (ADI)
i have stacks of australian made clothing, my car is made in Australia, we make wheatbix, vegemite lol and heaps of other stuff....

yeah but like i said, don't expect much from a country with a population of 20mil

[Tane Angle]

Yeah, NYC's got you by about ten million, sorry to tell you. A question on that note: Does Australia have a larger police force (on all levels), than NYC, assuming that the US federal and NY State law enforcement offices and personnel in NYC go to NYC's sum total? My original question was going to be "So how come NYC doesn't have as good as submarine force as Australia?" but I decided against it. :D Thanks. Have a good one, just some thoughts....

[grendel]

I couldn't find the total number of Australian police officers on the net. As each of the 7 states and territories have their own website and they don't always have the numbers posted there.

On the NSW Police site, the figure is close to 15,000 (NSW being the most populous Australian state). This figure surprises me since I can hardly see any uniformed officers on the beat in Sydney.

[digrar]

Add about 6500 coppers for Western Australia.

[ShotOver]

They have a station in Fremantle, but they don't walk the beat there... hahaha

Wonder why...

[Violet Fashion by Mindy]

Quite franky Australia just kicks everyones ass when it comes to GDP per head. One of the highest in the world.

We are also one of the few country's in the world that can be totally self reliant in all goods. We could cut off all imports and we would get on just fine.

[oldsoak]

Dont you import oil and natural gas ?

[Mr Gently Benevolent]

I am sure they produce oil and gas but not in exportable amounts?
Some of the best movies are made in Australia but their soaps suck I asked an Aussie why the movies were good and he told me that many of them are government supported and they do not give tax breaks for **** films, the scripts go before the film board and they decide whether it gets funding I suppose its an incentive to knock out a decent movie. I am sure some of you Aussies can expand on this one.

[cut]

That's all very good, let me clarify a couple of things, wheatabix is British and Vegemite even from its name and shape of the jar you can tell it's a cheap rip off of Marmite (which is actually a word, unlike vegi****e).

I still have nothing australian in my house.

[hahaha]

Wheatabix might be British, but Weet-Bix is 100 % Australian - made by a company Sanitarium - one of the largest health food companies in Australia.

www.weet-bix.com.au

[cut]

Wheatabix might be British, but Weet-Bix is 100 % Australian - made by a company Sanitarium - one of the largest health food companies in Australia.

www.weet-bix.com.au

that explains it then, never heard of weet-bix as well as the site not existing, wheatabix is sold worldwide. :D

Santiarium, sounds like a mental health institute or a bog roll company

[hahaha]

Please excuse me ****: www.weetbix.com.au

[hahaha]

Oh so sorry, slip of the keyboard.

[cut]

That's alright, I don't whinge, nice idols on the weetbix box btw.

[GODDARD]

what the hell is the story about aussies and sheep as there are a few jokes about them doing sheep. :lol:

[digrar]

I think the sheep shagging joke goes East around the world. The Poms reckon the Welsh shag sheep, South Africans reckon we shag sheep and we reckon Kiwis shag sheep.

[Fox2]

And before you know it the sheeps are asking for child support of half the world.

[oldsoak]

I'm told you cant beat a wairau blonde ;)

[LongWayToTheTop]

Why bother making **** when we can get you c*nts to do it all for us.

We let the UK make the SA-80 so we could laugh at them.

Nice rifle fellas.

Look at the M16A1 when it was first made it was worse then the SA80 mate.

[GODDARD]

WELL THEN WHO DO THE SOUTH AFRICANS SHAG OR ARE WE LEFT TO TAKE MATTER IN OR OWN HANDS :cantbeli:

[T3ngu]

Gday Guys

I have started this thread to assist non Australias with answering their questions about Australia.

For example, we have animals such as Quolls, trees such as Banksias, and beer such as XXXX, and Crownies. Further, words such as bogan, bevan, yobo and grouse.

Feel free to ask away.

[Mr. Bunny]

Why is corona so expensive in Australia?

[T3ngu]

Why is corona so expensive in Australia?

Excellent question bunniez. I fear i it is associated with our taxes, and primarily import.

Like everything else, it has to be purchased overseas, then shipped to a importer here, and then sold on. With each person putting a markup on, and then paying for shipping, the costs end up at $48 Australian a carton. I can buy the best Australian beer, Carlton Crown, for the same price.

This $48 equates to around $40 odd dollars US.

[SkyUS]

How come Chopper Reid is not the PM in Ozztralia?

[Backwoodshunter]

Is it true that all Australian men are like, or aspire to be like Chopper Reed? Or Paul Hogan?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3I-9fm2vJ0



Damn.

[T3ngu]

How come Chopper Reid is not the PM in Ozztralia?
This is also a good question. I fear it is a combination of the fact that he is a ex underworld hitman, has spent time in jail, and has not run for prime minister.

Although i suspect people would vote for him for the "funny" factor, or preselection with the polictical parties makes it impossible for him to be PM, unless he joins one of the two major parties, ALA, peter garret of midnight oil.

For those who don't know chopper



Read was born to an ex-army (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army) father and a mother who was a devout Seventh-day Adventist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventh-day_Adventist_Church). He was placed in a children's home for the first five years of his life. Read grew up in the Melbourne suburbs of Collingwood (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collingwood%2C_Victoria), Thomastown (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomastown%2C_Victoria), Fitzroy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitzroy%2C_Victoria) and Preston (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston%2C_Victoria). He was bullied at school, claiming that by the age of 15 he had been on the "losing end of several hundred fights" and his father, usually on his mother's recommendation, beat him often as a child. Read was made a Ward of the State (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward_%28legal%29) by the age of 14, and was placed in several mental institutions (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_institution) as a teenager, where, he later claimed, he was subjected to electroshock therapy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroconvulsive_therapy). [1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Brandon_Read#cite_note-0)
By his mid-teens, Read was already an accomplished street fighter, and the leader of the Surrey Road gang. He began his criminal career by robbing drug dealers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_dealer), based in massage parlours in the Prahran area. He later graduated to kidnapping and torturing members of the criminal underworld, often using a blowtorch or bolt cutters to remove the toes of his victims before killing them (Hence the slang term "Toecutter", used for Headhunters).[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Brandon_Read#cite_note-1)



He is also a best selling author
Further info here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Brandon_Read

[The Dane]

What time is it in Perth?

[szr]

Are Australian globes mounted with the southern hemisphere on top?

[T3ngu]

What time is it in Perth?
8:37 am. Two hours behind here.

[The Dane]

Are Australian globes mounted with the southern hemisphere on top?

LOL LOL and again LOL woot

[T3ngu]

Are Australian globes mounted with the southern hemisphere on top?

Screw or baton?

[The Dane]

8:37 am. Two hours behind here.

Thanks.. woot

[boone]

Why are Australians so quiet/gloomy/introverted?

[T3ngu]

Why are Australians so quiet/gloomy/introverted?

Because our country is so exciting, that we use all of our energy not being scared to death during the day, avoiding snakes and dingos.

[Kilgor]

Do you eat Koala's ?

[szr]

Screw or baton?
hmm.. both.

[Andreas]

why did my mother get me hooked on the tv series "Neighbours" for 3 years between the age of 8 and 11?

Why can I remember madge harrold, zoe, jim and all the others?

[GoSka37]

Is it true that you are a deads__t toowoomba driver?

[wildcat]

why did my mother get me hooked on the tv series "Neighbours" for 3 years between the age of 8 and 11?

Why can I remember madge harrold, zoe, jim and all the others?
all I have to say Home and Away.

[T3ngu]

why did my mother get me hooked on the tv series "Neighbours" for 3 years between the age of 8 and 11?

Why can I remember madge harrold, zoe, jim and all the others?

For the same reason my wife watches it, it is a slice of something that is so far from reality. For the record, that many attractive people don't live in the same street. Notice, not one bogan in that show.

[T3ngu]

all I have to say Home and Away.

I know one of the girls from home and away. Yes, for real.


Is it true that you are a deads__t toowoomba driver?
Yes that is true.

[nullterm]

Shrimp... barby... whats the deal?

[Harry]

Do you eat Koala's ?

No we don't

They are to chewy

[T3ngu]

Shrimp... barby... whats the deal?

The term used as far i can work out in virginia is grill.

Shrips are like a freshwater prawn.

The real lingo should be, through another prawn on the barby.

As we are all too lazy to cook on a stove/oven, we cook on the bbq, that way the social norm of drinking beer can be applied to every breakfast lunch and dinner.

I have a 6 burner with a wok burner.


No we don't

They are to chewy

I tried once, but it tasted like eucalyptus oil, so i ate a echidna instead.

[ramthor]

You guys are standing almost upside down ...
don't you spill your Foster's? (not to mention whizzing uphill!)

[wildcat]

For the same reason my wife watches it, it is a slice of something that is so far from reality. For the record, that many attractive people don't live in the same street. Notice, not one bogan in that show.

same with CSI, CSI miami, all the women are hot, even the ones playing badys, and the ones that end up on the coroner table.

[T3ngu]

You guys are standing almost upside down ...
don't you spill your Foster's? (not to mention whizzing uphill!)

Although upside down, we don't drink fosters, so problem averted!

Our beer is anti gravity, a bit like our stealth space shuttle.

[Harry]

You guys are standing almost upside down ...
don't you spill your Foster's? (not to mention whizzing uphill!)

Fosters is better spilt. Now if it was Four X we would be spilling Gods own brew.

But consider this, from space, we aren't down under, we are up over

[Macs.]

http://www.youtube.com/v/JZDg6VXdb94

[VPR]

I heard that there arent enough women in Armenia, true?

[Bro Jangles]

so i ate a echidna instead.

can you make an omlete out of their eggs?

[T3ngu]

Bah, Germans have to spoil everything. But we win, remember the war in particular the aussies at Tobruk?


can you make an omlete out of their eggs?

Yes, but you need lots of them, we have echidna farms for this reason. Don't farm emus, echindas are the future.

[INAT]

Why is T3ngu such a Aussie nationalist?




How about that question? Yeaahh

[T3ngu]

Why is T3ngu such a Aussie nationalist?




How about that question? Yeaahh
For the same reason you are a tard. p-) Because you/we/i am/ are

[Kilgor]

You guys are standing almost upside down ...
don't you spill your Foster's? (not to mention whizzing uphill!)

No one here drinks fosters except tourists. Its all for export.

For a good reason.

[Bro Jangles]

Yes, but you need lots of them, we have echidna farms for this reason. Don't farm emus, echindas are the future.

can we fry the emus, imagine the drumsticks.

[Moledet]

Did you know that there's a breed of eucalyptus tree in Israel that doesn't exist in Australia? And it was not engineered by humans, purely natural breed that was discovered by chance lately.

[T3ngu]

can we fry the emus, imagine the drumsticks.

Emu eggs have been used for omlettes, on the upsides, you only need one or two for a big group of people.

The drumstick idea is great, but only americans have domestic ovens that big.

[SkyUS]

I hear that Ozztralia is an island? Is it true?

[INAT]

For the same reason you are a tard. p-) Because you/we/i am/ are


OK how much of Australia is non populated land?

[T3ngu]

I hear that Ozztralia is an island? Is it true?
Yes, New Zealand is also a part of Australias island. Tasmania is not.


OK how much of Australia is non populated land?

Probably 70+%

Something like 90% of the population lives within 100km of the coast.

[Euroamerican]

Is it acceptable to use a non-pickled beetroot slice on your hamburger?

I only see people talking about using pickled beetroot.

[Moledet]

Probably 70+%
What do you say you give 5% to the Palestinians? Only 7%, you will barely feel it, you will have at least 50% land left.

[T3ngu]

What do you say you give 5% to the Palestinians? Only 7%, you will barely feel it, you will have at least 50% land left.

If they are happy to obey our laws, not have guns, and live in a desert with no water, roads, infrasturture, perhaps. Who am i kidding, the desert is traditional land, so no.


Is it acceptable to use a non-pickled beetroot slice on your hamburger?

I only see people talking about using pickled beetroot.

We just call it beetroot, and if you don't have it on your burger, you are not a real aussie. And yes, americans think we are nuts.

[thscott83]

Do dingos really eat babies?

[INAT]

What do you say you give 5% to the Palestinians? Only 7%, you will barely feel it, you will have at least 50% land left.


That would be a very interesting cultural study.Arabs in the Aussie outback.


There is that movie T3ngu have you seen it.With the Iraqi and Thai guys get dropped of in the wilderness north of Perth and they are told there will be a bus to pick them up.Movie was called miralce miles or some such.

[T3ngu]

Do dingos really eat babies?

In short yes. We have both pure bred dingoes, and cross breeds. The cross breeds tend to be the most problematic, however, a number of people have been killed by them over the years. The ones i have seen in the wild normally run the other way.

News link on an a somewhat recent attack is here (http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Sky-News-Archive/Article/20082851013946)


That would be a very interesting cultural study.Arabs in the Aussie outback.


There is that movie T3ngu have you seen it.With the Iraqi and Thai guys get dropped of in the wilderness north of Perth and they are told there will be a bus to pick them up.Movie was called miralce miles or some such.

Nope. Was it about illegal immigration?

[ramthor]

What do you say you give 5% to the Palestinians? Only 7%, you will barely feel it, you will have at least 50% land left.

:) They'd be in Sydney in 20 minutes demanding strict Hajib and Sharia Law!

[Bro Jangles]

what the **** is friggin vegimite?

[T3ngu]

:) They'd be in Sydney in 20 minutes demanding strict Hajib and Sharia Law!

lol. Your not so far from the truth about sydney.


what the **** is friggin vegimite?

Its a yeast extract that i find delicious. It must be a genetic thing, but north americans get sick when they try it. Its a bit like marmite.

[Kilgor]

promite is better

[szr]

What's in the future for Australia and in what direction is it headed? Strictly in a tectonic sense, I mean. I'm talkin' plates, here, if you follow.

[INAT]

In short yes. We have both pure bred dingoes, and cross breeds. The cross breeds tend to be the most problematic, however, a number of people have been killed by them over the years. The ones i have seen in the wild normally run the other way.

News link on an attack is
here (http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Sky-News-Archive/Article/20082851013946)



Nope. Was it about illegal immigration?


Are you in some way linked with the government of Australia
and is this some feeble attempt to boost tourism?


Yeah it was it was filmed by an Aussie company.

[wildcat]

why do Australian talk funny?
why in the USA does people come up to me and ask if I from Australia?
What does bloody mean in Bloody hell, bloody Cvnt etc?

[Britboy]

Vegemite > marmite. I used to think marmite was the mutts nuts, but vegemite is the sweet, sweet nectar.

[wildcat]

what the **** is friggin vegimite?
It is really nasty, the British have a version call Marmite, Its liking spread crap on your toast.

[Bro Jangles]

Was the "Rescuers-Down Under" based on a true story?

[T3ngu]

why do Australian talk funny?
why in the USA does people come up to me and ask if I from Australia?
What does bloody mean in Bloody hell, bloody Cvnt etc?

I will agree with you, when i spend a few weeks overseas and am coming back, the australian drawl gets to me.

They ask if you are from australia because you speak funny.

Bloody hell is like a opening gambit. Such as

Bloody hell! = wow
Bloody hell you drongo = you are an idiot
Bloody hell, what a stuff up = what a stuff up!!!


What's in the future for Australia and in what direction is it headed? Strictly in a tectonic sense, I mean. I'm talkin' plates, here, if you follow.

We have plates, i prefer them on the table. The last major earthquake in a populated zone was in Newcastle in the 90's, plate wise we are pretty cool for the next million years.


Vegemite > marmite. I used to think marmite was the mutts nuts, but vegemite is the sweet, sweet nectar.QFT

[The Dane]

Can Australians really talk anything living to sleep ??

[T3ngu]

Can Australians really talk anything living to sleep ??
I can....................


Was the "Rescuers-Down Under" based on a true story?

See my comment regarding Tasmania.

[LRPV]

A little understood fact is that Australia is at the TOP of the world.


By convention, from those pommy imperialists who sent my great-great-great grandad here for 'borrowing' a loaf of bread...maps are drawn with a north-point and hemispheres.

However when viewing the earth from space, it is quite clear that this mapping is just a convention and that Australia dominates the top of the globe.

Carry-on...

[Harry]

We even use Vegimite when cooking a chook in the over. A light smeer give the skin a crisp finish and you don't have to use salt

[LRPV]

Did you know that there's a breed of eucalyptus tree in Israel that doesn't exist in Australia? And it was not engineered by humans, purely natural breed that was discovered by chance lately.


Give it back....you buggers took our last ones...

[wildcat]

I will agree with you, when i spend a few weeks overseas and am coming back, the australian drawl gets to me.

They ask if you are from australia because you speak funny.


I hate hearing British speak now, dam it gets painful, they have a thing in conversation that they want you to agree with everything, best described with a example.

"the footy was good on tv last night? wasn't it?
I think toast is the best? isn't it?"

I hate that last wasn't it, isn't it crap, my nephews do it all the time over stupid crap.

[T3ngu]

I hate hearing British speak now, dam it gets painful, they have a thing in conversation that they want you to agree with everything, best described with a example.

"the footy was good on tv last night? wasn't it?
I think toast is the best? isn't it?"

I hate that last wasn't it, isn't it crap, my nephews do it all the time over stupid crap.

What i find funny is that americans from the east cost or west coast don't like the mid western "accent".

[ramthor]

I seem to remember that you mates have the strangest plagues occasionally.

Wasn't it mountains of sticky frogs for awhile, all over the roads ... then some years back you were overrun by rabbits -- everywhere!

What's next?
.

[wildcat]

What i find funny is that americans from the east cost or west coast don't like the mid western "accent".

I hate north eastern US accent like new jersey new york, they sound like morons.

[SkyUS]

What good bands besides AC/DC did Ozztralia produce? No hip hop please, that ain't music.

[Britboy]

Redgum?

23456

[T3ngu]

I seem to remember that you mates have the strangest plagues occasionally.

Wasn't it mountains of sticky frogs for awhile, all over the roads ... then some years back you were overrun by rabbits -- everywhere!

What's next?
.
kiwis :-(
cane toads, they are slowly moving north.


What good bands besides AC/DC did Ozztralia produce? No hip hop please, that ain't music.

Midnight oil
Powderfinger

to name a few.

[LRPV]

What good bands besides AC/DC did Ozztralia produce? No hip hop please, that ain't music.


Cold Chisel.

[Bro Jangles]

What good bands besides AC/DC did Ozztralia produce? No hip hop please, that ain't music.

keith urban

[wildcat]

kiwis :-(

Midnight oil

did the lead singer once run for president?

[T3ngu]

did the lead singer once run for president?

He the federal environment minister.

[The Dane]

Guys

I have started this thread to assist non Australias with answering their questions about Australia.

For example, we have animals such as Quolls, trees such as Banksias, and beer such as XXXX, and Crownies. Further, works such as bogan, bevan, yobo and grouse.

Feel free to ask away.

When did you get out the pouch ?

[T3ngu]

When did you get out the pouch ?

When did i hop out of the pouch? 33 years ago lol.

[JJB1970]

I sure hope I can ask more than one:

1. Are Tasmanian Devils as fun loving as they are in the cartoons?

2. Is a "walkabout" the journey home after a night of drinking or is there more to it than that?

Thank you for this thread. There is a group of Australians that visits my work every few months and I know I will impress them with my newly-learned knowledge.

[T3ngu]

I sure hope I can ask more than one:

1. Are Tasmanian Devils as fun loving as they are in the cartoons?

lol, hell no. Grumpy foragers

2. Is a "walkabout" the journey home after a night of drinking or is there more to it than that?

A walkabout is what aboriginals do at certain times. Typically walkabout means they leave the area where they live and dissapear for a while. Like a mini pilgrimage.

When Aboriginal Australians Go on Walkabout, they undertake a spiritual journey to a Belonging Place to renew their relationship with their Dreaming and the Landscape. The land is their life, their mother, their way, their nourishment, and their spiritual connectedness. Not quite but you get the point.

Thank you for this thread. There is a group of Australians that visits my work every few months and I know I will impress them with my newly-learned knowledge...........................

[ramthor]

overrun by rabbits

I remember now, it was the dreaded Pubic Hares!

Well, we USians have our own plagues ...

just today I saw a bunch of little suntanned guys
running around shouting, "Senor! Mi hermosa es una virgina!!"

.

[Kilgor]

Import Fact:

His academic achievements were possibly outweighed by the notoriety he achieved as the holder of a world record for the fastest consumption of beer: a yard glass (approximately 3 imperial pints or 1.7 litres) in eleven seconds.[2][3] In his memoirs, Hawke suggested that this single feat may have contributed to his political success more than any other, by endearing him to a voting population with a strong beer culture.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/ca/Bob.hawke.jpg/225px-Bob.hawke.jpg

Former Australian PM


This should have been on the citizenship test!

[LRPV]

did the lead singer once run for president?

President? LOL! fvcking seppos....:)

[mas-36]

Can really hot women go topless on the beaches in Australia? If so, please provide photgraphic proof.

[oswald]

I hate north eastern US accent like new jersey new york, they sound like morons.Sez youz. Mudder fugger.


p-)

[T3ngu]

Can really hot women go topless on the beaches in Australia? If so, please provide photgraphic proof.

You can, but they frown upon taking photos, so here is a picture from the cairns.com.au information site

http://img501.imageshack.us/img501/8889/webwidecp15apr08p101prsok7.jpg

[wildcat]

Sez youz. Mudder fugger.


p-)

don't take it personal, I hate how I sound too, guess I sound like a moron.

[Harry]

Below is some famous and not so famous Australian Sayings. It was put out as a comedy track by a local comedian.

This is posted for comment and to see if anyone can pick the Australian colloquialisms.

AUSTRALIANA

Sittin' at home last Sunday mornin' me mate Boomer rang. Said he was havin' a few people around for a barbie. Said he might Cook a burra or two.

I said, "Sounds great, will Walla be there?"

He said "Yeah and Vegie might come too".

So I said to the wife "Do you wanna go Anna?". She said "I'll go if Ding goes".

So I said to Boomer "What'll we do about Nulla?"

He said "Nulla bores me to tears, leave him at home."

We got to the party about two and walked straight out the kitchen to put some booze in the fridge. And you wouldn't believe it, there's Boomer's wife Warra sittin there tryin to plait her puss!

Now, I don't like to speak ill o' Warra, but I was shocked, I mean how much can a Koala bare.

So I grabbed a beer, flashed me wanga at her and went out and joined the party.

Pretty soon Ayers rocks in and things really started jumpin'. This Indian girl, Marsu, turns up, dying to go to the toilet but she couldn't find it. I said to me mate Al, "Hey, where can Marsu pee Al?" He said "She can go outback with the fellas, she's probably seen a **** or too".

Well just then Warra comes out of the kitchen with a few drinks for everybody. Fairdinkum, you've never seen a cooler bar maid. I grabbed a beer and said, "Thanks Warra - tah".

A couple of Queenslanders at the party, one smellin' pretty strongly of aftershave. He sat down next to me and I turned to him and I said, "Ya know mate, You reek o' Stockade!"

It was a really hot day; Oscar felt like a swim. He said to Ina, "Do you want a have a dip in the river Ina?" She said "I haven't got my cossie Oscar".

Well Bo says, "Come in starkers, what'll 'ey care!"
Ina says "What, without so much as a thread Bo?" Ah, perish 'er thought! Has Eucum been in yet?

Well a few of the blokes decided to play some cricket. Boomer says "Why doesn't Wom bat?" "Yeah, and let Tenter field".

He said I should have a bowl but I was too out of it to play cricket so I suggested a game of cards. I said to Lyptus "Wanna game of Euca Lyptus?" He said "There's no point mate, Dah wins everytime."

Well Bill said he'd like a smoke. Nobody knew where the dope was stashed. I said "I think Maree knows." But I was just spinning a bit of a yarn. Barry pulls a joint out of his pocket. Bill says "Great, Barry, a reefer. What is it mate?" "Noosa Heads of course. Me mate Ada laid 'em on me." And it was a great joint too, blew Mountains away and his three sisters.

Well I thought I'd roll one meself, I said "Chuck us the Tally Ho Bart". He said "They're out on the Lawn, Ceston, can you get em for us?" Burnie says "It's okay mate, she's apples, I'll get em for ya"

Just then Alice springs into action, starts to pack Bill a bong. And you wouldn't believe it, the bongs broken. I said "Lord, How?" "Hay-man" somebody said "Will a Didgeridoo?" I said "Hummmmm mummmm mummmmm mummmmm maybe it'll have ta."

I look in the corner and there's Bass sittin there, not getting into it, not getting out of it, I said "What, is Bass straight or somthin?" Boomer said "As a matter a fact mate, he's a cop" I said "Ya jokin mate, a cop, I'm getting outta here, let's go Anna." She said "No way, I'm hangin round till Gum leaves. Besides, I don't wanna leave Jack around a party on his own. Have you seen him? I think he's trying to crack on to Woomba, he's already tried to mount Isa And he'll definitely try to lead you astray Liana!"

Comments please

[szr]

What i find funny is that americans from the east cost or west coast don't like the mid western "accent".
I think it's the southern accents that some highfalutin east and west coasters turn their nose at. Being from New York myself, it's not like any of the local accents around here sound any better. Luckily for my I have a pretty non-specific American accent.

Speaking of accents, has anyone noticed that the roles for American characters in movies and TV are being outsourced to Australians? Do you guys get a lot of American TV down there (feel sorry for you if you do) to practice immitating the accent with or something?

I hate north eastern US accent like new jersey new york, they sound like morons.Says the dude who's either a limey or from one of their former colonial holdings in Asia. (I've got you pinged! Surface now!)

[SkyUS]

Of the said pretty Australian women, where is the greatest concentration of them in Australia?

What is the best way to pick up Ozzie women?

[Bro Jangles]

don't take it personal, I hate how I sound too, guess I sound like a moron.

my coworkers make fun off me for sounding like a southern hick.

[The Dane]

You can, but they frown upon taking photos, so here is the beach in cairns.

Ohh, i love winnie and ehh.. aahh! :)

[Hando]

Below is some famous and not so famous Australian Sayings. It was put out as a comedy track by a local comedian.

This is posted for comment and to see if anyone can pick the Australian colloquialisms.

AUSTRALIANA

Sittin' at home last Sunday mornin' me mate Boomer rang. Said he was havin' a few people around for a barbie. Said he might Cook a burra or two.

I said, "Sounds great, will Walla be there?"

He said "Yeah and Vegie might come too".

So I said to the wife "Do you wanna go Anna?". She said "I'll go if Ding goes".

So I said to Boomer "What'll we do about Nulla?"

He said "Nulla bores me to tears, leave him at home."

We got to the party about two and walked straight out the kitchen to put some booze in the fridge. And you wouldn't believe it, there's Boomer's wife Warra sittin there tryin to plait her puss!

Now, I don't like to speak ill o' Warra, but I was shocked, I mean how much can a Koala bare.

So I grabbed a beer, flashed me wanga at her and went out and joined the party.

Pretty soon Ayers rocks in and things really started jumpin'. This Indian girl, Marsu, turns up, dying to go to the toilet but she couldn't find it. I said to me mate Al, "Hey, where can Marsu pee Al?" He said "She can go outback with the fellas, she's probably seen a **** or too".

Well just then Warra comes out of the kitchen with a few drinks for everybody. Fairdinkum, you've never seen a cooler bar maid. I grabbed a beer and said, "Thanks Warra - tah".

A couple of Queenslanders at the party, one smellin' pretty strongly of aftershave. He sat down next to me and I turned to him and I said, "Ya know mate, You reek o' Stockade!"

It was a really hot day; Oscar felt like a swim. He said to Ina, "Do you want a have a dip in the river Ina?" She said "I haven't got my cossie Oscar".

Well Bo says, "Come in starkers, what'll 'ey care!"
Ina says "What, without so much as a thread Bo?" Ah, perish 'er thought! Has Eucum been in yet?

Well a few of the blokes decided to play some cricket. Boomer says "Why doesn't Wom bat?" "Yeah, and let Tenter field".

He said I should have a bowl but I was too out of it to play cricket so I suggested a game of cards. I said to Lyptus "Wanna game of Euca Lyptus?" He said "There's no point mate, Dah wins everytime."

Well Bill said he'd like a smoke. Nobody knew where the dope was stashed. I said "I think Maree knows." But I was just spinning a bit of a yarn. Barry pulls a joint out of his pocket. Bill says "Great, Barry, a reefer. What is it mate?" "Noosa Heads of course. Me mate Ada laid 'em on me." And it was a great joint too, blew Mountains away and his three sisters.

Well I thought I'd roll one meself, I said "Chuck us the Tally Ho Bart". He said "They're out on the Lawn, Ceston, can you get em for us?" Burnie says "It's okay mate, she's apples, I'll get em for ya"

Just then Alice springs into action, starts to pack Bill a bong. And you wouldn't believe it, the bongs broken. I said "Lord, How?" "Hay-man" somebody said "Will a Didgeridoo?" I said "Hummmmm mummmm mummmmm mummmmm maybe it'll have ta."

I look in the corner and there's Bass sittin there, not getting into it, not getting out of it, I said "What, is Bass straight or somthin?" Boomer said "As a matter a fact mate, he's a cop" I said "Ya jokin mate, a cop, I'm getting outta here, let's go Anna." She said "No way, I'm hangin round till Gum leaves. Besides, I don't wanna leave Jack around a party on his own. Have you seen him? I think he's trying to crack on to Woomba, he's already tried to mount Isa And he'll definitely try to lead you astray Liana!"

Comments please

Bloody Hell, havent heard Austen-Tashius in years...

[T3ngu]

Of the said pretty Australian women, where is the greatest concentration of them in Australia?

What is the best way to pick up Ozzie women?
Start by talking to them. Have an american accent p-) One US marine captain i knew was always "in".



Speaking of accents, has anyone noticed that the roles for American characters in movies and TV are being outsourced to Australians? Do you guys get a lot of American TV down there (feel sorry for you if you do) to practice immitating the accent with or something?

In short yes, we have lots of US TV.

[Scrim]

Do all Australians really have to wear those hats with corks hanging off them? Is there a prefered cork? Do they really keep away the flying death adders and such?

Is Rolf Harris still alive?

[The Dane]

When did i hop out of the pouch? 33 years ago lol.

Hey, same as me :)
All though we give birth in a diffenrent way(Nothern Hemisphere).
You can proberly find some info on Wiki.

[T3ngu]

Do all Australians really have to wear those hats with corks hanging off them? Is there a prefered cork? Do they really keep away the flying death adders and such?

Is Rolf Harris still alive?

Yes, we wear those hats so we can sell them to tourists. The best cork as with anything an australian acquires, is the free one.

They work very effectively on the flying death adders and hoop snakes, but offer very little protection against drop bears. In fact we reccomend that they not be used for drop bears.

Rolf Harris is still alive and just got an award for his "musical" contribution.


Hey, same as me :)
All though we give birth in a diffenrent way(Nothern Hemisphere).
You can proberly find some info on Wiki.

Are you my brother?

[The Dane]

Yes, we wear those hats so we can sell them to tourists. The best cork as with anything an australian acquires, is the free one.

They work very effectively on the flying death adders and hoop snakes, but offer very little protection against drop bears. In fact we reccomend that they not be used for drop bears.

Rolf Harris is still alive and just got an award for his "musical" contribution.



Are you my brother?

LOL.. Proberly p-)
Or Anti-matter from the North!

[Britboy]

What happens on ANZAC day? Is it like Armistice day/Remembrance Sunday, or do you have that too (11 Nov)? And is there still an 'ANZAC', i.e. do you and the Kiwis still prepare to deploy together?

PS: You just made me think of Rolf and his wobbleboard. Does he still paint too? Or was that Tony Hart I remember...

[Scrim]

Cheers. I had to look up drop bears on wiki, I had a good chuckle.

[wildcat]

Rolf Harris is still alive and just got an award for his "musical" contribution.

Dam things must be bad down there.

here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cy5KjaAS7nY

[/URL]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uw26DHIs4o4&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmL3m2zcoOI&feature=related)

[URL]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_D-LmRNdQiQ&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJleJbn9G6Y&feature=related

[T3ngu]

What happens on ANZAC day? Is it like Armistice day/Remembrance Sunday, or do you have that too (11 Nov)? And is there still an 'ANZAC', i.e. do you and the Kiwis still prepare to deploy together?

PS: You just made me think of Rolf and his wobbleboard. Does he still paint too?

Anzac day is 25 April. Remembrance day is celebrated but no public holiday. On anzac day we have a public holiday and everything stops. In most towns they have marches where veterans of any conflict or ex servicemen march, while the rest of us watch them march. We then attend services commerating the sacrifices that people made. These are some photos i took in my town this year. It is a great day for many reasons.
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj249/tengu22/P4250061.jpg
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj249/tengu22/P4250063.jpg
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj249/tengu22/P4250074.jpg
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj249/tengu22/P4250086.jpg


Don't know much about rolf anymore.


Cheers. I had to look up drop bears on wiki, I had a good chuckle.

Yes, evil bastards p-)

[Bro Jangles]

is the spider problem as bad as they say?

[T3ngu]

Cheers. I had to look up drop bears on wiki, I had a good chuckle.
Please delete that from my serious thread p-)


is the spider problem as bad as they say?


The spiders are as poisonous as they say, and are very very common. Death is related to getting bitten by them.

[JJB1970]

This is all very helpful to me. I have another question.

I haven't been to Australia. Is this the correct shade of green for kangaroos?
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii224/fenderwreck/ROO.jpg

[T3ngu]

This is all very helpful to me. I have another question.

I haven't been to Australia. Is this the correct shade of green for kangaroos?
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii224/fenderwreck/ROO.jpg

I will go outside and check. Green does work well as they can hid in the bush with the trees.

[Harry]

Drop bears also have an even eviler relation

The Bundy Bear

They sneak up on you and in the morning, your mouth is left dry, your eyes red and blood shot, and you can't remember how you got to where you are.

[Scrim]

Is Wolf Creek a real place? And how do I stay at least a million miles away from it?

And your right, I edited my last post for opsec.

[boone]

Drop bears also have an even eviler relation

The Bundy Bear

They sneak up on you and in the morning, your mouth is left dry, your eyes red and blood shot, and you can't remember how you got to where you are.
I am familiar with this species of bear.

[MN_Air]

if i were to go birdwatching in Australia, where would be a good place to start?

[T3ngu]

Is Wolf Creek a real place? And how do I stay at least a million miles away from it?

And your right, I edited my last post for opsec.

Thank you!


Wolf Creek is set in a real location; however, the actual meteorite crater location is called "Wolfe Creek (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfe_Creek_crater)", and is located in northern Western Australia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Australia). from wiki


I am familiar with this species of bear. I udnerstand it attacked you in canada.


if i were to go birdwatching in Australia, where would be a good place to start?

Our farm for start. If you are really a twitcher, i have some newsletters etc that you will find interesting, along with a species list.

Lots of good spots about, depends on what species you are after. There are around 200 within a few hours of brisbane as a start.

[Harry]

if i were to go birdwatching in Australia, where would be a good place to start?

Myself, I would start on the Gold Coast strip

there we have the pink tittied beach chick, often seen in their full plumage during the summer months.

they are also known to inhabit the southern states especially around Sydney and Bondie.

[szr]

They sneak up on you and in the morning, your mouth is left dry, your eyes red and blood shot, and you can't remember how you got to where you are.What can you say? Them drop bears know how to have a good time.

[MN_Air]

Thank you!

Our farm for start. If you are really a twitcher, i have some newsletters etc that you will find interesting, along with a species list.

Lots of good spots about, depends on what species you are after. There are around 200 within a few hours of brisbane as a start.


could you PM me with some links to those newsletters? they will be really interesting.

someday when i get enough money i wanna make the trip to Australia and take a look at some birdies. maybe even go to your farm!

[boone]

I udnerstand it attacked you in canada.

Correct. The migration route has me puzzled, tho.
Good swimmers, the Bundy.

[T3ngu]

could you PM me with some links to those newsletters? they will be really interesting.

someday when i get enough money i wanna make the trip to Australia and take a look at some birdies. maybe even go to your farm!

Only got them on email. PM me an email adress, or i could send them via mesenger. PM me your messenger email.

The bird list, that may take a while to find, i have it on one of these computers.

[offspring]

are u human?

[T3ngu]

are u human?

Im surprised it took you so long to turn up.

No im not, im a quoll.

[offspring]

relatives from new zealand showed up, im busy finding sheep

[Merfeller]

Bindi Irwin and Curtis Stone...you sent them to the States as Trojan Horses, I know it. What diabolical plans are you cooking up?

[T3ngu]

Bindi Irwin and Curtis Stone...you sent them to the States as Trojan Horses, I know it. What diabolical plans are you cooking up?

Bindi is influencing a new generation by getting your children to say gday, cobber, digger etc. We will take over america and grow emus within 50 years.

Struth.

[PeterRJG]

Did you know that there's a breed of eucalyptus tree in Israel that doesn't exist in Australia? And it was not engineered by humans, purely natural breed that was discovered by chance lately.

It'd have to be a hybrid that came about over there from cross-pollination. All but one species of eucalyptus is native to Australia, and the one that isn't, is native to New Guinea and the Philippines.

[wildcat]

Bindi is influencing a new generation by getting your children to say gday, cobber, digger etc. We will take over america and grow emus within 50 years.

Struth.

they already have emus farms here, I had it, served in a fancy french restaurant in Los Gatos California, it was quite delicious.

[PeterRJG]

What's in the future for Australia and in what direction is it headed? Strictly in a tectonic sense, I mean. I'm talkin' plates, here, if you follow.

Heading into Asia. The Boxing Day Tsunami was the Australian Plate's fault, for the most part. New Guinea is part of Australia's plate, FWIW.

[offspring]

Bindi is influencing a new generation by getting your children to say gday, cobber, digger etc. We will take over america and grow emus within 50 years.

Struth.

HAVENT YOU GUYS SEEN RED DAWN?! ALL THE SIGNS ARE IN THAT DOCUMENTRY

[JJB1970]

they already have emus farms here, I had it, served in a fancy french restaurant in Los Gatos California, it was quite delicious.

Dear Mr. T3ngu,

What wildcat says is true. There have been emu farms here in the US for a long time--in fact I know of a few about 50 miles north of me. Could you comment on this and what is the official Australian position on this?

[PeterRJG]

they already have emus farms here, I had it, served in a fancy french restaurant in Los Gatos California, it was quite delicious.

Just for the benefit of those who don't know - it's eemyoo, not eemoo.

[szr]

The Boxing Day Tsunami was the Australian Plate's fault, for the most part.For the most part... So you're not ruling out US government involvement?

[T3ngu]

Dear Mr. T3ngu,

What wildcat says is true. There have been emu farms here in the US for a long time--in fact I know of a few about 50 miles north of me. Could you comment on this and what is the official Australian position on this?

Aha, i like you JJB, Mr T3ngu is great, just like being in court again.

We regard emu farms at the same level as ostrich farms here in Australia. Perhaps also along the lines of deer farms. The business model is there, but the demand is not.

That is, i think it is a bit of a waste of time.

However, there is one emu farmer at a place called Marburg in Queensland who does very well for himself financially.

I guess, good luck to you, but all ostrich farmers i know here went to the wall as their animals depreciated in value from day one thus the transition of emu to the US is along a similar line.

However, it would be unaustralian not to put all of your life saving is a "too good to be true" venture and lose it all.

For the most part... So you're not ruling out US government involvement?
Pine gap did it.

[wildcat]

However, it would be unaustralian not to put all of your life saving is a "too good to be true" venture and lose it all.



We American do that too, with those real investments form FBI agents in Nigeria .

[PeterRJG]

http://www.aesedra.com/ljcrap/coon.jpg

Yes, we have a brand of cheese called Coon.

[T3ngu]

Yes, we have a brand of cheese called Coon.

lol hotlinking fail.

[JJB1970]

Speaking of boxing, one last question....

Those kangaroos. Do they ever beat up tourists and what kind of tree or bush do they get their gloves from?

Thanks for all your help.

[szr]

You Aussies and your hotlinking... We Yanks always have to bail you out.
http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/5355/cooncheeseb387b0ajg0.jpg

Has anybody ever told you you're like the French?

[PeterRJG]

lol hotlinking fail.



LOL, not any more.

[T3ngu]

Speaking of boxing, one last question....

Those kangaroos. Do they ever beat up tourists and what kind of tree or bush do they get their gloves from?

Thanks for all your help.

The gloves can be purchased at any shop. Wallabies used to help them put them on, but since the advent of reality fighting, the roos prefer to fight without gloves.

This guy is old school

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_FVD0BR2Mc

This is not
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8B66gFbN3sg&feature=related

[T3ngu]

You Aussies and your hotlinking... We Yanks always have to bail you out.


Has anybody ever told you you're like the French?

We are not like the french. And i will leave it like that or some frenchy will report me for french bashing.

[szr]

This guy is old school

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_FVD0BR2Mc

This is not
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8B66gFbN3sg&feature=relatedThat's cool. Wish our animals busted out MMA moves without provocation.
We are not like the french. And i will leave it like that or some frenchy will report me for french bashing.Reported.


Eucalyptus tree oil seems very flammable. Could this be harnessed as a form of "alternative energy".

[offspring]

when will quolls learn to speak english?

[PeterRJG]

when will quolls learn to speak english?

Whenever you do.

[T3ngu]

when will quollos learn to speak english?
Quolls currently speak tasmanian and new zealand but are struggling with english and chinese. Could you help?

[oswald]

Whoa. There's a bloody fast fvcking spider running across my wall. Why the hell did I say "bloody"? Damn you Ozzies. What did you put in our water?

[T3ngu]

Whoa. There's a bloody fast fvcking spider running across my wall. Why the hell did I say "bloody"? Damn you Ozzies. What did you put in our water?

Vegemite, its one big conspiracy.

[offspring]

Quolls currently speak tasmanian and new zealand but are struggling with english and chinese. Could you help?

Que?.......

[T3ngu]

Que?.......
Lamentable y español.

[Chulo]

what have you guys done about this guy? is there a death penalty there?

http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080611/2008_06_11t121521_450x335_us_austria_incest.jpg

[T3ngu]

what have you guys done about this guy? is there a death penalty there?

http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080611/2008_06_11t121521_450x335_us_austria_incest.jpg

He is from the small island to the south of Austria. Tasmania.

We are training him up to put vegemite in the waters of the USA. We are waiting for our F35s to arrive to fly him over. Could take a while.

[wildcat]

what have you guys done about this guy? is there a death penalty there?

http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080611/2008_06_11t121521_450x335_us_austria_incest.jpg
he is Josef Fritz an native of Asutria? not Australia

[PeterRJG]

what have you guys done about this guy? is there a death penalty there?

http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080611/2008_06_11t121521_450x335_us_austria_incest.jpg

You'd have to take that up with the Welsh.

[offspring]

Lamentable y español.

is sucker punching new zealanders a national past time?

[PeterRJG]

he is Austrian not Australian

:cantbeli: Spell it humor or humour - either way you didn't get it.

[T3ngu]

he is Austrian? not Australian

South of Austria, tasmania p-)

[T3ngu]

is sucker punching new zealanders a national past time?

Donkey punching them is. D-Gin assures me.

[Chulo]

he is Austrian? not Australian
NO! someone better tell the press that.. Austraian,, is that where the Austra cars come from?

[offspring]

Donkey punching them is. D-Gin assures me.

well i have new zealanders at my house.......

[wildcat]

:cantbeli: Spell it humor or humour - either way you didn't get it.
guess I didn't.

leave my spelling alone, I have a head injury thank very much, some time it takes me a few edit to get things right.

[T3ngu]

well i have new zealanders at my house.......

Say this

oi bro, thus is choice, luts gut sum fush and chups, and tik da cur out for a driev. I wunt ta git *** lots of fush.

They will get it.


guess I didn't.

leave my spelling alone, I have a head injury thank very much, some time it takes me a few edit to get things right.


I don't have a head injury and still cant type.

[PeterRJG]

guess I didn't.

leave my spelling alone, I have a head injury thank very much, some time it takes me a few edit to get things right.

I wasn't knocking *your* spelling.

[szr]

What does an Australian do when he stumbles across an Austrian, say while out for a walk in the Outback somewhere? I'm thinking the gloves come right off and y'all rumble. Amirite?

[offspring]

Say this

oi bro, thus is choice, luts gut sum fush and chups, and tik da cur out for a driev. I wunt ta git *** lots of fush.

They will get it.

they're speaking chinese, it didnt work, damn foriegners

[T3ngu]

What does an Australian do when he stumbles across an Austrian, say out in the Outback somewhere? I'm thinking the gloves come off and y'all rumble. Amirite?

Quite often, when riding my kangaroo in the outback at uluru i come across Austrians, they got lost when they left their island of tasmania.

I normally eat them and keep their thongs. This fight worse than girls.

Not as bad a chineszealanders.

[wildcat]

I wasn't knocking *your* spelling.

sorry, I completely missed the joke, that's OK.

[T3ngu]

sorry, I completely missed the joke, that's OK.
I so should not have started this thread. Today i was going to catch up on all the work i didnt do this week. Bugger.

[wildcat]

I so should not have started this thread. Today i was going to catch up on all the work i didnt do this week. Bugger.
it is a good thread, but I am confused about all Austrians part, I think some people think I missed spelled.

[boone]

I so should not have started this thread. Today i was going to catch up on all the work i didnt do this week. Bugger.
Heh! I was thinking that an hour ago.
Bet you wish there were some other Australians to pick up the slack now....

[Harry]

Heh! I was thinking that an hour ago.
Bet you wish there were some other Australians to pick up the slack now....

Some of Us are trying to muck in and lend some weight

[boone]

Min should be along shortly.
I said "Shortly"......While referring to Min.
I'm funny.

[T3ngu]

Min should be along shortly.
I said "Shortly"......While referring to Min.
I'm funny.

lol you are funny. And thanks harry.

[szr]

I so should not have started this thread. Today i was going to catch up on all the work i didnt do this week. Bugger.
Unfortunately your AM is primetime in the US. If you were Austrian your AM would in the dead of night, US time. Bet you wish you were Austrian, now!

[T3ngu]

Unfortunately your AM is primetime in the US. If you were Austrian your AM would in the dead of night, US time. Bet you wish you were Austrian, now!

Huh, im not austrian???, what the hell have i been posting about?

[CreepingDeath]

how good/tasty/delicious is a kangaroo meal? I saw a documentary about oztralya I saw a man eating kangaroo meat.

[boone]

Huh, im not austrian???, what the hell have i been posting about?
Christ knows....:roll:

[szr]

Huh, im not austrian???, what the hell have i been posting about?
I don't know but any thread about Austr-wherever isn't worth its own weight without at least a few pages dedicated to PVC-clad boilermakers.

[T3ngu]

how good/tasty/delicious is a kangaroo meal? I saw a documentary about oztralya I saw a man eating kangaroo meat.

Honestly, we got some wallaby meat (don't ask) and cooked it. I hated it, and thus won't touch roo meat. Its quite common in restaurants, but most aussies dont/wont eat it.

Apparently its best cooked rare, medium rate.

[PeterRJG]

how good/tasty/delicious is a kangaroo meal? I saw a documentary about oztralya I saw a man eating kangaroo meat.

I personally wouldn't touch it - I don't like its smell. A lot of it ends up as dog food over here, to be honest and that's how it's associated.

Still, some of it is marketed as a gourmet food.

My wife bought some mince so her and my mother-in-law (both Americans) could try it last night. The smell of the crap frying in the pan made me get out of the house.

[Harry]

Croc is better than roo.

But water buffullo is the strongest meat, although a little stringy

[offspring]

Huh, im not austrian???, what the hell have i been posting about?

are you 6 foot 4 and full of muscles?

[T3ngu]

are you 6 foot 4 and full of muscles?
No, 6,1.

Hmmmm i must be austrian.

Apparently camel is really nice, but not really an "aussie meat".

[PeterRJG]

are you 6 foot 4 and full of muscles?

Once upon a time I was 6'2" and fairly full of muscles, not any more - but I'll still hand you a vegemite sandwich.

[offspring]

No, 6,1.

Hmmmm i must be austrian.

Apparently camel is really nice, but not really an "aussie meat".

what is aussie meat? anything smothered in vegimate?

[Harry]

No, 6,1.

Hmmmm i must be austrian.

Apparently camel is really nice, but not really an "aussie meat".

Water-monetor (lizard) is nce if killed and eaten fresh. The tail meat is the sweetest

[CreepingDeath]

Honestly, we got some wallaby meat (don't ask) and cooked it. I hated it, and thus won't touch roo meat. Its quite common in restaurants, but most aussies dont/wont eat it.

Apparently its best cooked rare, medium rate.

it figures... but the same time this description is mouth watering... I dont know If I should be craving it or be vomiting.

[Dan2004]

What is the people to sheep ratio in Aussieland?

[Partial_Panel]

I'm going to go for broke, and ask a serious question:

Does the old RAAF WWII aerodrome of Fenton Field (in NT), still exist in any form?
My father flew B-24's from there with the 380th Bombardment Group (H), 5th Air Force.
I think it was/is somewhere near Townsville.

[T3ngu]

What is the people to sheep ratio in Aussieland?

Something like

over 110,000,000 sheep
20,000,000+ people


I'm going to go for broke, and ask a serious question:

Does the old RAAF WWII aerodrome of Fenton Field (in NT), still exist in any form?
My father flew B-24's from there with the 380th Bombardment Group (H), 5th Air Force.
I think it was/is somewhere near Townsville.


Townsville is on the east cost in north queensland, NT is a fair way away from townsville. My grandfather was based with a RAAF RS unit at townsville for a while during the way, but sadly he recently passed away, which is sad because he was pretty cool.

Try looking here.

http://home.st.net.au/~dunn/airfields/fenton.htm

[Violet Fashion by Mindy]

The opinions expressed in this thread do not represent the true meaning of being Australian and what Australia is all about.

It's the opinion of a small minority of Australians who how shall we say. Are rejects from the normal Australian gene pool

[offspring]

The opinions expressed in this thread do not represent the true meaning of being Australian and what Australia is all about.

It's the opinion of a small minority of Australians who how shall we say. Are rejects from the normal Australian gene pool

what gene pool?

[Harry]

I'm going to go for broke, and ask a serious question:

Does the old RAAF WWII aerodrome of Fenton Field (in NT), still exist in any form?
My father flew B-24's from there with the 380th Bombardment Group (H), 5th Air Force.
I think it was/is somewhere near Townsville.

Damn a serious question

The airfield is long abandoned. there is still some evidence of it, and a few rusted old bits of equipment. Across the topend there are lots of old airstrips that were set up during WW2. There is also a nukber of aircraft wrecks scattered throughout the reigon.

[boone]

The opinions expressed in this thread do not represent the true meaning of being Australian and what Australia is all about.

It's the opinion of a small minority of Australians who how shall we say. Are rejects from the normal Australian gene pool
So, what is Australia all about?

[T3ngu]

The opinions expressed in this thread do not represent the true meaning of being Australian and what Australia is all about.

It's the opinion of a small minority of Australians who how shall we say. Are rejects from the normal Australian gene pool

Unlike... someone who looks like....and is the majority???


http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/picture.php?albumid=18&pictureid=3053

[Harry]

what gene pool?

The one with the faulty chlorinator

[Partial_Panel]

Damn a serious question

The airfield is long abandoned. there is still some evidence of it, and a few rusted old bits of equipment. Across the topend there are lots of old airstrips that were set up during WW2. There is also a nukber of aircraft wrecks scattered throughout the reigon.

Thanks much. I've been curious for awhile. His only regret in life was he never went back to visit Australia.

@T3ngu: I obviously suck at Aus geography. Townsville was just a name he mentioned, along with Catherine, and Oodnadata (sp?).

[Euroamerican]

So...

Has any Aussie on here ever seen a perentie in the wild? The made-up encyclopedia says they get up to 8 feet long!

[Luke15]

What's up with these creatures called bull sharks? What are the chances to be its lunch in Gold Coast while surfing at Gold Coast?
Beeing a bull, does the shark feels kinda discriminated by the others sharks? That's why he try to put he's anger out eating and biting almost everything?

Sad. Just sad.