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I would love to know what everyone thinks about Australia... like where they think it is? Anything at all. I heard a story the other day from one of my friends that made me realise that to some people we are wierd.

Let me explain. One of my friends was on MSN and was talking to people in Switzerland. Anyway they were guys and they somehow got onto the topic of school... anyway a little while later they asked my friend how she got to school because they had heard that we ride kangaroos! For about 1/2 an hour my friend had these guys believing that she rides kangaroos to school, her little brother rides wallabies and that she keeps them as pets, while looking after koalas etc. Only when she started to feel bad did she tell them that we have buses and trains.

Now they might have been playing a joke on her I dunno but the way she says they were seriously believing her. So yeh, just wanting to know whether all the people who don't live in Australia know about it.

Australia is in the antipodies. It's the home of descendants of criminals sent there by England. When you kill a kangaroo you must ask its pardon. All Australians carry huge knives and will slit your throat if they think you don't like them. They can also drink you under the table. :D

It's near Germany, right?

It's near Germany, right?
No, but Boston is closer to France than it is to North Carolina. :D

I would love to know what everyone thinks about Australia... like where they think it is? Anything at all. I heard a story the other day from one of my friends that made me realise that to some people we are wierd.

Let me explain. One of my friends was on MSN and was talking to people in Switzerland. Anyway they were guys and they somehow got onto the topic of school... anyway a little while later they asked my friend how she got to school because they had heard that we ride kangaroos! For about 1/2 an hour my friend had these guys believing that she rides kangaroos to school, her little brother rides wallabies and that she keeps them as pets, while looking after koalas etc. Only when she started to feel bad did she tell them that we have buses and trains.

Now they might have been playing a joke on her I dunno but the way she says they were seriously believing her. So yeh, just wanting to know whether all the people who don't live in Australia know about it.


I like Australia, I have never been there but I will visit some day. It's like a dream of mine.
Things I know about Australia:

Ned Kelly
Gallipoli-Anzac soldiers were from Australia.
Sidnay
New South Wales
Perth
Melbourne
Outback-It's what you call your desert or waste land.
Weird looking natives- Sorry but they look really strange.
Kangaroos
Great Corral Reef-largest living 'thing' on earth.
It's an Island south of NZ.
In union with Britain
Australian dollars
Mad Max
You speak english in a cool way
the block
neighbours
Sunny
the big white building in Sidney-I think it's an opera house.
Great women
was a prison colony or something like that- the britsh really thought that was a punishment to send prisoners there?????WTF?

Well Pablo does know Australian men prefer sheep to women...

and do you know what australian women put behind their ears to attract men???


























Their ankles

They can also drink you under the table. :D

Unless you're from Ireland.

Well Pablo does know Australian men prefer sheep to women...

That's New Zealand dumbass. Pablo don't know shit.

Oh and North Island, pretty much correct except it's Sydney and we are north of NZ.

You bastards gave the world Rolf Harris. Apologize.

Edit: And don't you all worship Donald Bradman as god or something?

Unless you're from Ireland.

Hehe, Aussie vs. Irish drinking contest.....goes all night and in the morning no-one can remember who won, they have a drink to celebrate.

And don't you all worship Donald Bradman as god or something? Of course. Don't you? ;)

We are all very sorry for Rolf Harris. On the bright side, we also gave you Mel Gibson, Peter Weir and a cure for stomach ulcers!

Also, we make awesome beer (NOT FOSTERS! Fosters is shite!)

You call that a knife?

You bastards gave the world Rolf Harris. Apologize.

Edit: And don't you all worship Donald Bradman as god or something?

Rolf is an unstoppable force, we tried to subdue him but he fought off 320 State Police and hi-kacjed an airplane.

We do like Don Bradman yes, he's like Babe Ruth and Michael Jordan combined but with more talent.

There's some confusion on this subject. For one, they all got it wrong when they said the north pole was on top of the world. In space, there's no up and down and therefore you monkeys got it all wrong. Australia is on top of the world.

Actually, on the subject of Australian Beer, the one I'm most partial to is called Rogers. I dunno if you can get it all over the country (I live in Perth), but it's marvellous stuff. At every party, when I offer a bottle to someone I say 'do you want to get rogered?'

So yeh, just wanting to know whether all the people who don't live in Australia know about it.

I don't know how common misconceptions about Australia get around, as I learned many hard facts about the country/continent in school when I was a kid.

I don't know how common misconceptions about Australia get around It's not as bad as it was. The creation of global information networks has helped to vastly improve people's knowledge of other places.

When my mum first came to Australia from Algeria, she thought it was going to basically be a lawless anarchy, where we all rode kangaroos and wore cowboy hats.

Actually, on the subject of Australian Beer, the one I'm most partial to is called Rogers. I dunno if you can get it all over the country (I live in Perth), but it's marvellous stuff. At every party, when I offer a bottle to someone I say 'do you want to get rogered?'

Have't seen that one over here [Sydney] I'll have to keep an eye out for it.

was a prison colony or something like that- the britsh really thought that was a punishment to send prisoners there?????WTF?

Perhaps we thought it was a punishment because there was nothing in australia except for empty bushland and oversized rabbits at the time?

I'd like to visit Australia some day. I've seen good australian films and alot of awful tv programs (neighbors and weird kid shows). I've tried Fosters and I'm fairly sure you guys are hiding all the good stuff from us. Apart from that I understand it's a pretty usual place with alot of unusual nature where people speak with an accent and use words like "drongo" and "chazwazer".

Farscape was mostly Australian, so I love Australia and everyone in it, simply for being associated with that show.

I'd like to visit Australia some day. I've seen good australian films and alot of awful tv programs (neighbors and weird kid shows). I've tried Fosters and I'm fairly sure you guys are hiding all the good stuff from us. Apart from that I understand it's a pretty usual place with alot of unusual nature where people speak with an accent and use words like "drongo" and "chazwazer".

Chaxwazer? Is that from The Simpsons?

I should gather some pics of all our hot women and post them for all your enjoyment :)

That's New Zealand dumbass. Pablo don't know shit.

Oh and North Island, pretty much correct except it's Sydney and we are north of NZ.

I'm sure it was australia... Pablo does know what australian women do to their assholes in the morning...

















Make them sandwiches and send them to work...

remember to tip your hostesses... I'm here all week...

Chaxwazer? Is that from The Simpsons?

I should gather some pics of all our hot women and post them for all your enjoyment :)

Yeah, it's from an old simpsons episode.
Well...Yeah, I know there are alot of supermodels and such from there too.

Australia: what a crap hole. The fuckers wont let us have freedom of movement over there anymore, and wont let us take advantage of their awesome dole rates. You used to be able to have a mate collect your dole in oz while you waited for your wave set up the coast...

Yeah, it's from an old simpsons episode.
Well...Yeah, I know there are alot of supermodels and such from there too.
Ah, I love The Simpsons and all but that episode was really grinding but hey, it's just a cartoon.

Yeah, I'd probably start gathering hottie pictures for the thread except my girlfriend is about 5 feet away :headbang:

Farscape was mostly Australian, so I love Australia and everyone in it, simply for being associated with that show.

Really? Well, besides that, all I know is Austrailia is a large island with beautiful coastal cities, great surfing, weird animals, and excellent Olympic swimmers.

Well on my globe, it is in the SW Pacific.

don't New Zealanders call Australia the west Island

don't New Zealanders call Australia the west Island
They also call a holiday house/shack a 'batch'.

Well aparently New Zealand is next to Austria so Australia must be West of Nova Scotia!

They also call a holiday house/shack a 'batch'.
Answer:Because Batchelors used to stay in them!

Answer:Because Batchelors used to stay in them!
Is that it? My dad's a Kiwi but I never knew that's why they were called batches! Awesome!

CITIES: Canberra (capital, usually pronounced CAN-burr-uh), Perth (also Fremantle, site of the America's Cup regatta in 1987 or thereabouts), Sydney, Melbourne, Alice Springs, Darwin, Hobart (Tasmania, an island just to the south of the east coast).

POLITICAL DIVISIONS: Western Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, and, what, two or three others? Whaddya want, I said it was off the top of my head!

REGIONS: The huge central desert is called The Great Australian Blight (or is it Bight?), there's The Great Barrier Reef, a fairly sizeable bay on the north side. It's a continent roughly the size of the contiguous United States. The vast majority of the population live on the coasts (mostly the east coast at that), with large parts of the interior (outback) used for the production of cattle and other ranch animals. The native people, aborigines, are, like any other people, a mix of personalities. To say they're all utter mystics and part-time inhabitants of The Dreamtime who call to the spirits while dancing around Uluru (aka Ayres Rock) would be like unto assuming that all Native Americans wear feathered headdresses and hunted buffalo.

The continent boasts a staggering array of plant and animal life found nowhere else.

WORLD STAGE: Sydney hosted the Olympic Games in 2000, and Melbourne hosted them in...I want to say 1964? '68? Australia has been noted for telling the US nuclear warships seeking entrance to fuck right off (deservedly so), and I am ashamed to say that I cannot name a single Australian prime minister. Soldiers from Australia and New Zealand (ANZAC -- their holiday was a few weeks ago, if I recall correctly) were spent needlessly in the very poorly planned invasion of the Ottoman Empire at Gallipoli, and Aussie soldiers have always held their own in conflicts when sent by the Crown to fight, or by their own government to peacekeep or aid.

SPORTS: Australian Rules Football is a psychotic mix of rugby; soccer; basketball; lacrosse without sticks; hockey without sticks, skates or ice; and beating the living shit out of each other -- all cheerfully and manfully done without benefit of protective gear (do they even wear nut cups?). Notable international sports figures include: Rod Laver, Pat Cash and Lleyton Hewitt (tennis), Ian Thorpe and lots of very talented swimmers (the Aussie relay teams spanked the US squads in Athens last summer), Greg Norman (golf), and they are cheered on by easily the coolest fans on the planet (Aussie Aussie Aussie! Oi! Oi! Oi! etc.).

ENTERTAINMENT: Movies made about or in Australia include: The Quiet Earth, Mad Max/Road Warrior/Thunderdome (that last of which, sorry, sucked ass), Rabbit Proof Fence, Dead Calm, the abominable Crocodile Dundee and its sequels (those were truly Hollywoodizations as far as I could tell), Priscilla Queen of the Desert, and lots more. Stars from Down Under (or Up Over, for those who understand the world is friggin' ROUND) include: Nicole Kidman, Naomi Watts, Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Paul Hogan, and lots more, I'm sure.

Australian Music has seen spikes in popularity in the US. The Bee Gees (and that ridiculously talented, if oddly voiced, Gibb family), Men At Work (and the also oddly voiced Colin James Hay), Midnight Oil, INXS (featuring terminally autoerotically fixated frontman Michael Hutchence), Kylie Minogue, Hoodoo Gurus, and many more of which I will likely be justly flamed for omitting. And yes, that "white building" in Sydney is an opera house.

RANDOM STUFF: Some of the hottest women on the planet live in Australia. Vegemite is a savory spread NOT designed to be eaten like peanut butter, but rather to be spread thinly so as to dilute its pungency. England is sometimes referred to as Pommieland and Brits as Pommies. I won't bother any Aussies reading this with my knowledge of Australian slang 'cause I don't want to sound any more stupid than I already surely must. Kookaburras (who apparently "sit in the old gum tree...") and Kiwis are not the same bird -- New Zealand boasts the Kiwi (as well as Peter Jackson, Sam Neill, and Heavenly Creatures). Their national song starts off "Once a jolly swagman..." but I can't remember the title, and "Waltzing Matilda" is another stereotypically Australian song. Their national anthem is "Advance, Australia Fair." They've got some of the most pleasing accents I've ever heard. The wattle is the national emblem, at least according to Monty Python, and from that same source, I gather that everyone there is named Bruce.

Finally, there are some rules:
Rule #1, NO POOFTAS.
Rule #2, They don't want to catch anybody NOT drinking.
Rule #3, NO POOFTAS.
Rule #4, No citizen is to maltreat any other... ...if there's anyone watching.
Rule #5, NO POOFTAS.
Rule #6, There is NO Rule #6.
Rule #7, NO POOFTAS.

Well, that's all I can think of right now. I'd love to come visit someday.

On Qantas airlines, of course.

G'day!

They also call a holiday house/shack a 'batch'.
yes but we spell it Bach - I dont think it has anything to do with marital status of residents - and if you live in the South Island then it is a 'crib'.

don't New Zealanders call Australia the west IslandCertainly do.

Rule #1, NO POOFTAS.


Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras attracts tourists from all over the globe.
Australia is the only developed nation to have a FTA free trade agreement with the USA (i think were the only one) and soon to have FTA's with Japan and China sweet

CITIES: Canberra (capital, usually pronounced CAN-burr-uh), Perth (also Fremantle, site of the America's Cup regatta in 1987 or thereabouts), Sydney, Melbourne, Alice Springs, Darwin, Hobart (Tasmania, an island just to the south of the east coast).

POLITICAL DIVISIONS: Western Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, and, what, two or three others? Whaddya want, I said it was off the top of my head!

REGIONS: The huge central desert is called The Great Australian Blight (or is it Bight?), there's The Great Barrier Reef, a fairly sizeable bay on the north side. It's a continent roughly the size of the contiguous United States. The vast majority of the population live on the coasts (mostly the east coast at that), with large parts of the interior (outback) used for the production of cattle and other ranch animals. The native people, aborigines, are, like any other people, a mix of personalities. To say they're all utter mystics and part-time inhabitants of The Dreamtime who call to the spirits while dancing around Uluru (aka Ayres Rock) would be like unto assuming that all Native Americans wear feathered headdresses and hunted buffalo.

The continent boasts a staggering array of plant and animal life found nowhere else.

WORLD STAGE: Sydney hosted the Olympic Games in 2000, and Melbourne hosted them in...I want to say 1964? '68? Australia has been noted for telling the US nuclear warships seeking entrance to fuck right off (deservedly so), and I am ashamed to say that I cannot name a single Australian prime minister. Soldiers from Australia and New Zealand (ANZAC -- their holiday was a few weeks ago, if I recall correctly) were spent needlessly in the very poorly planned invasion of the Ottoman Empire at Gallipoli, and Aussie soldiers have always held their own in conflicts when sent by the Crown to fight, or by their own government to peacekeep or aid.

SPORTS: Australian Rules Football is a psychotic mix of rugby; soccer; basketball; lacrosse without sticks; hockey without sticks, skates or ice; and beating the living shit out of each other -- all cheerfully and manfully done without benefit of protective gear (do they even wear nut cups?). Notable international sports figures include: Rod Laver, Pat Cash and Lleyton Hewitt (tennis), Ian Thorpe and lots of very talented swimmers (the Aussie relay teams spanked the US squads in Athens last summer), Greg Norman (golf), and they are cheered on by easily the coolest fans on the planet (Aussie Aussie Aussie! Oi! Oi! Oi! etc.).

ENTERTAINMENT: Movies made about or in Australia include: The Quiet Earth, Mad Max/Road Warrior/Thunderdome (that last of which, sorry, sucked ass), Rabbit Proof Fence, Dead Calm, the abominable Crocodile Dundee and its sequels (those were truly Hollywoodizations as far as I could tell), Priscilla Queen of the Desert, and lots more. Stars from Down Under (or Up Over, for those who understand the world is friggin' ROUND) include: Nicole Kidman, Naomi Watts, Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Paul Hogan, and lots more, I'm sure.

Australian Music has seen spikes in popularity in the US. The Bee Gees (and that ridiculously talented, if oddly voiced, Gibb family), Men At Work (and the also oddly voiced Colin James Hay), Midnight Oil, INXS (featuring terminally autoerotically fixated frontman Michael Hutchence), Kylie Minogue, Hoodoo Gurus, and many more of which I will likely be justly flamed for omitting. And yes, that "white building" in Sydney is an opera house.

RANDOM STUFF: Some of the hottest women on the planet live in Australia. Vegemite is a savory spread NOT designed to be eaten like peanut butter, but rather to be spread thinly so as to dilute its pungency. England is sometimes referred to as Pommieland and Brits as Pommies. I won't bother any Aussies reading this with my knowledge of Australian slang 'cause I don't want to sound any more stupid than I already surely must. Kookaburras (who apparently "sit in the old gum tree...") and Kiwis are not the same bird -- New Zealand boasts the Kiwi (as well as Peter Jackson, Sam Neill, and Heavenly Creatures). Their national song starts off "Once a jolly swagman..." but I can't remember the title, and "Waltzing Matilda" is another stereotypically Australian song. Their national anthem is "Advance, Australia Fair." They've got some of the most pleasing accents I've ever heard. The wattle is the national emblem, at least according to Monty Python, and from that same source, I gather that everyone there is named Bruce.

Finally, there are some rules:
Rule #1, NO POOFTAS.
Rule #2, They don't want to catch anybody NOT drinking.
Rule #3, NO POOFTAS.
Rule #4, No citizen is to maltreat any other... ...if there's anyone watching.
Rule #5, NO POOFTAS.
Rule #6, There is NO Rule #6.
Rule #7, NO POOFTAS.

Well, that's all I can think of right now. I'd love to come visit someday.

On Qantas airlines, of course.

G'day!

1: The desert actually has many names. it's usually referred to as the "outback" because it is literally "out the back" - behind the Great Dividing Range.

2. Sydney has the second largest gay population per-capita.

3. The song that starts "Once a jolly swagman" IS Waltzing Matilda. Almost everyone could recite it off the top of their head. Not so for the national anthem. lol. :)

I thought the national anthem was: Tie me Kangaroo down Sport.

Damn Rolf Harris.

What in the names of the Elder Gods is a POOFTA?

What in the names of the Elder Gods is a POOFTA?

A gay person.

Hehe, Aussie vs. Irish drinking contest.....goes all night and in the morning no-one can remember who won
A Russian would remember :p

Australia is in the antipodies. It's the home of descendants of criminals sent there by England.

Just as you were the home of religious extremists sent there by England... ;)

Just as you were the home of religious extremists sent there by England... ;)

*ships Kanabia a massively-gigantic crate of massively-gigantic cookies*

My ancestors were Scots (Pinkertons) and Irish (Watsons/Staffords). They came quite a few years after the Pilgrims ;).

My ancestors were Scots (Pinkertons) and Irish (Watsons/Staffords). They came quite a few years after the Pilgrims ;).

My ancestors are Irish, German, Lithuanian, and British. They came quite a few years after the convicts :p

I'd just like to say a few things: I'm Australian. I've never called anyone 'sport' or 'mate'. I don't own a single knife. I've never worn a cowboy hat. I've never been to the outback. I have no interest in cricket or rugby. I don't go hunting. Monkeypimp is an arsehole.

I'd just like to say a few things: I'm Australian. I've never called anyone 'sport' or 'mate'. I don't own a single knife. I've never worn a cowboy hat. I've never been to the outback. I have no interest in cricket or rugby. I don't go hunting. Monkeypimp is an arsehole.

*checks*

Yep, Hell's frozen over.

Monkeypimp is an arsehole.

Maaaaate, he was just taking the piss. 'Ave a Fosters.

...because IM not drinking that shit.

Maaaaate, he was just taking the piss. 'Ave a Fosters.

...because IM not drinking that shit.

Is Fosters even actually Australian?

Is Fosters even actually Australian?

Dunno, but it tastes like piss, with a hint of... Piss. My dad gave me some once.

Dunno, but it tastes like piss, with a hint of... Piss. My dad gave me some once.

Yeah, it's garbage. For some reason, though, I was under the impression that it was just some lame-ass American attempt at Australian beer. I want to say it's made in Connecticut.

Is Fosters even actually Australian?

Yeah. I think they brew it overseas now as well, though.

(I'm quite convinced that the reason we export that and not our good beer is because we want all the good stuff for ourselves ;))

CITIES: Canberra (capital, usually pronounced CAN-burr-uh), Perth (also Fremantle, site of the America's Cup regatta in 1987 or thereabouts), Sydney, Melbourne, Alice Springs, Darwin, Hobart (Tasmania, an island just to the south of the east coast). Not bad, you mentioned every single city except Brisbane and Adelaide... but nobody cares about Adelaide anyway. ;)

REGIONS: The huge central desert is called The Great Australian Blight (or is it Bight?), Actually there are several, such as the Simpson and the Great Sandy Desert. In fact, the Northern Territory and a lot of Western Australia are basically just deserts. Also, the Great Australian Bight is just the name of that massive bay in South Australia (can't think of a better word for it), the actual desert there is called the Nullabor. Which you do NOT want to cross unless you are prepared.

there's The Great Barrier Reef, a fairly sizeable bay on the north side. It is, in fact, the largest coral reef in the world. It's also one of the few organic structures which can be viewed from space with the naked eye.

with large parts of the interior (outback) used for the production of cattle and other ranch animals. We're also quite adept at handling sheep and crops.

WORLD STAGE: Sydney hosted the Olympic Games in 2000, and Melbourne hosted them in...I want to say 1964? '68? Australia has been noted for telling the US nuclear warships seeking entrance to fuck right off (deservedly so), and I am ashamed to say that I cannot name a single Australian prime minister. I find it highly amusing that for all of Howard's ass kissing, most people in the U.S. haven't the faintest idea who he is.

SPORTS: Australian Rules Football is a psychotic mix of rugby; soccer; basketball; lacrosse without sticks; hockey without sticks, skates or ice; and beating the living shit out of each other -- all cheerfully and manfully done without benefit of protective gear (do they even wear nut cups?). Ahh, Aussie rules. Clearly one of the most awesome sports in existence. In answer to your question, no. They do not wear cups. They do have mouthguards. BTW, is anybody else longing for the day when God strikes Barry Hall down?

ENTERTAINMENT: Movies made about or in Australia include: The Quiet Earth, Much as I'd like for our country to take credit for that one. It's actually a NZ fim.

Australian Music has seen spikes in popularity in the US. The Bee Gees (and that ridiculously talented, if oddly voiced, Gibb family), Men At Work (and the also oddly voiced Colin James Hay), Midnight Oil, INXS (featuring terminally autoerotically fixated frontman Michael Hutchence), Kylie Minogue, Hoodoo Gurus, and many more of which I will likely be justly flamed for omitting. And yes, that "white building" in Sydney is an opera house. Just one flame, which you thouroughly deserve. WHAT ABOUT AC/DC?!

Finally, there are some rules:
Rule #1, NO POOFTAS. Actually, Australia has one of the largest gay populations per capita. A lot of us just don't like to admit it. Also, only retarded bogans speak like that. And they are the shame of our nation.

We also have the rule of the "fair go", (regarding equality), "mateship" (regarding fraternity) and "keep the bastards honest" (an inherent and vehement distrust of all forms of government and politics.) We also have, I'm proud to say, a very strong secular tradition. God almost never comes into the political arena, and if it does, it's only by nut-job parties like Family First.


Well, that's all I can think of right now. I'd love to come visit someday. Please do!

Yeah. I think they brew it overseas now as well, though.

(I'm quite convinced that the reason we export that and not our good beer is because we want all the good stuff for ourselves ;))

Selfish bastards! Now it's settled --- I'm moving to Australia, so I can horde your beer!

http://home.iprimus.com.au/michellejbailey/storybook.htm

All the info you need! Well, except about drop bears, but I won't worry you about them just now. They're kind of covered up, scares off the tourists...

Yes... pay no mind to the drop bears. ;)

There's some confusion on this subject. For one, they all got it wrong when they said the north pole was on top of the world. In space, there's no up and down and therefore you monkeys got it all wrong. Australia is on top of the world.

Very well put Sultana
Though on the very top isTasmania the greatest state in the world.

Selfish bastards! Now it's settled --- I'm moving to Australia, so I can horde your beer!

NEVAR!

Only if you stop off in Mexico and take all their Corona with you. Then you can achieve entry into the Australian tribe. Hee.

Though on the very top isTasmania the greatest state in the world. I don't usually equate inbreeding with "great" :p

NEVAR!

Only if you stop off in Mexico and take all their Corona with you. Then you can achieve entry into the Australian tribe. Hee.

Corona? They make that stuff in Chicago.

Corona? They make that stuff in Chicago.

The Corona here is "Product of Mexico". Says so on the bottles.

The Corona here is "Product of Mexico". Says so on the bottles.

That's whatcha told me!

That's whatcha told me!

Yeah, but I had to publicly correct that and prevent myself from appearing wrong, y'know? :p

I spent 9 weeks working in Sydney and I thought it was fantastic. It must be one of the most gorgeous cities in the world. Very clean and easy to walk around. All the people were very friendly and down to Earth. The views of the city from Watson's bay at sunset are awesome.
There was loads of great nightlife, good pubs, something which is missing in all the American cities I've been to.
My favourite beers were Toohey's Old and VB.
One of the reasons Ozzies like sport so much is because they have probably the worst TV in the world, with that and the great weather there's no excuse to sit indoors.

My favourite beers were Toohey's Old and VB.

Not a fan of Tooheys, but you redeemed yourself with VB there. :D

One of the reasons Ozzies like sport so much is because they have probably the worst TV in the world,

Eww, sport. But you're right about the second part, ugh.

with that and the great weather there's no excuse to sit indoors.

Skin cancer. ;)

Yeah, but I had to publicly correct that and prevent myself from appearing wrong, y'know? :p

I understand. Now, bend over...

Not a single one of you mentioned that it was home to the best man on Earth..





























Max Barry, you dolts. You know, the owner of this site? :p

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Ozzie! Ozzie! Ozzie!

they have probably the worst TV in the world I dunno. I mean our TV is pretty crap, but have you ever watched Indonesian television? Ugh, I get convulsions just thinking about it. Also, SBS has good movies and interesting programs and ABC gets an honourable mention for always treating all politicians like shit.

dear kangaland,

please take back rupert murdoch.

love,

the bloody yanks.

dear kangaland,

please take back rupert murdoch.

love,

the bloody yanks.

Technically, he's in two places at once. Like Satan. So we're both stuck with him :(

please take back rupert murdoch. Oh God, we are so sorry about that. But he's a U.S. citizen now, so I guess you guys have gotta deal with him!

Technically, he's in two places at once. Like Satan. So we're both stuck with him :(

Yes, but we don't care! Ship him to China! Put him in a container and bury him under the ocean floor! Stick firecrackers in his ass and light them!

Do SOMETHING!!!

and ABC gets an honourable mention for always treating all politicians like shit.
And for getting sued by Kerry Packer everytime they even think about mentioning 'privatisation and telstra' in the same sentence.

I spent 9 weeks working in Sydney and I thought it was fantastic. It must be one of the most gorgeous cities in the world. Very clean and easy to walk around. All the people were very friendly and down to Earth.

Bloody hell. You'd love the rest of Australia then. I think Sydney's damn ugly for the most part, dirty (cockroaches and garbage everywhere), horribly polluted and stinky, and the people are largely unfriendly, if not downright rude...

Easy to walk around, perhaps. And some bits are pretty.

Maybe I'm just missing something...

It's the home of descendants of criminals sent there by England.

I thought about 90% of us descended from people who immigrated to Australia in the twentieth century, from Eurasia.

And yes, the other 3% or so descended from convicts hailing from The British Isles (I repeat, not just England)

[Note: Some people dissapeared :( (???)]

STUFF ABOUT AUSTRALIA - COMING FROM AN AUSTRALIAN

Stars: Nicole Kidman, Eric Bana, Naomi Watts, Anthony LaPaliaga (forgive me Anthony LaPaliaga I spelt it wrong, you rock), Hugo Weaving, Hugh Jackman, Roy & HG (TV Stars, but they're pretty entertaining).

We didn't give you Mel Gibson, we just raised him for a reasonable amount of time and Russel Crowe is originally from New Zealand.

Music: Powderfinger, John Butler Trio*, Grinspoon, Spiderbait and of course Kylie Minogue, even though I'd rather bang my head against the wall than listen to her music.

*John Butler originally comes from America but was raised here since he was fourteen. The rest of the band is Australian.

Science: We've have had a fair few contributions to the world of science, but as I don't follow the field closely, I can't tell you the specific details. Reasonable advancements in cancer treatment and stuff in the burn departments. I feel really ashamed I can't remember the woman who recieved the award for her work in Bali treating burns, but if I find out, you'll be the first to know.

Current Prime Minister: John Howard - I think he's a bastard, but I'd say people would beg to differ. He's the one who volunteered us for the coalition of the willing, created the most horrible foreign policies concerning asylum seekers and is possibly the most arogant Prime Minister when it comes to foriegn policy of nations where he doesn't have a hand in the economy.

Our history: Not terribly different to America's but a little different at the start. Instead of travelling to a land of freedom, the British sent convicts to Australia on the notion that the land was terra nullius, even though the Aboriginal people of Australia were living here. This was done because Cook (after two brief encounters) decided that because they weren't farmers (manipulators of the land) they did not own the land. Basically what happened after that was the British convicts and commanders killed the Aboriginals for fun, enslaved the South Sea Islanders in North Queensland to work in cane fields. Then a nation was formed. But keep in mind I'm a cynical high school student and this is a pretty slanted view.

Sport: To put it bluntly, we are really sports crazed and we win a lot. We're good at cricket and swimming especially. We like our footy and our tennis too. Even I follow it slightly and I'm a bloody nerd.

We're a pretty strange country really. At times I'm pretty proud to be Australian and at other times I just want to take a bat down to Canberra and pound Howard's head in. I love and hate this country, although lately it leans towards hate just for the way it's being run.

I'd just like to say a few things: I'm Australian. I've never called anyone 'sport' or 'mate'. I don't own a single knife. I've never worn a cowboy hat. I've never been to the outback. I have no interest in cricket or rugby. I don't go hunting. Monkeypimp is an arsehole.
Pfft Tasmanian
OZ dosent want you
NZ dosent want you
NAh nah nee nah nah! :p

Maaaaate, he was just taking the piss. 'Ave a Fosters.

...because IM not drinking that shit.

heh, the dude's obviously not a real aussie :p He would have understood otherwise. And would be a sports fan. Next thing he'll be saying that he doesn't like bbqs..

Bloody hell. You'd love the rest of Australia then. I think Sydney's damn ugly for the most part, dirty (cockroaches and garbage everywhere), horribly polluted and stinky, and the people are largely unfriendly, if not downright rude...

Easy to walk around, perhaps. And some bits are pretty.

Maybe I'm just missing something...
I think you must have just been walking round King's Cross then, the red-light district ;)

I was there in '02, it was spotless, maybe it was all done up for the Olympics. But Darling Harbour and Circular Quays were fantastic. Although it does help being payed by your company to eat in restaurants and stay in 4* hotels :D

Dinner up the AMP Tower was marvelous.

heh, the dude's obviously not a real aussie :p He would have understood otherwise. And would be a sports fan. Next thing he'll be saying that he doesn't like bbqs..
Or Detention Centres!
Wait i thats meant to be quite right! :eek:

Is it true that seagulls fly upside down over Australia, because the place is not worth shitting on?

Is it true that seagulls fly upside down over Australia, because the place is not worth shitting on?

Ahh, no...

Sure :p

For all those people that have visited Australia, which is the nicest city in Australia?
C'mon...you can say Melbourne, I know you want to...

They fly away all bloated and have to dump it all out at sea :p

For all those people that have visited Australia, which is the nicest city in Australia?
C'mon...you can say Melbourne, I know you want to...

Pfft. Melbourne.

They fly away all bloated and have to dump it all out at sea :p

Are you a kiwi?

Does anyone remember in the late 40's and early 50s, when the british government shipped all those english kids off to australia and told them they were orphans when they weren't?

Apparently it was at the request of the Australian government as part of a 'white' australia policy. Now, that, is pretty fucked up.

I spent 9 weeks working in Sydney and I thought it was fantastic. It must be one of the most gorgeous cities in the world. Very clean and easy to walk around. All the people were very friendly and down to Earth. The views of the city from Watson's bay at sunset are awesome.
There was loads of great nightlife, good pubs, something which is missing in all the American cities I've been to.
My favourite beers were Toohey's Old and VB.
One of the reasons Ozzies like sport so much is because they have probably the worst TV in the world, with that and the great weather there's no excuse to sit indoors.

NO! How can you say that about Sydney! If you think Sydney's great...you havn't been to Melbourne. Melbourne? WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! MELBOURNE!!!! (pronounced mel-ben not mel-booooorn like some visiters call it...american accents make our cities sound funny...)

Current Prime Minister: John Howard - I think he's a bastard, but I'd say people would beg to differ. He's the one who volunteered us for the coalition of the willing, created the most horrible foreign policies concerning asylum seekers and is possibly the most arogant Prime Minister when it comes to foriegn policy of nations where he doesn't have a hand in the economy.


The Labor party introduced the asylum seeker policy, not Howard. It is actually softer under the Libs recent reforms. John Howard has concentrated on stopping them reaching Australia and processing them in other countries, as opposed to detaining them here in places like Baxter. I can't disagree with you in the war in Iraq, but we have far better relations with most of our neighbours than we did under the last Labor government.

Bloody hell. You'd love the rest of Australia then. I think Sydney's damn ugly for the most part, dirty (cockroaches and garbage everywhere), horribly polluted and stinky, and the people are largely unfriendly, if not downright rude...

Damn Right!

For all those people that have visited Australia, which is the nicest city in Australia?
C'mon...you can say Melbourne, I know you want to...
Brisbane!
I loved the Colonial era buildings(Sandstone etc)!
I cant remember Melbourne i was like 3 last time i was there.
Sydney is allright i snuck into Homebush Wow!

Hey,

I happen to be from australia, and i can clear a few things up...we love to ride kangaroos, our best beer is NOT Fosters or VB, we are on top of the world, we praise don bradman (like the poms praise beckham, the chinese praise yao ming, the canadians praise steve nash, and the brazilians praised pele), we have the maddest accent in the world, we have the best english in the world (lots of slang), we have producd some of the biggest movie stars in the world (russel crowe, nicole kidman), we have a great music industry (greats like AC/DC, jimmy barnes, cold chisel, kylie, john farnham) and last but not least we own the world at cricket (2 world cups in a row)!!!!!!!! :D

For all those people that have visited Australia, which is the nicest city in Australia?
Probably Melbourne or Sydney. I've never lived in Melbourne, but I grew up in Byron Bay and moved to Sydney later on - so I've got a good perspective on how hectic Sydney is compared to the rest of Australia. Although, when I left Byron it was still growing - these days it's packed with schoolies and tourists. Both Sydney and Melbourne are quite different. Sydney's a lot larger and crowded and everybody's in a rush, whereas whenever I've visited Melbourne you can practically stand in the middle of the streets during rush hour.

All the good music and fashion comes from Melbourne. I'd love to live in Melbourne. I'm bored of the typical Sydney suburbia, and headaches.

Melbourne.

Brisbane!
I loved the Colonial era buildings(Sandstone etc)!
I cant remember Melbourne i was like 3 last time i was there.
Sydney is allright i snuck into Homebush Wow!

So...you're from New Zealand, right?
That's a nice place...I was there a few weeks ago, there was a bungee jumping thing in the middle of auckland city. Nice.

Probably Melbourne or Sydney. I've never lived in Melbourne, but I grew up in Byron Bay and moved to Sydney later on - so I've got a good perspective on how hectic Sydney is compared to the rest of Australia. Although, when I left Byron it was still growing - these days it's packed with schoolies and tourists. Both Sydney and Melbourne are quite different. Sydney's a lot larger and crowded and everybody's in a rush, whereas whenever I've visited Melbourne you can practically stand in the middle of the streets during rush hour.

All the good music and fashion comes from Melbourne. I'd love to live in Melbourne. I'm bored of the typical Sydney suburbia, and headaches.

Melbourne.

Yay! But, if you think melbourne's laid back you should visit darwin. The center of it's city is a couple of pubs and lotsa people waiting paitently for the crossing lights to go green...even when there's no cars coming.
Oh, and Byron bay, isn't that where all the hippies live?

Australia is awesome because you can walk down the street and know that hardly anyone owns a gun. From what I've seen about America, fricking everyone and their mother own guns. That's crazy. I've only ever touched a gun once in my life - when I was about 7, and my mum's friend policeman showed me his (unloaded - like all police in Australia have to carry their firearms) pistol. Even my experience is rare. Of course in the country farming areas they may have a rifle, but still - they're usually just air-rifles.

Oh, and Byron bay, isn't that where all the hippies live?
Well, around that area yeah, but nowadays most of the Byroners have moved about.. 5k's into the hills, to places such as Mullumbimby and Bangalow - which have always been true hippivilles.

Hey,

I happen to be from australia, and i can clear a few things up...we love to ride kangaroos, our best beer is NOT Fosters or VB, we are on top of the world, we praise don bradman (like the poms praise beckham, the chinese praise yao ming, the canadians praise steve nash, and the brazilians praised pele), we have the maddest accent in the world, we have the best english in the world (lots of slang), we have producd some of the biggest movie stars in the world (russel crowe, nicole kidman), we have a great music industry (greats like AC/DC, jimmy barnes, cold chisel, kylie, john farnham) and last but not least we own the world at cricket (2 world cups in a row)!!!!!!!! :D

Only bad thing bout our accents is that it makes us look like bad actors on tv when the accent is too strong...oh! And I know where john farnham's youngest son goes to school! Ever heard of Yarra Valley Grammar, that's the one (YVG).

Well, around that area yeah, but nowadays most of the Byroners have moved about.. 5k's into the hills, to places such as Mullumbimby and Bangalow - which have always been true hippivilles.

I still reckon nimbin is the biggest hippy area in Australia...they can legally sell weed and stuff...no1 there cares. they r all greenies to

Only bad thing bout our accents is that it makes us look like bad actors on tv when the accent is too strong...oh! And I know where john farnham's youngest son goes to school! Ever heard of Yarra Valley Grammar, that's the one (YVG).

the thing bout accents is tru...it is funny when other countries try to impersonate our accent tho...like the guy on JAG, brumby or whoever...i swear that was not a real accent...he was an american puttin it on i reckon

Australia is awesome because you can walk down the street and know that hardly anyone owns a gun. From what I've seen about America, fricking everyone and their mother own guns. That's crazy. I've only ever touched a gun once in my life - when I was about 7, and my mum's friend policeman showed me his (unloaded - like all police in Australia have to carry their firearms) pistol. Even my experience is rare. Of course in the country farming areas they may have a rifle, but still - they're usually just air-rifles.

No, people in the country or the bush tend to have proper rifels if they have guns, I know people in farm area. Though we do have the strictest gun laws in the world and hand guns are illigal, though the police have them.

Obviously Nimbin has been and always will be the hippy centreville. I've only ever been there once, for their 'Mardi Grass'. (Notice the extra 's').

Aussie's always unconciously and automatically exaggerate their accents infront of Americans for some reason.

Obviously Nimbin has been and always will be the hippy centreville.

Aussie's always unconciously and automatically exaggerate their accents infront of Americans for some reason.

hehe, that is true...but it is only because they love our overexaggeratd acccents

One thing I want to make clear to all the non-australians, we do have some good talk shows. Like Rove Live (just Rove in NZ) and who can say anything bad about the glasshouse? Is Comedy Inc. an australian show? Though that's not a talk show.

Hello? Where is everyone...c'mon, you didn't all go to bed did you?

Ugh, i hate rove, hes so annoying.
Glass house is awsome though, will anderson is hilarious.
CNNNN was awsome too, sucks that they had to stop making them.
And i think its pretty funny that Roy and HG have a show in the US about australianism, i wonder if thats really in america?

well thats my two cents (5 cents with a picture of an echidna on one side and the queen on the other...) about australian television.

Just some notes for non-Aussies:
* We don't say G'Day
* Australia is the best
* All new zealanders are sheep fuckers
* Yes, we call some homosexuals pooftas...but only the ones we dont like.
* Fosters sucks
* Fosters sucks
* Tooheys Pils is the best beer
* NZ sucks...except when they helped us during WW I & II...those bloody pommy bastards stabbed us both in the back.
* America is gay
* John Howard (although his policies are from the 50s) is the only possible candidate for PM as the Greens, Labor and the Democrats are shit and can you imagine One Nation or Family first running the country???

Thats about it really.

Ugh, i hate rove, hes so annoying.
Glass house is awsome though, will anderson is hilarious.
CNNNN was awsome too, sucks that they had to stop making them.
And i think its pretty funny that Roy and HG have a show in the US about australianism, i wonder if thats really in america?

well thats my two cents (5 cents with a picture of an echidna on one side and the queen on the other...) about australian television.

Yes, roy and HG was actually done in USA.
And CNNNN is done by chaser news, they still make their newspaper i think and whenever there's an election they make a "chaser Decides" that goes on for a few weeks. go to http://www.chaser.com.au it's their home page, it's great!

what do aussies on the east coast think about Perth? aside from the fact that we have the best sporting teams in the counrty.(you can leave out league and union as we couldnt care less about them) also peoplle from Perth what do you know/think about Albany? I was at my leavers(schoolies for eastcoasters) and was staying next to some kids from Perth and they seriously thought we all(Albany-ens) worked on farms and had barndances every weekend. (it didnt help that my friends and I were bootscooting to the Darkness at the time) ...ahhh the goodtimes "jack" brings

Ugh, i hate rove, hes so annoying.
Glass house is awsome though, will anderson is hilarious.
CNNNN was awsome too, sucks that they had to stop making them.
And i think its pretty funny that Roy and HG have a show in the US about australianism, i wonder if thats really in america?

well thats my two cents (5 cents with a picture of an echidna on one side and the queen on the other...) about australian television.
Dude are you serious CNNNN rocked i was over in OZ in Sep 2002 and i saw that it was hilarious!
Why stop it and when? :(
Took the piss out of the upcoming War in Iraq-apparently NZ was to send Sheep Ha HA!
All the randomness running along the bottom it was classic!

John Safrans Music Jamborie was funny to!
Funniest Jew on TV!-Did they make more of this?

Just some notes for non-Aussies:
* We don't say G'Day
* John Howard (although his policies are from the 50s) is the only possible candidate for PM as the Greens, Labor and the Democrats are shit and can you imagine One Nation or Family first running the country???

Thats about it really.

Some parts of the country do say though (mostly farming areas)...oh and if family first did get in it's going to be a living hell for Australia. I'd probably end up being hung by those people.

Just some notes for non-Aussies:
* We don't say G'Day
* Australia is the best
* All new zealanders are sheep fuckers
* Yes, we call some homosexuals pooftas...but only the ones we dont like.
* Fosters sucks
* Fosters sucks
* Tooheys Pils is the best beer
* NZ sucks...except when they helped us during WW I & II...those bloody pommy bastards stabbed us both in the back.
* America is gay
* John Howard (although his policies are from the 50s) is the only possible candidate for PM as the Greens, Labor and the Democrats are shit and can you imagine One Nation or Family first running the country???

Thats about it really.


well i'm aussie and I say G'day (admittedly usually to foreigners)
Pooftas isnt that commonly used on the west coast at least not by young people.
America isnt gay, I think its an awesolme place and i know lots of Amercian and there all really cool. but as there sometihng like 300 million people there I can't make a proper generlaization.
I agree that our politicians are rooted and I too shudder to think of one nation or family fisrt in power.

Why stop it and when? :(


Don't worry, chaser still operates and they still have a newspaper. I posted their website in a previous post.

No, people in the country or the bush tend to have proper rifels if they have guns, I know people in farm area. Though we do have the strictest gun laws in the world and hand guns are illigal, though the police have them.

What the heck? I'm very suprised at that! I assumed that Australia would be much more libertarian - has it always been this way, or is it the product of a recent government?

I like shooting, you see, in the strictly controlled environments of the rifle range and the clay pidgeon shoot. I'm hacked off with Blunkett's ban on pistols, because that happened before I got back into shooting after air-rifles in the Scouts, and illegal gun crime is worse than ever before. If Australia is harsh on legal gun ownership (for sport, against purpose-built targets like clays and cardboard) then they might also be harsh on private aviation... heck.

I'm Tasmanian dual-national, although I haven't been there since 1989. This dual nationality prevents me serving on nuclear submarines in the Royal Navy. Such a shame.

Don't worry, chaser still operates and they still have a newspaper. I posted their website in a previous post.


They also have regular shows on Triple J if i'm not mistaken, one called "Keeping the Balance" ?maybe where they sarcasticaly plug liberals becasue they got in troube for being biased during the lead up to the last election.

for foreigners ----by "liberals" i mean the main consertive party in Austrlaia

What the heck? I'm very suprised at that! I assumed that Australia would be much more libertarian - has it always been this way, or is it the product of a recent government?



There was a recent buyback of all handguns and powerful rifles i think as a result of the Port Arthur Massacre. i tihnk that was the reason

What the heck? I'm very suprised at that! I assumed that Australia would be much more libertarian - has it always been this way, or is it the product of a recent government?

I like shooting, you see, in the strictly controlled environments of the rifle range and the clay pidgeon shoot. I'm hacked off with Blunkett's ban on pistols, because that happened before I got back into shooting after air-rifles in the Scouts, and illegal gun crime is worse than ever before. If Australia is harsh on legal gun ownership (for sport, against purpose-built targets like clays and cardboard) then they might also be harsh on private aviation... heck.


Don't worry, we still have our rifles, it's just the hand guns we can't have...and most likely other weapons like machine guns.

Wow... i'm blown away by how much Australia is so much like Canada, in attitude, in extremes... even in stereotypes.

Hell, everyone south of our border thinks we live in igloos, and that we ride polar bears to work. Some people can't even find us on the map, even though we're the SECOND LARGEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD IN TERMS OF LANDMASS!!!!! :headbang:

Oh well, you Aussies are lucky. I bet kangaroos are alot easier to tame than bears. ;)

The first thing that comes to mind about Australia is that it is home to the vicious, not to mention, deadly funnel-web spider.

Actually, I'd love to visit Australia someday, but I'm seriously terrified of spiders - especially the ones that are dangerous to humans (though they're all beyond creepy, in my opinion). I'm sure that sounds as silly as people who don't want to visit my neck of the woods because they are afraid of rattlesnakes - but then, phobias are not particularly rational, are they?

Some of the good things I've heard about Australia are that the people are really very laid back there, and it isn't terribly expensive to travel there.

Wow... i'm blown away by how much Australia is so much like Canada, in attitude, in extremes... even in stereotypes.

Hell, everyone south of our border thinks we live in igloos, and that we ride polar bears to work. Some people can't even find us on the map, even though we're the SECOND LARGEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD IN TERMS OF LANDMASS!!!!! :headbang:

Oh well, you Aussies are lucky. I bet kangaroos are alot easier to tame than bears. ;)

No, you'd be suprised. Kangaroos are fairly hard to train as transport. Plus you get all stickie getting in and out of the pouch. Oh, and years of trying to figure out how to make igloos i think I found out what i was missing...cold weather.

What the heck? I'm very suprised at that! I assumed that Australia would be much more libertarian - has it always been this way, or is it the product of a recent government?

I like shooting, you see, in the strictly controlled environments of the rifle range and the clay pidgeon shoot. I'm hacked off with Blunkett's ban on pistols, because that happened before I got back into shooting after air-rifles in the Scouts, and illegal gun crime is worse than ever before. If Australia is harsh on legal gun ownership (for sport, against purpose-built targets like clays and cardboard) then they might also be harsh on private aviation... heck.

I'm Tasmanian dual-national, although I haven't been there since 1989. This dual nationality prevents me serving on nuclear submarines in the Royal Navy. Such a shame.
Actually, Australia is extremely conservative. Our Conservative Government controls both houses of the Parliament (as of July 2005).

The first thing that comes to mind about Australia is that it is home to the vicious, not to mention, deadly funnel-web spider.

Actually, I'd love to visit Australia someday, but I'm seriously terrified of spiders - especially the ones that are dangerous to humans (though they're all beyond creepy, in my opinion). I'm sure that sounds as silly as people who don't want to visit my neck of the woods because they are afraid of rattlesnakes - but then, phobias are not particularly rational, are they?


Don't worry about the funnelwebs, they live around the sydney area and down south we don't have them...only whitetails. No, whitetails aren't that bad. Though up north we have the deadly taipan (snake) but apparently more deaths are caused by the tiger snake since it is more aggressive. What you really need to watch out for up north are crocodiles and jelly fish. I remember going up there for a summer holiday and you can't swim in any lakes because of the salt water crocs, and in summer most beaches are closed because of jelly fish.

Many foreigners going to Australia notice that there is a constant wingdy-wongdy sound in the background. Australians are so used to it, though, that they don't notice, and think they're being insulted when it is pointed out.

Many foreigners going to Australia notice that there is a constant wingdy-wongdy sound in the background. Australians are so used to it, though, that they don't notice, and think they're being insulted when it is pointed out.

wtf? lol

The first thing that comes to mind about Australia is that it is home to the vicious, not to mention, deadly funnel-web spider.

Actually, I'd love to visit Australia someday, but I'm seriously terrified of spiders - especially the ones that are dangerous to humans (though they're all beyond creepy, in my opinion). I'm sure that sounds as silly as people who don't want to visit my neck of the woods because they are afraid of rattlesnakes - but then, phobias are not particularly rational, are they?

Some of the good things I've heard about Australia are that the people are really very laid back there, and it isn't terribly expensive to travel there.
Australia has the 4 most poisonous snakes in the world. I'm more worried about going for a bush walk than seeing a rattlesnake!

Many foreigners going to Australia notice that there is a constant wingdy-wongdy sound in the background. Australians are so used to it, though, that they don't notice, and think they're being insulted when it is pointed out.

Wingdy-wongdy? Wait...we have a background noise? :confused:

do you mean aborigionals with didgeridoos?
Or is there some massive conspiracy where the rest of the world is laughing at us behind our backs?
Nah how could they laugh at us with such a good pm...

Wingdy-wongdy? Wait...we have a background noise? :confused:

Cicardas? :confused:

It's near Germany, right?

Thats Austria you moron :sniper:

Thats Austria you moron :sniper:

Thank you captain obvious.

Thank you captain obvious.

...must...breathe...can't...stop...laughing... :D

Is Fosters even actually Australian?

Yep DEFINATLY Australian, We sent em down there as criminals, they send us Fosters to even the score

:p :p






*Signed a whinging Pome!

(Anyone know what Pome stands for? I DO!)

Australia in a nutshell.

A bunch of cities that hate each other, but work together because 1901 says so. There is no "national sport" because each different city seems to like something else. All people who think AFL, ARL, or NRL are the national sport should be shot because nobody cares what you think.

Sydney's a craphole once you go past the CBD, Melbourne is pretty much a bunch of upper-class snooty wankers who think they're better than anyone else, and the rest of Melbourne, who act as groupies behind them. Brisbane is Queensland, enough said. Racism, Jailbait, you bet! Adelaide, in the Top 5 of "The cities who breed the most serial killers per person". Perth, riots, bad accents, poor education, alcohol, and bad dentistry. Canberra, drugs and fireworks. And then there's a bunch of towns that nobody care about because they're about as useful as a spoon in my eye.

What in the names of the Elder Gods is a POOFTA?

That is the word that "machos" (and it's full of them in Australia, ohhh shit!) call gay people in a derogative way. They are diverse people that have a shitty prime minister,who kisses bush ass.
BEAUTIFUL PLACES, BIRDS (sometimes anoying at 5 am), easy going people among others, LOTS OF BEER, ALCOHOL & any drug u can think of (well, not that much maybe), BEACHES, ignorance and brightness... i hate John Howard, little piece of shit!!!

Just as you were the home of religious extremists sent there by England... ;)
I'll drink to that! :D

I thought about 90% of us descended from people who immigrated to Australia in the twentieth century, from Eurasia.

And yes, the other 3% or so descended from convicts hailing from The British Isles (I repeat, not just England)

[Note: Some people dissapeared :( (???)]
Pssst! I was joking! :D

Australia in a nutshell.

A bunch of cities that hate each other, but work together because 1901 says so. There is no "national sport" because each different city seems to like something else. All people who think AFL, ARL, or NRL are the national sport should be shot because nobody cares what you think.

Sydney's a craphole once you go past the CBD, Melbourne is pretty much a bunch of upper-class snooty wankers who think they're better than anyone else, and the rest of Melbourne, who act as groupies behind them. Brisbane is Queensland, enough said. Racism, Jailbait, you bet! Adelaide, in the Top 5 of "The cities who breed the most serial killers per person". Perth, riots, bad accents, poor education, alcohol, and bad dentistry. Canberra, drugs and fireworks. And then there's a bunch of towns that nobody care about because they're about as useful as a spoon in my eye.




I'm impressed with your passion and dscription of what u see. Can u say from where or what u r (?). I agree with some, but happy so someone expressing her/himself.


Don't forget the macho men (it's infected in aus) :gundge:



Take care

Just some notes for non-Aussies:
* We don't say G'Day
* Australia is the best
* All new zealanders are sheep fuckers
* Yes, we call some homosexuals pooftas...but only the ones we dont like.
* Fosters sucks
* Fosters sucks
* Tooheys Pils is the best beer
* NZ sucks...except when they helped us during WW I & II...those bloody pommy bastards stabbed us both in the back.
* America is gay
* John Howard (although his policies are from the 50s) is the only possible candidate for PM as the Greens, Labor and the Democrats are shit and can you imagine One Nation or Family first running the country???

Thats about it really.
"America is gay?" Hmm.

Any Aussie wanna do me a big favor and send me a case of Tooheys? I'll pay for the case and the shipping, with a nice bonus for your trouble! :D

Any Aussie wanna do me a big favor and send me a case of Tooheys? I'll pay for the case and the shipping, with a nice bonus for your trouble! :D

I'd do it, but what are the import/export restrictions and all that?

Oh btw the only time I'm allowed to like australia is during war time (when we're both involved) or on April 25th. The rest of the year I want to punch George Gregan in the face.

I'd like to remind you that Australia is the Third Fattest country in the World behind the U.S.A and Mexico (wtf?). Most Australians are in denial that they are identical to every other globalised nation minus a few funky smells. The liberal government was in power here for something like 5 years, changed everything, and since then, nobody has ever wanted a liberal government.

<EDIT> i mean the word liberal, not the party. Despite the fact that the "Liberal Party" is the conservative of the two.

Yep DEFINATLY Australian, We sent em down there as criminals, they send us Fosters to even the score

:p :p

*Signed a whinging Pome!

(Anyone know what Pome stands for? I DO!)

Prisioner Of Mother England (most common)

Or

Prisioner of Monarchy

what do aussies on the east coast think about Perth? aside from the fact that we have the best sporting teams in the counrty.(you can leave out league and union as we couldnt care less about them) also peoplle from Perth what do you know/think about Albany? I was at my leavers(schoolies for eastcoasters) and was staying next to some kids from Perth and they seriously thought we all(Albany-ens) worked on farms and had barndances every weekend. (it didnt help that my friends and I were bootscooting to the Darkness at the time) ...ahhh the goodtimes "jack" brings

I'm east coast (Brisbane) and I want to move to Perth for a few years. A small, clean city with little crime and far, far away from any large city. Only problem I might find is that it is too small!

I like Broome, facinating colours in the sky, and Shark bay (I think). Kalgoulie and Cunnanarrah bites the big one, but Kalgoulie as an electorate is cool. People from Perth always think that Perth is ignored, probably because it is.

Don't worry, we still have our rifles, it's just the hand guns we can't have...and most likely other weapons like machine guns.

It is only fully automatics that are restricted I think, which is reasonable as you can't really go hunting with a machine gun because they're specifically designed to designed to be used against people.

People from Perth always think that Perth is ignored, probably because it is. I've always wondered if the eastern states would even notice if we ever seceded.

I've always wondered if the eastern states would even notice if we ever seceded.

Yes we would, and we'd be dead set against it. We wouldn't object to a semi-autonomous state as much. Unity for defence and cricket/footy and Olympics/Commonwealth/Goodwill/PanPac games. ;)

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I've always wondered if the eastern states would even notice if we ever seceded.

I would! I used to live in Perth. It's still my favourite Australian city, even though I haven't been back for ages, and I was about 10 when I left. Planning to visit either there or Brisbane (haven't been there before) during the end of year holidays :)

I would! I used to live in Perth. It's still my favourite Australian city, even though I haven't been back for ages, and I was about 10 when I left. Planning to visit either there or Brisbane (haven't been there before) during the end of year holidays :)

Brisbane is a bad place to visit for a holiday, but a great place to live. If you want to visit somewhere I suggest going further up north (Great Barrier Reef) or going down to the Gold Coast. Brisbane is bigger than Sydney area wise (but we only have 1.2 million people). The city is so sprawled out that between Brisbane, the Sunshine coast, the Gold coast and Ipswich is almost totally residential. If you ever come to Brisbane drop me a line though.

I'm not Tasmanian. I've never been to Tasmania. I find it offensive that Monkeypimp assumes that because I don't take abuse, I'm not an Australian.

Wow... i'm blown away by how much Australia is so much like Canada, in attitude, in extremes... even in stereotypes.

Hell, everyone south of our border thinks we live in igloos, and that we ride polar bears to work. Some people can't even find us on the map, even though we're the SECOND LARGEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD IN TERMS OF LANDMASS!!!!! :headbang:

Oh well, you Aussies are lucky. I bet kangaroos are alot easier to tame than bears. ;)
Don't feel bad. 80% of Americans can't find their own country on a map.

We don't say G'Day
I do sometimes.

John Safrans Music Jamborie was funny to!
Funniest Jew on TV!-Did they make more of this?
He did another series called John Safran vs God, which was hilarious. He's now doing Sunday night Safran on triple J. (on Sunday nights, in case you couldn't guess)

They also have regular shows on Triple J if i'm not mistaken, one called "Keeping the Balance" ?maybe where they sarcasticaly plug liberals becasue they got in troube for being biased during the lead up to the last election.
Keeping the balance is no longer on, I think the boys responsible have a gig at another radio station now.
Chris and Craig are part of the Chaser team, and do Today Today on triple J 3-5:30pm weekdays.

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Our toilets don't swirl at all... they just flush.

Australia in a nutshell.

A bunch of cities that hate each other, but work together because 1901 says so. There is no "national sport" because each different city seems to like something else. All people who think AFL, ARL, or NRL are the national sport should be shot because nobody cares what you think.

Cricket is the national sport. Easy.

Sydney's a craphole once you go past the CBD, Melbourne is pretty much a bunch of upper-class snooty wankers who think they're better than anyone else, and the rest of Melbourne, who act as groupies behind them. Brisbane is Queensland, enough said. Racism, Jailbait, you bet! Adelaide, in the Top 5 of "The cities who breed the most serial killers per person". Perth, riots, bad accents, poor education, alcohol, and bad dentistry. Canberra, drugs and fireworks. And then there's a bunch of towns that nobody care about because they're about as useful as a spoon in my eye.

You forgot Darwin-where a sentence takes a week, because it's too damn hot to talk at a normal rate, and Hobart-capital of Tasmania, which really says it all-incest by the truckload, plus they gave the Senate Brian Harradine

I would love to know what everyone thinks about Australia... like where they think it is? Anything at all. I heard a story the other day from one of my friends that made me realise that to some people we are wierd.

Let me explain. One of my friends was on MSN and was talking to people in Switzerland. Anyway they were guys and they somehow got onto the topic of school... anyway a little while later they asked my friend how she got to school because they had heard that we ride kangaroos! For about 1/2 an hour my friend had these guys believing that she rides kangaroos to school, her little brother rides wallabies and that she keeps them as pets, while looking after koalas etc. Only when she started to feel bad did she tell them that we have buses and trains.

Now they might have been playing a joke on her I dunno but the way she says they were seriously believing her. So yeh, just wanting to know whether all the people who don't live in Australia know about it.
Woah, man, I never thought that Australia would have weird stereotypes about it...

Hell, I'm canadian, apparantly I ride dog sleds to work and live in an igloo. I never heard such silly things about australia though.

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Someone has been watching the simpsons :)

Australia in a nutshell.

A bunch of cities that hate each other, but work together because 1901 says so. There is no "national sport" because each different city seems to like something else. All people who think AFL, ARL, or NRL are the national sport should be shot because nobody cares what you think.

Sydney's a craphole once you go past the CBD, Melbourne is pretty much a bunch of upper-class snooty wankers who think they're better than anyone else, and the rest of Melbourne, who act as groupies behind them. Brisbane is Queensland, enough said. Racism, Jailbait, you bet! Adelaide, in the Top 5 of "The cities who breed the most serial killers per person". Perth, riots, bad accents, poor education, alcohol, and bad dentistry. Canberra, drugs and fireworks. And then there's a bunch of towns that nobody care about because they're about as useful as a spoon in my eye.

Gee, not at all a cynic are you? Where exactly do you live?

I think you must have just been walking round King's Cross then, the red-light district ;)

I was there in '02, it was spotless, maybe it was all done up for the Olympics. But Darling Harbour and Circular Quays were fantastic. Although it does help being payed by your company to eat in restaurants and stay in 4* hotels :D

Dinner up the AMP Tower was marvelous.

Don't worry, the only people in Australia who think Sydney is dirty and crappy are the people who live out in the country and claim that fresh air is worth having hardly anyone to talk to and having to marry relatives cos there isn't anyone else in the bloody country town that they live in.

And, if they actually travelled to other places, they'd actually realise that Sydney is definitely clean by comparison. [/rant]

Dude, Australia is like that place to the southwest of the US. Or the Southeast depending on how you look at it, it is big and like sandy and has like no people in it but has a lot of kangaroos and shit. I dont think they have a bravo's there so its not good.

I agree. I used to think Sydney was filthy, until I went to LA.

Dude, Australia is like that place to the southwest of the US. Or the Southeast depending on how you look at it, it is big and like sandy and has like no people in it but has a lot of kangaroos and shit. I dont think they have a bravo's there so its not good.

What are bravos?

Yes... pay no mind to the drop bears. ;)

Don't forget the hoop snakes and electric trees

STUFF ABOUT AUSTRALIA - COMING FROM AN AUSTRALIAN

Stars: Nicole Kidman, Eric Bana, Naomi Watts, Anthony LaPaliaga (forgive me Anthony LaPaliaga I spelt it wrong, you rock), Hugo Weaving, Hugh Jackman, Roy & HG (TV Stars, but they're pretty entertaining).

We didn't give you Mel Gibson, we just raised him for a reasonable amount of time and Russel Crowe is originally from New Zealand.

Music: Powderfinger, John Butler Trio*, Grinspoon, Spiderbait and of course Kylie Minogue, even though I'd rather bang my head against the wall than listen to her music.

*John Butler originally comes from America but was raised here since he was fourteen. The rest of the band is Australian.

Science: We've have had a fair few contributions to the world of science, but as I don't follow the field closely, I can't tell you the specific details. Reasonable advancements in cancer treatment and stuff in the burn departments. I feel really ashamed I can't remember the woman who recieved the award for her work in Bali treating burns, but if I find out, you'll be the first to know.

Current Prime Minister: John Howard - I think he's a bastard, but I'd say people would beg to differ. He's the one who volunteered us for the coalition of the willing, created the most horrible foreign policies concerning asylum seekers and is possibly the most arogant Prime Minister when it comes to foriegn policy of nations where he doesn't have a hand in the economy.

Our history: Not terribly different to America's but a little different at the start. Instead of travelling to a land of freedom, the British sent convicts to Australia on the notion that the land was terra nullius, even though the Aboriginal people of Australia were living here. This was done because Cook (after two brief encounters) decided that because they weren't farmers (manipulators of the land) they did not own the land. Basically what happened after that was the British convicts and commanders killed the Aboriginals for fun, enslaved the South Sea Islanders in North Queensland to work in cane fields. Then a nation was formed. But keep in mind I'm a cynical high school student and this is a pretty slanted view.

Sport: To put it bluntly, we are really sports crazed and we win a lot. We're good at cricket and swimming especially. We like our footy and our tennis too. Even I follow it slightly and I'm a bloody nerd.

We're a pretty strange country really. At times I'm pretty proud to be Australian and at other times I just want to take a bat down to Canberra and pound Howard's head in. I love and hate this country, although lately it leans towards hate just for the way it's being run.

Also in science we have two medicine Nobel Prize laurates
Howard Florey(? not sure but definitely australian) ~ Pencillin
Father and Son (one lawrence)Bragg ~ Xrays

Wow... i'm blown away by how much Australia is so much like Canada, in attitude, in extremes... even in stereotypes.

Hell, everyone south of our border thinks we live in igloos, and that we ride polar bears to work. Some people can't even find us on the map, even though we're the SECOND LARGEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD IN TERMS OF LANDMASS!!!!! :headbang:

Oh well, you Aussies are lucky. I bet kangaroos are alot easier to tame than bears. ;)

Don't be too sure mate, My dad is ex-army and was eye to eye with a roo
he was driving an APC at the time (Armoured Personel Carriers) so the roo was about 7 foot tall

It is only fully automatics that are restricted I think, which is reasonable as you can't really go hunting with a machine gun because they're specifically designed to designed to be used against people.

As I remember, it's all semi- and full automatics, lever actions and I think they were talking about banning pump actions as well.
While draconian, it's bloody effective. the only guys getting shot these days are criminals, by each other in the gang wars, and by the cops 3-4 this year in Melbourne alone

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I would love to know what everyone thinks about Australia... like where they think it is? Anything at all. I heard a story the other day from one of my friends that made me realise that to some people we are wierd.

Let me explain. One of my friends was on MSN and was talking to people in Switzerland. Anyway they were guys and they somehow got onto the topic of school... anyway a little while later they asked my friend how she got to school because they had heard that we ride kangaroos! For about 1/2 an hour my friend had these guys believing that she rides kangaroos to school, her little brother rides wallabies and that she keeps them as pets, while looking after koalas etc. Only when she started to feel bad did she tell them that we have buses and trains.

Now they might have been playing a joke on her I dunno but the way she says they were seriously believing her. So yeh, just wanting to know whether all the people who don't live in Australia know about it.#

If these guys were older than 5 they were frickin idiots