What do you really know about Australia?
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Tough one for me, I think the further north the hotter the accent. although sometimes its hard to know where a specific American accent comes from. That's one fairly unique thing about Australia, we all sound pretty much the same all over the country.Dags90 said:
LOL! I guess so, at times I still forget that some of the further-inland towns are a little... out-of-touch...RhombusHatesYou said:
I guess so... It's just that I've never, EVER heard another Australian say 'Chunder', I've only heard mocking americans say it...Tower 87 said:
American Accents lean towards Irritating...Dags90 said:
usually it's the Irish accent and the Swedish accents that pick-up the most girls.
just something that sounds exotic, not something we hear every day on daytime television.
almost every Australian can do a convincing American accent...
You all hunt crocodiles, play didgeridoos and are descended from criminals. (See what it's like to have everything about your citizens based on stereotypes?) Oh and you all complain about the prices of games compared to America without taking into consideration the fact that the average wage in Australia is more than twice that of a similar job in America.
I'm greek but know some things about Australia since my dad's from there and I've also travelled there a few times.
1. It's not just convicts (which, in the Victorian British Empire, was a title achievable even by stealing a loaf of bread. Crimes such as these were worthy of exile to Australia). A lot of people migrated to Australia in the 19th century to hunt for gold, like my own family did, which was originally from Leictershire.
2. You can see the Southern Cross and Alpha Centauri from down there... Beautiful.
3. They have excellent dairy products like flavoured milk! Ok last time I was there was when I was 13.
4. There's tons of outdoorsy kinds of people, whether it's hikers, surfers, travellers, adventurers, nature lovers!
5. If I'm not mistaken, Australia comprises of 6 states and 2 territories.
6. It is said there's almost as many Australians in the country as there are outside of it at any given time, meaning to show how much they're into travel culture.
7. Visiting Gallipoli is a must for every self-respecting Aussie. Come to think of it, I only live, like, 3 hours away from it by boat and bus? Yes I live right across Turkey.
8. Kangaroos aren't the brightest animals around. Cockatoos, on the other hand...
9. In South Australia there's a tree farmers hang dead cats from, it's called the pussy willow. They kill them themselves; feral cats have come to be a major threat for the Australian wildlife equilibrium, dominating any and all other -- huntable -- species.
10. Everyone loves a strange black substance called Vegemite on their toast. And I must admit I love it as well.
11. Australians love their country but not in a nationalistic way, like we do here in Europe. That's a thing I like about the post-colonial countries like Canada and Australia. They have a unique sense of identity that has little to do with wars, ethnic cleansings, religion, population exchanges... It's not like it's here, where you're BORN GREEK. If stumbled across Australia and decided to call it home, you're as fit to be called Australian as anyone. Which leads to:
12. Multiculturalism. Love it.
13. Fish and chips in Taronga Zoo. OK, we're going almost 15 years back now!
14. The animals and planets are unique and a very delicate system, but unfortunately...
15. Australia will be the first to be destroyed by global warming. We can kiss the Great Barrier Reef goodbye. I also don't need to mention that the recent floods in Queensland happened in areas of which some had been suffering from terrible droughts for years. Like too much of this beautiful country...
1. It's not just convicts (which, in the Victorian British Empire, was a title achievable even by stealing a loaf of bread. Crimes such as these were worthy of exile to Australia). A lot of people migrated to Australia in the 19th century to hunt for gold, like my own family did, which was originally from Leictershire.
2. You can see the Southern Cross and Alpha Centauri from down there... Beautiful.
3. They have excellent dairy products like flavoured milk! Ok last time I was there was when I was 13.
4. There's tons of outdoorsy kinds of people, whether it's hikers, surfers, travellers, adventurers, nature lovers!
5. If I'm not mistaken, Australia comprises of 6 states and 2 territories.
6. It is said there's almost as many Australians in the country as there are outside of it at any given time, meaning to show how much they're into travel culture.
7. Visiting Gallipoli is a must for every self-respecting Aussie. Come to think of it, I only live, like, 3 hours away from it by boat and bus? Yes I live right across Turkey.
8. Kangaroos aren't the brightest animals around. Cockatoos, on the other hand...
9. In South Australia there's a tree farmers hang dead cats from, it's called the pussy willow. They kill them themselves; feral cats have come to be a major threat for the Australian wildlife equilibrium, dominating any and all other -- huntable -- species.
10. Everyone loves a strange black substance called Vegemite on their toast. And I must admit I love it as well.
11. Australians love their country but not in a nationalistic way, like we do here in Europe. That's a thing I like about the post-colonial countries like Canada and Australia. They have a unique sense of identity that has little to do with wars, ethnic cleansings, religion, population exchanges... It's not like it's here, where you're BORN GREEK. If stumbled across Australia and decided to call it home, you're as fit to be called Australian as anyone. Which leads to:
12. Multiculturalism. Love it.
13. Fish and chips in Taronga Zoo. OK, we're going almost 15 years back now!
14. The animals and planets are unique and a very delicate system, but unfortunately...
15. Australia will be the first to be destroyed by global warming. We can kiss the Great Barrier Reef goodbye. I also don't need to mention that the recent floods in Queensland happened in areas of which some had been suffering from terrible droughts for years. Like too much of this beautiful country...
Yeah, the drop bears are pretty damn vicious aren't they?NaylerTheImpaler said:
Down here in Melbourne, there was an infestation in our street a few houses up, and you couldn't even drive by without getting dropped on by at least two, and they pack a fair bit of force.
Now, as an Australian, I can say this:
1. Bogans are our equivalent of your rednecks, but without the guns, and a lot more beer.
2. Fosters tastes like ass. (Not personal experience, as I'm 16, but with the opinions of many family and friends, it tastes like ass)
3. We don't throw shrimps on the barbie often, just when we fell like fulfilling stereotypes.
4. We either avoid our own wildlife, or beat the shit out of it, due to our natural immunity courtesy of evolution.
5. Our accent is apparently awesome.
6. We do not have our prime minister elected by way of fighting a kangaroo.
7. Vegemite is, in fact, an acquired taste, and will usually require butter to lower the power of the salt in it (it's made of yeast, and can be broken down to make alcohol)
8. Our government hates the idea of an R18 rating, and will stop at almost nothing to make sure we don't get one, as they believe that it will turn us into murderous cannibal rapists with a knack for hiding bodies.
Well my sister went there last summer, and she said it's amazing. People that are generally than those found here in the states, and beautiful weather. I know they have great surfing, diving, and pretty much any other water sport imaginable, and the reefs are supposed to be breathtaking.
1.Yeah, we do have alot of dangerous animals, but they mostly only go you if you piss them off,
2.We are currently getting flooded out in Queensland (North East AUS) and parts of Victoria (South East AUS)
3.We have numerous different emergency services, 70% of them volunteer (of which I am a member of two of them)
4.Vegemite is the greatest invention ever created, ever
5.Due to the younger population attempting to ape American gang culture, some of the major city areas (and townships) have some problems with crime
6.Alcohol abuse is an issue in some sectors
7.Extreme levels of care of others, thousands helping out during floods, fires and storms.
8.Don't ever visit here in December, its disaster season!
9.Mate is probably one of the -only- Aussie words we use, most of the others are just to fool tourists.
There are alot of other things, but these are just a few of them
2.We are currently getting flooded out in Queensland (North East AUS) and parts of Victoria (South East AUS)
3.We have numerous different emergency services, 70% of them volunteer (of which I am a member of two of them)
4.Vegemite is the greatest invention ever created, ever
5.Due to the younger population attempting to ape American gang culture, some of the major city areas (and townships) have some problems with crime
6.Alcohol abuse is an issue in some sectors
7.Extreme levels of care of others, thousands helping out during floods, fires and storms.
8.Don't ever visit here in December, its disaster season!
9.Mate is probably one of the -only- Aussie words we use, most of the others are just to fool tourists.
There are alot of other things, but these are just a few of them
The are the only country that is also a continent.
Also, only place that has glow worms.
Majority of the country is uninhabitable desert (?)
Their video games laws and prices suck.
Also, only place that has glow worms.
Majority of the country is uninhabitable desert (?)
Their video games laws and prices suck.
This. A New Zealand immigrant has explained this to me.SBoggart said:
Otherwise: Kangaroos, Crocodiles, things that kill you, Steve Irwin and the fact that Australia is where all the convicts were sent by the British Empire are all I really know about it. Well, that and its quite wet there right now.
Australia seems like a chill country but can you guys please stop trying to ruin Saskatchewan's Potash industry? The buy out didn't work so now there is an Aussie mine being built so that you can outsource our local company. Please stop that! We need the 2-3 billion dollars a day that sector makes for the province! Seriously, Saskatchewan doesn't have much else going for it!
Vizzini says that Iocaine powder comes from Australia....
Oh, and it's entirely peopled with criminals...
Oh, and it's entirely peopled with criminals...
Just one point I'd like to make. Aborigine is a general term referring to indigenous peoples globally. However, it's usage in Australia is as a general word for indigenous Australians. Largely because no one bothered to learn all the names of the 250+ "peoples" that were reduced by %80 within the first 130 years of Australia being discovered. We really didn't care about them. In fact they were officially listed as being "native flora and fauna" well into the 80's.Neverhoodian said:
These days aborigines (of which there are no full-bloods left BTW) are officially referred to as " people". Unfortunately, 200 years of hostility between white settlers and aborigines has caused them to mostly shun the developed world and live, partially by choice, as third-world people. But you probably already knew that.
Also, yes. Australia is a continent. Oceania is not a continent, the term mostly refers to the islands on the Pacific Tectonic Plate, and the tectonic plates aren't exactly the same things as continents. Australia is on the Indo-Australian Plate (same plate as India, strange right?). New Zealand is on the border of the Antarctic and Indo-Australian Plates, That's why they have all these huge mountains (and volcanos? not sure) on the southern island.