What do you really know about Australia?
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ah thanks. good to know you use english spelling.Gnarynhar said:
so if you have 2 different time zones the 10 o'clock news comes on at 10 and 9 o'clock across the country, or you just replay it an hour later, or what?
1. Bushpig.Frozenfeet2 said:
2. Not over rights for aborigines, they have the same rights as everyone else. The issues are over the crime and poverty that a lot of Aborigines are subjected to.
3. Colour.
4. Yes.
5. Ironic, as a lot of the population of Australia is made up of immigrants. Some of us say that, but primarily the "traditional" Aussies, who chuck shrimps on the barbie.
6. COLD Christmas? Watchu talkin bout Willis? But in all seriousness, you've got it backwards. Most of our year is hot as hell, with a small cold patch chucked in the middle.
Frozenfeet2 said:
1. OMG look at her earlobes!!!!
2. they have the same rights as everyone else...
3. colour
4. only just... the crazies south of queensland (north east australia) like to do daylight savings and turn their clocks back an hour during summer though.
5. i use "g'day" and "mate", but not really "g'day mate"
6. means we can enjoy a cold beer on a deck!
I actually cant STAND the Australian accent, or the dialect of english they speak, it drives me absolutely nuts, in a bad way. Interestingly enough, I LOVE the New Zealand accent, the vowels are more rounded and less harsh.ShockValue said:
I personally think, as a Canadian, that living in Australa would just suck huge kangaroo balls, for a myriad of reasons.
-One of its Prime Ministers went for a boat ride and never came back and no one ever figured out why.
-Koalas are cute but evil.
-There are lots of deadly animals there.
-The native people are Aboriginals and some of them believe in a thing called the Dreamtime.
-Sydney Opera House. Made by a Dane. Looks cool.
-Canberra is actually the capital.
-2000 Olympics were there.
-There's a hot gay diver who won Gold from there named Matthew Mitchum.
-Apparently it's okay to perform in black face there. (That whole Jackson 5 black face debacle from a year or so ago...)
-They really, really hate Greeks. At least the ones that came to Australia.
-They think the Kiwis are sheep shaggers.
-There's a censorship board there for video games that seems to enjoy kicking gamers in the balls, so to speak.
-Koalas are cute but evil.
-There are lots of deadly animals there.
-The native people are Aboriginals and some of them believe in a thing called the Dreamtime.
-Sydney Opera House. Made by a Dane. Looks cool.
-Canberra is actually the capital.
-2000 Olympics were there.
-There's a hot gay diver who won Gold from there named Matthew Mitchum.
-Apparently it's okay to perform in black face there. (That whole Jackson 5 black face debacle from a year or so ago...)
-They really, really hate Greeks. At least the ones that came to Australia.
-They think the Kiwis are sheep shaggers.
-There's a censorship board there for video games that seems to enjoy kicking gamers in the balls, so to speak.
I merely simplified the explanation to make it easier for people to understand, tiger/housecat comparison isn't exactly right, but it gave people the idea. If we wanna get technical i would say:Dags90 said:
both prawns and shrimps come from the crustacean family known as decapods.
this picture might help explain differences:
http://museumvictoria.com.au/crust/images/crusties/prorsh.gif
(not to scale btw)
What Americans call shrimp are actually prawns. (i think they call both shrimp and prawns shrimp... silly Americans)
Generally i'd say the distinction is you have shrimp on those pizzas or in fried rice(in my experience anyway), while prawns are the bigger ones you tend to have on their own when buying fish and chips.
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Not as far as i know. And being Australian of Greek heritage its something you'd think i'd know, if it was true.
1: After the case against Assange she's just another bullshit politician jumping on the back of America. Also her voice is so annoyingFrozenfeet2 said:
2: There probably will be, but from what I can see it's relatively equal
3: Colour. I still spell it color though, don't ask me why
4: Yes, and whats worse it that some states (QLD and WA i think) don't have daylight savings while the rest do. So living near the border of NSW and QLD can be very confusing in summer
5: Nope, thats for fags
6: Yeah, it's not bad. When i first heard it snows in christmas for America I was shocked. It never snows anyway here, apart from in the mountains, at sea level it's far too warm
The head of the team that discovered the process to mass produce stable penicillin (ie, clinically useful penicillin) was an Australian - Howard Florey. The team, however, was based in Oxford, UK.Dags90 said:
I'm Aussie and of all our crazy wildlife I have to say the only things that truly freak me out are funnel web spiders, the Conus shell (an innocent looking shell that fires a harpoon at you if you bother it...the toxins can kill you in about a minute) seriously! You cant make this stuff up 
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oh and the deadly Drop Bears
]oh and the deadly Drop Bears
The only thing I know about Australia is that spiders are a *****. They're everywhere, and they're poisonous.
1. People need to stop judging her on the fact the is a woman/redhead/has a really thick accent and start looking at what she does politically.Frozenfeet2 said:
2. Nup
3. Colour
4. I think there's a three hour difference between the east and west coasts, and Queensland doesn't have daylight savings.
5. All the time
6. More like a warm Christmas and warm 3 or four months around it.. Then couple of cold months in the middle.
Two faced ranga *****.Frozenfeet2 said:
Apart from Native Title issues, not really.
Australians say 'cullah' but we spell it 'colour'
Australia has 3 time zones, made all the more fun during summer when half the country adopts Daylight Savings and the other half doesn't.
Nope, my mates are usually greeted with "Oi, ****."
Summer xmas is awesome when you're a kid. No waiting for some **** to take care of the snow if you get a bike for xmas, just jump on that bastard and go wild. Bonus points if it's before 7am and your bike has a loud bell or horn. TAKE THAT BASTARD SLEEPING NEIGHBOURS!
A swim. Harold Holt went missing while swimming in the ocean. We didn't look too hard because it's the ocean... the ocean around Australia... we figure he fell victim to one of the many hazards our coasts have. Beyond that we didn't really give a shit as Prime Ministers are easy to replace.Declaro said:
Not true, it was designed by a Dane. Would have been awesomely impressive if he'd designed and built it all by himself but he was a slacker in that regard.
Sure, if you're in 1950s-60s Australia. No one really gives a fuck these days.
For some reason I feel compelled to correct this.Zuljeet said:
Bull Ants (aka "inch-men"... think about it) don't jump. Their bite is quite painful though.
The jumping ants are known as Jack-Jumpers. When agitated they move in short sudden hops, usually toward the nearest human. They only live in one part of the country (the island). They are about the length of a man's fingernail. Unusually for insects, they have well-developed eyes that allow them to see for up to 15m. Depending on how long they manage to latch on, their bite will induce either a slight stinging sensation or an oh-Jesus-fucking-Christ degree of pain. Later on the bite will itch like crazy for hours.
Jack-jumpers are deadliest animal in their home state. This is because a high proportion of the population is allergic to their bite. Occasionally allergic reactions will manifest in people who have been bitten in the past without ill effect.
I have no idea why I am telling random people on the internet about this.