What do you think of Australia?

[LawlessSquirrel]

I'm Australian, for the record.

I love Australia, the place. Love the Australian people. Hate Australia, the country.

 

[Dumori]

If you sorted out you retarded games laws and got better ISPs I might move there. Then I could also just move to NZ better for rock climbing there too. Still like you aussies. You always seem more fun than us brits I blame the weather here.

 

[BlumiereBleck]

A island nation, people here claim to be from. And i wont judge it because i have not been there.

 

[monkey_man]

I don't know really, my fav. Standup comedian comes from Australia. And koala's and Kangaroo's live there. And it's warm. ANd some people there have great accents.
That's all I know
So I guess it's ok?

This thread beat the America one with the fact that your not asking the impressions from another countries, but individuals instead.

I believe there's an animal called platypus (ornitorhynchus anatinus) living in the southeast coast of Australia. A very peculiar mammal in the way that it lays eggs, the male platypus have venomous spurs and the species looks rather extraordinary.[footnote]That's the most I remember by heart about any animal. I'm not entirely sure if all of that is entirely correct, though.[/footnote]

My feelings of spoken Australian English change from very annoying to interesting.

Never been to there, but not opposed to the thought of visiting.

Spoiler: You mean this guy?

 

[captaincabbage]

OT: Gotta say, I do love Australia. Not in a bogany 'get-the-southern-cross-tattoed-on-ya-back' kind of way,

I fucking love messing with those people haha.
"Oh, you from new Zealand?"
"What, can't you see the southern cross tattoo you idiot?"
"Well, yeah, but you can see the southern cross from New Zealand too, and I don't see a boxing kangaroo so I assumed you weren't Australian..."

Fucking genius! XD

 

[PhoenixKing]

I think the country itself is really cool but.... Giant spiders are everywhere. And they're poisonous and shit.

 

[brunothepig]

OT: Gotta say, I do love Australia. Not in a bogany 'get-the-southern-cross-tattoed-on-ya-back' kind of way,

I fucking love messing with those people haha.
"Oh, you from new Zealand?"
"What, can't you see the southern cross tattoo you idiot?"
"Well, yeah, but you can see the southern cross from New Zealand too, and I don't see a boxing kangaroo so I assumed you weren't Australian..."

Fucking genius! XD

Thanks, I try haha. Yeah, me and my mates just make fun of the bogan, racist annoying Australians. So much fun.

 

[albear]

i think its a place id like to visit one day, sounds like a great place for a holiday r just a round trip of it really, maybe even drop in at the mana bar, i best start saving up

 

[razor343]

My only opinion is that the Australian government is too butt hurt about people going into the country, because you get fined for pretty much ANYTHING you bring in to the country, that's why the damn economy is so good.

 

[Peter Andersen]

Queenslander here.

 

[Aurgelmir]

I love Australia and have huge national pride for where i live ^_^. Although we have experienced some heavy natural disasters,but thats nothing compared to the 5 great drop bear wars.

Oh you haven't realized yet? It's all signs of the apocalypse. Apperently the apocalypse start in the Pacific and graduatly move westwards.

Dun dun duuuu

 

[Aerodyamic]

I think that I'm sorry that Australia, and the nearby countries, have gotten rather pooped on by Mother Nature, over the last 8-12 months. and it sucks. Other than that, I think I won't pet the jellyfish or spiders.

 

[Vanalosswen]

My family and I visited in December. We went to Cairns, and I learned how to pronounce the name properly after a few false starts. I thought it was very hot (I'm from Alaska, and we went from winter to summer, so...), and loved the people. Everyone was so friendly, and took pity on the poor lost Americans when we needed help. And I got badly sunburned because I forgot my sunscreen when we spent an hour at the beach. I hear rumors that there's a hole in ozone layer there...

That being said, my main opinion of most of Australia has been formed by two sources: Yahtzee, who always complains about the editing of the games and how long it takes everything to be released, and this passage from Terry Pratchett's "The Last Continent":

Death held out a hand. I WANT, he said, A BOOK ABOUT THE DANGEROUS CREATURES OF FOURECKS-

Albert looked up and dived for cover, receiving only mild bruising because he had the foresight to curl into a ball.

After a while Death, his voice a little muffled, said: ALBERT, I WOULD BE SO GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD GIVE ME A HAND HERE.

Albert scrambled up and pulled at some of the huge volumes, finally dislodging enough of them for his master to clamber free.

HMM... Death picked up a book at random and read the cover. "DANGEROUS MAMMALS, REPTILES, AMPHIBIANS, BIRDS, FISH, JELLYFISH, INSECTS, SPIDERS, CRUSTACEANS, GRASSES, TREES, MOSSES, AND LICHENS OF TERROR INCOGNITA, " he read. His gaze moved down the spine. VOLUME 29C, he added. OH. PART THREE, I SEE.

He glanced up at the listening shelves. POSSIBLY IT WOULD BE SIMPLER IF I ASKED FOR A LIST OF THE HARMLESS CREATURES OF THE AFORESAID CONTINENT?

They waited.

IT WOULD APPEAR THAT-

"No, wait master. Here it comes."

Albert pointed to something white zigzagging lazily through the air. Finally Death reached up an caught the single sheet of paper.

He read it carefully and then turned it over briefly just in case anything was written on the other side.

"May I?" said Albert. Death handed him the paper.

"'Some of the sheep, '" Albert read aloud. "Oh, well. Maybe a week at the seaside'd be better, then."

WHAT AN INTRIGUING PLACE, said Death. SADDLE UP THE HORSE, ALBERT. I FEEL SURE I'M GOING TO BE NEEDED.

 

[ChupathingyX]

I think that I'm sorry that Australia, and the nearby countries, have gotten rather pooped on by Mother Nature, over the last 8-12 months. and it sucks. Other than that, I think I won't pet the jellyfish or spiders.

Actually it's probably a better idea to not pet anything in the wild.

 

[Vault101]

its a little too hot..but not bad...I live in the outback, kinda

 

[octafish]

England gave birth to two countries.

One of these births was Australia which was like England's love child, that always got hugs and kisses, and was really cared for.

The other was America which was like England's demented child that was dropped down the stairs, and was chained up in the basement all day, forever tormented.

That pretty much sums everything up.

New Zealand, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Canada, Singapore, Samoa, Jamaica, Sri Lanka, heaps more I forget... England had a shit load of children.

Anyway, I live here and I like it. There is a lot of ingrained racism, but I suspect most places are like that in one way or another.

 

[TheRundownRabbit]

A place I'd want to visit, but not to live at because of its heavy censorship deals.

 

[Ironrose]

My family and I visited in December. We went to Cairns, and I learned how to pronounce the name properly after a few false starts. I thought it was very hot (I'm from Alaska, and we went from winter to summer, so...), and loved the people. Everyone was so friendly, and took pity on the poor lost Americans when we needed help. And I got badly sunburned because I forgot my sunscreen when we spent an hour at the beach. I hear rumors that there's a hole in ozone layer there...

There is a hole in the ozone layer but its much further south, its over Tasmania a little and further south still. Basically it means I live in the coldest part of Australia and yet I still get much worse sunburn here than when I holiday in Queensland. The sun is much harsher here, you can feel your skin burning when the air temperature isn't very high at all.

 

[BENZOOKA]

I don't know really, my fav. Standup comedian comes from Australia. And koala's and Kangaroo's live there. And it's warm. ANd some people there have great accents.
That's all I know
So I guess it's ok?

This thread beat the America one with the fact that your not asking the impressions from another countries, but individuals instead.

I believe there's an animal called platypus (ornitorhynchus anatinus) living in the southeast coast of Australia. A very peculiar mammal in the way that it lays eggs, the male platypus have venomous spurs and the species looks rather extraordinary.[footnote]That's the most I remember by heart about any animal. I'm not entirely sure if all of that is entirely correct, though.
[/footnote]

My feelings of spoken Australian English change from very annoying to interesting.

Never been to there, but not opposed to the thought of visiting.

Spoiler: You mean this guy?

No. But oddly enough that's the guy who's been eating snowballs under my window for a few weeks now.
<spoiler=I meant this guy>
http://image05.webshots.com/5/1/48/39/2594148390066042417WzZyGr_fs.jpg
<spoiler=I mean this guy, obviously>
http://loofapoofa.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/08platypus6501.jpg
No. Actually that's the one who's been stealing all my towels.
<spoiler=It's this guy>
http://www.lahjakas.fi/images/hanskanuket/hnvesinokkaelain.jpg



On a non-interesting note, the Finnish name for platypus (vesinokkaeläin) means waterbillanimal.

 

[Aerodyamic]

I think that I'm sorry that Australia, and the nearby countries, have gotten rather pooped on by Mother Nature, over the last 8-12 months. and it sucks. Other than that, I think I won't pet the jellyfish or spiders.

Actually it's probably a better idea to not pet anything in the wild.

Not even the pretty girls? I noticed you have a fair number of those, and I've heard they're no better behaved (in some circumstances) that girls anywhere else.