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I am.. You are... We are
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Those Funny Animals
Funny Aussie Animals
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Its been warm [a week ago]
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Seen in Shark Bay [Denham]
the tourists on the beach are far more interested
in the dolphins at Monkey Mia
than to witness this rare event
Emus are quite often on the beach but hardly ever enter sea water
Black Swans surfing
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sorry about the ad .. couldn't get rid of it
Shelter
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Welcome to the Outback
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Waltzing Matilda
The song is a version of
our unofficial national anthem Waltzing Matilda,
the lyrics for which were
penned by Banjo Paterson
on a track east of Winton, in Outback Queensland.
It is sung in the Top End's Kriol,
a combination
of languages said to have grown organically
from the meeting of Aboriginal,
European
and Chinese people around Darwin.
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Some of my Favourite spots
so many more I could post
so many more I could post
Bondi Beach Sydney
Willie creek near Broome
Whitsunday Islands
another shot of Bondi
Esperance coastline
Swimming in Ningaloo Reef
Bungle Bungles
Fraser Island
Albany
Exmouth
Franklin River
Cape Leveque
Western Australia
I still call Australia Home
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Beyond the Black Stump
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Road Signs
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Big Things
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fake sign...
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Number on my back
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Some Australian Animals
how many can you name??
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Signs You’re Definitely An Aussie
You kind of forget WA, NT, and SA
exist until you want to go wine tasting
and that's how we like it!!!!!
This is a perfectly acceptable city
name.
You talk about the weather ALL THE
TIME.
It kind of goes
without saying, but THIS IS THE BEST.
Christmas Day means two things:
seafood and beach cricket.
You or someone you know has been cane
toad hunting
You don’t care if it’s “Australian
for beer.” Not Fosters. NEVER EVER Fosters.
You answer in the negative. “How are
you?”
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Interesting Facts
- Sharks are immune to all known diseases
- .(Just
a bit of general knowledge for you
) - There are more than 150 million sheep in Australia,
- and only some 20 million people.
- The Tasmanian Devil does exist, and it has the
jaw strength of a crocodile.
- The average person in Australia swallows three spiders a year.
- No part of Australia is more than 1000 km from
the ocean and a beach.
- Melbourne has the second largest Greek population in the world.
- The Great Barrier Reef is the largest organic construction on earth.
- Kangaroo is Aborginee for,
- “I don’t understand
what you’re saying.”
- There are an estimated 40 million kangaroos in Australia.
- (Try eating Kangaroo its actually quite nice!
- The box Jelly fish is known as the worlds most venomous
- marine creature and has killed more Australians then sharks ,
- crocodiles
, and stone fish combined
- It has the highest rate of gambling in the world
- with over 80 percent of Australian adults engaging
- in gambling of some kind and 20 percent
- of the pokie machines in the world are found
in Australia.
- The Great Barrier Reef has a mailbox.
- You can ferry out there and send a postcard,
- stamped with the
only Great Barrier Reef stamp.
- Tasmania has the cleanest air in the world.
- (Hmmm bit questioned on this one)
- It used to be legal to hunt and kill
Aborigines.(Crazy!)
- Sydney is the largest city with over 4 million people,
- while the capital city of Canberra only has around
300,000!
- Melbourne has the largest remaining tram
- public transport system in the
world.
- The first Australian born governor general was
Jewish.
- Out of the top 25 deadliest snakes in the world,
- 20 are found in Australia.(Dose!)
- Surprisingly Australia is the most obese country
- in the world as of 2012 with a 26 percent obesity rate
- despite
being a sport loving nation.
- Kangaroo meat can be purchased from the supermarket,
- butcher and available on restaurant menus
- as a leaner and healthier alternative to beef or lamb
- with a 1-2 percent fat content.
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Road Trains
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If you've driven the Tanami Road in remote northern
Australia
then you know first hand that it's one of the worst roads in the
country.
It runs across the Tanami Desert between Alice
Springs
and Halls Creek in Western Australia.
It's always been tough to drive, but increased
mining activity
, especially along the Northern Territory section,
is taking a
big toll.
Some regular users believes the Tanami Road
is in
its worst condition for nearly a decade,
just at a time when the Kimberley is
beginning to boom
and vitally needs a transport link to the east.
Lara Wilde is the spokeswoman for the Tanami Action
Group
—formed late last year by the Central Kimberley Chamber of Commerce
to
lobby for a major upgrade of the desert road.
She says the road suffers from
the combination of fine red desert sand,
and a drenching wet season.
‘In the wet season it’s covered in water,’ she
says.
‘You can’t stop.
If you want to stop and help somebody else who’s bogged
you’ll get bogged in the process.’
‘You can’t stop.
If you want to stop and help somebody else who’s bogged
you’ll get bogged in the process.’
The 1077 kilometre road follows a
cattle droving route NW
from the MacDonnell Ranges above Alice Springs,
leading
across the desert to Halls Creek in the Kimberley
. Most of it is dirt and
gravel—about 20 per cent is bitumen.
Around 700 kilometres is in the Northern
Territory,
and that’s where Ms Wilde says the road is worst.
‘Trucks are doing 35 kilometres an hour as a top
speed,' she says
. 'It is quite corrugated,
and I’ve got pictures of whole
chunks of road that have just disappeared.’
Road Train Fail
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It would be remiss of me not to post a couple of Slim Dusty Songs
this weekend
Here are a couple
enjoy
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Posters
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Banned Cane Toad Advert
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Funny Signs
Phils Philosophy
National Anthem
both verses
with the second verse far better than the first
