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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

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

1. Sharks are immune to all known diseases
2. .(Just a bit of general knowledge for you  )
3. There are more than 150 million sheep in Australia, 
4. and only some 20 million people.
5. The Tasmanian Devil does exist, and it has the jaw strength of a crocodile.
6. The average person in Australia swallows three spiders a year.
7. No part of Australia is more than 1000 km from the ocean and a beach.
8. Melbourne has the second largest Greek population in the world.
9. The Great Barrier Reef is the largest organic construction on earth.
10. Kangaroo is Aborginee for,
11.  “I don’t understand what you’re saying.”
12. There are an estimated 40 million kangaroos in Australia.
13.  (Try eating Kangaroo its actually quite nice!
14. The box Jelly fish is known as the worlds most venomous
15.  marine creature and has killed more Australians then sharks ,
16.  crocodiles , and stone fish combined
17.  It has the highest rate of gambling in the world
18.  with over 80 percent of Australian adults engaging
19.  in gambling of some kind and 20 percent 
20. of the pokie machines in the world are found in Australia.
21. The Great Barrier Reef has a mailbox.
22.  You can ferry out there and send a postcard,
23.  stamped with the only Great Barrier Reef stamp.
24. Tasmania has the cleanest air in the world.
25. (Hmmm bit questioned on this one)
26. It used to be legal to hunt and kill Aborigines.(Crazy!)
27. Sydney is the largest city with over 4 million people,
28.  while the capital city of Canberra only has around 300,000!
29. Melbourne has the largest remaining tram
30.  public transport system in the world.
31. The first Australian born governor general was Jewish.
32. Out of the top 25 deadliest snakes in the world,
33.  20 are found in Australia.(Dose!)
34.  Surprisingly Australia is the most obese country
35.  in the world as of 2012 with a 26 percent obesity rate 
36. despite being a sport loving nation.
37.  Kangaroo meat can be purchased from the supermarket,
38.  butcher and available on restaurant menus 
39. as a leaner and healthier alternative to beef or lamb
40.  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.’

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.’

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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