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spocktwin:
 ;D   Well not so much I need your help, my daughter needs your help.  She is 12 years old and is doing a presentation at school on the country she admires the most outside of the US.  She chose Australia!  Now she has done all the usual research and has a stuffed plush Koala Bear we bought at the zoo,,,,,yada yada yada same old things most Americans know about you folks down under.  She asked me if I knew anyone that had been there, I do not but said I travel to a board that has good folks from Australia on it.  Ok, what we would please like to have is there some kind of knowledge, legend or something that you think the average American would not know or understand about your gorgeous country.  With your permission I would like to print the response so she could include it in her report and use it in her presentation so please keep it G rated
Thanks for anything and everything you could help us with
Live Long and Prosper
Spock.

protokatie:
No Aussies to your daughter's rescue so I will bring up some oddities:

1. The capital of OZ is Canberra, a city that every austrailian I have talked with has never gone to..

2. There is a species of ant in OZ that is one of the most venomous of any ant (or similar kind)

3. OZ is a member of the british commonwealth, and as such enjoys benefits such as travel and allowance to work in other commonwealth "nations".

Hopefully someone from OZ will reply with something better, I almost applied to get a visa to move there, but changed my mind due to several factors. (read # 2, I HATE insects!)

shiftybill:
Hello,

Just thought id let you know a Koala is not a member of the bear family, it is a marsupial.

nobbo:
as an Australian, I can safely say that most Australians would not want to admit that they've been to Canberra  :laugh:

People only really go to Canberra for one of the following reasons:
1) you are a politician
2) you work for a Government department
3) you are on a school excursion
4) "adult media"  ;) and fireworks

other than that there isnt much point  >:D

then again i'm biased cause i live in Sydney.......

protokatie:

--- Quote ---then again i'm biased cause i live in Sydney.......
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Ahh yes, the REAL capital of OZ... :P

I personally wonder if Canberra is actually a real place since I have NEVER EVER seen someone hail from there....

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