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vorghagen:

--- Quote from: protokatie on May 13, 2008, 12:43:46 am ---
--- 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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You probably have met someone from Canberra, there's just no way they would admit to it. Yeah, I'm from Sydney.

- More on the dangerous wildlife front - if you look up a list of the 10 most deadly snakes/spiders on the planet, a fair chunk of them would be native to Australia.
- We would never ever say "Throw a shrimp on the barbie." We call it a prawn, not a shrimp.
- Sydney had the Olympics in 2000 and Melbourne had them in 1956.
- We love our motor racing, mostly V8 supercars. Only cars on the track are Fords & Holdens. Holden's are Australian made, but a few rebadged models show up in the US, most recently the Pontiac G8 (spy hunter commercial)
- New Zealand is next door. In war we're best mates (see ANZACs). During sport we hate each other (see Bledisloe Cup).
- Don't forget to mention Tasmania, that little island underneath the mainland. IT IS PART OF AUSTRALIA. It been left off a lot of maps I've seen and Tasmanians get touchy about it.

Anyone else care to add to that?

danny_galaga:


some things she might focus on:

ANZAC. this has really helped define australia

Bourke & Wills. explorers.

The Ashes. a trophy for the game of cricket. i hate cricket myself, but it is certainly an important part of us.

Uluru. also known as Ayres rock. its big! (ive climbed it twice now)

patrickl:

--- Quote from: danny_galaga on May 13, 2008, 03:27:57 am ---Uluru. also known as Ayres rock. its big! (ive climbed it twice now)

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Cool. I was there but decided not to climb it. The bus driver said that 12 or 20 (forgot the exact number) people died while climbing Ayers rock.

shiftybill:
The Australian coat of arms depicts a Kangaroo and an Emu, these two animals cant go backwards (just like us Aussies :cheers:).

vorghagen:

--- Quote from: shiftybill on May 13, 2008, 05:54:17 am ---The Australian coat of arms depicts a Kangaroo and an Emu, these two animals cant go backwards (just like us Aussies :cheers:).

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I also seem to remember that we're the only, or one of the few, countries that EAT the animals on their coat of arms.

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