Australiana

Daily Dose: Flags, Food, Funnies and finally… a Snooze

Date: October 10th, 2006 | No Comments

http://au.news.yahoo.com/061010/23/10v7g.html
Flag burner to be invited to markh in Anzac Day parade
http://au.news.yahoo.com/061010/21/10v5x.html
Drought to hit food prices
http://au.news.yahoo.com/061010/2/10uu6.html
Aussie bosses like the idea of a siesta
http://www.ozjokes.com/jokes/jokes.php?jokeid=852
Guide to an Aussie life- this is SOOO true…. he he!
A few Excerpts…
9. The alpha male in any group is he who takes the barbecue tongs from the hands of the host and blithely [read more]

Aussie Exports To Look For

Date: September 18th, 2006 | No Comments

Driving drum and didgeridoo heavy beats complemented by delicate flute and dulcimer kisses, Jabaru is an energizing two person band- husband and wife team Rodger and Rene Bradshaw. Between them, they make more sound than seems possible for two people… Using every appendage possible, they each play several instruments at once. More [read more]

The ‘Green Bag’ phenomenon

Date: September 17th, 2006 | No Comments

Want to be part of the cool crowd? Want to fit in like a local? Seriously- to go to the beach, to a rugby game, to the grocery, on the train… you can’t live without… A green bag! The Aussies have really put together a great to drastically reduce their plastic bag [read more]

Young man survives ravine plunge

Date: July 20th, 2006 | 1 comment

Make sure you lick through to read this article - the last line about where he beer was is priceless.

An Australian man is recovering from a close brush with death after surviving a fall of nearly 30 metres into a ravine in East Vancouver on Tuesday.
The man, who had been drinking, climbed up onto a [read more]

Tax office clarifies vibrator claims

Date: May 6th, 2006 | 2 comments

It’s becoming even more enticing to work in the sex industry in Oz after the government has approved tax deductions.
VIBRATORS, whips and G-strings – who’d have thought tax could be so exciting?
The Australian Tax Office has issued a revised set of tips for workers in adult industries in an information sheet that would have [read more]

Aussie Exports to Look for- Judy Prosser

Date: September 19th, 2006 | No Comments

Aboriginal art in the Northern Territory, and indeed in most markets around Australia everywhere. As an art form, it stands out for its unique interpretation of the world and its forms.
It is also avilable in every form imaginable - on tea towels, coffee mugs, playing cards and anything else that will hold still [read more]

Har ye drivelswiggers from OZ!!

Date: September 18th, 2006 | 1 comment

Happy International Talk like a Pirate Day! While this post has little to do with Getting Around Australia- it is Promoting the awareness of an International Holiday that is little known in the Land Down Under as well as giving most people a little giggle. September 19th- is as most of you know- [read more]

Bid to be cultural icons

Date: August 4th, 2006 | No Comments

It’s about time they honored something, uh, important.
ARE Gold Coast meter maids culturally significant? Adoring Queenslanders believe the bikini-clad good samaritans have contributed as much to the state’s identity as the Great Barrier Reef after they were nominated as an “icon”.
Bid to be cult [read more]

Parents pinch pennies from piggy banks

Date: June 23rd, 2006 | No Comments

Tsk tsk tsk - now, it’s your parents that you have to watch out for!
One in four Australian parents regularly “borrow” money from their children’s piggy banks to pay for anything from bread to luxury holidays, a survey said Wednesday.
Mums are more than twice as likely to raid their children’s savings than dad, with 35 [read more]

Rodent Along on a Wave

Date: March 31st, 2006 | No Comments

More animals and Oz! Check out this Rodent Along on a Wave
CURLY shows surfing is mice work if you can get it.
He regularly rides the waves of Australia’s Gold Coast with pals Harry, Chopsticks an [read more]