Chest Thumping

Tourism Australia takes international awards

Date: February 8th, 2005 | No Comments

Tourism Australia has been recognised with major awards in the UK and the USA for its international tourism marketing.
In the UK, Tourism Australia won the “Best Tourist Board (UK Office)” award in the Travel Weekly Globe Awards, which are voted by readers and members of the travel industry.
From Tourism Australia takes internatio [read more]

Fun Run ain’t so fun

Date: August 2nd, 2004 | 5 comments

Yesterday was the Bridge to Brisbane fun run for Paul, Ging and I, although as EB suggested, it wasn’t all fun.
The 4.25km race we had signed up for started a little later than expected due to stragglers from the previous 12km race. There was a crowd of about 4000 competing in our race and [read more]

New Zealand Hooker

Date: January 30th, 2004 | 4 comments

Aussies and Kiwis are always taking the piss on each other. Since there are 30 million sheep and only 3 million New Zealanders - stuff like this propogates quickly and is worth a laugh.
I put this entry under the category Travel Tips as well, because knowing this and joking about it with a Kiwi [read more]

Aussies Win Basketball Gold

Date: July 21st, 2003 | No Comments

The Australian Under-19 men’s basketball team (the Emu’s) have won the junior World Championships in Greece. They beat Lithuania in the final by a record 126-92.
Not bad, especially since you consider they had to not only beat the Americans in the qualifying rounds, but also had to beat them by at least 7 points to [read more]

Oz Guide!

Date: October 9th, 2004 | 2 comments

Promo time! For the past few months, I’ve been working on the Australia Guide. It has a bunch of info - there are articles on everything from visas to transportation options to city highlights. Go check it out and if you see anything that you think should be added, let me know! [read more]

Touch Footy Champs

Date: March 24th, 2004 | 2 comments

Last night was the grand final of the mixed touch footy competition I’ve been playing in to keep myself fit. My team, “Touch Us If You Can”, is a team loosely held together by people who know people who know people. The only person I knew is my brother.
For those unfamiliar with touch football, it’s [read more]

Can’t you hear the thunder?

Date: September 28th, 2003 | No Comments

Been a bit on the news recently about the 20th anniversary of Australia’s win over the US in the America’s Cup. Found an article that gets the ol’ patriotic blood flowing:
Can’t you hear th [read more]

Ode to Australians

Date: May 7th, 2003 | 3 comments

WE, the people of a free nation of blokes, sheilas and the occasional wanker. We come from many lands (although a few too many of us come from New Zealand) and although we live in the best country in the world, we reserve the right to bitch and moan about it whenever we bloody like. [read more]