Happy Australia Day

[hokuto12]

Osu

Happy Australia day to everyone out there. Traditionally a day to go to the beach, have a BBQ, drink some beers and play some cricket or golf with family and friends.
All depends on the weather for the day. So far looks like all I will get in is a bbq and some beers.

Osu-JP1

[seienchin]

Indeed - it looks like rain is the order of the day.....

for those who don't know, Australia day is a celebration of the arrival of the first white settlers in Australia- what we call the First Fleet. This convict fleet arrived from England on 26 January 1788. We celebrate our national identity, and honour Australians who have made a great contribution. This year's Australian of the Year is Geoffrey Rush.

It is a day of very mixed feelings for indigenous Australians, who regard this day as the day when the progresssive dispossession of their lands and heritage commences. Some of them have called it "invasion day". So when I celebrate, I do indeed celebrate, because it is our national day, but I also try to remember those who still live with the pain of dispossession.

Happy Australia day indeed.

[hokuto12]

You know you're Australian if:
* You know that none of us actually drink Fosters beer, because it tastes like shit. But we let the world think we do. Because we can.
* You know that the barbecue is a political arena; the person holding the tongs is always the boss and usually a man. And the women make the Salad.
* You understand what no wucking furries means.
* You've only ever used the words - tops, ripper, sick, mad, rad, sweet - to mean good. And then you place 'bloody' in front of it when you REALLY mean it.
* You say 'no worries' quite often, whether you realise it or not.
* You've drank your tea/coffee/milo through a Tim Tam.
* You own a Bond's chesty. In several different colours.
* You know that roo meat tastes pretty good, But not as good as barra. Or a meat pie.
* You know that some people pronounce Australia like "Straya" and that's ok.
* You know how to abbreviate every word, all of which usually end in -o: arvo, combo, garbo, kero, metho, milko, muso, rego, servo, smoko, speedo, righto, goodo etc.
* You know that there is a universal place called "woop woop" located in the middle of nowhere...no matter where you actually are.
* You believe that stubbies can be either drunk or worn.
* You're liable to burst out laughing whenever you hear of Americans "rooting" for something.
* You pronounce Melbourne as 'Mel-bin'. You believe the 'L' in the word 'Australia' is optional.
* You can translate: 'Dazza and Shazza played Acca Dacca on the way to Maccas.'
* You believe it makes perfect sense for a nation to decorate its highways with large fibreglass bananas, prawns and sheep.
* You call your best friend 'a total bastard' but someone you really, truly despise is just 'a bit of a bastard'.
* You think 'Woolloomooloo' is a perfectly reasonable name for a place.
* You're secretly proud of our killer wildlife.
* You believe it makes sense for a country to have a $1 coin that's twice as big as its $2 coin.
* You understand that 'Wagga Wagga' can be abbreviated to 'Wagga' but 'Woy Woy' can't be called 'Woy'.
* You believe that cooked-down axle grease makes a good breakfast spread. You've also squeezed it through Vita Wheats to make little Vegemite worms.
* You believe all famous Kiwis are actually Australian, until they stuff up, at which point they again become Kiwis.
* Beetroot with your Hamburger... Of course.
* You know that certain words must, by law, be shouted out during any rendition of the Angels' song 'Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again' And "Living next door to Alice".
* You believe that the confectionery known as the Wagon Wheel has become smaller with every passing year.
* You believe that every important discovery in the world was made by an Australian but then sold off to the Yanks for a pittance.
* You believe that the more you shorten someone's name the more you like them.
* Whatever your linguistic skills, you find yourself able to order takeaway fluently in every Asian language.
* You understand that 'excuse me' can sound rude, While 'scuse me' is always polite.
* You know what it's like to swallow a fly, on occasion via your nose.
* You know it's not summer until the steering wheel is too hot to handle and a seat belt buckle becomes a pretty good branding iron.
* Your biggest family argument over the summer concerned the rules for beach cricket.
* You shake your head in horror when companies try to market what they call 'Anzac cookies'.
* You still think of Kylie as 'that girl off Neighbours'.
* When working on a bar, you understand male customers will feel the need to offer an excuse whenever they order low-alcohol beer.
* You have some time in your life slept with Aeroguard on in the summer. Maybe even as perfume.
* And you will forward this list to other Australians, here and overseas, realising that only they will understand!!!

[FredInChina]

Happy-o Aussie day Austraya! :D


Osu!

[hokuto12]

Osu

Great Australian day. Brazilian coffee, Thai massage, Japanese whiskey, great Aussie cricket and some good Aussie lamb.
What a way a mix of everything.

[seienchin]

Osu

Great Australian day. Brazilian coffee, Thai massage, Japanese whiskey, great Aussie cricket and some good Aussie lamb.
What a way a mix of everything.

You forgot to list "And a good dose of K4L". :D I have just come back from a couple of hours on the beach with my dogs....

[kanku]

Happy Australia day to all of our friends down under!:)

Strange world we live in, as i am sure you are aware some of your founding fathers were victims of the "highland clearances" in Scotland who were displaced from their land and sent to Australia and N.Z

[seienchin]

Indeed. Some say that this was a eugenics experiment, meant to rid England of inferior genes, but instead created a nation from such strong stock that now we beat you at nearly everything. ;)

[kanku]

Indeed. Some say that this was a eugenics experiment, meant to rid England of inferior genes, but instead created a nation from such strong stock that now we beat you at nearly everything. ;)

This was down to pure greed seienchin on the part of the landed "Gentry" who swept people aside like vermin, little did they know that they (apart from all the things they stole) actually did many people a favour, have you ever been to the "Highlands" in January?:D

Yes, a great country was created......" and nobody can deny!"......:D

[knuckleheader]

Happy Australian Day to youz Aussies. "put one on the Barbie":eek:

[seienchin]

thought I'd post some pictures that I was recently sent - - after a particulary hot, dry summer (2009) with bushfires and drought, some of our "Aussie icons" started engaging in some fairly unusual behaviours.

the following pictures are of a wild koala that sought refuge in the cool of someone's house. They gave it a bowl of water to drink....

https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=facf350f8e&view=att&th=135126efd790c394&attid=0.10&disp=emb&zw

https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=facf350f8e&view=att&th=135126efd790c394&attid=0.11&disp=emb&zw

https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=facf350f8e&view=att&th=135126efd790c394&attid=0.12&disp=emb&zw

[wullie]

Happy Australia day to all of our friends down under!:)

Strange world we live in, as i am sure you are aware some of your founding fathers were victims of the "highland clearances" in Scotland who were displaced from their land and sent to Australia and N.Z

It does explain our mutual love of beer, and I suppose Bundy's isn't bad either......

As to the Highlands in January, TOUGHEN UP PRINCESS!!!:p

Hope all you Aussies had a great day

OSU!

[kanku]

It does explain our mutual love of beer, and I suppose Bundy's isn't bad either......

As to the Highlands in January, TOUGHEN UP PRINCESS!!!:p

Hope all you Aussies had a great day

OSU!

Osu Wullie!

The "princess" looks forward to buying you a cider tomorrow!:D

[seienchin]

Hope all you Aussies had a great day

OSU!

thanks Wullie. for my money, any day when I don't have to go to work is a good day! (so it was....)

[wullie]

http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff494/wullie1971/2012-01-27162040.jpg

Not just an Australian thing...............

Cheers Kanku! Looking forward to the event and afters

[hokuto12]

http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff494/wullie1971/2012-01-27162040.jpg

Not just an Australian thing...............

Cheers Kanku! Looking forward to the event and afters

Next you will be like the Kiwis and claim Pavlova.
You should try the Bundy Red so much better than the original. Which isn't that hard.
Osu-JP1