Stuff Aussies like

[jevs]

 

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[bcla]

But do you have this?

Translation: 55.5ºC.

 

[jevs]

But do you have this?

Translation: 55.5ºC.

Not quite.


"The highest temperature ever recorded for the month of January was in 1960, when the mercury rose to 50.7 at the small South Australian town of Oodnadatta, on the edge of the Simpson Desert.

That record has been challenged, but not yet broken".

 

[Planogirl]

What kind of beer is popular in Australia?

 

[jevs]

NOT Fosters!

 

[Goofy_Disney_Dad]

 

[bcla]

Not quite.


"The highest temperature ever recorded for the month of January was in 1960, when the mercury rose to 50.7 at the small South Australian town of Oodnadatta, on the edge of the Simpson Desert.

That record has been challenged, but not yet broken".

That's about as hot as I've ever experienced, maybe. I've only visited Australia in late May when it was much cooler, and Sydney and Melbourne were reasonably warm for winter. Now overnight on the train was freezing, and not made any better by the conductor who informed us that we had to move back to our assigned car (same class). The heating system wasn't working in our assigned car, and there was plenty of room in other cars of the same class. Then his relief woke us up and asked why we didn't move to a car with heat. At that point I figured out that Aussies weren't universally nice nor universally jerks.

 

[jevs]

That's about as hot as I've ever experienced, maybe. I've only visited Australia in late May when it was much cooler, and Sydney and Melbourne were reasonably warm for winter. Now overnight on the train was freezing, and not made any better by the conductor who informed us that we had to move back to our assigned car (same class). The heating system wasn't working in our assigned car, and there was plenty of room in other cars of the same class. Then his relief woke us up and asked why we didn't move to a car with heat. At that point I figured out that Aussies weren't universally nice nor universally jerks.

This story does not surprise me lol.

 

[jevs]

 

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[bcla]

This story does not surprise me lol.

Really? We have this image of Aussies as friendly but boisterous. For the most part I felt extremely welcomed as a tourist. However, it was a train without heat in the middle of an Australian winter. We checked in our baggage and didn't have any extra clothes, blankets, etc. Frankly all we needed was working heat, and this conductor was strangely bureaucratic (you can't sit outside your assigned car) when another was practical (please move - it's too cold in here).

 

[bcla]

Really though. My recollection is that Australia was originally colonized as a prison colony. However, so were parts the American colonies. Is being the descendants of a prison colony really all that sexy?

I also was watching television when I saw an advertisement for an upcoming Australia-England rugby exhibition. It featured a big, burly Australian rugby player carrying the ball from a ball and chain. The voiceover said "Two centuries ago, the English arrived in Australia for one thing". Then the rugby player finished with "PUNISHMENT!"

 

[jevs]

Really? We have this image of Aussies as friendly but boisterous. For the most part I felt extremely welcomed as a tourist. However, it was a train without heat in the middle of an Australian winter. We checked in our baggage and didn't have any extra clothes, blankets, etc. Frankly all we needed was working heat, and this conductor was strangely bureaucratic (you can't sit outside your assigned car) when another was practical (please move - it's too cold in here).

We have plenty of jobsworths here, same as the rest of the world

 

[King Schultz]

As far as I can tell, Aussies like rugger buggers like myself.

And a pile of lions.

 

[jevs]

Really though. My recollection is that Australia was originally colonized as a prison colony. However, so were parts the American colonies. Is being the descendants of a prison colony really all that sexy?

I also was watching television when I saw an advertisement for an upcoming Australia-England rugby exhibition. It featured a big, burly Australian rugby player carrying the ball from a ball and chain. The voiceover said "Two centuries ago, the English arrived in Australia for one thing". Then the rugby player finished with "PUNISHMENT!"

Yes it was, and we got the better deal

You should see the Kiwi rugby players OMG wouldn't want to upset one of them.

 

[jevs]

As far as I can tell, Aussies like rugger buggers like myself.

And a pile of lions.

I love the terminology of a 'pile of lions', and I'm going to use whenever possible

 

[King Schultz]

I love the terminology of a 'pile of lions', and I'm going to use whenever possible

As well you should my dear.

"Wad of Ketchup" might work as well.