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David Floyd
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The bottom of a large bottle of beer
Jan 1970
time: 05:29
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Australia, hmmmm. Well, I went to England last time, so maybe Australia should be my next trip...
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molly bloom
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Lundenwic
Oct 2001
time: 15:29
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Originally posted by Dissident
I take it Sydney is the place to go. But I want to do outdoors stuff. The damn country is so damn big, I don't know if that is feasible from Sydney. I'd have to fly to another Australian city. |
Yes, outdoors stuff is feasible from Sydney. You are a relatively short train ride from the Blue Mountains, for instance.
And as someone who has been around Australia, I can say hand on heart that Sydney is not 'the place' to go.
It has the Opera House, and the Harbour Bridge (copy of one in Newcastle upon Tyne, Great Britain), and the harbour itself, but it rests on its laurels. Melbourne is a much more laid back European style city, home of Australia's first national parliament, close to the countryside, with tremendous cuisine ranging from Armenian to Vietnamese (and all points in between), vineyards on its doorstep, the Great Ocean Road, temperate rainforests nearby, Victoria's Alpine country, Ninety Mile Beach, Mornington Peninsula, Wilson's Promontory, did I mention the penguins? And the migrating whales? The dolphins? The lyre birds?
http://www.visitvictoria.com/
And yes, Oerdin there are quality Australian beers. Why bother exporting them? It would only be pearls before swine.
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Tuberski
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ACK!!! PTHBBPPPTTT!!!!
Feb 2002
time: 23:29
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I've been to Sydney, it's a great town. My hotel was right around the corner from the street where the homosexuals congregate and have their bars. Actually got gazed at by a man that followed me and a friend(and his girl) while we walked down the street. He followed us to a bar around the corner.
My friend and the girl he was with saw him looking at me and told me about it.
The next time he came by the girl threw herself into my arms to let the guy know I was straight.
At the time I was sort of upset, but know that I am older, I can think of it as a compliment, just not one I prefer.
The girl told me later at another bar, that if I had been as open the night before(I had a headache and was pissy) I would have been with her instead of my friend.
He talked to some old WWII vet while me and her slow danced to, get this, Faith No More.
Best part of Sydney, remembering I was in the Navy at the time, was that the bar we were at only closed from 1:00 to 4:00 am on Mondays for cleanup.
24 hour bars, awesome!
 ACK!
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st_swithin
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10069
Nov 2002
time: 05:29
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Anybody got a boat? I'd love to go back to Aus, esp. Byron Bay, but I'm not flying anywhere ever again. Bloody fascist airport 'security.'
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st_swithin
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10069
Nov 2002
time: 05:29
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*SIGH*
You just have to keep trying harder. 'Shut the fvck up' might've worked in the past, but I think you're losing your TOUCH, Peebizkit.
Schooners of Tooey's all around! (Except for Peebizkit, the talking horse)
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st_swithin
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10069
Nov 2002
time: 05:29
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He ain't my hubby. I officially divorced him by text messaging the Pope. Then I farted in his general direction.
Guess what? The Pope DOES poop in the woods!
FREE AT LAST!! FREE AT LAST!! THANK ME ALMIGHTY, I'S FREE AT LAST!!
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Gods Pet Monkey
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Melting away on the East Coast of Australia
Nov 2001
time: 15:29
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quote:
Originally posted by Dissident
I take it Sydney is the place to go. But I want to do outdoors stuff. The damn country is so damn big, I don't know if that is feasible from Sydney. I'd have to fly to another Australian city. |
Sydney is a pretty good place to start off at. Its a pretty clean city, and the weather is not to bad.
As for outdoors stuff, its not so good (although that depends on what you want to do). The Blue Mountins are close by, and whilst they are nice, other places have alot more to offer.
To the north, starting in northern NSW and extending through Qeensland, are the great coastal areas and rainforest (culminating in the Great Barrier Reef and Cape York.
Way to the west there is Uluru (Ayres Rock), the Kimberley region (which in parts is absolutely stunning), Arnhem Land (well, North west from Sydney) as well as some amazing natural formations such as the Pinnicles.
If you want to see the outdoors Australia (that is, venture out of the capital cities) it pays to plan your trip properly, its a big and sparsly populated country.
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st_swithin
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10069
Nov 2002
time: 05:29
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To do so, you'd have to BE one of the following:
1) Independantly wealthy old money
2) Independantly wealthy nouveau riche (that's froggy for 'new money')
3) A rock star
4) A movie star
5) An entrepreneur (more froggy for 'lucky dude')
You would also need at least two of the following:
1) A wing
2) A prayer
3) Insect repellant
4) A good pair of walking shoes
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st_swithin
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10069
Nov 2002
time: 05:29
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quote:
Originally posted by Skanky Burns
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3) Insect repellant |
Evolution in action. The mozzies and flies aren't even affected by it anymore. They will bite you even as you are spraying repellant on. |
You know, I was under the misconception that they just preferred Chinese food - like they get one look at me trying to run away and they all holler out 'Panda Express!'
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30-07-2003 10:26
Apparently they don't export it so I'm going to have to rely on second accounts from you folks. 
. If i wasn't working I'd take a ship to Australia. 
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