Aussie tourism Q & A

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Mon May 29, 2006 10:53 am

Hahaha!! Me neither, Sheena, but a few of the seeds planted during my formative years grew into trees and actually bore fruit!

harvey49 · Post by **harvey49** » Mon May 29, 2006 2:09 pm

So the temptation to reply was too much Howard?

Can't wait for you let the folks in the US know, when you visit them, just what does go on over here! Maybe you explain, (after reading your comment about sowing seeds), why there are a number of guys over here called "Wombat"

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Mon May 29, 2006 2:58 pm

Yeah.... and "Bluey", "Shaggers" and "Slug"!

rick_ovic · Post by **rick_ovic** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 7:14 pm

Howard, We will have the last laugh in August, won't we? We'll be able to explain the meaning of the phrase "....a few kangaroos loose in the top paddock.." to all of our US mates!

That is, after we've crossed the Pacific ocean on the back of a platypus, eh?

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 7:43 pm

Dead right, Darren!

I'm sure there are a lot of Aussie expressions that may need an explanation!

So you're going Platypus, eh? I'm flying Cockatoo.....

leesh · Post by **leesh** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 8:16 pm

My ROTC instructor in college was Australian. It's always fun to hear "drop down and give me 50 push-ups" with an accent.

harvey49 · Post by **harvey49** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 1:22 pm

Eh - Howard, cobber dingo sport, we don't av an accent do we? I dunno where people get that idea from.

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 7:00 pm

them Foster's beer commercials

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 7:33 pm

Fosters, Jared??? Blecchh!!! (IMHO)

Yeah Ron... mate, they've got it all wrong!

jdogric12 · Post by **jdogric12** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 1:34 am

Hey guys... I mean mates... I just saw a movie this week called "The World's Fastest Indian" where Anthony Hopkins plays an aging motorcycle enthusiast from Invercargill, New Zealand who comes to the US to race. Anyone else seen it? Very good stuff. I was wondering how folks down under liked it.

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 10:32 am

Hi Jason.

Haven't seen the movie but I'll look out for it.

BTW, the term 'down under' doesn't include New Zealand. A lovely place it is, but Kiwis have strange accents and have a thing about sheep.

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 10:59 am

Kiwi? I thought that's a fruit!

Or a bird that cannot fly?

jdogric12 · Post by **jdogric12** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 11:22 am

Ah, interesting. In the movie, he tells people in the US he is from 'down under.' He does say 'Kiwi' a lot.

On a barely related note, I find it amusing that the new Outback Steakhouse TV commercials (here in the US at least) feature a well known Kiwi comedian. Eh. What can I say. I'm surrounded by maroons!

jdogric12 · Post by **jdogric12** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 11:24 am

...and let's face it. Who DOESN'T have a thing for sheep? Am I right people?

(For the 'slower' readers... I AM KIDDING!!! We don't have many sheep in Tampa)

winston · Post by **winston** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 11:31 am

I only have a thing for (counting) sheep when I can't fall asleep, Jason. 1...2...3...4...5...6...

Otherwise people who have a thing for sheep should get a wife er, I mean a life.