Aussie tourism Q & A

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 11:51 am

I never had a 'thing' for sheep... especially after I had to tail, crutch, castrate, jet, shear and muster them. Stupid bloody things, they are!! Then again, all the things we used to do to them probably made them that way.....

Who's the well known Kiwi comedian, Jason?

Seems like I might have to establish the authenticity of these 'Outback Steakhouse' joints when I'm over there.

harvey49 · Post by **harvey49** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 12:39 pm

Do you own 'gum boots' Jason? If you say no your safe!

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 1:15 pm

Hahahahaha!!!!

ben_hall · Post by **ben_hall** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 1:17 pm

Outback Steakhouse? They have boomerangs on the wall there so they gotta be authentic.

harvey49 · Post by **harvey49** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 1:20 pm

Did you have a close look at the boomerangs Ben?
Did they have made in China marked on them?

johnhall · Post by **johnhall** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 1:24 pm

The last time Ben and I ate at an Outback Steakhouse, it was IN China- Beijing to be specific.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 1:26 pm

Aitch, there's an Outback just down the road from us. We have plans to take you there so you can have a good larf and harass the waitresses, who think Oz is in India somewhere...

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 1:47 pm

Har! I'll be more than happy to educate them in the true 'ocker' fashion!

BTW... it's not genuine 'Outback' unless you have a few hundred flies hovering over your steak.

winston · Post by **winston** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 1:51 pm

That can be arranged I'm sure even in California. But more especially when we take you to our lake property. Be careful what you invoke through the power of speech Aitch. Our horseflies are nasty little critters.

jps · Post by **jps** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 3:11 pm

I bet in Australia they have The Burbs Steakhouse with "authentic" American food.

ben_hall · Post by **ben_hall** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 4:16 pm

Yeah, it's called Sizzler though...

jps · Post by **jps** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 4:34 pm

I liked their all you can eat ribs when I lived in L.A.!

mgauction · Post by **mgauction** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 5:23 pm

When did you live in LA?

rick_ovic · Post by **rick_ovic** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 3:10 am

Aitch, You'll just love the Outback Steakhouse's "Bloomin' Onion". It's this disgustingly huge deep fried echidna-looking thing. The menu described it as "Bonzer Aussie Tucker, Mate".

I also recall you could order "Tasmanian Buffalo Wings with Aboriginal fire sauce".

To clarify for non-Aussie Forumites:-

We don't say "bloomin" and we don't eat baseball sized massive fried onions. Anywhere. Ever.

Tasmania has no buffalos and even if it did, the buffalos wouldn't have wings. We call these things "chicken wings", because that's what they are!

"Aboriginal fire sauce" is like saying "Cherokee chocolate topping". A bit politically incorrect.

I'm so glad Paul is taking you there. Offer to pay using plastic Aussie dollars. It will freak out the waitress and everyone else!

bitzerguy · Post by **bitzerguy** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 3:51 am

Flying Tasmanian buffalos would scare the snot out of me.

Our Outback closed. Nobody here in Montreal believed them. Then Kevin Wilson dropped in and the place was never the same...

They even stopped serving Fosters. (like Howard said so eloquently: Bleagh!)

...Dean