Guest post from Jen Leo of Viva Las Vegas Blog.
Aussie Wins World Series of Poker Joe Hachem won $7.5 million dollars this weekend in the World Series of Poker. His friends were there to cheer him on, and shouted “Ozzie, Ozzie, Ozzie, Oi! Oi! Oi!” throughout the final table tournament which lasted nearly 14 hours. Hachem beat out more than 5600 people to get the coveted bracelet. For those of you who know poker, he won with one of …
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Awww yeah!
Bowen and Kimmorley seal Queensland victory
Looked like a classic and good to see the Maroons getting off to a winning start this year.
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The luck of the Irish has blessed the tourist industry, following the announcement that New Zealand has won the best adventure destination in the world award. From NZ picks up Irish tourism award
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Promo time! For the past few months, I’ve been working on the Australia Guide. It has a bunch of info - there are articles on everything from visas to transportation options to city highlights. Go check it out and if you see anything that you think should be added, let me know! (court at bootsnall d-o-t com)
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Last night was the grand final of the mixed touch footy competition I’ve been playing in to keep myself fit. My team, “Touch Us If You Can”, is a team loosely held together by people who know people who know people. The only person I knew is my brother.
For those unfamiliar with touch football, it’s like rugby league except you don’t tackle anyone, just touch them. It’s like flag football is to American football. It’s usually 7-a-side, very fast and a lot of fun.
I’ll spare the details of the season, but we’ve had a mixed roster throughout, including the imported …
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So, this may or may not be true, but it’s a good Aussie forwarded email.
After every flight, Qantas pilots fill out a form, called a “gripe sheet,”which tells mechanics about problems with the aircraft. The mechanics correct the problems and document the repairs. Then pilots review the gripe sheet before the next flight. Never let it be said that ground crews lack a sense of humor.
Here are some actual maintenance complaints submitted by Qantas’ pilots (marked with a P) and the solutions recorded (marked with an S) by maintenance engineers. By the way, Qantas is the only major airline that has never had an accident. Enjoy!
P: Left inside main tire almost needs replacement.
S: Almost replaced left inside main tire.
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Five Australian films will be shown at the Cannes Film Festival in May.
The Australian short drama, Blue Tongue, directed by Justin Kurzel and produced by Tim Jolley, has been selected to screen in Critic’s Week at 2005 festival.
It is the first Australian short film to screen in Critics’ Week.
The Critics’ Week each year selects seven features and seven short films from first or second time directors.
The Directors Fortnight at Cannes will also feature writer and director Greg McLean’s film Wolf Creek. From Five Aust films to screen at Cannes
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Tourism Australia has been recognised with major awards in the UK and the USA for its international tourism marketing.
In the UK, Tourism Australia won the “Best Tourist Board (UK Office)” award in the Travel Weekly Globe Awards, which are voted by readers and members of the travel industry. From Tourism Australia takes international awards
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Yesterday was the Bridge to Brisbane fun run for Paul, Ging and I, although as EB suggested, it wasn’t all fun.
The 4.25km race we had signed up for started a little later than expected due to stragglers from the previous 12km race. There was a crowd of about 4000 competing in our race and we were all crammed into a small sidestreet waiting for things to get underway. The bloke with the microphone was belting out suspect jokes that were right on the borderline acceptable in a family atmosphere (Mum, what’s an orgasm?).
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Aussies and Kiwis are always taking the piss on each other. Since there are 30 million sheep and only 3 million New Zealanders - stuff like this propogates quickly and is worth a laugh.
I put this entry under the category Travel Tips as well, because knowing this and joking about it with a Kiwi and/or Aussie, will help ease the understanding between outsider and insider.
BTW, I went to bed here in the US of A at about 1:30 last night and Conan O’Brien show was on and guess who his …
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