Articles tagged ‘About Australia’
Driving In Australia, Survival Tips #2
By Heather | March 29th, 2007 |
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Hello folks! It’s that time again! How to Survive while Driving in Australia! I’m putting together a multi-part guide to conditions and issues you need to be aware of while driving in Oz…. If anyone can explain the Melbournian J-turn in the comments section, it would be greatly appreciated. The take [...]
Travelling Australia as a Coeliac
By Heather | March 21st, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Calling all people with food issues! I had pizza and beer the other day for the first time in years. For most of you that is no big deal. But for those with Coeliac Disease, or those people who have a gluten intolerance (almost 1% of the population) This is HUGE! [...]
Driving Australia, Survival Tips #1
By Heather | March 20th, 2007 | 3 Comments »
The last couple of weeks have seen me hitting the roads of New South Wales, so I thought I’d share a couple of observations to help a few of you first timers out there. While I do enjoy a good road trip and certainly enjoy getting out to see this country, there are a [...]
What’s on Melbourne
By Heather | March 14th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
G’day Folks! I’ve had a request for information from other cities outside of Sydney… What! Is there really life outside of Sydney!…He He just kidding. Check out some of these amazing events in Australia’s other city… Melbourne.
What’s on Melbourne. City Search
Come out and help turn your liver…err I mean [...]
How Well do you speak Aussie? A fun Quiz.
By Heather | March 13th, 2007 | 5 Comments »
They got me on this one! I got 15 right which qualifies me as…
“You’ll be apples! Well… nearly anyway. You will communicate fairly effectively with the native population, but they will still mutter “bloody yank” when you walk out of the pub”
Well if the shoe fits….
How well do you speak Aussie? Take [...]
Aussie Translation Guide #5
By Heather | March 11th, 2007 | 3 Comments »
One of the fun things of Travel is learning the local lingo. Australia has no shortage of their very own Aussieisms. They are fun and inventive, though occasionally hard to translate. I endeavor to help ease your transition into this upside down language. This is the fifth in a series to [...]
Australia Day, January 26th
By Heather | January 25th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
January 26th strap on your Green and Gold, grab a flag, face paint, a slab of beer and head to the beach! You won’t be able to go to the bank or any other business. Why? It’s Australia Day Baby! Australia’s closest thing to a birthday, it marks the day that the [...]
Australia Day or Invasion Day?
By Heather | January 25th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
For many Aboriginal Australians, the concept of Australia day is a tricky one. The day the British landed and basically wiped out their culture, took their land and continued to commit atrocities against them for ages, doesn’t exactly raise feelings of civic pride. Called “Invasion Day” or occasionally Survival Day, the Aboriginal [...]
Australian National Anthem, Advance Australia Fair
By Heather | January 25th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Well people, if you are going to any major sporting event, or important civil do…it probably doesn’t hurt to know the words to the National Anthem. A far cry from God Save the Queen, I find Advance Australia Fair a cheeky message to the English about the continuing grief the decendants of the original [...]
Australian Translation Guide #4
By Heather | January 18th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
One of the fun things of Travel is learning the local lingo. Australia has many terms that are completely unique to their part of the World. This is the fourth in a series to come. It is designed to help Aussies headed overseas and travellers coming to OZ alike. Feel free [...]
