Australian Vs. North American- Translation Help no.1

One of the fun things of Travel is learning the local lingo. Australia has innumerable terms that are as unique in the world as their very own Platypus. I'll try and provide as many helpful translations as I can to help the Auss ...

The Aussie Classic- 'Burger with the Lot'

So you wonder Where in the Bloody Hell are you? Well if the answer is Australia then you should... no you are obliged... to order THE Aussie classic- the iconic- the massive- the BURGER WITH THE LOT! (unless of course you are a ...

Daily Dose: Flags, Food, Funnies and finally... a Snooze

http://au.news.yahoo.com/061010/23/10v7g.html Flag burner to be invited to markh in Anzac Day parade http://au ...

Aussie Exports to Look for- Judy Prosser

Aboriginal art in the Northern Territory, and indeed in most markets around Australia everywhere. As an art form, it stands out for its unique interpretation of the world and its forms. It is also avilable in every form imagi ...

Aussie Exports To Look For

Driving drum and didgeridoo heavy beats complemented by delicate flute and dulcimer kisses, Jabaru is an energizing two person band- husband and wife team Rodger and Rene Bradshaw. Between them, they make more sound than seems po ...

Har ye drivelswiggers from OZ!!

Happy International Talk like a Pirate Day! While this post has little to do with Getting Around Australia- it is Promoting the awareness of an International Holiday that is little known in the Land Down Under as well as giving m ...

The 'Green Bag' phenomenon

Want to be part of the cool crowd? Want to fit in like a local? Seriously- to go to the beach, to a rugby game, to the grocery, on the train... you can't live without... A green bag! The Aussies have really put together a great ...

Bid to be cultural icons

It's about time they honored something, uh, important. ARE Gold Coast meter maids culturally significant? Adoring Queenslanders believe the bikini-clad good samaritans have contributed as much to the state's identity as the Great ...

Young man survives ravine plunge

Make sure you lick through to read this article - the last line about where he beer was is priceless. An Australian man is recovering from a close brush with death after surviving a fall of nearly 30 metres into a ravine in Eas ...

Parents pinch pennies from piggy banks

Tsk tsk tsk - now, it's your parents that you have to watch out for! One in four Australian parents regularly "borrow" money from their children's piggy banks to pay for anything from bread to luxury holidays, a survey said Wedne ...

Tax office clarifies vibrator claims

It's becoming even more enticing to work in the sex industry in Oz after the government has approved tax deductions. VIBRATORS, whips and G-strings – who'd have thought tax could be so exciting? The Australian Tax Office has i ...

Rodent Along on a Wave

More animals and Oz! Check out this Rodent Along on a Wave CURLY shows surfing is mice work if you can get it. He regularly rides the waves of Australia’s Go ...

Animals in the News

My, my. Some Australian animals have been getting some attention in the past few days. In one of the more amusing stories I've seen in awhile, a koala set to be stolen and exchanged for drugs scratched the hell out of its potent ...

Wisconsin Driver Strikes, Kills Stray Kangaroo

Although it didn't happen in Australia, it's too funny not to mention. Wisconsin, home of cheese, deer and mind-numbingly cold temperatures, was also the host of one 'on-the-loose' kangaroo. Although WI drivers are more familiar ...

Talk of the North

Patrick 'Rusty' Smith and his 1972 Ute are the Talk of the North for winning the 'feral ute' contest. Smith, a drifter, inves ...

What looked funny sounded funny

The subject isn't a joking matter, but the result definitely is: An Australian bus driver who called police after he found a package on his bus which emitted a strange sound when touched was left red-faced when it turned out to be ...

Visit the real Down Under in Coober Pedy

The next new destination in Australia isn't another beach, marine wildlife or party hot spot - it's the mining town of Coober Pedy in the Outback. Many of the ...

Women left on shelf by the men with a passion for travel

Women, it's time to hit the road. According to a recently released study, Australia and New Zealand are suffering a "man drought" due to foreign travel. NZ is hit the hardest due to migration to Australia - "a 32-year-old woman ...

Detention Stories, Continued

After almost seven years on detention, Qasim learns how to tackle life again as someone with a 'pending removal visa'. As soon ...

ID system for Aussies

In 1987, people still cared about Big Brother. But now, in the time of terrorism, it's open season and big wigs are once again calling for an ID system for Austra ...

Australia to defy US in UN

Australia gets a backbone! SWEEEET. Reps from the country say that despite what big ol US wants, the Aussies are going to vote in favor of expanding the UN security council from

Cancelled Air NZ Flights

Air New Zealand is going to have a lot of dissapointed passangers after forty eight outgoing and 37 incoming flights from Australia, Asia and the Pacific region, have been cancelled due to

Rethink on rail security

Travel around Australia may become a little more intimidating following the London Tube and bus bombings last week. Dogs and armed police would roam train stations, with passangers undergoing random bag checks. Some BnA Members ...

Go west, young woman!

As many of you may already know, I'm a huge fan of Western Australia, especially the Margaret River region. I'm not positive, but I have to assume this is directly related to my love of wine and stuffing myself to the gills. In ...

Australia: The Confusing Country

It is interesting to note here that the Europeans always consider themselves vastly superior to any other race they encounter since they can lie, cheat, steal, and litigate (marks of a civilized culture, they say) whereas all the ...

Drug Smuggling Idiots Part 2

The arrested wanna-be heroin mules have been hit by another setback. Trial of Aussie 'mules' has been delayed in Hong Kong for up to a year, as a case winds ...

The Dingo Ate my Tourist!

A Dingo bite on dead tourist's camera has authorities worried on Fraser Island. Less than a month after a fatal dingo-mauling o ...

Indonesia displays maturity in Australia drugs case

Fury in Australia over the jailing of a young woman in Bali for drugs smuggling has puzzled ordinary Indonesians, and given the world's most populous Muslim nation a chance to display a new maturity, analysts say. But a series o ...

Post-everything generation

This article on the Post-everything generation confused the hell out of me for the first third of the article- I couldn't understand what the journalist was s ...

Emergency water arrives for the towns running dry

The drought situation continues to grow worse in many parts of Australia. To combat the effects the lack of rain is having on farms - and the economy, 1  2 3 ...  5 6