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* You believe that stubbies can be either drunk or worn.
* You think it's normal to have a leader called Julia.
* You've made a bong out of your garden hose rather than use it for something illegal such as watering the garden.
* You understand that the phrase 'a group of women wearing black thongs' refers to footwear and may be less alluring than it sounds.
* You pronounce Melbourne as 'Mel-bin'.
* You believe the 'l' in the word 'Australia' is optional.
* You can translate: 'Dazza and Shazza played Acca Dacca on the way to Maccas.'
* You believe it makes perfect sense for a nation to decorate its highways with large fibreglass bananas, prawns and sheep.
* You call your best friend 'a total bastard' but someone you really, truly despise is just 'a bit of a bastard'.
* You think 'Woolloomooloo' is a perfectly reasonable name for a place.
* You're secretly proud of our killer wildlife.
* You believe it makes sense for a country to have a $1 coin that's twice as big as its $2 coin.
* You understand that 'Wagga Wagga' can be abbreviated to 'Wagga' but 'Woy Woy' can't be called 'Woy'.
* You believe that cooked-down axle grease makes a good breakfast spread. You've also squeezed it through Vita Wheats to make little Vegemite worms.
* You believe all famous Kiwis are actually Australian, until they stuff up, at which point they again become Kiwis.
* Beetroot with your Hamburger... Of course.
* You know that certain words must, by law, be shouted out during any rendition of the Angels' song 'Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again'
And "Living next door to Alice".
* You believe that the confectionery known as the Wagon Wheel has become smaller with every passing year.
* You wear ugg boots outside the house.
* You believe that every important discovery in the world was made by an Australian but then sold off for a pittance.
* You believe that the more you shorten someone's name the more you like them.
* Whatever your linguistic skills, you find yourself able to order takeaway fluently in every Asian language.
* You understand that 'excuse me' can sound rude,
While 'scuse me' is always polite.
* You know what it's like to swallow a fly, on occasion via your nose.
* You know it's not summer until the steering wheel is too hot to handle and a seat belt buckle becomes a pretty good branding iron.
* Your biggest family argument over the summer concerned the rules for beach cricket.
* You shake your head in horror when companies try to market what they call 'Anzac cookies'.
* You still think of Kylie as 'that girl off Neighbours'.
* When working on a bar, you understand male customers will feel the need to offer an excuse whenever they order low-alcohol beer.
* You know how to abbreviate every word, all of which usually end in -o: arvo, combo, garbo, kero, lezzo, metho, milko, muso, rego, servo, smoko, speedo, righto, goodo etc.
* You know that there is a universal place called "woop woop" located in the middle of nowhere...no matter where you actually are.
* You know that none of us actually drink Fosters beer, because it tastes like piss. But we let the world think we do. Because we can.
* You have some time in your life slept with Aeroguard on in the summer. Maybe even as perfume.
* You've only ever used the words - tops, ripper, sick, mad, rad, sweet
- to mean good. And then you place 'bloody' in front of it when you really mean it.
* You know that the barbecue is a political arena; the person holding the tongs is always the boss and usually a man. And the women make the Salad.
* You say 'no worries' quite often, whether you realise it or not.
* You understand what no wucking furries means.
* You've drank your tea/coffee/milo through a Tim Tam.
* You own a Bond's chesty. In several different colours.
* You know that some people pronounce Australia like "Straya" and that's ok.
* And you will immediately forward this list to other Australians, here and overseas, realising that only they will understand.
Happy invasion day ..
The extent of our tourism in Canberra with Kore consisted entirely of a single drive around town to see the sights. After our week in Sydney we kinda just didn't want to leave the house. Oh well...
War Memorial
Canberra from Mt Ainslie
Kore on Mt Ainslie
Bugs Bunny
Old Parliament House
New Parliament House
New Parliament House
US Embassy
Government House
Black Mountain Tower
Coming soon.
Maybe next year.
New and old. I actually like the feel of the old one a lot better. And then the sweetie tells me he wants a random camera to take to Japan next year. Hrmm.
About as much as I could see of the last lunar eclipse
Every year when Carols in the Domain come around (always the Saturday before Christmas unless Christmas is on a Sunday in which case they're eight days before - since they never compete with the Christmas Eve Carols by Candlelight in Melbourne.. moving on..), I'm reminded of the year I went to Luc and Cynthia's wedding (up Sydney Tower!!) and got to see the Carols (and fireworks) from up the tower. It was pretty damned cool!
Happy anniversary for tomorrow guys :)
Well not hugely stormy here, it was a lot worse further south.
Took this this evening. It's really only interesting at the beginning.
Didn't do much the rest of the day. Just pottering around the house really.
Oh, and stayed up the watch the eclipse last night. Saw the beginning of it (the penumbra stage) but then the clouds closed in and I missed the rest :(
Yesterday we had our section Christmas party by the lake. Rain that was forecast during the week never eventuated, so it was a perfectly pleasant afternoon. Lyn and I spent our budget of $370, and I thought there was going to be a *tonne* of leftovers, but in the end it wasn't so bad.
Of course I took lots of photos of the local birds.
Today I went and helped setup the "family" Christmas party.
Got to have a quick go on the jumping castle before they'd finished inflating it.
After we'd finished setting up I went for a wander around, and had a go on the dodgem cars, since I missed out last time because the queue was too long.
They'd double booked the hall which was a bit unfortunate, but not a big disaster. Got to see the bride arrive (to a full brass band playing "All you need is love").
One year I'll go on the horse and cart..
I think my favourite thing was the "Patting Paddock", so many cute animals :)
Just got back from unloading the truck. Phewf. (Although not nearly a long a day as the others!)
Second attempt last night to document lightning. Better success this time!
Big work Christmas party today. In my opinion too early for a Christmas party (and not helped by it being freezing cold today!) But not as loud as previous years, so a much more enjoyable day.
In a repeat occurrence of last year, it rained lots and lots today. So as we did last year, we hit up Scrivener Dam. Not nearly as exciting as last year, but pretty cool nonetheless!