Reasons to Love Aus.

I've been inspired by the New Zealand forum (seeing as us Aussies don't have an original thought in our heads, of course I had to steal a New Zealander's idea! ) to start up an Aussie Appreciation thread! So hurry up, post why you think we're such a great southern land!

I'll start:

- vegemite!
- there is always a day above 30 degrees in at least one town even in the middle of July!
- The little koala ladders you see in the middle of freeways, so they can cross to the other side. I've never seen a koala climbing one but they're soooo cute!
- All the mediterranean and asian food
- Hot Christmases
- The Cat Empire!!!
- We're just a stone's throw from New Zealand

 

The Nullarbor
Shark Bay region (actually, the whole west coast)
If you don't mind a lot of people, the east coast (Fraser 4x4, Whitsunday sailing, pineapples and bananas in FNQ...)
The World Famous Jolly Swagman Hostel
Quokkas, Wombats, Echidnas, Pademelons, Pig-nosed turtles, Salties
Wineglass Bay on a warm day
Far-away, isolated Perth
Harry's Cafe de Wheels Pie Cart
Outback pubs
Katoomba
Triple J
Giant Tassie Crabs
Crown Lager
Dinkum
Tim Tams
The Pancake Parlour
Mate!
Aussie Aussie Aussie, Oy Oy Oy. (or is it Oi?)

 

-Missy Higgins
-Museum of Contemporary Arts
-Kangaroos jumping across the road infront of the car when driving home
-Kangaroos hanging out near my house at sunset
-Triple J (i know its been said but i wanted to emphasise the greatness)

 

Triple J

Nimbin

nation-wide postage prices
the extreme variation in landscape - from rolling fields to mountains to desert to bush to tropical rainforest. What more could you ask for??
Climate - up north it's always warm, down south you have seasons.
We're isolated and unique.
The Aussie accent and slang words. mate!
We know how to make fun of ourselves.
We're not overtaken by people or cities. Wherever you are, you can drive an hour or so away and be in the middle of nowhere....
there are so many little towns, that you will probably never see them all in your whole life.
Melbourne
Adelaide (esp. for live music)
Mr. Squiggle!
storm boy
Cadburys
thongs
tracky dacks
the Greens
the Democrats
H.E.M.P.
decriminalisation of weed in SA
Good News Week (sure miss that show!)
Big Day Out
The Age
Grass Roots
Green Left Weekly
Leunig

I love this country so much!!!

 

The Castle

Anything by Working Dog
Tripod!
The weird animals that are totally unique to australia
AC/DC
Jon Clarke and Brian Dawe
Strine

 

Triple J
Neil Finn
Byron Bay
John Butler Trio
Missy Higgins
The laid backness of the place
The Green party
The beach
Newcastle
ALL AUSSIE MOVIES..I LOVE EM
Good weed
mostly nice people


IM sure there is more i just cant think of any right now

 

I think Radio National is brilliant.Actually the other ABC radio stations are pretty good.I can only easily receive RN and ABC Local I can pick up JJJ and ABC FM with an outdoor antenna.

Although Australia has a highly concentrated media, there are some good independant magazines such as Grass Roots, Earth Garden,Nexus,New Dawn, and Hard Evidence. When I was in the UK last year after some rummaging around I found a copy of Nexus in a W.H.Smith in Cardiff.

 

We have pies!

We started Oz magazine in the 60s

Its nice here

We have fab bands, especially in the new garage rock genre!
Dallas Crane, Vanlustbader, The Pictures, Jet, You am I... oh those boys make me proud to be an aussie

We may not have free education but we do have some education

We have no respect for our ploticians, and we reckon thats great!

 

diversity, character and peace.

 

Steady on

isnt Neil Finn a Kiwi?

 

yeah the finn brothers are from new zealand. but like most new zealand bands, they end up comming over here...

but split enz are good.

Australia is great coz i live here.

we have good beer and nice sheilas. what more could an aussie bloke want?

we have a tradition of good aussie rock bands - radio birdman, the easybeats, hoodoo gurus, the unspoken things...

 

Babe, I'm gonna kick your name dropping arse, I swear!

 

but retro groove girl, mentioning the pictures, dallas crane etc is name dropping as well. most people on this message board wouldnt know who they are.

 

I never dropped MY OWN name....

 

I hope you dont mind me posting on this thread seeing as Im not from Australia, but I have visited your great nation and loved it! Sydney is a beautiful city (climbing the Sydney bridge at night is amazing!), looking at the stars in the outback is an indescribable event, kaolas/kangaroos/wallabees are awesome, and the people are extremely nice. Plus Tim-Tams (especially chilled) are delicious.
I hope to visit again soon.

 

oh man i love tim tams

 

Sausage Rolls

 

I forgot Billabong icecream/popsicles. Man, they're good.

 

Big Day Out!!!!

 

thank god some of you are honest, lol . (and ImaPeach - you should come back to the NZ forum sometime, we're not that bad, really...)

Actually, reading through the list - there's so much that we have in common with you guys - especially in the food department. Cadbury's, timtams, suasage rolls (i hate them, but they are such a convention) - they are all great NZ icons too.

Argh, maybe we are more alike than healthy rivalry would allow us to admit, lol.