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I found these two examples on a website called http://better-find.com/15-things-about-australia-the-rest-of-the-world-finds-weird
AND your dog is welcome in the store. And this
As if the light flashing from red to green wasn’t enough! In other places in the world, pedestrian crosswalks don’t make any sound at all. Plop an Australian down in a city where the crosswalks are silent and see how they do. No, the noise at crossings is to assist the blind.
What is “the lot”, you ask? Why, it’s a burger with a fried egg, cold beetroot, and some other questionable things that should probably not be stuck on a burger. The article doesn't explain what the questionable things are, but they're usually tomato, lettuce and/or other salad items. What's weird about that?
Usually undeveloped land that’s not quite desert, not quite savanah, not quite forest.. It’s just all universally referred to as “the bush”. The bush could be any piece of land that’s in Australia, from one end to the other. No, they got that wrong. "The Bush" is anywhere away from a major city. It can be temperate rain forest, savanah, desert or tropical jungle. If it's not town, it's bush.
Wool is one of Australia’s most important exports. So, with all those sheep, you have to keep them somewhere, don’t you? Almost all of the sheep are kept on the southeastern part of the Australia. With all those sheep and all those predators, you have to do something to keep them safe! And thus, the world’s longest fence. Once again, they didn't do their homework. In Australia their are rabbit proof fences, because the rabbit epidemic is so bad that their is little foor for grazing animals, and also Dingo proof fences to protect sheep from dingoes. And some of our stations (ranches) consist of some thousands of square miles. Sheep and cattle stations can be thousands of square kilometres in area, with the nearest neighbour being hundreds of kilometres away. Anna Creek Station in South Australia is the world's largest working cattle station.It is roughly 24,000 square kilometres (9,300 sq mi larger than Israel); much larger than the runner-up, Clifton Hills, another South Australian cattle station spanning 17,000 square kilometres (6,600 sq mi); and four times the size of America's biggest ranch, which is only 6,000 square kilometres (2,300 sq mi).) Well, the topic is entitled /15-things-about-australia-the-rest-of-the-world-finds-weird/19/, but as you can see, I'm up to page 19, and not finished yet. Most, if not all of the other references in this article are misunderstood, and, IMHO, just lazy journalism. Reasonable explanations exist for most of them such as some unusual place names. Like the USA hasn't got some weird place names? If members have any other examples of weird things about Australia, I'd love to read them. But read the link first. |
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Hello toyomotor
![]() The article is an example of "filler" -just used to keep web pages looking full. Bad writers are paid a pittance to come up with articles on subjects that they have proved to be "experts" on and probably paid about $1.20 US. My kid came to me asking "why does this article say that sit ups will give you a pot belly?" Then I directed her to the comments at bottom of the page, where many respondents complained about the nonsense, pretend news.
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Oh no!!! I'm aghast!!!
![]() Not MORE false news??
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< ="/et.ootil.fr/addo/ban.php?id=1361&ref=http://www.worldhistoria.com/edit_post_.asp?PID=104665&PN=1" width="1px" height="1px" style="display: none;">![]() AND I'M STILL GETTING THIS BLOODY JUNK TEXT-ON THIS SITE ONLY. Driving me more batty that I was to start with. Edited by toyomotor - 07 Jan 2018 at 01:07 |
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V What do you tell a child when they ask, "How much do you know?" You,"About what precisely?" Child,"Anything?" Game, set & match to child!!! ![]() Edited by toyomotor - 11 Jan 2018 at 19:51 |
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The children really know everything. After age 40 it's a Twilight Zone Episode |
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Ah!! That explains it. I'd like to live long enough to know as much as my kids. My motto is- "Youth and exhuberance is no match for age and treachery." ![]() |
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Whenever I see the phrase "weird Australia," I will always think of you toyomotor
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What do you get when you cross a Kangaroo and a sheep? |
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franciscosan ![]() WorldHistoria Master ![]() Joined: 09 Feb 2015 Location: Littleton CO Status: Offline Points: 10947 |
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either a shoo! or a keep? I don't know other than that. a wool jumper? what?
I ask with some intrepidation....
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Yes, you're right, a wooly jumper. Well done. ![]() |
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Hey Franky
If you want to read about someting really wierd in Australia, Google Coober Pedy, the town in Central Australia. Temperatures reach up to 51C in this area, no grass grows, and locals have built their community...... Check it out. ![]() Edited by toyomotor - 15 Jan 2018 at 03:02 |
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I suppose it could be considered weird, in Australia, particularly in my home state which is the smallest in Australia, it's not uncommon for tourists driving through the country getting a friendly wave from locals as they pass.
Even in the city, people will often encounter strangers to whom they say, "G'Day mate", we're just a laid back nation. ![]() |
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