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Nosfereefer posted:i hvae had it with you "australians" coming here and claiming all kinds of nonsense! that is obviously fake You've got the witchetty grub!  They are the larvae of wood eating moths, and have been eaten by the indigenous people of Australia for a long time! Here is a witchetty grub recipe for you to enjoy 
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google THIS posted:Can't you people put normal things on bread You've got the Gold Coast Meter Maids!  The Gold Coast is a region of Queensland famous for its nightlife and bars. The Gold Coast Meter Maids were (and are) a tourist attraction. Wearing tiaras and golden bikinis they would go around filling up parking meters, although now I think they're more a photo opportunity. They've been around since 1965!
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Finger Prince posted:I say, spraying cheese-adjacent orange caulk out of a can onto some bread. You've got Skippy the Bush Kangaroo, a tv show that ran in Australia from 1968 to 1970.  here is the intro song!
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owlhawk911 posted:i need to know more about australia. specifically any tips or tricks you might have to help me defeat a roo in honourable combat You've got the 1999 Australian crime film Two Hands, starring Heath Ledger.  It is a film about a 19 year old strip club promoter who works in the red-light district of Sydney.
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Evil Bob posted:Wow, I've learned so much from this thread and I feel as if we have only scratched the surface. lets hit the road and crank the archeology factor to 11! You've got Bob Hawke, 23rd Prime Minister of Australia (from 1983 to 1991)  He's in the guinness book of records in 1954 for sculling 2.5 pints of beer in 11 seconds. There are many other reasons he is my favourite PM, a including the fact he launched medicare (socialised medicine).
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Hit me Chewb! Preferably something about your indigenous people or wildlife, but I will take what I can get. |
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Chewbecca posted:You've got Bob Hawke, 23rd Prime Minister of Australia (from 1983 to 1991) Top tier PM. |
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rear end-penny posted:Hit me Chewb! Preferably something about your indigenous people or wildlife, but I will take what I can get. You've got the boomerang!  The boomerang is a tool used by the indigenous people of Australia. It's famous because it's designed so that when you throw it properly it actually returns to you! The eldest ones found in South Australia date back to 10,000 BC!
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GODSPEED JOHN GLENN posted:Top tier PM. bloke status; achieved
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Chewbecca posted:You've got the boomerang! That's dope! I had a weird alphabet educational tape where they tell you some things about something for every letter. The thing they talk about during the letter B was a boomerang but they don't mention this history. Thanks for the PhD in boomerangs, friend, gonna go clean up these dirty streets. They will learn to fear the 'Rang. |
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Chewbecca posted:You've got the boomerang! this is the type of hint that could've helped me in my battle vs the mighty roo. thanks for the movie rec tho
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Chewbecca posted:You've got the boomerang! *if you miss... https://i.imgur.com/sgs0Sib.gifv |
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Chewbecca posted:You've got the boomerang! everyone remembers the returning boomerang but most of those used by indigenous people were non-returning, some were used as clubs and weapons of war while others were used for hunting. It's reckoned that a 2 kilogram boomerang was lethal to large animals at 100 meters when thrown by a skilled user. the ones used as war clubs could be up to five or six feet long, remains of people killed by them have been found so they were certainly capable of taking down a human being. they were also used to start fires via friction, dig or make music, decoys for hunting water birds and as toys. all in all a very versatile tool. oh and a boomerang throw currently holds the world record for longest throw of any object by a human at 427.2 meters! pretty darn good considering this is competing against modern engineered products and was invented no later than 10,000 BC (and probably much earlier - Aboriginal people have been in Australia for at least 60,000 years and possibly much longer) oh and one more thing - returning boomerangs come in both right and left handed forms: a right-handed boomerang makes a counter-clockwise, circular flight to the left while a left-handed boomerang flies clockwise to the right. Either form can be thrown with either hand but 'crossing over' requires more skilled techniques that many people find difficult. (hope this isn't too intrusive into your good thread Chewbecca! just find indigenous technologies fascinating, particularly boomerangs, and wanted to share a little bit more about them!)
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Oh poo poo Chewbecca! SS knows a fuckton about boomerangs too! Now what are you going to do? Very interesting fleshing out on the boomerang knowledge and I am definitely not going to plagiarize you both in a TED talk coming out in 2021. |
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BYOB: Bring Your Own Boomerang |
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Barking Gecko posted:BYOB: Bring Your Own Boomerang
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My boomerang brings itself 
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give me a VB i actually find that stuff drinkable
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magic cactus posted:give me a VB i actually find that stuff drinkable You've got Falls Creek Alpine Resort, in Victoria!  Falls Creek Resort is famous for both winter and summer sports and in northeastern Victoria. It’s known as an alpine and cross-country ski center. here is the official website I've been there, it's super pretty!
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If we are allowed multiple Australian artefacts I would take another. However if you don't trust Yanks I would understand and respect that. We've taken so much already. |
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Chewbecca posted:I've been there, it's super pretty! chewb speaketh the truth - falls creek is p great imo edited to add a piece of trivia: Australia gets more snow than Switzerland Stoner Sloth fucked around with this message at 09:28 on Oct 14, 2020
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Stoner Sloth posted:chewb speaketh the truth - falls creek is p great imo well it's much bigger innit
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more falafel please posted:well it's much bigger innit way less mountains, particularly tall ones though it's really cause our mountains are mostly coastal so much higher precipitation than the landlocked ones
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rear end-penny posted:If we are allowed multiple Australian artefacts I would take another. You get Sam Simmons, an Australian comedian and television host!  Here is a short clip of him at the world famous Melbourne comedy festival in 2018
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i'd like an artefact too please chewbecca! if its not against the rules i mean even if only in a 'no rule saying a dog can't play basketball' fashion
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Stoner Sloth posted:i'd like an artefact too please chewbecca! if its not against the rules i mean even if only in a 'no rule saying a dog can't play basketball' fashion You've got the painting 'Blue Poles' by American painter, Jackson Pollock.  It was purchased in 1973 by the National Gallery of Australia for $1.3million aud, and was a major scandal at the time, and the expense was not received well by the public. Some have argued that it is the world's most valuable piece of contemporary art
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Chewbecca posted:You've got the painting 'Blue Poles' by American painter, Jackson Pollock. thanks op! my mum used to fume about the australian public complaining about the cost of good things and would mention this for many decades afterwards so this is a great one 
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Chewbecca posted:You've got Bob Hawke, 23rd Prime Minister of Australia (from 1983 to 1991)  In 1983 Prime Minister Bob Hawke attended the America’s Cup in Fremantle, Western Australia. The America’s Cup is the oldest trophy in international sport. The yacht Australia II made history when the Cup was won from the Americans for the first time in 132 years. In a Nine news interview Hawke, dressed in a similar jacket, said that any employer who sacked a staff member who skipped work on such a day of national festivity was a ‘bum’.
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Chewbecca posted:You've got the painting 'Blue Poles' by American painter, Jackson Pollock. It's not just a good painting, it's also an excellent investment. Australians just don't get art, I suppose. |
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That four minute set you linked was funny. I'm actually pretty into standup comedy. Are you a fan of Hannah Gadsby? She's an Aussie too!
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May I please have a slice of The Down Under? 
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rear end-penny posted:That four minute set you linked was funny. I'm actually pretty into standup comedy. Are you a fan of Hannah Gadsby? She's an Aussie too! she's p good - and stand up comedy has a pretty big following here, partly due to the Melbourne Comedy Festival and the Adelaide Fringe Festival providing good ways for lots of people to see new and upcoming comedians as a bonus I present to you two great comedians, one Aussie and one Kiwi, the amazingly funny Clarke and Dawe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m5qxZm_JqM tragically John Clarke died a few years back but these two had regular segments at the end of the Friday news that were so great to watch. Wish Clarkey were still here cause it seems like the world needs him more than ever right now, RIP a very funny and by all accounts lovely man.
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rear end-penny posted:That four minute set you linked was funny. I'm actually pretty into standup comedy. Are you a fan of Hannah Gadsby? She's an Aussie too! Yah she owns
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pseudorandom posted:May I please have a slice of The Down Under? You've got the Australian brand of sherbet, Wizz Fizz  Wizz Fizz is known for its small plastic shovel that you use to eat it out if the little sachet. It's been around since 1947!
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