Australian meme

[lederhosen]

Bold the ones you've done:

1. Heard a kookaburra in person
2. Slept under the stars
3. Seen a koala.
4. Visited Melbourne
5. Watched a summer thunderstorm
6. Worn a pair of thongs
7. Been to Uluru (Ayer's Rock).
8. Visited Cape York
9. Held a snake
10. Sang along with Khe San
11. Drank VB
12. Visited Sydney
13. Have seen a shark
14. Have used Aussie slang naturally in a conversation
15. Had an actual conversation with an indigenous Australian (aboriginal). - ObPedant: 'Indigenous Australian' also includes Torres Strait Islanders.
16. Eaten hot chips from the bag at the beach Probably, at some point.
17. Walked/climbed over the Sydney Harbour Bridge - on the footpath
18. Used an outside dunny, and checked under the seat before sitting down
19. Seen Chloe in Young & Jackson's.
20. Slept on an overnight train or bus
21. Been to Sydney's Mardi Gras - the festival yes, parade no.
22. Have gone bush-bashing
23. Taken a sickie - not without at least *some* illness.
24. Been to see a game of Aussie Rules football
25. Have seen wild camels
26. Gone skinny dipping.
27. Had a Tim Tam Slam
28. Ridden in a tram in Melbourne
29. Been at an ANZAC day Dawn Service.
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Held a wombat
32. Been on a roadtrip of 800km or more
33. Seen the Great Australian Bight in person
34. Had a really bad sunburn
35. Visited an aboriginal community
36. Seen a redback spider
37. Have watched Paul Hogan
38. Seen Blue Poles in person
39. Wandered barefoot in the bush/outback - carefully!
40. Eaten Vegemite
41. Thrown a boomerang
42. Seen the Kimberlies
43. Given a hitch-hiker a lift
44. Been to Perth
45. Have tried Lemon, Lime and Bitters
46. Tried playing a didgeridoo
47. Seen dinosaur footprints
48. Eaten Tim Tams
49. Been to Darwin
50. Touched a kangaroo
51. Visted the Great Barrier Reef
52. Listened to Kevin Bloody Wilson
53. Killed a Cane Toad
54. Gone to a drive-in theatre
55. Have read and own books by Australian authors
56. Visited Adelaide
57. Know the story behind "Eternity"
58. Been camping
59. Visited Brisbane
60. Been in an outback pub
61. Know what the term "Waltzing Matilda" actually means
62. Gone whale watching.
63. Listened to Slim Dusty
64. Own five or more Australian movies or TV series
65. Sang along to Down Under
66. Have stopped specifically to look at an historic marker by the side of the road.
67. Eaten a 4'n'20 pie
68. Surfed at Bondi -- body surfed.
69. Watched the cricket on Boxing Day
70. Visited Hobart
71. Eaten kangaroo
72. Seen a quokka
73. Visited Canberra
74. Visited rainforests
75. Used a Victa lawnmower
76. Travelled on a tram in Adelaide
78. Used a Hills hoist
79. Visited the Olgas
80. Used native Australian plants in cooking
81. Visited the snow
82. Chosen a side in Holden VS Ford
83. Visited the desert
84. Been water skiing
85. Read The Phantom
86. Visited Parliament House - Old
87. Gone spotlighting or pig-shooting
88. Crossed the Nullarbor
89. Avoided swimming in areas because of crocodiles
90. Listened to AC/DC.
91. Called someone a dag
92. Voted in a Federal Election
93. Have been swimming and stayed between the flags
94. Had a possum in your roof
95. Visited the outback
96. Travelled over corrugated roads.
97. Hit a kangaroo while driving
98. Been well outside any mobile phone coverage
99. Seen an emu.
100. Have woken to the smell of bushfires

Comments

[quatranoctal.livejournal.com]

I wonder if walking past The Block in Redfern counts as "visiting an Aboriginal community".

[lederhosen.livejournal.com]

Depends on whether you're PSO or HSM.

[moxie_man]

(chuckle) Some of these would fit just as well in Maine as Down Under, including #32 and #98. :)

[moxie_man]

Update as didn't have time this morning. Like I said, some of these are not Aussie-specific. Things I've done, though I've never left North America:

2, 5, 8 (cheating--Maine has a York, which in turn has a 'cape'/beach/point), 9, 12 (it's spelled with an i instead of a y in Maine and is the next town north of here-chuckle), 18 (as a counselor at scout camp, my nickname was "TillyCommander" as we called'em Tillies or outhouses at the time), 22 (we call it bush wacking here), 26, 27, 30 (and did it in reverse order--saw sunset, worked all night and saw the following sunrise), 32 (toured the various National Parks/Monuments in Southwestern US over a ten day period. Put 2,500 miles/4,000km on my car. Within Maine, you can drive that far and stay within the state borders), 34 (2nd degree burn on back--OUCH!), 37 (he sells LL Bean Subarus on TV, right?), 40, 43, 47 (at Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico), 48, 54, 58, 81 (no need to visit as we get it), 83 (lived on the edge of it for 30 months), 90, 92, 96 (many Maine back dirt roads/jeep trails are bumpy), and 98 (big swaths of the state have no coverage).

So, that's 25 out of a 100. Does that mean I'm 25% Stealth-Aussie? (chuckle)

[nefaria.livejournal.com]

These are my yeses:
Watched a summer thunderstorm
Held a snake (garden snake when I was a kid)
Have seen a shark (preserved one, thanks Buzzy!)
Eaten hot chips from the bag at the beach (at Blackpool in the UK)
Watched a sunrise or sunset (need to do this more often)
Been on a roadtrip of 800km or more (amusement park trip with my brother)
Had a really bad sunburn (nice peely one after attending a Steelers game)
Eaten Vegemite (in the UK, very salty)
Thrown a boomerang (as a kiddy again)
Eaten Tim Tams (yumz, but chocolate-covered Oreos are better)
Touched a kangaroo (hugging Kenny Kangaroo at Kennywood counts, right?)
Gone to a drive-in theatre (couldn't see bottom half of the screen last time)
Gone whale watching (with Buzzy off Catalina Island, could have tossed him in but didn't)
Visited the snow (some on the ground atm!)
Visited the desert (Las Vegas count?)
Listened to AC/DC (not exactly Mozart)
Voted in a Federal Election (early and often!)
Had a possum in your roof (raccoons in the attic, close enough?)

[lederhosen.livejournal.com]

Visited the desert (Las Vegas count?)

Now you remind me, I *have* done that, just not in Australia. (Bus tour of Arizona/Nevada.)

[freyaw.livejournal.com]

Hang on - you've never cooked anything with macadamias in?

[lederhosen.livejournal.com]

I've been asking myself the same question - it seems like the sort of thing I ought to have done at some stage, but I can't think of any specific occasions.