revoltingly Auuuuuuuussie

Dec 10, 2008 13:36

Stolen from jet-ski. Here's one for tigerweave and American expats!

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) TODO
8. Visited Cape York TODO <--- The Daintree is kind of on Cape York but I'll take it as meaning Cooktown and further
9. Held a snake <--------- Not in Australia!
10. Sang along with Khe San
11. Drank VB
12. Visited Sydney
13. Have seen a shark <----------- Not in Australia!
14. Have used Aussie slang naturally in a conversation
15. Had an actual conversation with an indigenous Australian (aboriginal).
16. Eaten hot chips from the bag at the beach
17. Walked/climbed over the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
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 TODO
22. Have gone bush-bashing
23. Taken a sickie
24. Been to see a game of Aussie Rules football
25. Have seen wild camels TODO
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 TODO <---------- Touched one, and kicked one
32. Been on a roadtrip of 800km or more
33. Seen the Great Australian Bight in person TODO
34. Had a really bad sunburn
35. Visited an aboriginal community
36. Seen a redback spider
37. Have watched Paul Hogan
38. Seen Blue Polls in person
39. Wandered barefoot in the bush/outback
40. Eaten Vegemite
41. Thrown a boomerang TODO
42. Seen the Kimberlies TODO
43. Given a hitch-hiker a lift TODO <--------- Not in Australia, in NZ!
44. Been to Perth
45. Have tried Lemon, Lime and Bitters
46. Tried playing a didgeridoo TODO
47. Seen dinosaur footprints TODO
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 TODO
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 TODO <------- I don't think a roadhouse counts.
61. Know what the term "Waltzing Matilda" actually means <------- Used to, I forget
62. Gone whale watching. <--------- Just seen 'em
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 <---- Nuh, just been there for a swim, can't surf
69. Watched the cricket on Boxing Day
70. Visited Hobart
71. Eaten kangaroo
72. Seen a quokka TODO <------- Might have, at a zoo, might have visited Rottnest when I was a titch
73. Visited Canberra
74. Visited rainforests
75. Used a Victa lawnmower TODO
76. Travelled on a tram in Adelaide
78. Used a Hills hoist
79. Visited the Olgas TODO
80. Used native Australian plants in cooking
81. Visited the snow
82. Chosen a side in Holden VS Ford <---- Holden! Cuz I own one. Raced Fords at the lights.
83. Visited the desert
84. Been water skiing
85. Read The Phantom <-------- What's this?
86. Visited Parliament House
87. Gone spotlighting or pig-shooting <-------- Spotlighting bobucks!
88. Crossed the Nullarbor <-------- Only in the train when I was little
89. Avoided swimming in areas because of crocodiles <-------- Come to Darwin!
90. Listened to AC/DC.
91. Called someone a dag <--------- Only affectionately, more often got called one
92. Voted in a Federal Election
93. Have been swimming and stayed between the flags
94. Had a possum in your roof <--------- GRRRRRRRR
95. Visited the outback
96. Travelled over corrugated roads.
97. Hit a kangaroo while driving NOT TODO
98. Been well outside any mobile phone coverage TODO <------ Don't think so, don't know the range, does remote Victoria, and the Stuart Highway count?
99. Seen an emu
100. Have woken to the smell of bushfires

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