Dec 09, 2008 18:09
Blatantly stolen from other people ...
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 (and NZ) 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
22. Have gone bush-bashing.
23. Taken a sickie.
24. Been to see a game of Aussie Rules football. I'm sure juniors counts :)
25. Have seen wild camels.
26. Gone skinny dipping.
27. Done a Tim Tam Slam.
28. Ridden in a tram in Melbourne.
29. Been at an ANZAC day Dawn Service. (Not yet, which is surprising seeing I'm in the same city as the War Memorial)
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset.
31. Held a wombat.
32. Been on a roadtrip of 800km or more. (Which is not really all that far if you think about it)
33. Seen the Great Australian Bight in person.
34. Had a really bad sunburn. (I had blisters one time, another was baked on brown for a week. which is not bad going when you are day-glo white)
35. Visited an Aboriginal community.
36. Seen a redback spider. (all over my backyard)
37. Have watched Paul Hogan.
38. Seen Blue Poles in person. (It lives in the the National Gallery)
39. Wandered barefoot in the bush/outback.
40. Eaten Vegemite. (Only good on SAOs and Vita Brits)
41. Thrown a boomerang.
42. Seen the Kimberleys.
43. Given a hitch-hiker a lift.
44. Been to Perth.
45. Have tried Lemon, Lime and Bitters. (with Vodka)
46. Tried playing a didgeridoo.
47. Seen dinosaur footprints.
48. Eaten Tim Tams. (This is a silly question)
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. (swam? yes, surfed? no)
69. Watched the cricket on Boxing Day.
70. Visited Hobart.
71. Eaten kangaroo. (related to number 96)
72. Seen a quokka.
73. Visited Canberra.
74. Visited rainforests.
75. Used a Victa lawnmower.
76. Travelled on a tram in Adelaide.
77. Used a Hills hoist. (especially good for attaching Catherine Wheels to)
78. Visited Kata Tjuta
79. Used native Australian plants in cooking.
80. Visited the snow.
81. Chosen a side in Holden VS Ford. (Only by default, seeing I used to own a Ford.)
82. Visited the desert.
83. Been water skiing (being pulled along behind a tinny on your uncles water skis counts too)
84. Read The Phantom.
85. Visited Parliament House. (both of them)
86. Gone spotlighting or pig-shooting.
87. Crossed the Nullarbor.
88. Avoided swimming in areas because of crocodiles.
89. Listened to AC/DC.
90. Called someone a dag.
91. Voted in a Federal Election.
92. Have been swimming and stayed between the flags.
93. Had a possum in your roof.
94. Visited the outback. (I'm not sure about this one.. I've visited a few country towns in NSW/VIC/QLD but they probably don't class as true outback.. more rural)
95. Travelled over corrugated roads.
96. Hit a kangaroo while driving. (See #71)
97. Been well outside any mobile phone coverage. (If you don't live in Sydney or Melbourne ....)
98. Seen an emu. (..and had them steal lunch through the car window)
99. Have woken to the smell of bushfires. (one nasty one, the rest are grass fires)
100. Subscribed to RRR.
101. Patted a pure-bred dingo.
102. Seen the Oils live.
travel,
drinks,
music,
meme,
holden vs ford,
australia,
those damn kangaroos,
animals