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    SkyChimp's Avatar Senior Member
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    Any Aussies out there? Please respond.

    I'm fascinated with Australia. But I'd like to hear from genuine Aussies about the place.

    If you were to go by what's on television in the US, you can't go anywhere in Australia without being in danger of crocs, box jellyfish, bulldog ants, funnel web spiders, redback spiders, wombats, crapping fox bats, angry kangaroos, etc.... So what's it really like? Where do all of you live? What do you do outdoors for fun? And do you have to keep a constant eye out for crocodiles?

    I like to Google-Earth and Oz has to be one of my favorite places. It's amazing the miles and miles of wilderness only to come across a single house or barn out in the middle of what looks like nowhere.



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    Not an Aussie.. but +1 on google earth.

    Australia is pretty much the same size as the USA, but is mostly wilderness... crazy to even imagine.
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    everything i needed to know about Australia i got from watching "Mad Max"
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    I won't snorkel in Australia any more.
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    im english , but live in sydney (like half of England, it seems), so only part qualified to answer your question.
    Whats Oz like?..well you dont see many crocs or roos, but you do see a lot of giant cockroaches, not that the place is dirty, roches just like it out here too. The biggest menace from wildlife is probably from bluebottle and stinger jellyfish, which both pack a mean punch indeedy, stingers can be lethal. oh, and sharks, which often like to have a surfer or scuba diver for a tasty snack.
    Aussies profess a dislike of both the English and Americans, but have a not so secret wish that they were either. Theyre decent enough folks, i just think its time they grew up and stopped being led by the nose by the yanks and poms in everything from language to culture to politics to crazy millitary adventures.
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    oh, and by the way, hello everyone .im a newbie to flight sims in general and to this site in particular.
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    Australia's a lovely land,
    It's full of bonzo blokes...
    Sheila's, beer,
    And no one's queer,
    Exept in pommy jokes.





    This here is the wattle,
    It's the emblem of our land.
    You can stick it in a bottle,
    Or hold it in yer hand.



    I'm not Australian!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    !!!!!!!!!!!!!



    I'm not.
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    Now, that's a wicked introduction of a new forum member . I'm beginning to like this Charliedirk guy already

    Cheers - Art

    P.S. - watch out brother, You will notice "wildlife" amongst members here many times. They don't call this place "Ubizoo" for nothing .
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    It's the safest place in the world provided; You don't walk under the trees. The koala bears drop out of them and do their best to scalp you.
    Once they launch an attack to your head the funnel web spiders are genetically hard wired to attack your legs.
    The secret is to stay on your feet because if you stumble during one of these dual attacks a goanna will grab you while you are down and cart you off to his burrow and immobilise you by wrapping you in a spider like web for a tasty feast later on.
    Luckily we have had a succession of wise and kindly governments who have ensured most walking paths (at least in the cities) stay reasonably clear of trees.
    But then there's the house spiders who creeeeeeeeeepAAAAHHHHHHHHHH...............
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    Due to genetic inheritance, Aussies do reproduce well in captivity. Just don't feed them after midnight, nor let them pi$s in a can: they call it "to Foster".

    Beware the females, specially those with Aussie babies ("ausslings"). They are extremely sensitive to loud noises and if you shout, they may bite your scrotum off.

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