Another Queenslander here, been in Connecticut the last 4 years and California the 1 before that, 1 more here then dragging American fiance back to brisso for a wedding in Noosa... be nice to get back to the warmth ... and the beaches ...

Cold in the winter, but warmer than you might think in the summer. 32C outside at the moment, down to 15 overnight. It's heat without humidity, though, so I love it.

Nice One O'grady!!!

Now there's one very sad era in television advertising...

Did you really have to bring him into this thread? ;)

Yeah I second that, no matter how many Geoffrey Rushs, Toni Collettes
or Naomi Watts' we churn out, it will never be enough to recover from
Jacko and Hogan ...

Its the same with the music, no matter how many powderfingers, spiderbaits
or groove terminators, you will always cop the "I come from a land downunder"
jokes .... oh well, at least none of our cultural low points sink as far as WWF wrestling :D

One of my favourite cultural low points for Oz was the opening ceremony for a World Cup Rugby final in 1999 - Australia vs. France in Wales.

For the pre-match entertainment, the Welsh had Bryn Terfel, Charlotte Church and Shirley Bassey - all extraordinary singers who put on a friggin' awesome show with rock band Stereophonics. Can't remember who peformed for France...

The Aussies sent John Williamson and Rolf Harris (with wobbleboard). :eek: :cry:

A carton or two or crownies later it didn't really matter. Australia won 35-12 :D.

Oh no ... I'd totally wiped Rolf Harris from my memory until now ... Ok we can
get worse ... thank christ for crownies

Praise the Lord, Hallelujah, and pass me a beer ;)

I have one sacred crownie and four VB left in the fridge from my last visitor here a few months ago. Methinks they'll be gone by the end of the tour. Thankfully I have a trip back to Oz somewhere around September to restock...

G'day,

am I reading this correctly?.....'septics' in our thread hanging it on Jacko?......hey, they gave him his own show...not us!.......anyway, talking of pre game entertainment...who remembers the '92 GF at VFL park....angry Anderson in the batmobile singing the 'tatts song, "bound for Glory".....now thats entertainment!,
Stewie, Stewie, stewie,oi, oi, oi,

cheers,

Hitchy

I LOVE 'Fightin' 'Round the World'! Classic South Park! On a related note, I went and saw a John Kricfalusi Retrospective last week ( The Ren and Stimpy guy ). You wouldn't believe how much they cut out of each episode to make it palatable for ordinary viewers. Oh man. John K sure does like his boobies and ribald humour.

Anyway, now we're seriously OT. Umm....okay.....someone said Mick Rogers was out of the tour, but he isn't - there was a short interview with him last night.

What about" Sylvaniar Waters " now that was scary !!!

http://home.comcast.net/~stubacca/images/puke.gif

Can we talk about some of the good things soon? :D

Shhhh!, don't tell them :)

So was Chances.

But on the flip side, there's Water Rats. I always like Stingers too. Saw a couple of episodes of each of those when I was upin Canada earlier in the year. Was a nice change from all the US tv...

we could always have deep and meaningful discussions on
"Murder Call"

Marty

My Girlfriend is from Wagga Wagga NSW

Who want's to ship me some Mint Slices, and get me out of the doghouse?

Not cheap, but a good range of Aussie food is available at www.simplyoz.com. They even have mint slices...

That reminds me of one of the best ways to start an argument with an aussie:
Marmite is vastly superior to Vegemite.

Paul

I have to agree with you Raiyn, Australia has exported some excellent crap to the U.S but nowhere near as much mindless fodder you guys have sent our way!
But lucky for both of us that a bad joke or show will never hurt anyone (not physically anyway).I wish I could say the same for U.S foreign policy.
People who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

Cheers Paddo

Oooooh, heavy :)

why are roadies considered big beer drinkers?
Is it coincidental that this thread is next to the Aussie one?:) :) :)

Another Aussie here .... just got back to Melbourne after 6 years in Seattle ....