What's Australia like?
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Lol @ comments about Canberra, talk about generalizing... funny that most of the pollys live in melbourne and sydney, they just fly to Canberra to work..
Facts about Canberra
* Pot is semi legal in the Capital but not the rest of Australia
* Prostitution is legal here and not in the rest of the country
* Seasons are extreme with summer temps in the upper 30's to 40's (that's 90's and 100)
* High school goes from 7th to 10th grade, College is 11th and 12th but not required, (many aussies only go for the 10 years)
* Australian National University is in the top ten rated uni's in the world and students come from every where to attend.
* It's a 3 hour drive to Sydney, 6 hours to Melbourne, 1 hour to beautiful beaches and about 1 hour to the best snow skiing in Australia.
Kangaroos are plentiful near urban areas, because there is alot of shrub, they tend to wonder on the road abit, i see about 3 roadkill on average per day on a 30km drive to work (my work is on the opposite side of the city to where i live)
we are also the pornography capital. a few major adult brands distribute dvds and such around australia.
i help run a car club down here, we can cruise around in highly modified cars, and the cops like us
so we dont get annoying defect notices or harrassed to keep our cars to legal specifications. aslong as they are safe ofcourse.
Public servants (Government employees) are no more plentiful here than they are in melbourne and sydney. i work for a private company, and we sometimes gets outsourced to do some work for a particular large federal government agency, and most of their employees are interstate!
Canberra has the best roads in Australia, thats why the people that live here cant drive for ****
but ive also heard Australia has the best roads in the world (on average)
Canberra hosts australias biggest horsepower party, 'Summernats car festival' with up to ~150,000 people (est) crammed into one huge exhibition park, where entrants have the chance to win burnout competitions, cruise around with honeys in their cars (showing off their assets) all day long. and i aint kidding. the most common word used at the 'nats as its called is 'show us ya tits'
Canberra is also the home of the CSIRO which is where all our nerds and geeks are kept researching ways to make it easier for us to scratch our asses. in other words, they invent stuff!
Crime here is low, and there are barely any shootings compared with the US, not that murders dont happen, although in canberra alone we've had 2 stabbings in the past month at nightclubs.. there are gangs, such as the rebels bikey gang, leb mafia, small segments of italian and maltese groups, cros, serbs, blacks, 'ethnic' in general groups. whites & aussies, islanders, but they all seem to stay out of eachothers way...
the car group i am in has a mix of all breeds
canberra also has the highest life expectency..
so throw out whatever the **** you thought canberra was and come here and visit before you run your mouth.... oh yeah and we dont suffer from polution here, most of the factorys and refinerys are in the other coastal citys
aussie pizza is alright. but give me a chicken hawaiian anyday
melbourne is abit weird tho, some intersections you turn right from the left hand lane (keeping in mind we drive on the left side of the road) its to get around tram lanes.. i dont quite understand it, but it makes sense when you're there....
Facts about Canberra
* Pot is semi legal in the Capital but not the rest of Australia
* Prostitution is legal here and not in the rest of the country
* Seasons are extreme with summer temps in the upper 30's to 40's (that's 90's and 100)
* High school goes from 7th to 10th grade, College is 11th and 12th but not required, (many aussies only go for the 10 years)
* Australian National University is in the top ten rated uni's in the world and students come from every where to attend.
* It's a 3 hour drive to Sydney, 6 hours to Melbourne, 1 hour to beautiful beaches and about 1 hour to the best snow skiing in Australia.
Kangaroos are plentiful near urban areas, because there is alot of shrub, they tend to wonder on the road abit, i see about 3 roadkill on average per day on a 30km drive to work (my work is on the opposite side of the city to where i live)
we are also the pornography capital. a few major adult brands distribute dvds and such around australia.
i help run a car club down here, we can cruise around in highly modified cars, and the cops like us
so we dont get annoying defect notices or harrassed to keep our cars to legal specifications. aslong as they are safe ofcourse.Public servants (Government employees) are no more plentiful here than they are in melbourne and sydney. i work for a private company, and we sometimes gets outsourced to do some work for a particular large federal government agency, and most of their employees are interstate!
Canberra has the best roads in Australia, thats why the people that live here cant drive for ****
but ive also heard Australia has the best roads in the world (on average)Canberra hosts australias biggest horsepower party, 'Summernats car festival' with up to ~150,000 people (est) crammed into one huge exhibition park, where entrants have the chance to win burnout competitions, cruise around with honeys in their cars (showing off their assets) all day long. and i aint kidding. the most common word used at the 'nats as its called is 'show us ya tits'
Canberra is also the home of the CSIRO which is where all our nerds and geeks are kept researching ways to make it easier for us to scratch our asses. in other words, they invent stuff!
Crime here is low, and there are barely any shootings compared with the US, not that murders dont happen, although in canberra alone we've had 2 stabbings in the past month at nightclubs.. there are gangs, such as the rebels bikey gang, leb mafia, small segments of italian and maltese groups, cros, serbs, blacks, 'ethnic' in general groups. whites & aussies, islanders, but they all seem to stay out of eachothers way...
the car group i am in has a mix of all breeds
canberra also has the highest life expectency..
so throw out whatever the **** you thought canberra was and come here and visit before you run your mouth.... oh yeah and we dont suffer from polution here, most of the factorys and refinerys are in the other coastal citys
aussie pizza is alright. but give me a chicken hawaiian anyday
melbourne is abit weird tho, some intersections you turn right from the left hand lane (keeping in mind we drive on the left side of the road) its to get around tram lanes.. i dont quite understand it, but it makes sense when you're there....
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- Banbury, UK
- Uberbee
You know how to hit all the right spots don't you?
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- bboygen / GTP_Gen
Lol @ comments about Canberra, talk about generalizing... funny that most of the pollys live in melbourne and sydney, they just fly to Canberra to work..
Facts about Canberra
* Pot is semi legal in the Capital but not the rest of Australia
* Prostitution is legal here and not in the rest of the country
* Seasons are extreme with summer temps in the upper 30's to 40's (that's 90's and 100)
* High school goes from 7th to 10th grade, College is 11th and 12th but not required, (many aussies only go for the 10 years)
* Australian National University is in the top ten rated uni's in the world and students come from every where to attend.
* It's a 3 hour drive to Sydney, 6 hours to Melbourne, 1 hour to beautiful beaches and about 1 hour to the best snow skiing in Australia.
Kangaroos are plentiful near urban areas, because there is alot of shrub, they tend to wonder on the road abit, i see about 3 roadkill on average per day on a 30km drive to work (my work is on the opposite side of the city to where i live)
we are also the pornography capital. a few major adult brands distribute dvds and such around australia.
i help run a car club down here, we can cruise around in highly modified cars, and the cops like us
Public servants (Government employees) are no more plentiful here than they are in melbourne and sydney. i work for a private company, and we sometimes gets outsourced to do some work for a particular large federal government agency, and most of their employees are interstate!
Canberra has the best roads in Australia, thats why the people that live here cant drive for ****
Canberra hosts australias biggest horsepower party, 'Summernats car festival' with up to ~150,000 people (est) crammed into one huge exhibition park, where entrants have the chance to win burnout competitions, cruise around with honeys in their cars (showing off their assets) all day long. and i aint kidding. the most common word used at the 'nats as its called is 'show us ya tits'
Canberra is also the home of the CSIRO which is where all our nerds and geeks are kept researching ways to make it easier for us to scratch our asses. in other words, they invent stuff!
Crime here is low, and there are barely any shootings compared with the US, not that murders dont happen, although in canberra alone we've had 2 stabbings in the past month at nightclubs.. there are gangs, such as the rebels bikey gang, leb mafia, small segments of italian and maltese groups, cros, serbs, blacks, 'ethnic' in general groups. whites & aussies, islanders, but they all seem to stay out of eachothers way...
the car group i am in has a mix of all breeds
canberra also has the highest life expectency..
so throw out whatever the **** you thought canberra was and come here and visit before you run your mouth.... oh yeah and we dont suffer from polution here, most of the factorys and refinerys are in the other coastal citys
aussie pizza is alright. but give me a chicken hawaiian anyday
melbourne is abit weird tho, some intersections you turn right from the left hand lane (keeping in mind we drive on the left side of the road) its to get around tram lanes.. i dont quite understand it, but it makes sense when you're there....
It still sucks.
(We were joking, don't take offence, we only hold offence against Canberra BECAUSE it is politician central
)
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Heh, yeah I can see why they fly all the way to Canberra just to work.
we can cruise around in highly modified cars, and the cops like us
Canberra has the best roads in Australia, thats why the people that live here cant drive for ****
Hmm, might just have to make my way up there some time.
Yeah I agree, Melbourne is abit weird.
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- GTP_Thiele (PSP only)
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there are lots and lots of kangaroos and emus at the national park at the bottom of the Yorke Peninsula
There are a lot of wombats, rabbits and foxes where we live, we go spotlighting sometimes
We recently took a flight from Brisbane back to Adelaide from the Gold Coast
If you go to Brisbane you should go to the theme parks at the Gold Coast most of them cost about $60AU per adult to get in but unlimited rides free of charge
There are a lot of wombats, rabbits and foxes where we live, we go spotlighting sometimes
Taurine
We recently took a flight from Brisbane back to Adelaide from the Gold Coast
If you go to Brisbane you should go to the theme parks at the Gold Coast most of them cost about $60AU per adult to get in but unlimited rides free of charge
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- BradleyH131
Yeah. A 'hook turn', they're a lot easier then they sound.
Of which about 5 I might have to go through to get to university next year...
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In my description, Australia is a great place, much safer on the streets compared to the U.S, and generally, a good place to live.
But the Government are idiots, especially Howard, the tool, him and his Liberal bum-buddies
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I won't go any further, or else this might turn into an opinionated post.
But the Government are idiots, especially Howard, the tool, him and his Liberal bum-buddies
.I won't go any further, or else this might turn into an opinionated post.
Turbo Lag
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In my description, Australia is a great place, much safer on the streets compared to the U.S, and generally, a good place to live.
But the Government are idiots, especially Howard, the tool, him and his Liberal bum-buddies
I won't go any further, or else this might turn into an opinionated post.
yeah i kinda agree on that. But Australia still is a great place though:tup:In my description, Australia is a great place, much safer on the streets compared to the U.S, and generally, a good place to live.
But the Government are idiots, especially Howard, the tool, him and his Liberal bum-buddies
I won't go any further, or else this might turn into an opinionated post.
Yep. But once you you stop paying attention to the politicians, you realise how fantastic it is living here!
FormulaGT
being an aussie
1: hot as hell no matter which state you in
2: we have our share of idiots just like the US, UK & other locations
3: we have a bad leader, but which county doesn't
4: our cars are very weak(no more than 300HP)
5: 4th fattest county in the world
6: we have good roits, which render the police useless(which is sad)
7: export alot of grain
8: very multi-cultureral
1: hot as hell no matter which state you in
2: we have our share of idiots just like the US, UK & other locations
3: we have a bad leader, but which county doesn't
4: our cars are very weak(no more than 300HP)
5: 4th fattest county in the world
6: we have good roits, which render the police useless(which is sad)
7: export alot of grain
8: very multi-cultureral
Cap'n Jack
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- Rolf Harris can go paint queens for all I care.
- Actully, theres a picture of me in the Pics of Yourself tying a mates kangaroo down
- What?
- Actully, theres a picture of me in the Pics of Yourself tying a mates kangaroo down
- What?
ExigeEvan
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Evo magazine did an article a while back now on unlimited speed limits on road around the world.
Anyway...
Wikipedia
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True, but it's kinda hard not to notice, when every single damn thing you do pretty much depends on money, of which the government strips us poor people
But anyway, I suppose it is one of the most peaceful countries to live. Is there a thread somewhere here where we can whinge about our government?
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I've always loved Australia, but this drought's terrible, and mrnoname's right with 2,3,4,6,7,8. We're ridiculously multi cultural Every state except Tasmania's hot. (Can get upwards of 45C, not comfortable with most British and Norther US and Canada, where most GTP people come from here.) And we have 350HP+ Holdens.
throttlehappy
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they do http://www.ls1.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=33090&page=2&highlight=turtle+shell
my cars pushing 375 hp, weak? i think not
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