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Argonath RPG Community => Speakerbox => Topic started by: SargentJosh on April 21, 2009, 11:30:24 am
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STRICLTY NO RACISM!!!!
Okay, lots of people have asked me about australia *COUGH* Winters and Wichi *COUGH*.
So here is some pics and things about australia.......
Ayers rock - Winters called it Ass rock becuz i was on Mic to him and my accent :/
(http://tbn1.google.com/images?q=tbn:xxN5ypK64lbPNM:http://www.wayfaring.info/wp-content/uploads/2006/12/ayers-rock-1.jpg)
(http://images.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=http://www.mulgas.com.au/mulgas/04Photos/images/AyersRock_Uluru_tif.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.mulgas.com.au/mulgas/04Photos/pages/AyersRock_Uluru_tif.htm&usg=__gp7f_A9m3O8U5jm0zayFj6-gUms=&h=703&w=1063&sz=113&hl=en&start=1&tbnid=qYcqnbhQq56R1M:&tbnh=99&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dayers%2Brock%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG)
Info:
Elevation 863 m (2,831 ft)
Prominence 348 m (1,142 ft)
Coordinates for google earth 25°20′42″S 131°02′10″E
Climbing is generally closed to the public when high winds are recorded at the top. Over the years there have been at least 35 deaths relating to climbing incidents like heart attacks.
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Sydney
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Sydney_skyline_at_dusk_-_Dec_2008.jpg/300px-Sydney_skyline_at_dusk_-_Dec_2008.jpg)
The Sydney Opera House and Sydney CBD at dusk
Population: 4,336,374 [1] (1st)
• Density: 2058/km² (5,330.2/sq mi) (2006)[2]
Established: 26 January 1788
Coordinates: [show location on an interactive map] 33°51′35.9″S 151°12′40″E / 33.859972°S 151.21111°E / -33.859972; 151.21111Coordinates: [show location on an interactive map] 33°51′35.9″S 151°12′40″E / 33.859972°S 151.21111°E / -33.859972; 151.21111
Area: 12144.6 km² (4,689.1 sq mi)
Time zone:
• Summer (DST)
AEST (UTC+10)
AEDT (UTC+11)
Location:
* 881 km (547 mi) NE of Melbourne
* 938 km (583 mi) S of Brisbane
* 3970 km (2,467 mi) E of Perth
* 1406 km (874 mi) E of Adelaide
* 4003 km (2,487 mi) SE of Darwin
LGA: various (38)
County: Cumberland
State District: various (49)
Federal Division: various (22)
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The Whitsundays (Where I Live)
WhiteHaven Beach
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Whitsunday_islands.jpg/180px-Whitsunday_islands.jpg)
Proserpine (my town)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Proserpine-Sugar-Mill-1196.jpg/270px-Proserpine-Sugar-Mill-1196.jpg)
Proserpine Sugar Mill
Proserpine is a town situated on the Bruce Highway in the state of Queensland, Australia. The town is a sugar producing centre. At the 2006 census, Proserpine had a population of 3,316.[1]
Early settlers established the town in the 1880s and named it after the ancient Greek goddess Persephone (Latin: Proserpina).
Proserpine has the regions Hospital, Rail Station, Airport, Olympic 8 lane pool, Sporting Complex, Entertainment Centre, High School (along with a state and catholic primary schools and Future Catholic High School. ).
The town has more than five parks and new ones being constructed in various new housing estates around the town.
Population: 5,000 (est) [1]
Postcode: 4800
Elevation: 20 m (66 ft) [2]
Location:
* 1074 km (667 mi) NW of Brisbane
* 126 km (78 mi) NW of Mackay
* 68 km (42 mi) SE of Bowen
LGA: Whitsunday Regional Council
State District: Whitsunday
Federal Division: Dawson
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Aussies post anyhting here that you want like this :P
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaESxxvCCFk
:/ we are weird i know :P
lol
Our commedians Hamish and Andy & ROVE :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBHg8wbFiKY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1GKlsvVauE
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NEMO!
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NEMO!
I found him
(http://www.factualities.com/3/NemoSushi.jpg)
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<3 rove!
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For those, who don't know what is Australia:
(http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/uncyclopedia/images/4/43/Australia.png)
Quite the happy continent, this picture was taken after a "budwiser" beer boat sank around the southest perimeter of Australia. It is a Commonwealth country known mostly by foreigners as Great Britain with a less fruity accent and sun in the sky you can actually see.
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known mostly by foreigners as Great Britain with a less fruity accent and sun in the sky you can actually see.
LOL! :rofl:
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It is a Commonwealth country known mostly by foreigners as Great Britain with a less fruity accent and sun in the sky you can actually see.
You totally have it wrong. We are nothing like Britain.
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AWSOME!!! :banana: :banana: :bow:
Can u post a pic of flag since country established? :razz:
And history record would be good
As far as I know, British found this island, right?
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Yes England founded this country but Australia has evolvede on its own :/
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You totally have it wrong. We are nothing like Britain.
Maybe not in the way you act or culturally.. but we are related.. infact you all are British technically ;)
I'll let Jubin, or someone explain the history cos I dont wanna break the ice lol
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Australia was colonised by the british in 1788. It was originally imported convicts from England; America had its revolution so they could no longer ship their convicts there.
Australia became a federation on the 1st January, 1901.
The national flag is this:
(http://anonymousradioshow.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/australian-flag-640.jpg)
There are talks of Australia breaking away from England, as we are currently a monarchy nation; ran by our prime minister, but the prime minister is overseen by our Governer General, who is overseen by the British Monarch, the Queen.
cbf writing more, gotta go to bed :P But that's basically it.
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Australia also has Melbourne (pron. Mel-Ben)...Melbourne shuffle is from Melbourne(nowai!) and that's awesome.
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Please write more after, i am extremely interested in history and have always wondered about the British/Australian connection. I never knew Australian didn't really like being colonised by Britain or were affronted when they were referred to as kind of British except when you said it (call me naive, i just never looked up the history of it ). I always thought it was like the Scotland and Wales situation were most people didn't give a shit, not like the Irish at all.
Every one has their own little stereotype about different countrys, for Irish it's drinking or eating potatoes. My own stereotype about australia however is whenever i picture an australian in my head i picture a guy with wavy blond hair who surfs all day lol : D.
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haha, that's pretty much a decent assumption! Tomorrow morning i'll post more in depth about our government and colonisation, including our natives and a few facts about our current shitty government, unless i get beaten :( and to answer your next question, i'm not doing it now due to being in bed writing using my phone :p
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You... could write something about The Great barrier Riff maybe? Thats where I know Australia from
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I wanna know flag's histories :razz:
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:ps: Australia (Native people) was captured by British just like USA (Red Indian) was captured by French, Spanish, and British, If I am right lol
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I believe the US was captured by Britain alone, but i know hardly anything about American history. And incase nobody has noticed, i'm really into history :D
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I believe the US was captured by Britain alone, but i know hardly anything about American history. And incase nobody has noticed, i'm really into history :D
USA (Native Red Indian) was captured by French, Spanish, British since pirates era then finally USA (British) war to themself (North and South) then finally British got all USA
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Well now i can safely say i learnt something today hehe
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USA (Native Red Indian) was captured by French, Spanish, British since pirates era then finally USA (British) war to themself (North and South) then finally British got all USA
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Huh? Are you sure that American civil war, was before USA succeeded from Britain? Or please, rephrase your sentence.
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Huh? Are you sure that American civil war, was before USA succeeded from Britain? Or please, rephrase your sentence.
During American Civil War, there is still some French, Spanish, Pirate in USA(Old) Land
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Huh? Are you sure that American civil war, was before USA succeeded from Britain? Or please, rephrase your sentence.
Dont mess with The Jubin, hes a master at history and also at general things that normal people dont bother knowing :razz:
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During American Civil War, there is still some French, Spanish, Pirate in USA(Old) Land
That's better, at first I understood you said, that even after the Civil War, USA was still under British rule, now I understand you didn't mean it that way.
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Australia's government is made up of two houses, the Senate and the House of Representatives. All laws must be passed by first the House of Reps. (Sometimes called the People's house), then it must also be passed by the Senate (Sometimes called the State's house). If a bill (Law before it's passed) gets through the house of reps, but does not get past the senate twice for the same bill, a double dissolution occurs. A double dissolution is where both houses' members all get thrown at and must be re-elected. This has only happened once before.
The Queen's representative is the Governer General, currently Quinten Bryce, who is the first female Governer General. The Governer General has to sign all bills after they're passed by the House of Reps. and the Senate.
The Governer General has the power to sack the Prime Minister. This has only happened once, and it happened to Gough Whitlam, because he was bringing far too many radical changes in, and the Governer General didn't like this, so he got sacked.
We were colonised in 1788 by the British. They brought their convicts over, blah blah blah repeating myself...Our natives were the Aboriginals - dark skinned crazy people. They used their spears wihle the British used their guns. They were severly outnumbered and were soon pushed inland all around Australia. They refer to the day of landing as the "Invasion".
In my opinion, the Aboriginals are all binge drinking lunatics who go around commiting crimes and pissing people off - but that's just me, from my countless experiences.
Kevin Rudd has recently promised us a new "National Broadband Network", which is going to take 4 years to roll out, and by that time it'll be as shit as it is today, compared to standards 4 years away.
A Double Dissolution is likely to happen in May, with a tax on Alcohol declined by The Senate once; i'll be laughing when it happens :lol:
Want any more info - tell me :D All written off the top of my head, so I didn't go into ZOMG details with numbers and shit.
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You... could write something about The Great barrier Riff maybe? Thats where I know Australia from
WELL: You are well in luck, i live at the Whitdundays (Home of the GBR) :D
(http://tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:4LRGeNEiCSB_zM:http://get2oz.com/greatbarrierreef.jpg)
(http://tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:SCCWXgtEOIjssM:http://img5.travelblog.org/Photos/21816/214167/f/1627344-Aneneme-Fish--Great-Barrier-Reef-0.jpg)
(http://tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:BGyaRKAFHQgiJM:http://blogs.fayobserver.com/faytoz/files/2009/01/great-barrier-reef.jpg)
The Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef system in the world,[1][2] composed of over 2,900 individual reefs[3] and 900 islands stretching for 2,600 kilometres (1,600 mi) over an area of approximately 344,400 square kilometres (133,000 sq mi).[4][5] The reef is located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland in northeast Australia.
The Great Barrier Reef can be seen from outer space and is the world's biggest single structure made by living organisms.[6] This reef structure is composed of and built by billions of tiny organisms, known as coral polyps.[7] The Great Barrier Reef supports a wide diversity of life, and was selected as a World Heritage Site in 1981.[1][2] CNN has labelled it one of the 7 natural wonders of the world.[8] The Queensland National Trust has named it a state icon of Queensland.[9]
A large part of the reef is protected by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, which helps to limit the impact of human use, such as overfishing and tourism. Other environmental pressures to the reef and its ecosystem include water quality from runoff, climate change accompanied by mass coral bleaching, and cyclic outbreaks of the crown-of-thorns starfish.
The Great Barrier Reef has long been known to and utilised by the Aboriginal Australian and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and is an important part of local groups' cultures and spirituality. The reef is a very popular destination for tourists, especially in the Whitsundays and Cairns regions. Tourism is also an important economic activity for the region. Fishing also occurs in the region, generating AU$ 1 billion per year.[10]
Satellite image of part of the Great Barrier Reef adjacent to the Queensland coastal areas of Proserpine and Mackay
The Great Barrier Reef reaches from Torres Strait (between Bramble Cay, its northernmost island, and the south coast of Papua New Guinea) in the north to the unnamed passage between Lady Elliot Island (its southernmost island) and Fraser Island in the south. Lady Elliot Island is located 1,915 km (1,190 mi) southeast of Bramble Cay as the crow flies.[12]
Australia has moved northwards at a rate of 7 cm (2.8 in) per year, starting during the Cainozoic.[13] Eastern Australia experienced a period of tectonic uplift, leading to the drainage divide in Queensland moving 400 km (250 mi) inland. Also during this time, Queensland experienced volcanic eruptions leading to central and shield volcanoes and basalt flows.[14] Some of these granitic outcrops have become high islands.[15] After the Coral Sea Basin was formed, coral reefs began to grow in the Basin, but until about 25 million years ago, northern Queensland was still in temperate waters south of the tropics - too cool to support coral growth.[16] The history of the development of the Great Barrier Reef is complex; after Queensland drifted into tropical waters, the history is largely influenced by how reefs fluctuate (grow and recede) as the sea level changes.[17] They can increase in diameter from 1 to 3 centimetres (0.39 to 1.2 in) per year, and grow vertically anywhere from 1 to 25 centimetres (0.4–12 in) per year; however, they are limited to growing above a depth of 150 metres (490 ft) due to their need for sunlight, and cannot grow above sea level.[18] When Queensland moved into tropical waters 24 million years ago, some coral grew,[19] but a sedimentation regime quickly developed with erosion of the Great Dividing Range; creating river deltas, oozes and turbidites, which would have been unsuitable conditions for coral growth. 10 million years ago, the sea level significantly lowered, which further enabled the sedimentation. The substrate of the GBR may have needed to build up from the sediment until the edge of the substrate was too far away for suspended sediments to have an inhibiting effect on coral growth. In addition, approximately 400,000 years ago there was a particularly warm interglacial period with higher sea levels and a 4 degree Celsius (7.2 degree Fahrenheit) change in water temperature.[20]
The Great Barrier Reef is clearly visible from jet planes flying over it
Heron Island, a coral cay in the southern Great Barrier Reef
The land that formed the substrate of the current Great Barrier Reef was a coastal plain formed from the eroded sediments of the Great Dividing Range with some larger hills (some of which were themselves remnants of older reefs[21] or volcanoes[15]).[13] The Reef Research Centre, a Cooperative Research Centre, has found coral 'skeleton' deposits that date back half a million years.[22] The GBRMPA considers the earliest evidence to suggest complete reef structures to have been 600,000 years ago.[23]
According to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, the current, living reef structure is believed to have begun growing on the older platform about 20,000 years ago.[23] The Australian Institute of Marine Science agrees, which places the beginning of the growth of the current reef at the time of the Last Glacial Maximum. At around that time, the sea level was 120 metres (390 ft) lower than it is today.[21]
From 20,000 years ago until 6,000 years ago, the sea level rose steadily. As it rose, the corals could then grow higher on the hills of the coastal plain. By around 13,000 years ago the sea level was 60 metres (200 ft) lower than the present day, and corals began to grow around the hills of the coastal plain, which were, by then, continental islands. As the sea level rose further still, most of the continental islands were submerged. The corals could then overgrow the hills, to form the present cays and reefs. Sea level on the Great Barrier Reef has not risen significantly in the last 6,000 years.[21] The CRC Reef Research Centre estimates the age of the present, living reef structure at 6,000 to 8,000 years old.[22]
The remains of an ancient barrier reef similar to the Great Barrier Reef can be found in The Kimberley, a northern region of Western Australia.[24]
The Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area has been divided into 70 bioregions,[25] of which 30 are reef bioregions,[26] and 40 are non-reef bioregions.[27] In the northern part of the Great Barrier Reef, ribbon reefs and deltaic reefs have formed; these structures are not found in the rest of the Great Barrier Reef system.[22] There are no atolls in the system,[28] and reefs attached to the mainland are rare.[13]
Fringing reefs are distributed widely, but are most common towards the southern part of the Great Barrier Reef, attached to high islands, for example, the Whitsunday Islands. Lagoonal reefs are also found in the southern Great Barrier Reef, but there are some of these found further north, off the coast of Princess Charlotte Bay. Cresentic reefs are the most common shape of reef in the middle of the Great Barrier Reef system, for example the reefs surrounding Lizard Island. Cresentic reefs are also found in the far north of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, and in the Swain Reefs (20-22 degrees south). Planar reefs are found in the northern and southern parts of the Great Barrier Reef, near Cape York, Princess Charlotte Bay, and Cairns. Most of the islands on the reef are found on planar reefs.
The Great Barrier Reef supports a diversity of life, including many vulnerable or endangered species, some of which may be endemic to the reef system.[30][31]
Green sea turtle on the Great Barrier Reef
Thirty species of whales, dolphins, and porpoises have been recorded in the Great Barrier Reef, including the dwarf minke whale, Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin, and the humpback whale. Large populations of dugongs live there.[32][33][31]
Six species of sea turtles come to the reef to breed – the green sea turtle, leatherback sea turtle, hawksbill turtle, loggerhead sea turtle, flatback turtle, and the olive ridley. The green sea turtles on the Great Barrier Reef have two genetically distinct populations, one in the northern part of the reef and the other in the southern part.[34] Fifteen species of seagrass in beds attract the dugongs and turtles,[32] and provide a habitat for fish.[35] The most common genera of seagrasses are Halophila and Halodule.[36]
Salt water crocodiles live in mangrove and saltmarshes on the coast near the reef.[37] Nesting has not been reported, and the salt water crocodile population in the GBRWHA is wide-ranging and with a low population density.[38] Around 125 species of shark, stingray, skates or chimera live on the reef.[39][40] Close to 5,000 species of mollusc have been recorded on the reef, including the giant clam and various nudibranchs and cone snails.[32] Forty-nine species of pipefish and nine species of seahorse have been recorded.[38] At least seven species of frog can be found on the islands.[41]
215 species of birds (including 22 species of seabirds and 32 species of shorebirds) are attracted to the reef or nest or roost on the islands,[42] including the white-bellied sea eagle and roseate tern.[32] Most nesting sites are on islands in the northern and southern regions of the Great Barrier Reef, with 1.4-1.7 million birds using the sites to breed.[43][44] The islands of the Great Barrier Reef also support 2,195 known plant species; three of these are endemic. The northern islands have 300-350 plant species which tend to be woody, whereas the southern islands have 200 which tend to be herbaceous; the Whitsunday region is the most diverse, supporting 1,141 species. The plant species are spread by birds.[41]
Seventeen species of sea snake live on the Great Barrier Reef. They take three or four years to reach sexual maturity and are long-lived but with low fertility. They are usually benthic, but the species that live on the soft sediment differ from those that live on the reefs themselves. They live in warm waters up to 50 metres (164 ft) deep and are more common in the southern than in the northern part of the reef. None of the sea snakes found in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area are endemic to the reef, nor are any of them endangered.[38]
More than 1,500 species of fish live on the reef, including the clownfish, red bass, red-throat emperor, and several species of snapper and coral trout.[32] Forty-nine species are known to mass spawn, with eighty-four other species found on the reef spawning elsewhere in their range.[45]
There are at least 330 species of ascidians found on the reef system, ranging in size from 1 mm-10 cm (0.04–4 in) in diameter. Between 300-500 species of bryozoans are found on the reef system.[40]
Four hundred species of corals, both hard corals and soft corals are found on the reef.[32] The majority of these spawn gametes, breeding in mass spawning events that are controlled by the rising sea temperatures of spring and summer, the lunar cycle, and the diurnal cycle. Reefs in the inner Great Barrier Reef spawn during the week after the full moon in October, but the outer reefs spawn in November and December.[46] The common soft corals on the Great Barrier Reef belong to 36 genera.[47] Five hundred species of marine algae or seaweed live on the reef,[32] including thirteen species of the genus Halimeda, which deposit calcareous mounds up to 100 metres (110 yd) wide, creating mini-ecosystems on their surface which have been compared to rainforest cover.[48]
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Josh, what was the source for your info? :S
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Barrier_Reef
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Australia has moved northwards at a rate of 7 cm (2.8 in) per year
Next thing you'll be up against Asia, but no seriously.. thats some fast techtonic plate movement youve got there :eek:
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Nemo!!! :banana:
:D
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Next thing you'll be up against Asia, but no seriously.. thats some fast techtonic plate movement youve got there :eek:
mmhmm sexy aye :P
Top Ten Best Aussie beer comercials :P
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1nxxVe5pTs&feature=related
Yes there is a bundy rum ad in there :/
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heh ill post pics of perth soon xD
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Australia has moved northwards at a rate of 7 cm (2.8 in) per year
Next thing you'll be up against Asia, but no seriously.. thats some fast techtonic plate movement youve got there :eek:
Before we know it, shipment from Hong Kong will be little cheaper when buying eBay items :roll:
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Next thing you'll be up against Asia, but no seriously.. thats some fast techtonic plate movement youve got there :eek:
Before we know it, shipment from Hong Kong will be little cheaper when buying eBay items :roll:
Nice lol
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Hmmm...?
Does anyone say something about Asia?
*Ahem*
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Did anyone mention Aboriginal genocide? I would like to know more about it from the mouth of Australians. :)
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Haha.. Nice topic guys :) Well i just readed all of your posts. And i'd like to add a bit here: 1 week ago i just had my presentation about Australia.. We had to pick a country, and since alot come from Australia here, and i talk with them alot of times, i thought of doing it about Australia..
I gave some info about the Tourist Places.. The history.. etc.. The teacher was very impressed.. According to what she said. Guys from my class said it was a boring one, but hey. I got the highest mark from the class.. a 8.5/10.. So i didn't do it that bad after all :lol:
And you guys talked about the The Great Barrier Reef.. Yeah, i talked some about that as well. I also mentioned the Ayer's Rock and Alice Springs. Really nice tourist places.. I also said some things about the Size of Australia, 22 Million is not that much compared to other countries.. Germany has around 80 million.. and it's way smaller then Australia.. Thanks for the info josh ;)
- Winters.
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Nice work winters, send me a copy of it, i wanna see it! :D
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Nice work winters, send me a copy of it, i wanna see it! :D
Sure, but most of it is dutch :D Alright, come on MSN so i can send you.. :)
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What about kangaroos :conf:
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kangaroos are overrated, but if this is what you were looking for:
we ride kangaroos to school, our traffic lights are koalas on top of dingoes next to the billabong, our kookaburras are the cops, we have boxing kangaroos as our teachers at school..etc etc