100 Reasons Australia is better then Austria

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 12:06 pm

my husband's brother and sister live there

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 12:52 pm

9. The Great Coral Reef

Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 1:05 pm

10 They didn't give us a man with a silly moustache

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 1:19 pm

:wah: Oh Unc'!

11. kangaroos.............I think they are cute!

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 1:21 pm

koala bears! :-4

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 1:33 pm

12. Foster's

cherandbuster · Post by **cherandbuster** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 2:45 pm

Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 2:49 pm

Floppy !!!:-4

The skiing's better in Austria, but the beaches are better in Oz

We didn't invent the Von Trapp Family

Red blooded aussie males almost never wear tight leather shorts - a plus???

Aussies only yodel when heading at breakneck speed down a double black diamond by mistake

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 3:08 pm

:wah:

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 4:27 pm

They did an outstanding job with opening and closing ceremonies during the Olympics

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 4:35 pm

Sydney Opera House

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chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 4:38 pm

*psst, it's Greenland*

Australia is a continent.

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 4:46 pm

Christmas in summer with barbies.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 4:47 pm

Yeah, Santa surfing!:-6

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 4:54 pm

cherandbuster wrote: Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe

You know my family thinks I look like Russel Crowe

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 4:54 pm

chonsigirl wrote: Yeah, Santa surfing!:-6

In red shorts.

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 5:19 pm

chonsigirl wrote: Yeah, Santa surfing!:-6

Oz Santa gets a bit warm sometimes.

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chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 5:42 pm

I like the 3rd one, Santa watching the sunset on the beach....................:-6

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 7:57 pm

it is the home of this creature the WOMBAT...!!

and this unusual mammal the PLATYPUS..!!

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 9:13 pm

WOW Kathy !!!! I'm totally overcome. And thanks. By the way, that key lime coconut chockie candy is to totally awesome!!!

Wombats are fun, Carla. The adults are tough critters, nocturnal and have few predators (other than night drivers). Their butts are flat and really hard. If a dingo tries to follow one into his burrow, the wombat scuttles in and closes the hole with his butt, often crushing the skull of the dingo. Young wombats are playful like puppies, run around happily during the day too, and will chew your shoelaces, leaving them green and goooey.

Platypus's are interesting critters, and rarely seen except in captivity (when their days and nights are sometimes deliberately reversed). Shy and nocturnal in the wild. But the spur on the foot of the male is very poisonous. Can give you a mega painful wound. Neuroscientists at the uni I worked at are investigating platypus venom as a pain reliever.

As for Steve Irwin, Snooze. I think we successfully exported him to you, didn't we? Aussies tend to cringe before his ockerness. Ditto with the Croc Dundee bloke who sold out and is now in Hollywood, where his face has amazingly lost all its craggy character lines.

I rather like Santa in the billabong, Chonsi. Grin.

Chickadee · Post by **Chickadee** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 10:33 pm

The completely unique flora and fauna.

And that great tectonic plate all their own.

And did someone say something about Santa's billabong? Is that where he keeps it?

Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 2:02 am

chonsigirl wrote: :wah: Oh Unc'!

11. kangaroos.............I think they are cute!
Yeah Chonsi - there are no kangaroos in Austria

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OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 2:12 am

Uncle Kram wrote: Yeah Chonsi - there are no kangaroos in Austria

There's one in Ireland, though.:p

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 10:39 am

Foster's :-6

I heard Arnold really likes it...