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Scientists wait in Outback for Japanese spacecraft - LehighValleyLive.com

(AP) — ADELAIDE, Australia - Scientists camping out in the Australian Outback this weekend will be eagerly scanning the night sky for the long-delayed return of the first spacecraft to complete a round-trip journey to ...

Which way is it to the Outback, Sport? How a wallaby went hop-about in Britain - Daily Mail

Perhaps it was just trying to hitch a lift back to Australia. But this wallaby gave a start to a passing driver who saw it standing calmly by the side of a country road in Cornwall. The marsupial, spotted in St Breward ...

Australian Travel is Turning into a Well-liked Destination Choice - Associated Content

Visitors to Australia come to see the wonderful cities of Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, and Perth too as the rugged outback in the country, which can be full of adventure. A fair assortment of lodging accommodations ...

Germany v Australia: live - Daily Telegraph

Right, so that's that then: England have to win their group. Germany came out firing tonight, with a new star born in Ozil. Miroslav Klose did a fair job proving his detractors both right and wrong, in that his finishing ...

Continued: Around the world in a book - Minneapolis Star Tribune

Growing up in a crowded house with a thousand siblings (well, nine, anyway), I was drawn, as a child, to stories about orphans and runaways. I'd lie on my top bunk and block out the din by opening a book. The right book ...

Franklin Park Zoo opens walk-in aviary exhibit - Abington Mariner

The yellow and green parakeet swooped down from its perch to land on the seed-coated stick. A second later, half a dozen more followed, bending the wooden stick with their weight and nibbling just inches away from the ...

Co-directors of Hillel of Rockland are county's Jewish heroes - LoHud.com

In his native Australia, Rabbi Dov Oliver and his American wife, Shevy, spent four years traveling in the Outback, reaching out to remote Jewish communities in sheep farms to spread the warmth and joy of Judaism. In ...

Daily scoreboard - Daily Mail - Charleston (blog)

1. From the London Mirror : “Former Arsenal goalkeeper Bob Wilson believes there is no excuse for Robert Green’s error against the United States last night – but has questioned Fabio Capello’s decision to name ...

Sea of criticism over teenager's trip - St. Petersburg Times

Scientists will be eagerly scanning the night sky over the Australian Outback this weekend for the long-delayed return of the first spacecraft to complete a round-trip journey to an asteroid. The Hayabusa capsule has ...

75 mile trek for a beer - The Move Channel

Most of us have probably endured a lengthy trip to find our favourite tipple at least once in our lives, even if it's only the occasional wine foray into France. But not many of us have been keen enough to embark upon a ...

Resolved Question: Is law too difficult to study when you have a family?

I am 25 next month and have already been studying business (marketing and management) part time for the past 2 years. We (me, husband and 2 kids) are moving to the city shortly after living in the Australian outback for 2.5 years and this means that I will be able to change to on-campus study and choose from all available courses instead of just the online ones. My grades so far are high enough to apply for law but I do not know if that would be too time consuming for a mother of 2? My kids will be 5years and 2years when I begin. Anybody been there done that?I would study full time if I did this as we would be back in the city and I would have the option of daycare and grandparents support : ) It is a long course but there seems to be a lot more work available in law than there is in marketing in Western Australia where i live more

Resolved Question: What is it like to live in the Australian Outback?

I'm looking to spend a gap year working and living in the Australian outback. I've never been to Australia before, but I've always wanted to go. Can anyone tell me what life is like in the outback? Travel? Internet? etc... Thanks =)It will be working on a ranch or cattle/sheep station I think. What are these like? more

Resolved Question: 29, Male, Australian. In distress.?

Ok so im sure every one has read this 100K times. I am 29 years old I am 3rd year Psychology and Anthropology student and about to start honors in psych! So i know all the theories (the first person that talks about Maslow or Freud is an idiot) I already own my own farm! Which i bought from working hard (not inheriting). I have a partner who loves me very much! I am not happy! And still feel like shit! I really do not like myself. I do not think i am depressed. I get nervous in large groups! I can kick ass at most strategy games and am amazing at trivia (No i am not an savant, i am not that that smart or egotistical)! I seriously have been thinking about ending my life! and no i am not a little emo freak! I just need some help. I live in remote outback Australia. Which is why i am studying psychology because there is not enough help for people with serious issues. I don't feel that i am a significant comparison some of the things i have seen and experienced. But why do i feel like this when i should already know the answers? I have a exceptionally high GPA! But still don't want to be here anymore! What is going on! I have not spoken to anyone about this and with the few hints i have given i have got the response "grow up"! Please some serious help would be great! The fact the i am asking yahoo answers is sad enough. My GP gave me Vallium. good call...... not! Please if anyone can point me in the right directon. and dont say councilors because they are less qualified than me! and i tend to tear apart people that can not hold a good argument (in the academic sence)! Yours sincerely , Billy more

Resolved Question: What do other countries think of Australians?

I'm from australia and I've always wondered what people think of us. I mean, do you think we have pet koalas (not true by the way), live in the outback (75% of our population lives in cites just like new york or london or kuala lumpa or where ever), or do you think we're racist, or do you like our accents? I will choose a best answer, and if you ask any questions in your answer I can answer them in additional details. Just curious.We mainly just eat food from other countries, about the only meal I can think of that was invented in Australia is the BBQ. Then there's lamingtons, vegemite and twisties but they're not meals, and I hate vegemite.Once John Howard was gone from the government we made an official apology to the aboriginals. And from what I here, americans and English are really nice drivers, but America has terrible chocolate bars and canadians don't have roundabouts. more

Resolved Question: Are there lots of hillbillys in southern u.s.a.?

I am from ausrtralia and everything you hear about the south of america is that it is full of hillbillys with no teeth and they live in caravan parks and wave confederate flags everywhere. Is this true or is it just a misconception australians have about america. Im also sure the Americans think our outback is full of hillbillys too but thats not true because i live in the outback and most the bogans and rednecks i have seen come for outer city suburbs.point taken not everone in the south are hillbillys i just asked cause i met this bloke in the pub he was from texas and he was the most racist inbred wanka i ever met all he talked about was killing black people i wanted to punch his teeth in but now i know there not all like that and some of the stereotypes are true about aussies not all people in the northern territory wrestle crocodiles but most of them arent scared to go swimming with them crazy basterds i wouldent swim with them but where i come from there are no crocs just red dust kangarooos emus and a lot of pubs. more

Resolved Question: Tell me about your horse?

Hey :) I'm sixteen and live in Australia and I own a ten year old brumby x friesian called Chickadee. (Just if you don't know, a brumby is a wild Australian horse). She's jet black, 15hh and VERY inquisitive - still almost foal like! She was born in the Australian outback. She was found by a group of people who were rounding up the wild horses to take back and break in so they wouldn't get hunted. They'd noticed a pretty little black foal running around but hadn't gotten close enough to do anything properly. They set up camp, and were more than shocked to see a very young foal timidly hanging around their camp! They think her mother died and the herd rejected her, so they took her back with them. Unfortunately, the people she ended up with tied her to a pole and left her there. She was attacked by wild dogs and now has a few scars. When she was seven, I got the privelege of owning her after the people who broke her in had too many horses. I love her so much :) Tell me about your horse!Wow! :D Thank you all so much, gave me some good reading to do, I loved reading about all your four legged friends :) I cannot pick a best answer so I'm putting it to the vote! Thank you again xoxo more

Resolved Question: If the Australian outback is full of Rabbits and Camels, why not donate the meat to relief measures in Haiti?

I learned long ago Australia has a problem with non native invasive species crowding out the animals that actually belong there. Why not hire hunters and skinners and refrigerator trucks around rthe clock to go out and hunt them, and then ship the meat to poor countries, as a donation to the poor. Round up the camels and sell them back to the Arabs for a profit. Why all the waste in one country and then not enough in the other? It's the same world we live in.The whole point is to take care of two problems at once, and solve them from the root. more

Resolved Question: why do people think that because wild wolves and dogs have a younger average age...?

...that it means it is because of their raw meat carnivorous diet? The assumption of this claim is that the diet of wolves shortens their lifespan and that we therefore should not feed this diet to dogs. However, this is another example of faulty reasoning and false logic. Yes, wolves do not live as long in the wild as their domestic counterparts, but this is NOT because of the food they eat. Why would nature design an animal to be sustained on a diet that inevitably kills it? How could eating what it was designed and has evolved to eat decrease a wolf's lifespan? Its diet is what keeps a wolf alive! If it did not eat, how would it live? These questions aside, we must look at how absurd it is to link wolf longevity solely to diet. Living in the wild is a tough job. Wild wolves face the brunt of nature and must deal with the bitter elements every single day—heat, cold, rain, storms, blizzards, ice storms, etc. They also must deal with the high energetic costs associated with bringing down huge herbivores like elk, deer, and moose. They also encounter intraspecific competition for food among other wolves in addition to interspecific competition with bears, cougars, and humans. They face predation, habitat loss, and prey loss by humans as well as a decreasing environmental quality in habitat and food. They also must deal with parasites (every wild animal has them and usually coexists quite peacefully with them), with foreign toxic pollutants, with wolf-wolf altercations, with wolf-prey altercations, with wolf-other carnivore or scavenger altercations, and with increasing encroachment and habitat destruction by humans. They face a sporadic prey supply and starvation routinely and may go several weeks without food. In spite of all this they can still thrive well enough to expend precious energy in reproductive forays, producing litters of healthy pups and creating an increased demand for food. These are the reasons a wolf's lifespan in the wild is shorter, NOT because of its diet. It is precisely their diet and genetic hardiness that keeps them alive, even in the face of disease. It is not that their food is somehow lacking and incapable of sustaining them, but that they cannot always get enough of that food to meet all their metabolic requirements. It is that very food that fills, heals, and sustains them. Hopefully you can now see how ludicrous it is to assume diet is the reason for a decreased lifespan in the wild. When we look at our domesticated wolf companions—our dogs—this lifespan issue becomes a moot point. Our dogs do not live in the wild and therefore do not face most of the energetically costly factors wolves face. Our dogs live comfortably in our homes where they should always receive enough food and care, and where the raw food they need can be obtained from parasite-free sources. Just look at the example set by Jerry, the 27-year-old raw-fed Australian cattle dog-bull terrier mix of the Australian Outback (Outback Mongrel Could Be Oldest Dog. USA Today. 7-13-2004.). http://rawfed.com/myths/wolflongevity.html I would just like to know what are people's reasons for thinking that. to get both sides, so-to-speak. more

Resolved Question: Am i a bad person because i dont like steve irwin?

I hate steve irwin because it was mostly him that made the steriotype for australians to be all animal freaks living in the outback and i hate it. And all hes daughter is doing now is taking advantage of hes death coss shes in heaps of shit and everywhere. Am i a bad person? more

Resolved Question: About the Honda Integra 2nd generation?

I'm looking to buy a reliable and was wondering if some people could give me some advice regarding the Honda Integra. My friend recently has told me that his friend is selling a car that used to be his. Its a 1992 Honda Integra with about 260,000kms. Normally I wouldn't be attracted to a car with this many kms but my friend has told me he religously serviced the car every 5000kms over the past 4 or 5 years, and he believes it was well cared for before he bought it. He has driven long distance in its and he is fully confident that it is mechanically sound and reliable. It has a mix of long and short distance driving. Are these cars generally reliable? Its a reasonable price and will come with registration and a roadworthy certificate. Does anyone have any opinions about these cars? I live in the Australian "outback" so I need something quite reliable, and around here cheap and decent cars are pretty scarce. Thanks :) more

Resolved Question: I want to live off the grid?

I want to live off the grid and not in society anymore, how would i survive and what would i need to survive in the wilderness of the Australian outback, i want to be away from all the bullshit of modern society and live a self sustainable life.although i know most of this is not possible but atleast 90 percent i would like to achieve. more

Resolved Question: Geography help please!?

A. Australia's natural wonder that can be seen from space B. chain of islands C. the deepest ocean depth in the world is found here D. 75 percent of the world's active volcanoes are located here E. destination for hikers in New Zealand 1. Mariana Trench (1 point) 2. Archipelago (1 point) 3. Great Barrier Reef (1 point) 4. Ring of Fire (1 point) 5. Milford Track (1 point) 6. Which of the following is not part of Oceania? (1 point) Australia New Zealand Japan Polynesia 7. Which of the following statements is not true about Australia? (1 point) It is smaller than the continental United States in size, but has the same population. Most Australians live in coastal cities in the northern and southern areas of the country. Australia is entirely south of the equator. Australia is the smallest continent on Earth. 8. The primary economic activity of the outback is (1 point) agriculture. mining mineral resources. industry. raising livestock. 9. The hub city of Alice Springs can be found in (1 point) the outback. western Australia. southeast Australia. the Great Dividing Range. 10. Which body of water separates Australia and New Zealand? (1 point) South Pacific Sea Arctic Ocean Indian Ocean Tasman Sea more

Resolved Question: if the tea party doesnt want to share with rest of their society... why do they live in a society at all?

why not move to the Australian outback?His Divine Shadow : which states contribute the most taxes $$? i'll give you a hint...theyre not blue statesoops ...dam .i meant "theryre not RED states" ;)conservative areas in the country have less money , so they pay less taxes more

Resolved Question: How safe is Melbourne for an American of Indian origin?

I've made plans to visit Australia with a close friend. We're gonna be staying at her family's home in Melbourne. I'm a bit worried about visiting Australia, especially Melbourne, because of the ongoing attacks on Indian students. Those who think these attacks are not racist, they're just robberies - get real. Yes, some of the attacks aren't specifically about race, they may be just robberies - but some attacks are racially motivated. It's called "curry bashing." Anyway, I refused going to Australia last year, but I have to go this year. What should I do to make sure I'm not a victim? I'm interested in seeing some of the Australian outback. The coral reef. The giant rock. You know, things I can't see or do in the USA. I'm not interesting in visiting malls or bars or nightclubs - there's plenty here where I live. And I've partied enough in Vegas. more

Resolved Question: Im travelling to the Australian Outback and Im hoping someone could give me some packing advice. Please!?

We are going through Adelaide, Coober Pedy, Uluru, Darwin and Broome. And we're travelling by car and returning by plane. The trip will last for about 3 weeks. Also, do you know where I can get those desert sleeping bags, for sleeping outside? We live in Melbourne. Thanks!!Thanks for the replies, they have been very helpful. We're actually leaving today, so I took the variable weather, water and light packing suggestions very seriously. Also, we have made a few changes concerning the destinations and distances, yes we came into our senses! Many thanks for all of your help and advice! :) SuzyOh, and No Worries, there will be no Dusk nor Dawn nor Night Driving. :) more

Resolved Question: can you translate this into an australian accent using phonetics please?

if you are Australian or can do a good Australian could you please write this in phonetics. I have a standard english accent but need to put an australian one on for a video im doing in school. i know its a little bit weird but this is it: -G'day mate and welcome to australia. -I'm here to give you a guided tour of the australian outback. Living in australia, you are likely to see kangaroos on a daily basis. here are some right now! aren't they beautiful. -Australia is constantly hot and there is never a drop of rain. If you're lucky, you might see a native australian sunbathing. Look, there are some! Amazing. -Another thing that you might see is, Australian natives using a bbq! I've got a great view of it now. It looks like this australian is cooking a dog. This is very standard in Ozzy. -I hope yu enjoyed this glimpse into australia. -Its quite possible ......................................... Thats it. i know its a little odd but thanks anyway more

Resolved Question: List of good Australian book publishers?

At the moment I'm planning a series of fantasy/adventure books about a group of young Australians who live in the outback... I'm really working hard to make sure this series is really Australian...the characters are Aussies, it's set in outback Australia...It's full of Australian culture and history, and even while i've been planning it I've been listening to only Australian musicians for inspiration... So when it comes time to publish the books I want to pick an Australian publisher...Who are the main publishing houses in Australia? more

Resolved Question: What is the process involved in getting your book published in Australia?

At the moment I'm planning a series of fantasy/adventure books about a group of young Australians who live in the outback... So long story short I'm just planning them at the moment, and I intend on going on a backpacking trip around Australia at the end of this year, coming back with all the research I've gathered to begin writing... I want to start learning about the process involved in getting your books published now so that I'm aware of how to do it when the time comes... My series will be 4 books in length, and then another 4 books which are kind of like an 'origins' series that focus on the story 4 characters from the main series... more

Resolved Question: How does a Prophecy work?

I'm writing a series of Australian fantasy/adventure books about a group of young Aussies who live in outback Australia... There will be a Prophecy in the story...one that will tell about 5 people who will stop the Re-birth of earth, Kind of like a nature related apocalypse... I want to know how a Prophecy works...I'm thinking of having the prophecy split into two...One of the young aussies finds out she is the product of a very old woman who found out how to reincarnate herself over and over again, in order to deliver the rest of this prophecy to her future self, because she didnt trust history to deliver the prophecy to the right person...(if that makes sense...) Why do writers inject their stories with a prophecy? What purpose do you think it serves? more

Resolved Question: Can a Prophecy be stopped from coming true, or be altered?

I'm writting a series of fantasy/adventure books about a group of young Australians who live in the outback and travel across Australia... There will be a prophecy about one of the main characters in the group who is said to be the one to save the earth from being destroyed... Do you have any examples of stories where the prophecy doesnt come true? I have one...Alias...Sydney stops the end of the world as prophesied by Rambaldi... more

Resolved Question: Im moving to Australia, where can I buy a kangaroo?

OK. what do you Aussies out there think of these popular stereotypes many americans here think? All australians have a pet kangaroo. All australians live in the outback. All of the "cool" australians are hardcore off-road jeep-driving kangaroo poachers. All australians find deadly cobras and snakes in their back yard, along with every single deadly spider out there. All australians personally knew Steve Irwin. All sharks in australia prey on surfers. Everyone has an crocodile in their back yard and says "crikey!" when they get surprised. Im in america studying and when I tell people I'm moving to australia, I always get these stupid stereotypes! What do you guys think about it? more

Voting Question: What should surname should i choose for my characters?

Ok a little backstory... I'm writing a series of fantasy/adventure books about a group of young Aussies who live in the outback... There will be five main characters who will go on a journey to save the earth from being destroyed... I've got three characters: Luke 19, Thomas 16 and Suzie 14 who are siblings...I'm struggling to come up with a surname for them that sounds good with their first names and one that is Australian... I've changed their surnames twice...The first one was 'Illingworth' and the second was 'Walker' I like Illingworth but it was too long, well too many silibles...and I'm looking for something that has the same kind of ring to it but is more Australian... The problem with the surname Walker is that it makes them sound too old...and I dont want something as boring as 'Smith' Any suggestions? more

Resolved Question: Giant spiders invade Australian Outback town?

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article6231301.ece does this make you glad to live in the UK? more

Resolved Question: How would I go about working on a farm in Australia?

I should start off by saying I'm an Australian.. I'm writing a series of books about a group of young aussies who live in the outback...One of the main characters works on a farm... I'm going to be doing some backpacking around Australia and wanted to work on a farm for a month or two during my travels...I know it'll be hard work...and very, very early mornings... How do I go about finding a farm to work on do they advertise for these things? more

Resolved Question: Is it true people think Aussies are rude, live in the outback and have kangaroos in the backyard?

I have seen so much racist slander about Australians online. I can tell you it's not true. Most of us live on the coast away from the outback, don't use boomerangs, don't use that stupid accent that is seen on US cartoons or what Steve Irwin had(only in some areas Aussies possess that accent), and don't have kangaroos hopping every friggin place. Only in the outback. more

Resolved Question: Best aussie song!!! PLEASE READ BEFORE ANSWERING!?

I'm writing a series about a group of young aussies who live in the outback...It's going be fantasy/adventure based. I'm hoping it will eventually be either a series of books or be made into a series of films... I want to infuse the story with an Australian feel. There will be alot of Australian characters, Australian history, Australian legends and mythology in the story... I've found songs help me come up with ideas on story lines, or characters ideas, and they help me set the overall tone of the series... My fav song is 'in the air tonight' by Phil Collins...It's perfect for this part at the end of one of the books where theres a battle/ambush on the good guys and two of the good guys are forced to leave the other behind to fight... The aussie artists I am already aware of are: • John Butler Trio • Evermore • The Panics • The Presets • Empire of the Sun • Sneaky Sound System • Ladyhawke • Missy Higgins • Jet • Wolfmother Thanks!Hey thanks guys... people seem to be commenting on the story idea...which is really great for me... yeah Ladyhawke is from New Zealand...sorry...on 'triple j's' website they say she's aussie... more

Resolved Question: How can I find someone who would like to travel around australia with me?

in about 7 months time I will be taking off to start my year long backpacking trip around australia... I'm planning on spending about $2000 a month on all expenses...So that's why I will be taking off in about 7 months...plus I need to research the places I want to visit... How would someone go about finding someone to go along with them...I'm sure I'll meet alot of people on my travels but I'd like to have a some company (not in a dirty way) along the trip... I'm going to be traveling outback and coastal Australia to conduct research for a series of fictional, fantasy/adventure based books I'm writing about a group of young Australians who live in the outback. Ofcourse I'd expect the other person to be able to support themselves...I probably would mind having someone who's not Aussie...I am an Aussiesorry I meant to write 'wouldnt mind having someone whos not an aussie'... more

Resolved Question: Assuming reincarnation is a fictional thing...what can a person do to remember who they really are?

I'm going to ask this question again but be a little clearer...I don't want to make this too long but it's hard for you to answer properly without hearing some backstory. I'm writting a series of fictional book about a group of young Australians who live in the outback. Theres a good side and a bad side good side trying to save the earth...Bad side trying to destroy life on it to 'purify' it...Both sides have powers and abilities. There are five main characters...one of them is named Kyra...She has an old soul...Thats because shes found a way to reincarnate herself, instead of her soul moving on to the next life. At the beginning of the series she is age 19. So heres the situation...throughout the series she finds clues of another person who seems to have passed and is leaving clues for her...She often has feelings of deja vu and familiarity in certain situations... She has a journal from her grandmother who was also on the good side but has since past... Ok so finally my question is...What can happen to Kyra so that she can suddenly remember her old self from her previous life... Or maybe she purposefully does something to make her self remember... Hope you guys have some interesting answers! more

Resolved Question: Is Australia giving us a glimpse of climate change to come?

Many Australians think so. "'Australia is the harbinger of change,' said paleontologist Tim Flannery" "A three-person royal commission has convened to decide, among other things, whether global warming contributed to massive bush fires that destroyed entire towns and killed a quarter of Victoria state's koalas, kangaroos, birds and other wildlife." "Something is happening in Australia," firefighter Dan Condon of the Melbourne Metropolitan Fire Brigade wrote in an open letter. "Global warming is no longer some future event that we don't have to worry about for decades. What we have seen in the past two weeks moves Australia's exposure to global warming to emergency status." "Farmers who once grew 60% of the nation's produce are walking off their land or selling their water rights to the state and federal government. With rainfall in the region at lower than 50% of average for more than a decade, Australia is witnessing the collapse of its agricultural sector and the nation's ability to feed itself." "More than 20% of the fruit trees in the Goulburn Valley have been pulled up in recent years. Few new trees take their place." "The area's annual rainfall used to be 19 to 21 inches a year. 'Now we're lucky if we get 6 to 7 inches'" "Williams and other biologists predict as much as 50% animal extinction in the region by the end of the century." "some Australians are considering whether outback settlements should be abandoned." http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-climate-change-australia9-2009apr09,0,65585.story What do you think? Is Australia a canary in the coal mine, living through the effects many of the rest of us will see in the future, or are these experiences just isolated incidents?chuda - you want to talk about dishonesty? Why choose 7 years, other than cherrypicking 2002 because it was a hot year? Why claim Hadcrut3 SH shows over a 0.2 deg C cooling over that period when it's about 0.1 deg C? How convenient you make the claim without linking the data. http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/cru/data/temperature/nhshgl.gif That, I would call dishonest. Not to mention claiming that a century of warming should be offset by 7 years of 'cooling'. more

Resolved Question: What awesome aussie music artists/bands do you know of?

Ok...so I already know of some but are there any out there that I'm missing? • John Butler Trio • Evermore • The Panics • The Presets • Empire of the Sun • Sneaky Sound System • Ladyhawke • Missy Higgins • Jet • Wolfmother I'm sure there are heaps more...I'm writting a series of fantasy novels about a group of young Australians who live in the outback and go on wonderfull adventures... more

Resolved Question: What are some vintage australian cars?

I'm doing research for a book about a group of young Australians living in the outback and I want to have one of the characters whos this james dean type badass and is kind of a mysterious Dean Whinchester type... I'm thinking shiny black, andyone know any aussie cars? Any site with pix? more

Resolved Question: foreign/overseas people's views of austalia?

ok so im currently doing an australian studies assignment where i have to either use images to show how australia is presented to the world or how people outside of australia see australia. if youve never been to australia or have for only a short while please help :D i'd just like to know what you think of australia, how you see it as a country, what images or things make you think of australia. basically if i were to come up to you and say australia what would you say or think? things i am looking for are; people think students ride kangaroos to school, we live in the outback without electricity water etc, koalas and kangaroos are pets .. etc etc anything along these lines no matter how outrageous ridiculous or false you think it might be id love to hear it :) thankyouuu more

Voting Question: Other than flip flops?

I'm a 13 year old girl, and i live in an Australian outback town, so it gets really hot like 42 degrees celsius yesterday, anyway i need some nice shoes to wear cause flip flops are meant to be bad for you and frankly i cant walk in the things, and i have to wear socks with canvas shoes which make my feet sweat and canvas shoes don't look look so great with shorts. so does anyone know any other types of shoes? remember that i live in a town not a city so i might not be able to get certain kinds. thanks. more

Resolved Question: what are some good hobbies?

i live in the australian outback and am not interested in video games more

Resolved Question: i am ten years old and need something constructive to do?

my mum says i need to do something constructive or out side i live in the australian outback so don't say go to your friends house because i carn't get there or clean the house more

Resolved Question: Is australia considered to be made up of steve irwin type clones only?

I think it is incredibly sad that i even have to ask this, but what do non aussies think of australians? I can't tell you how many conversations i've had with americans who believe that we ride to school in kangaroos and that we all swim with crocs and live in 'the outback' like crocodile dundee. It's a scary notion, personally i've never seen the outback and i live on the sunshine coast where the only crocs are in zoo's. please tell me that everyone doesn't hold this view.Thank you veronica!! I'm not the only one that this happens too. more

Resolved Question: does anyone know the name of an australian movie from late 90's eary 2000's?

i saw it years ago as part of a foreign film series. it was about a family in the outback and their daughter gets lost. instead of using the aborigine tracker to find her they use white man. the girl died because they didn't find her in time, but if they had used the aborigine to help find her she would have lived. i don't think there was any dialogue just music. more

Resolved Question: my long lost half sister has just come into my life and i dont know what to do?

25 years ago my dad left my mum and remarried and had a daughter with new wife.1 year ago dad pasted away unbeknownst to me ..last mum heard was that dad was living deep in the australian outback.we both havent seen or heard from dad for 25 years.mum died a year ago god bless,so i have been living alone here in the south western tasmanian wilderness in a very isolated way as my property is bordered to the west,north and east by state forrest and to the south by national park.there is no neibouring properties and the nearest town is over 40 miles away.im here all alone making rustic furniture and wat not from the timber that litters the forrest floor surrounding my property.i venture into town once every 3 months or so for supplies and to sell my makings at the nearest big town saturday market 120 miles away.now my sister found out i existed and after 4 months tracked me down.i returned 1 afternoon from gathering timber from the forrest to find her sitting on the front veranda of my cabin.i didnt even know she existed.anyway we hit it off like we would and its so fantastic to have a sister,she even accompanies me on my timber gatherings into the forrest and she is becoming quite the craftsman as i teach her how to build rustic furniture and such.she has decided to stay with me here and make a life for herself.she absolutely loves it here.tonite i saw her naked in her room and she told me to get into bed with her.i pretended not to hear.my sister wants to have sex with me and i want to.i dont know what im going to do.shes so hot.my god shes so hot.u are all probably judging us,but its just us down here at the end of the world.would it be so wrong for us to celebrate our new found sibling love.not thats its going to make any difference,but what would u do in our situation.please no insults.thanks.imitateio dei...no mate its real as u or me.jazzmin2...wat society?australian outback.theres no society there.vast open dessrt plains and barely a soul to inhabit it.lerodo...lol at least it wasnt an insult.bit no i know shes my sister because i can see the similarities in our faces. more

Resolved Question: I need a setting/country to set my novel in?

I'm writing a novel. It's set in modern day and it's essentially a love story, with a supernatural twist, I guess. (It's absolutely nothing like Twilight, I started writing my novel before I even read the Twilight saga.) Anyway, I have no idea what country to set my novel in. I live in Australia, so that would be easy for me to do, but in a way, it just makes the story seem to corny. I don't know why. It just makes me think that if anyone from America/England/etc. ever read the book, they'd stereotype my characters as outback Australians with Steve Irwin accents. I don't really want my characters to have English accents, even though I love poms. America would be great, and I've gone there on a holiday once, but I just don't know enough about the US to make the story seem authentic. I really don't know the environment of different states, or landmarks. It'd be really confusing for me. Help?!Nope, I want an English speaking country. I guess Australia, America and England are my only options. Do you think it's crucial to set the country? Would it be possible to avoid the subject?Okay, thank you so much. I think I'll stick with Australia. more

Resolved Question: What do Canadians think of Australians?

I'm just real curious what the Canadians think of Australians. Like, are we too loud, too laconic. Do you think we're all just a bunch of bogans (hill billys) who live out in the outback, and eat fried kangaroos? Stuff like that. I think it's interesting. By the way, we're not all like that. more

Resolved Question: we live deep in the australian outback and me and my?

sister had sex last night. we live with our grandma and we dont work because the nearest town is over 250 miles away and unemployment is very high,and we both drink heavily and smoke weed we grow ourselve.what can we do to better our prospects?its so hard because we are so isolated out here?snuggle puss...you can join us in a threesome if you want more

Resolved Question: I want to travel Australia?

I'm Australian and I'm planning on saving $15,000 and either moving to the US (yes i know you can't just move there, I've applied for a visa) OR I'm planning on traveling around Australia to experience what Australia is really all about. I loved Australian history in High School, and I love Aborigional Dreamtime stories and art. How would I go about aproaching Aborigional people to live with them in different parts of Australia for a couple of days at a time. I don't want to intrude on their lives. I plan on writting a book, which will focuse on the lives on 6 young Australians living in the outback, one of them being an aborigionie and I'd love to learn more about them. Has anyone lived with them? Has anyone found them easy to get along with? more

Resolved Question: How do you see us Australians ?

People from other countries... Do you see us as in the normal sterotyped way. In corked hats, flannels, living in the outback, farming ? Aboriginals? Lives at the beach, surf babes ? Is our accent disgusting/bogan? Sporting nation ? more

Voting Question: Feel like leaving my partner to get away from the town we live in?

I think I am getting depressed or something. We have been living in this remote town for 10 months now, we have a daughter who is nearing 3 years old and I am 32 weeks pregnant with our son. Anyway, every time I make a friend here, they are gone within a couple of months. I feel like I can't take it anymore, I am so lonely, not only am I lonely but there is very little to do here and I feel like I can't keep my kid occupied because the town is so boring, and it is REALLY hot (in the australian outback). Should I leave my fiance to get away from this place? It is driving me crazy and I hate it so much. He is on contract here for another year and a bit, he can break the contract but it would be costly as he would need to reimburse for moving expenses and then pay for all our stuff to be moved back to the city. Should I stay or should I go? more

Resolved Question: What do people in other countries think of Australia?

In tv shows Australians are always in the outback and playing the didgeridoo. We are hardly like that at all. Most of our population live in Urban cities, and are practically hardly outback. Why do people in other countries always make Australian character's all outback, and "G'day mate." more

Resolved Question: Heres your chance to name a character in my book!...?

Hey Here's a chance to think up of a name to get into a book I'm writing. I'm a nobody at the moment, but hope to start writing this book end of January next year (a while to go i know). I am writing a book about a group of extraordinary young australians, who live in the outback. Their lives are turned upside down, when a series of events unfold and they find out their families are not all they seemed. There are secrets and amazing adventures ahead. I have a character who is about 17 or 18. She lives in the city on her own. She learned to survive on her own from a young age. She's a very independent, don't take crap from anyone type of girl. She's doing very well for herself though. She's not living in the slumps of Melbourne. She's very kind but is very alert of where her life is headed. Shes basically got herself to thank for the life shes now living. I have a sister who matches her personality, and her name is Fiona, but I don't think the name matches this young woman's personality. Shes a very strong person. A leader and very curious about things. I don't think the name matches this character though... The young woman is very pretty, she has piercing blue eyes, black long hair which she wears mostly in a ponytail. What name do you think matches this characters description? I'm looking for preferably an unusual strong australian name, but hit me with anything!Kyra is awesom!Nice answers so far... I like the idea of having a strong name but one that mabye friends could cutesy up a bit. Like someone answer was Joanne, Joanie for friends. I like that... although the name is prob not right. Anyone who's already answered may email me with more names if they wish... more

Resolved Question: Is Australia at risk of overcrowding?

I know Australia has masses of space, but most of the continent is barren and inhospitibal, and has compartively little infrastructure compared to Australia's major cities. 80-90% of Australia's population lives in urban areas, such as Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane and most foreign immigrants to Australia pretty much universially want to live in the major Australian cities. Not many people want to move to a small country town in the outback. As all of Australia's major cities are on relatively small strips of land on the coast, do they stand a risk of having too many people in too small an area, and overusing the land? Does the Australian government intend to try and expand cities more inland to cope with the rising population and immigration, or are they just going to continue to cram houses and people into the city limits of Australia's current major cities? more

Resolved Question: Australia- crime rate?

Hey :) I heard a while back (I can't remember from where) that Australia has a higher crime rate than the U.S. I have never been to America but I guess I would feel safer here in Australia. But after checking the papers, lots of crime seems to happen here. Yesturday a baby was found dead in Victoria. Also yesturday a lady was stabbed to death outside of a unit in Darwin. This morning there was a shooting in Sydney. Two people were shot. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2363884.htm Also this morning a man was stabbed to death outside of a party in Melboure. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2363883.htm In beautiful Cairns, a man was attacked. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2363891.htm In Melboure a man was found dead in a burning bin. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2363940.htm A women was randomly stabbed in Adeladie while waiting for a bus. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2363995.htm Also in Adelaide this morning http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/14/2363992.htm This is only some of the crime that happen in Australia on a daily bases. All I want to say is why do many Australians seem to think that the U.S is a big dirty crime ridden country full of people who are upthemselves? The crime rate is pretty bad here too people! My next door neighbour was shot in the back while he was sleeping when I lived in a small town in outback Queensland! What do you guys think? Any crime stories to share? more

Resolved Question: Stereotypes and characteristics.?

I'm often amused when someone says "I'm not racist, but why do most (for example) indigenous Australians do/say/act etc......" I can nearly bet my entire music collection that what will come next, will be a racist question or statement. On the other hand, there are certainly characteristics that come with certain groups. Such as my own observation that people who live in the outback of central Australia for instance, walk a little slower, talk a little slower, and are generally a little more laid back than people who live the life of tight schedules, overcrowded trains, weaving in and out of traffic to avoid being late and all the other things that involve a frantic pace that usually characterises big city living. Where is that line though, between a stereotype and a characteristic of a certain group of people? Is there a line, or are they one and the same? more

Resolved Question: Why do people need to hate on us for having a 4wd?

I asked a question of if we should have a landcruiser or a prado, we already have a landcruiser but I am thinking of changing, and I get negative answers about being a gas hog etc. I care about the environment a lot but we live in the australian outback and we need to have a 4wd as it is safer for hitting into cattle and kangaroos plus we drive for 14 hours and have a car seat in the back, another one to add in december AND two dogs (plus suitcases and shopping!) I get why people don't like 4wd's in the city, but why do people automatically assume that other people live in cities anyway? more

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