[identity profile] weyrdbird.livejournal.com 2006-12-19 11:19 pm (UTC)(link)
~Come to Australia, you might accidentally get killed!~:D

You don't need to use the wildlife, the airfare prices are murder!

[identity profile] dewhitton.livejournal.com 2006-12-19 11:28 pm (UTC)(link)
The air fares have always been terrible!

[identity profile] bunyip.livejournal.com 2006-12-19 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Actually the US-Australia round trip has dropped significantly in the last decade.... it used to be closer to US$1800 for the round trip, now its US$1100 or so

[identity profile] bunyip.livejournal.com 2006-12-19 11:51 pm (UTC)(link)
This is Chicago to Melbourne, and it was on Qantas.

$1100 is a semi-regular special though

[identity profile] oceansedge.livejournal.com 2006-12-19 11:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Qantas had a special running in Canada throughout the fall, may even still be on, $1399 for flight from Vancouver to Sydney direct, and 2 domestic Australian flight tickets of your choice. Still close to $2000 with the extra airport fees and taxes and the like, but still a damned fine deal considering YVR-SYD alone usually runs about $2000.

Hopefully they'll have similar deals same time next year.

[identity profile] goodluckfox.livejournal.com 2006-12-19 11:32 pm (UTC)(link)
That was priceless... I'm glad you pointed it out, since I swore off making fun of how freaking deadly your continent is. :)

[identity profile] dewhitton.livejournal.com 2006-12-20 05:37 am (UTC)(link)
It's okay to make fun of the place. However, the animals do kill people, as you've seen. More people die in car accidents though.

[identity profile] oceansedge.livejournal.com 2006-12-19 11:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Ok yep, those guys are WEIRD (also watched Cleaning Out My Tucker Bag)

[identity profile] dizzdvl.livejournal.com 2006-12-20 12:23 am (UTC)(link)
Are cute little pointy things like Fips deadly? Or just extremely uncomfortable? :)

[identity profile] dewhitton.livejournal.com 2006-12-20 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
just prickly.

[identity profile] tarlia.livejournal.com 2006-12-20 02:15 am (UTC)(link)
Vegemite!

[identity profile] tarlia.livejournal.com 2006-12-20 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, but fortunately, frequent contact means higher tolerance.

*eyes the jar in her fridge*

[identity profile] dewhitton.livejournal.com 2006-12-20 05:34 am (UTC)(link)
I take it you know the secret of spreading Vegemite: 1g of vegemite to several billion grams of toast?

[identity profile] tarlia.livejournal.com 2006-12-20 09:20 am (UTC)(link)
Any less toast and my hair leaps straight out of their follicles.

[identity profile] micheinnz.livejournal.com 2006-12-20 09:16 am (UTC)(link)
Why on earth would you keep vegemite in the fridge? You do know it can survive a nuclear war, right?

[identity profile] tarlia.livejournal.com 2006-12-20 09:23 am (UTC)(link)
OMG your icon.

[identity profile] weyrdbird.livejournal.com 2006-12-20 04:34 am (UTC)(link)
I found Marmite in the Irish shop today. They can get vegemite too.:D

[identity profile] dewhitton.livejournal.com 2006-12-20 05:35 am (UTC)(link)
Marmite you can keep spreading in thicker layers and it gets better. Vegemite doesn't; you have to be able to see the toast through the spread or you have it on too thick.

[identity profile] bunyip.livejournal.com 2006-12-20 03:26 am (UTC)(link)
I love Scared Weird Little Guys ... I saw them in concert once. :)

[identity profile] torakiyoshi.livejournal.com 2006-12-20 05:15 am (UTC)(link)
Canis was showing this to me. I was all eager to come see Australia-- until they showed the jar of Vegemite!

Have the best

-=TK

[identity profile] dewhitton.livejournal.com 2006-12-20 05:38 am (UTC)(link)
There is a reason why it's called "Yank Repellent" 9)