Totally Oz

[den]

Bold the ones you've done:
1. Heard a kookaburra in person Heard, held, rescued, rehabbed.
2. Slept under the stars
3. Seen a koala. Not as cute as you think
4. Visited Melbourne It rained.
5. Watched a summer thunderstorm
6. Worn a pair of thongs
7. Been to Uluru (Ayer's Rock).
8. Visited Cape York
9. Held a snake
10. Sang along with Khe San Bogonosity
11. Drank VB
12. Visited Sydney
13. Have seen a shark
14. Have used Aussie slang naturally in a conversation
15. Had an actual conversation with an indigenous Australian (aboriginal). This is an odd entry. The meme must have been written by someone in Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane. I talk to Koories daily, it's not such a strange thing to do.
16. Eaten hot chips from the bag at the beach
17. Walked/climbed over the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
18. Used an outside dunny, and checked under the seat before sitting down
19. Seen Chloe in Young & Jackson's.
20. Slept on an overnight train or bus.
21. Been to Sydney's Mardi Gras
22. Have gone bush-bashing
23. Taken a sickie
24. Been to see a game of Aussie Rules football
25. Have seen wild camels
26. Gone skinny dipping.
27. Had a Tim Tam Slam
28. Ridden in a tram in Melbourne
29. Been at an ANZAC day Dawn Service.
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Held a wombat NOT AS CUTE AS YOU THINK!
32. Been on a roadtrip of 800km or more Only 800km? wuss.
33. Seen the Great Australian Bight in person
34. Had a really bad sunburn
35. Visited an aboriginal community
36. Seen a redback spider
37. Have watched Paul Hogan
38. Seen Blue Poles in person
39. Wandered barefoot in the bush/outback
40. Eaten Vegemite
41. Thrown a boomerang
42. Seen the Kimberleys
43. Given a hitch-hiker a lift
44. Been to Perth
45. Have tried Lemon, Lime and Bitters
46. Tried playing a didgeridoo
47. Seen dinosaur footprints
48. Eaten Tim Tams
49. Been to Darwin
50. Touched a kangaroo
51. Visted the Great Barrier Reef
52. Listened to Kevin Bloody Wilson argh. Boganosity distilled.
53. Killed a Cane Toad
54. Gone to a drive-in theatre
55. Have read and own books by Australian authors
56. Visited Adelaide
57. Know the story behind "Eternity"
58. Been camping
59. Visited Brisbane
60. Been in an outback pub
61. Know what the term "Waltzing Matilda" actually means
62. Gone whale watching.
63. Listened to Slim Dusty
64. Own five or more Australian movies or TV series
65. Sang along to Down Under
66. Have stopped specifically to look at an historic marker by the side of the road.
67. Eaten a 4'n'20 pie Bit ordinary. There are better pies around.
68. Surfed at Bondi
69. Watched the cricket on Boxing Day
70. Visited Hobart
71. Eaten kangaroo
72. Seen a quokka
73. Visited Canberra
74. Visited rainforests
75. Used a Victa lawnmower
76. Travelled on a tram in Adelaide
78. Used a Hills hoist
79. Visited Kata Tjuta (the Olgas)
80. Used native Australian plants in cooking
81. Visited the snow
82. Chosen a side in Holden VS Ford
83. Visited the desert
84. Been water skiing
85. Read The Phantom
86. Visited Parliament House
87. Gone spotlighting or pig-shooting
88. Crossed the Nullarbor
89. Avoided swimming in areas because of crocodiles
90. Listened to AC/DC.
91. Called someone a dag
92. Voted in a Federal Election
93. Have been swimming and stayed between the flags
94. Had a possum in your roof
95. Visited the outback I live there.
96. Travelled over corrugated roads.
97. Hit a kangaroo while driving yeah. 8(
98. Been well outside any mobile phone coverage Feh. Definitely written by someone in the city. 20km north, west and south of here, no digital mobile. 3G coverage is a bit better.
99. Seen an emu. Rescued one.
100. Have woken to the smell of bushfires.Been through them, and fought a few.

Comments

[justadecoy.livejournal.com]

Re: 98: Meme written by Dalekboy... ex-Drover...

[marmoe.livejournal.com]

Watched the cricket on Boxing Day

You know it's kinda cruel to put these poor bugs to that kind of sports, don't you? ;-)

[chezmax]

30. How is that Australia centric at all? ;)

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

not totally Oz. 8)

[jamesb]

Re: 4. Visited Melbourne

Did a 4 week stint in Melbourne on a training course ... was dry for the entire 4 weeks. Nobody believes me.

[hendikins.livejournal.com]

97. Hit a kangaroo while driving

I've been in a Ford Laser that hit a kangaroo. Not nice at all. Written off (unsurprisingly).

I only scored 66% in total though.

[elektron.livejournal.com]

Ewwwww vegemite!