Australian meme

[hnpcc]

Australian meme, things I've done are bolded.

Have you...

1. Heard a kookaburra in person
2. Slept under the stars
3. Seen a koala.
4. Visited Melbourne
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 - lizards, yes, snakes, no.
10. Sang along with Khe San
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 or Torres Strait Islander (aboriginal). - Yes and no. It depends a bit on the definition of 'conversation'.
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 - I'm Victorian, it's too bloody cold in summer to do that!
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
32. Been on a roadtrip of 800km or more (heh, is it bad that I thought "only 800km?")
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 Kimberlies
43. Given a hitch-hiker a lift
44. Been to Perth
45. Have tried Lemon, Lime and Bitters - tried?! I live on it.
46. Tried playing a didgeridoo
47. Seen dinosaur footprints - not in Australia, but whatever.
48. Eaten Tim Tams
49. Been to Darwin
50. Touched a kangaroo
51. Visted the Great Barrier Reef
52. Listened to Kevin Bloody Wilson - couldn't avoid it at BP Revue rehearsals.
53. Killed a Cane Toad
54. Gone to a drive-in theatre - despite living down the road from one for 14 years
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 - reluctantly
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 - reluctantly, again
68. Surfed at Bondi -- body surfed.
69. Watched the cricket on Boxing Day - on TV.
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 the Olgas
80. Used native Australian plants in cooking
81. Visited the snow
82. Chosen a side in Holden VS Ford - care factor
83. Visited the desert
84. Been water skiing
85. Read The Phantom
86. Visited Parliament House
87. Gone spotlighting or pig-shooting - so not.
88. Crossed the Nullarbor
89. Avoided swimming in areas because of crocodiles - no, although I still get paranoid about it.
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 - heh, definitions again.
96. Travelled over corrugated roads.
97. Hit a kangaroo while driving - thank God, no.
98. Been well outside any mobile phone coverage - you can get that in the Dandenongs if you hit the right spot...
99. Seen an emu - lived down the road from a fauna park for the first 10 years of my life, then started seeing them around Dean's parents' town as the drought got worse recently.
100. Have woken to the smell of bushfires - last four summers running.

Have travelled a bit, but obviously not to the major sights!

Comments

[17catherines.livejournal.com]

32. Been on a roadtrip of 800km or more (heh, is it bad that I thought "only 800km?")

I know! That barely gets you from the eastern suburbs to Adelaide! We did the Adelaide to La Trobe Valley drive several times a year in my youth...

As for Darwin, I, personally, feel you have not missed much!

[hnpcc]

It doesn't even get you from Brunswick to Sydney CBD!

[17catherines.livejournal.com]

And they're on the same street, even!

[undergroundsea.livejournal.com]

Stealing it.

What is bush bashing? Is that when you take your car out and run over black boy trees?

[hnpcc]

I was taking it as being off-track walking, although it can be off-road 4WDing as well. Done both, whatever.

[valamelmeo.livejournal.com]

Heh, like most of these lists, I've done most of the things that don't require having to actually physically be in Australia to do them.

(Well, crocodiles, alligators, there's really not much difference where it counts...)