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**Orkeosaurus**

Why would you want to visit a small, Australian town filled with churches?

The barren wasteland seems to be the more interesting of the two.

**darkkt**

Im from Adelaide. Its pleasant climate, great food, and abundant serial killers means that its the equivalent of the 'Catachan Death World'. If you survive past 10 in Adelaide, youre damn tough.

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/08/13/1029113928409.html

**mal**

Don't go to Canberra. "It's a traaaaaap!"

**SagesStone**

Yeah but nothing ever happens in South Australia

**chromedog**

You can have a barrel of fun in Adelaide.

**Shaman**

As a queenslander Id say unless you like beaches or nature gak theres no point, might as well go to the actual cities Melb and Syd. Although I like my country town brisbane..

I was at uni and some american guy goes: whats a corridor? Oh a hallway..

Americans are funny.

**darkkt**

http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,26042648-5006301,00.html

Maybe visit uluru (the big rock) whilst you still can...

**Falconlance**

Shaman wrote:As a queenslander Id say unless you like beaches or nature gak theres no point, might as well go to the actual cities Melb and Syd. Although I like my country town brisbane..

I was at uni and some american guy goes: whats a corridor? Oh a hallway..

Americans are funny.

He didn't know what a corridor is? That's probably because he never read books as a kid, not because hes American.

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darkkt wrote:http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,26042648-5006301,00.html

Maybe visit uluru (the big rock) whilst you still can...

Oh man. I really hope THOSE particular tourists weren't Americans. I mean its one thing to disagree with something being "holy" or "sacred" but then to take a sh*t on it, literally... that's asking to get your teeth kicked.

**chromedog**

A tourist taking a dump on uluru would be like a tourist taking a wiz on the Alamo.

**darkkt**

Its pretty 'off', but its important to remember there are no facilities on the rock.

I also didnt know that its strenuous, and there are about 35 deaths a year of tourists climbing it!

**Emperors Faithful**

REVENGE!!!

**Kragura**

May I ask the wallibies another question?

What is the state of aborigenies in oz? Whenever we see them on tv here in nz they seem to live in slum,s or camps made entirely of corragated iron.

**Deff Dread red Edition**

Australia is a lovely place to visit.I like their tourist industry/destinations more then ours,you are also less likely to get shot while chilling on the beach there,LOL.

As for Aborigenies,I belive that in Australia they make up over 50% of prison population and most still live in tribal villages.Yet that was in a documentary I watched some time ago.

**Cheese Elemental**

Aboriginals don't have terribly good conditions in the rural communities, from what I can see. There aren't many here in Tasmania, as most of them were hunted down and killed over a century ago. As I understand it, they're ridden with poor health, violence, and alchohol abuse in the rural communities. I think a few still live further out in the outback, in tribal communities (with modern influences).

**Teh_K42**

I love Australia. So much of the natural life is just nasty. Just this week a plant was discovered that can grow up to a metre tall and eats "small rats, mice, lizards and even birds."

http://www.thetechherald.com/article.php/200937/4378/New-flesh-eating-pitcher-plant-tops-Australian-species-discovery

IT IS A FREAKING PLANT THAT EATS ANIMALS!

**Kilkrazy**

Anyone thinking of touring in Australia is recommended to read Bill Bryson's "Down Under".

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Down-Under-Bill-Bryson/dp/055299703X/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1252416428&sr=1-5

**Jimi Nemesis**

Why is XXXX Called XXXX?

COS QUEENSLANDERS CAN'T SPELL BEER!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Seriously, that gak is nasty...

**chromedog**

It should be remembered that the "Castlemaine" on XXXX is from Castlemaine, Vic (where the brewery used to be before it got moved north).

So, in actuality, XXXX is just a regional variation on VB.

I hear in some countries that XXXX is a condom brand. Certainly makes the old XXXX beer jingle funnier.
"I can feel a XXXX coming on!".

(speaking of beer, at one stage, they were going to use "draught" for on-tap beer only* - (VB was not available on-tap at the time) - and VB would have been renamed "Victoria Draught" - but the name never caught on.).

**Emperors Faithful**

Actually, it's kinda funny how there's a Victoria beer factory just outside of my town.
...In Queensland.

**darkkt**

Ok - One of the main reasons people come to Adelaide at all is for Coopers Beer. Simply the best beer in Australia.

http://www.coopers.com.au/

**Emperors Faithful**

You're right sebster. This joke is really out of control...

**sebster**

Jimi Nemesis wrote:Why is XXXX Called XXXX?

COS QUEENSLANDERS CAN'T SPELL BEER!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Seriously, that gak is nasty...

XXXX is a kind of beer?! Haven't tasted it I never would have guessed.

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Deff Dread red Edition wrote:Australia is a lovely place to visit.I like their tourist industry/destinations more then ours,you are also less likely to get shot while chilling on the beach there,LOL.

As for Aborigenies,I belive that in Australia they make up over 50% of prison population and most still live in tribal villages.Yet that was in a documentary I watched some time ago.

According to the Australian Bureau of Stats its closer to 20%. I think they're about 50 times more likely to end up in jail, which is still a significant issue, of course.

And no, the majority don't live in rural settlements. This is a common misconception because the settlements receive more media attention as the problems there are so much more severe.

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Emperors Faithful wrote:You're right sebster. This joke is really out of control...

I know, now they're pretending that they put a brewery in the middle of a desolate wasteland.

**Emperors Faithful**

It would explain the taste...

**Jimi Nemesis**

Call me UnAustralian, but see beer as unfinished whisky, a much better substance.

I mean I am a good little seventeen year old and don't drink >.>

**Cheese Elemental**

darkkt wrote:Ok - One of the main reasons people come to Adelaide at all is for Coopers Beer. Simply the best beer in Australia.

http://www.coopers.com.au/

Yeah, but that fact is kind of dulled by the harsh reality that you're still in Adelaide and someone's probably going to murder you the moment you step outside.

**chromedog**

^ This from a tasmanian?

Bodies in Barrels has nothing on Port Arthur.