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Tripping in the Park - 'It's called the Sapphire Coast for a reason'posted by Matthew Strahorn

Tripping in the Park
posted on 16/10/2008 - about country and coast
My mates and I recently took a trip down to the Royal National Park. What an amazing place and right at the edge of Sydney metro area....
thanks to Matthew Strahorn from Brisbane

Climbing the Australian 'Coathanger' - 'This is me above Sydney Harbour on the Harbour Bridge'posted by Eric Goron

Climbing the Australian 'Coathanger'
posted on 16/10/2008 - about aussie icons
Well, I had a most amazing experience today. I saw your city from its crown. A great journey to the top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge....
thanks to Eric Goron from France

Clothesline signage for a suburb (part 2) - 'The mock back yard with 'Woolloomooloo' clothesline'posted by Matthew Strahorn

Clothesline signage for a suburb (part 2)
posted on 13/10/2008 - about aussie icons
So quirky is the concept of this clothes line art installation that I thought a few more pictures might help illustrate its weirdness. ...
thanks to Matthew Strahorn from Brisbane

Clothesline signage for a suburb (part 1) - 'Two shots in one:  the clothes line installation'posted by Matthew Strahorn

Clothesline signage for a suburb (part 1)
posted on 13/10/2008 - about aussie icons
Hi all, Near where I live some clever person (people?) has put up an art installation above where cars exit from the Eastern Distrib...
thanks to Matthew Strahorn from Brisbane

The lighthouse I grew up with - 'The lighthouse in Vaucluse I grew up with'posted by Rosemary Manchester

The lighthouse I grew up with
posted on 12/10/2008 - about country and coast
On a cliff edge at Vaucluse in New South Wales, stands a very beautiful lighthouse. Our first lighthouse began operation in 1818, desi...
thanks to Rosemary Manchester

BYOB: The wine bottle in a brown paper bag phenomenaposted by Atalanta

BYOB: The wine bottle in a brown paper bag phenomena
posted on 06/10/2008 - about lifestyle
As a traveler, not from Australia, I was amazed to see how many BYOB places there were. They are rare or non-existent in other parts o...
thanks to Atalanta from USA

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Best place to go (Australia)
posted on 04/10/2008 - about holidays
My experience here was amazing. I met a lot of new friends. ...
thanks to james

Dancing with the Stars - in Milson's Point, Sydney - 'Salvios started about the time when the telephone arrived in Australia'posted by Doug Kirkpatrick

Dancing with the Stars - in Milson's Point, Sydney
posted on 01/10/2008 - about lifestyle
I recently started ballroom dancing classes under the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Well, not exactly under it, but right next to it at the B...
thanks to Doug Kirkpatrick from Melbourne

Feeding wild lorikeets on the verandah at home - 'Two Railbow Lorikeets have landed on a seed tray nailed to the verandah'posted by Doug Kirkpatrick

Feeding wild lorikeets on the verandah at home
posted on 27/09/2008 - about everyday life
My brother's family lives in outer-Melbourne, Victoria where houses meet the bush. Wild rainbow lorikeets regularly graze on a seed tra...
thanks to Doug Kirkpatrick from Melbourne

Going to a classy outdoor outback loo - 'A classy country loo'posted by shazza

Going to a classy outdoor outback loo
posted on 23/09/2008 - about country and coast
Better than just the dark side of the road and good for the environment as well....
thanks to shazza

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being australian
posted on 16/09/2008 - about everyday life
i love this beautiful country... i'm a born and bred Aussie and proud of it through and through... i love this land and it loves me... ...
thanks to bigboy

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Distance
posted on 04/09/2008 - about everyday life
This land is so vast it changes the idea of closeness, for me. People I feel close to and with who I have shared the best times of ...
thanks to Naids

LOVING  LOLLIES - 'UFOs'posted by NICOLEKIDMEN

LOVING LOLLIES
posted on 23/08/2008 - about food
I LOVE AUSTRALIA BECAUSE WE HAVE THE WORLDS BIGGEST LOLLY SHOP. IT HAS THE BEST LOLLIES AND THEY ARE REALLY YUMMY! ...
thanks to NICOLEKIDMEN

Living in the Wild West - 'The stuff that got me out there -- brown gold heading for ships for China'posted by Matthew Strahorn

Living in the Wild West
posted on 14/07/2008 - about the outback
An authentic Australian experience is joining the 'brown-gold rush' to help the iron ore effort. Seems the Chinese can't get enough of...
thanks to Matthew Strahorn from Brisbane

Port Douglas - 'Port Douglas - tranquil, peaceful, soothing.  Not bad for a weekend or a week.'posted by Juliet

Port Douglas
posted on 14/07/2008 - about country and coast
Being Australian for me is 'summer in winter' in Port Douglas. Weather apart, it's the village atmosphere I liked. Everyone's laid ba...
thanks to Juliet from Sydney

Golf - 'The first tee,Yandi, WA. - that spring contraption is to increase hitting difficulty (just for fun)'posted by Greg,Birtles

Golf
posted on 14/07/2008 - about sports
I played golf on the weekend in Central NSW. It was 40 degrees plus without a breath of air when we hit off. A few holes later this mag...
thanks to Greg,Birtles

Big Australian Sky - 'Sunset near Mt. Newman, Western Australia'posted by Doug Kirkpatrick

Big Australian Sky
posted on 14/07/2008 - about country and coast
A girl I met on the train today, who is visiting our fair land from North Carolina, said that being Australian is standing beneath a va...
thanks to Doug Kirkpatrick from Melbourne

Eating Violet Crumbles - 'Can you handle it?  Small chocolate covered blocks of honeycomb'posted by Doug Kirkpatrick

Eating Violet Crumbles
posted on 13/07/2008 - about food
As far as I know Violet Crumble bars have been uniquely Australian. At least that's how I remember them. And for the many years I liv...
thanks to Doug Kirkpatrick from Melbourne

It's not always like the tropics here.posted by Atalanta

It's not always like the tropics here.
posted on 11/07/2008 - about everyday life
It seems that not having central heating is typically Australian. People are lining up in stores to buy space heaters, now that it's ...
thanks to Atalanta from USA

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So happy to be back in OZ
posted on 07/07/2008 - about everyday life
I'm so happy to be back here - why? well, the fantastic 'winter' that Sydney puts on for one thing. After 2 years in London our winter...
thanks to Pat

Vegemiteposted by Atalanta

Vegemite
posted on 06/07/2008 - about food
This is an obvious one, but a typically Aussie thing is Vegemite. Every Australian I know loves it, and I don?t know someone who isn?t...
thanks to Atalanta from USA

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Aussies can't be bothered to say whole words.
posted on 06/07/2008 - about everyday life
I've found that Aussies more so than any other people I've ever met like to shorten words. Breakfast becomes Breky, mushrooms are mushi...
thanks to Atalanta from USA

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Why am I here?
posted on 01/07/2008 - about everyday life
The dusty roads, plains Steam trains Oyster farms, narrow bridges Rock ridges- 'Why am I here? I'M AUSTRALIAN.' Aggressive, no ...
thanks to miss maggie

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The Bay
posted on 01/07/2008 - about everyday life
Small craft dozed in the sunshine Cars zoomed on the road. I walked......they drove Peace engulfed me Anxiety beset them Destinati...
thanks to miss maggie

Being social in the bush - 'Some my family's friends gathering at the homestead when I was very young'posted by Gillian Jennings

Being social in the bush
posted on 29/06/2008 - about the outback
I grew up in rural Western Australia on a property called Jannanie four miles from the town of Bencubbin. Wheat and sheep was the go. ...
thanks to Gillian Jennings from near Bencubbin, WA

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Sand in the sandwiches
posted on 28/06/2008 - about country and coast
My Pop likes his birthday treat to be a picnic on the beach with us all around. Every year someone brings sandos - and every year some...
thanks to Ginger

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a prime minister drowns
posted on 28/06/2008 - about country and coast
I wasn't around then, but I know that years ago our prime Minister went swimming and drowned. There were no bodyguards there, just a c...
thanks to Collette Howsen from Mansfield, Victoria

Ginger marmelade on toast - 'Aussie tucker doesn't have to be beer and pies. It can be toast, too, with Aussie ginger marmelade'posted by Ginger

Ginger marmelade on toast
posted on 28/06/2008 - about food
Hi - the girls at work call me Ginger, not because of my hair colour, but because I'm from Buderim and they say I'm always taking on ab...
thanks to Ginger

Plunging escarpments ain't always pretty - 'Safety is not always fashionable: preparing to descend into the Blue Mountains waterfalls'posted by Doug Kirkpatrick

Plunging escarpments ain't always pretty
posted on 28/06/2008 - about sports
A mate of mine came over from Europe to spend some time mucking about in Australia. It's when friends drop in that caution gets thrown...
thanks to Doug Kirkpatrick from Melbourne

Our natural bushland - 'Relentless gumtree 'dribbes' over the edge of a rock'posted by Shelby Tanner

Our natural bushland
posted on 28/06/2008 - about country and coast
I love our natural bushland. Despite not enjoying the heat of Australia, I can cope with the dryness of the land. No matter how oft...
thanks to Shelby Tanner from Bairnsdale

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