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From madradish
1. Heard a kookaburra in person
2. Slept under the stars
3. Seen a koala. (Had a koala randomly climb down a tree and wander over to me and climb up me for a cuddle. Ok, so it was at Taronga Zoo in the Education centre and I was cleaning the enclosure - it was hand reared but still - koala cuddles!)
4. Visited Melbourne (Yay - 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
10. Sang along with Khe San
11. Drank VB
12. Visited Sydney (Well, I grew up there, but since I now live in Canberra, going back to Sydney really is "visiting")
13. Have seen a shark (Have swum with a shark... in an Oceanarium, while it wasn't active)
14. Have used Aussie slang naturally in a conversation
15. Had an actual conversation with an indigenous Australian (aboriginal).
16. Eaten hot chips from the bag at the beach
17. Walked/climbed over the Sydney Harbour Bridge.(I've walked across it, but not climbed it)
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 (It is my intention on my way to Beach trip - what a 4am change to a bus at Albury will do in terms of my plans, we'll have to wait and see)
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 (heh, I intend to introduce the people in the lab here at NIG to it - I have one share pack of tim tams left)
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 (Hooray for family holidays when I was younger!)
33. Seen the Great Australian Bight in person
34. Had a really bad sunburn (Yep, one involving a singlet top and one involving knee high socks)
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 (Most likely on a family trip when I was younger... now I know better)
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 (indeed - nom)
46. Tried playing a didgeridoo
47. Seen dinosaur footprints
48. Eaten Tim Tams (They were/are my combat for homesickness)
49. Been to Darwin
50. Touched a kangaroo
51. Visted the Great Barrier Reef
52. Listened to Kevin Bloody Wilson
53. Killed a Cane Toad
54. Gone to a drive-in theatre
55. Have read and own books by Australian authors
56. Visited Adelaide (Yay - Adelaide! :p )
57. Know the story behind "Eternity"
58. Been camping
59. Visited Brisbane (hooray for IVs!)
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 (We did it in House Choir at school - I even know harmony to it!)
66. Have stopped specifically to look at an historic marker by the side of the road.(family trips again)
67. Eaten a 4'n'20 pie
68. Surfed at Bondi (Learning to surf was the special activity on Friday afternoons for those of us in Year Ten not judged responsible/influential enough to lead peer support groups - I suck at surfing, don't want to try it somewhere where people would care that I suck)
69. Watched the cricket on Boxing Day
70. Visited Hobart (Hooray for 60IV - "we're all going to Hobart IV!")
71. Eaten kangaroo (NOM!)
72. Seen a quokka
73. Visited Canberra (what is this Canberra place you speak of? Ohh, the place I live... right. What with all the roundabouts and public servants I totally didn't remember... :p)
74. Visited rainforests (Both for a school excursion - Minnamurra Rainforest and on holidays with family)
75. Used a Victa lawnmower
76. Travelled on a tram in Adelaide
77. Watch canefields burning.
78. Used a Hills hoist
79. Visited the Olgas
80. Used native Australian plants in cooking (hooray for pepperberries! Oh, now I have a craving for scrambled eggs with pepperberries - Mr uniqueid, any chance you could bring pepperberries to Beach Trip?)
81. Visited the snow (I'm so close, but I live a busy life)
82. Chosen a side in Holden VS Ford
83. Visited the desert
84. Been water skiing
85. Read The Phantom
86. Visited Parliament House (Though only to buy Australian souvenirs to take over to Japan - I should probably do a proper visit sometime)
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
96. Travelled over corrugated roads.
97. Hit a kangaroo while driving
98. Been well outside any mobile phone coverage
99. Seen an emu.
100. Have woken to the smell of bushfires (not so mmm - I have bad memories of when I was eight and the 1994 bushfires in Sydney brought the bushfires directly across the road from us - the fire passed us, fireballed in fact - with a boom! while my sister and I were home alone - Mum was on her way back from dropping my brother at a friend's place and Dad was stuck trying to return from work. When it's just you and your 11 year old sister at home, being dragged out the front of your house to see flames high above the houses on the other side of the street is pretty damn frightening. I couldn't stand the sound of sirens at night for years to come and the smell of bushfires takes me back)
1. Heard a kookaburra in person
2. Slept under the stars
3. Seen a koala. (Had a koala randomly climb down a tree and wander over to me and climb up me for a cuddle. Ok, so it was at Taronga Zoo in the Education centre and I was cleaning the enclosure - it was hand reared but still - koala cuddles!)
4. Visited Melbourne (Yay - 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
10. Sang along with Khe San
11. Drank VB
12. Visited Sydney (Well, I grew up there, but since I now live in Canberra, going back to Sydney really is "visiting")
13. Have seen a shark (Have swum with a shark... in an Oceanarium, while it wasn't active)
14. Have used Aussie slang naturally in a conversation
15. Had an actual conversation with an indigenous Australian (aboriginal).
16. Eaten hot chips from the bag at the beach
17. Walked/climbed over the Sydney Harbour Bridge.(I've walked across it, but not climbed it)
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 (It is my intention on my way to Beach trip - what a 4am change to a bus at Albury will do in terms of my plans, we'll have to wait and see)
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 (heh, I intend to introduce the people in the lab here at NIG to it - I have one share pack of tim tams left)
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 (Hooray for family holidays when I was younger!)
33. Seen the Great Australian Bight in person
34. Had a really bad sunburn (Yep, one involving a singlet top and one involving knee high socks)
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 (Most likely on a family trip when I was younger... now I know better)
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 (indeed - nom)
46. Tried playing a didgeridoo
47. Seen dinosaur footprints
48. Eaten Tim Tams (They were/are my combat for homesickness)
49. Been to Darwin
50. Touched a kangaroo
51. Visted the Great Barrier Reef
52. Listened to Kevin Bloody Wilson
53. Killed a Cane Toad
54. Gone to a drive-in theatre
55. Have read and own books by Australian authors
56. Visited Adelaide (Yay - Adelaide! :p )
57. Know the story behind "Eternity"
58. Been camping
59. Visited Brisbane (hooray for IVs!)
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 (We did it in House Choir at school - I even know harmony to it!)
66. Have stopped specifically to look at an historic marker by the side of the road.(family trips again)
67. Eaten a 4'n'20 pie
68. Surfed at Bondi (Learning to surf was the special activity on Friday afternoons for those of us in Year Ten not judged responsible/influential enough to lead peer support groups - I suck at surfing, don't want to try it somewhere where people would care that I suck)
69. Watched the cricket on Boxing Day
70. Visited Hobart (Hooray for 60IV - "we're all going to Hobart IV!")
71. Eaten kangaroo (NOM!)
72. Seen a quokka
73. Visited Canberra (what is this Canberra place you speak of? Ohh, the place I live... right. What with all the roundabouts and public servants I totally didn't remember... :p)
74. Visited rainforests (Both for a school excursion - Minnamurra Rainforest and on holidays with family)
75. Used a Victa lawnmower
76. Travelled on a tram in Adelaide
77. Watch canefields burning.
78. Used a Hills hoist
79. Visited the Olgas
80. Used native Australian plants in cooking (hooray for pepperberries! Oh, now I have a craving for scrambled eggs with pepperberries - Mr uniqueid, any chance you could bring pepperberries to Beach Trip?)
81. Visited the snow (I'm so close, but I live a busy life)
82. Chosen a side in Holden VS Ford
83. Visited the desert
84. Been water skiing
85. Read The Phantom
86. Visited Parliament House (Though only to buy Australian souvenirs to take over to Japan - I should probably do a proper visit sometime)
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
96. Travelled over corrugated roads.
97. Hit a kangaroo while driving
98. Been well outside any mobile phone coverage
99. Seen an emu.
100. Have woken to the smell of bushfires (not so mmm - I have bad memories of when I was eight and the 1994 bushfires in Sydney brought the bushfires directly across the road from us - the fire passed us, fireballed in fact - with a boom! while my sister and I were home alone - Mum was on her way back from dropping my brother at a friend's place and Dad was stuck trying to return from work. When it's just you and your 11 year old sister at home, being dragged out the front of your house to see flames high above the houses on the other side of the street is pretty damn frightening. I couldn't stand the sound of sirens at night for years to come and the smell of bushfires takes me back)