As a result of the comments and repllies in my poll, I've decided to go for broke and give this a go.

It is going to be an enormous undertaking, but for all my friends who have asked to see just what it's like down here, I'll do my damndest to make this thread as interesting and varied as possible.

I've been amassing material all day so far

It will have to be done in various 'sections' to try to keep some sort of order from what could easily turn into sheer chaos owing to the diversity of material.

the sections will be in the following order:-
1/ Capital Cities
2/ Suburban life
3/ Recreation and Sport
4/ Central Australia
5/ The Far north
6/ Outback Aus'
7/ Tropical Queensland
8/ Indigenous Australians
9/ Wildlife - both Benign and Dangerous

This list may be added to depending on two things...

A/ You want to see more?
B/ I actually live long enough to get that far! :crazy:

To keep the thread running smoothly, I ask that you please post any questions or points of discussion at the end of each section, where I will pause for this purpose before proceeding to the next section. (I will let you know when each section is finished).

If any of my Aussie compatriots feel like adding to the thread, please feel free, but again, I stress that it is VITAL you keep the topic of your post in keeping with that section only!

It is now 2:30am and I've been at this all afternoon, so here's your chance to make any opening comments before I begin in ernest tomorrow with Section 1.


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Errrrr...Wish me luck

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:clapping: Well done for the posting so far, and a big thanks for your efforts on this thread. :D :friends: :drinks:

Look forward to the rest.............Night Night for now :kiss:

Sounds like a good thread, fester, all we need to do is get it off the ground B)

This looks very, very promising Fester! :)

fester - mate i am quite happy to contribute all that i i know about
my happy little state of western australia :D :D

anything you need about perth - capital of western australia let me know

;)

do faggots and gay life fall under sports and recreation :unsure: :lol: :D

:lol: :lol:


can't wait to see what great stuff you have to post Fester... :)

OK.So I think I'm ready to start....Here we go.

INTRODUCTION

Australia's Land mass compared to:

EUROPE

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GREAT BRITAIN

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JAPAN

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NORTH AMERICA

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POPULATION

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics:-


On 14 July 2006 at 13:33:43 (Canberra time), the resident population of Australia is projected to be:



20,579,939

This projection is based on the estimated resident population at 31 December 2005 and assumes growth since then of:

one birth every 2 minutes and 0 seconds,
one death every 3 minutes and 55 seconds,
a net gain of one international migrant every 4 minutes and 47 seconds leading to
an overall total population increase of one person every 2 minutes and 12 seconds.

States and Capital Cities

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god love you fester & whatever you decide to share will be an education for me, thank you :kiss:

I've always made friends quickly with the Aussies, and had so many GOOD friends from Australia. Don't even mind the vegemite. But for some reason I've never had a desire to visit. Not even a little.

Here's a good thread for it. Can someone talk me into wanting to go? My impression has always been - too dry, too hot, too flat, too dull ... and everything is poisonous.

But other than that, sounds great. :unsure:

I wanna be a convert. Let's have it!!!