10 reasons NOT to visit Australia

[ea81slush]

10 Reasons NOT to Visit Australia [from www metacafe com] - YouTube

 

[blueystar]

may be the boat people need to see this be for they think about comeing here

 

[Nana]

LOL! Didn't look too scary to me...... and I love the face at the very end

 

[eagle1]

keep it on .39 sec. was there on R&R from DaNang in '70. hope to go back.

 

[Greydog]

Had a chance to go in 1968 but took a pass on R&R so I could get out of Nam a month early. As it turned out, I still wound up serving a year in country. Should have went to Australia. My friends that went really liked it!! LOL!!! Our chow hall served mutton about once a week. A big joke was that Australia would only participate if we bought the sheep!! Prolly would have been OK if our cook knew how to cook it.......trust me....he didn't!!!

 

[ea81slush]

Hey Greydog. Sounds typical of the mateship Aussies have with you guys.

I joined the RAAF in 1973. At 17 years old I was among the Aussie Vietnam veterans at the bases I worked. They were always full of practical jokes. Sadly agent orange and mental issues plaqued a lot of them. Some suicided.

At the end of the war when soldiers arrived by boat at Townsville Nth Queensland they were pelted with eggs and tomatoes by the anti war low life.

It was a shameful period. And I beleive we have been trying ever since to make it up to the veterans by understanding them.

It was only a week ago a guy told me he served in Nam. I shook his hand and told him I was proud of him. His eyes welled up.

They deserve a good old age.

 

[Rod69]

Always wanted to go to Australia. Never thought about the incects and wild life. Oh what the heck, you only live once.

 

[kwakasix3]

I was disappointed with the song. Not a mention that if you go "backpacking" in remote areas you may get dragged into the scrub and murdered.

 

[Geoff]

The idea is to ride fast enough not to worry about anything other than having fun
Wrinkly

 

[Nana]

I was disappointed with the song. Not a mention that if you go "backpacking" in remote areas you may get dragged into the scrub and murdered.

Maybe they couldn't fit it in..... as well as being eaten by dingos. LOL! I loved the song!

 

[Aussie Annie]

The idea is to ride fast enough not to worry about anything other than having fun
Wrinkly

Yeah that wrinkly :wave4:

 

[cjmitch]

and more reasons TO visit

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[ea81slush]

havent seen that before- a ripper!!

but then they wouldnt make it for us- but for overseas tourists to visit.

It does capture the spirit.

 

[cjmitch]

havent seen that before- a ripper!!

but then they wouldnt make it for us- but for overseas tourists to visit.

It does capture the spirit.

I wish to GOD I could get there
Sigh...
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[kwakasix3]

Yes. That's a great ad. May I add " a Rip-snorter of an ad, you bloody beauty".

Oh no ! I'm having an "Adventure of Barry Mackenzie" moment. ( A hugely popular movie in its day that now makes many Auzzies cringe with its "ockerisms").

 

[cjmitch]

Yes. That's a great ad. May I add " a Rip-snorter of an ad, you bloody beauty".

Oh no ! I'm having an "Adventure of Barry Mackenzie" moment. ( A hugely popular movie in its day that now makes many Auzzies cringe with its "ockerisms").

Say WHAT????!??!??!

:laugh:

 

[kwakasix3]

Ok.
A Rip-snorter = exceptionally good thing.
You bloody beauty = term of endearment,non gender specific. An exclamation of approval directed at persons or objects.

Does that help ?

 

[Aussie Annie]

And you forgot "WACKO"

Then there is our rhyming strine: :Shrug:

Cheese & kisses........ The missus [wife]
Frog & toad....... the road

And too many more to list!

 

[kwakasix3]

" Holy snappin' cane toads, I've had a bull terrier of a day. I'm knackered, me plates of meat are buggered and I could really snavel some tucker. Crack a coldie for me will ya ? Oh, make it a green death,will ya. Ta.

In case you are curious about the movie reference here's the trailer.
The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (1972) trailer - YouTube

 

[ea81slush]

well this little fellow I came across at Boho South about 3 miles form my country home. Cute eh.

oh, and here's our home at Strathbogie Victoria Australia. 2 hours north of Melbourne on the way towards Sydney 6 hours further on. We live at the foothills of the mountains on a tableland.

 

[Papa Zook]

Visiting Australia/New Zealand is on my bucket list....Lots of friends there. I hope to do some riding/visiting there in the next year or two and Id like to recruit some Trike Talk buddies to go with me. Anyone else up to a trip down under? Any of our Aussie members want to chime in? If so lets start planning now. We can look into a group trip and talk to some travel agents, hosts, etc. What do you guys think?

 

[blueystar]

if you get to sunny perth on the west coast there is my place to crash at while in perth

 

[Memnoch451]

At the end of the war when soldiers arrived by boat at Townsville Nth Queensland they were pelted with eggs and tomatoes by the anti war low life.

It was a shameful period. And I beleive we have been trying ever since to make it up to the veterans by understanding them.

It was only a week ago a guy told me he served in Nam. I shook his hand and told him I was proud of him. His eyes welled up.

They deserve a good old age.

War ( Vietnam ) hadn't changed..it was the people! While some good things came out off that era. The liberties that Soldiers and Civilians fought and died for have been slowly eroding ever since.

This is way off topic I know but I feel strongly about it. No combat soldier should ever be homeless, want for medical care or go hungry.

Just my opinion on a Friday....

Now back on topic Australia is pretty cool my kid loved it there and he's still talking about it 2 years after he went. ThumbUp

 

[skuuter]

WOW.......just WOW......ThumbUp

 

[CyberVet65]

Just as I came home from SE Asia they opened Austrailia to R&R. I have never wanted to venture abroad but Austrailia has always been one of the places in the world I would like to visit.

 

[kwakasix3]

This was a big hit in it's day.
Cringeworthy comedy.

 

[Juju]

And you forgot "WACKO"

Then there is our rhyming strine: :Shrug:

Cheese & kisses........ The missus [wife]

Here's how I heard it when I was in Dublin:
Trouble & strife: the wife
I THINK it was meant in jest. :Shrug:

 

[Memnoch451]

Fun Fact..or is it????

Australian Prime Minister Disappears (1967):

He might have been eaten by a shark. Or maybe he was assassinated by secret agents from the Soviet Union. Of course, he could have possibly been picked up by a Chinese submarine. Others have said that he might have committed suicide or been picked up by a UFO. Such were the rumors and conspiracy theories that ran rampant after the disappearance of Harold Holt, Australia's 17th Prime Minister, on December 17, 1967.

Guy went for a swim, they never found his body. he was 59 at the time and prime minister for only 22 months. ThumbUp