What’s the difference between Australia and yoghurt? At least yoghurt has some culture! — Allan & Barbara Pease in Why Men Lie and Women Cry
Oceania
Leaving town
I cannot remember the last time I had a chance to leave town and I have no idea when I will have another. I do know that my last holiday was when I was pregnant with my eldest daughter, Butterfly…. Read More ›
A practical driver
I’m reminded of a Cobb & Co. driver whom I often met in my childhood days in western Queensland. He was once asked by a lady passenger if he’d ever been caught in a bushfire. ‘Oh yes,’ he said, ‘I… Read More ›
Australia: A History in Photographs by Michael Cannon
Opening Sentence: The camera is like most human beings: it sometimes distorts reality, but it usually tries to tell the truth. Synopsis: Over two centuries a great nation has emerged from the most unlikely beginnings. Millions of incidents on that… Read More ›
Grim Crims & Convicts: 1788 – 1820 (Fair Dinkum Histories) by Jackie French
Opening Sentence:It was an incredible idea – to found a colony of convicts eight months’ sail away from Great Britain. Synopsis:Telling it like it really was – true-blue Aussie history! It was the craziest, wildest and most daring expedition the… Read More ›
The Darwin Awards by Wendy Northcutt
Opening Sentence:Most of us know instinctively that the phrase “trust me, light this fuse” is a recipe for disaster. Synopsis:http://www.DarwinAwards.com is the legendary website that commemorates the remains of people who have improved our gene pool by killing themselves in… Read More ›
All You Need to Know to be Australian
The bigger the hat , the smaller the farm. The shorter the nickname, the more they like you. Whether it’s the opening of Parliament, or the launch of a new art gallery, there is no Australian event that cannot be… Read More ›
Only in Australia
Unusual Australian Place Names: Boing Boing, NT Come by chance, NSW Foul Bay, SA Gingin, WA Humpybong, Qld Innaloo, WA Jimcumbilly, NSW Loos, SA Mount Buggery, Vic Nowhere Else, Tas & SA Poowong, Vic Rooty Hill, NSW Smiggin Holes, NSW… Read More ›
