Post #401085 by Tiki Trav on Wed, Aug 13, 2008 2:16 PM

Oh, i have some things to add...

The population of the entire country/continent of Australia is (as from today)
21,391,896,
compared with the state of California (projected 2010)
38,067,000 not including the estimated millions of undocument illegal residents.
that's why we like to spread out and need plenty of space..

There IS an Outback Steakhouse in Sydney.. it's in North Strathfield.

The Sydney Funnelweb Spider cannot jump..at all! so you can catch em in a jar or whatever and put your hand over the top safely within inches of one of the world's most deadly spiders and... well... survive! unless of course you falsely identified it and then you are buggered..

Australia II, the winner and first non-American winner of the America's Cup Yacht Race in 1983 was owned at the time by Allan Bond who at the time was a very prominent businessman, he built the first private university in Australia, Bond University (which incidentally my father was project manager for the construction company) among other projects and ventures, as well as purchasing Vincent Van Gogh's renowned painting, Irises for $54 million. He was later jailed for 7 years after the collapse of Bond Corporatin with personal debts of over $1.8 Bilion dollars.

I have a friend who recently proclaimed "I haven't been laid since Australia II won the America's Cup!".. he is not a very attractive fella..

During all the excitement of the America's Cup win, Our then Prime Minister Bob Hawke (after several beers) publicly proclaimed a national holiday by stating that:
"Any boss that sacks a worker for not turning up today is a BUM!

A further impressive fact about former Prime Minister Bob Hawke is his holding of a world record for the fastest consumption of beer: a yard glass (approximately 3 imperial pints or 1.7 litres) in eleven seconds! GOLD!

That's enough for now..