Wednesday 29 April 2009

Australian Experiences Quiz

Bold is been there and done that.

1. Heard a kookaburra in person.
2. Slept under the stars
3. Seen a koala.
4. Visited Melbourne
5. Watched a summer thunderstorm
6. Worn a pair of thongs.
7. Been to Uluru (Ayer’s Rock). I climbed it when I was seven!
8. Visited Cape York.
9. Held a snake.
10. Sang along with Khe Sanh.
11. Drank VB.
12. Visited Sydney
13. Have seen a shark.
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. (But I've seen 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 (We'll tried to anyway!)
21. Been to Sydney’s Mardi Gras (and not interested either)
22. Have gone bush-bashing.
23. Taken a sickie
24. Been to see a game of Aussie Rules football.
25. Have seen wild camels (again maybe - but I was very young so not sure)
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Had a Tim Tam Slam
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
33. Seen the Great Australian Bight in person
34. Had a really bad sunburn
35. Visited an Aboriginal community
36. Seen a redback spider.
37. Have watched Paul Hogan
38. Seen Blue Polls in person
39. Wandered barefoot in the bush/outback
40. Eaten Vegemite
41. Thrown a boomerang
42. Seen the Kimberleys
43. Given a hitch-hiker a lift. I’m not usually the one driving.
44. Been to Perth
45. Have tried Lemon, Lime and Bitters.
46. Tried playing a didgeridoo
47. Seen dinosaur footprints.
48. Eaten Tim Tams
49. Been to Darwin.
50. Touched a kangaroo.
51. Visited the Great Barrier Reef.
52. Listened to Kevin Bloody Wilson (who?)
53. Killed a Cane Toad. (but I've been a witness)
54. Gone to a drive-in theatre.
55. Have read and own books by Australian authors.
56. Visited Adelaide (Yay!!!!)
57. Know the story behind “Eternity”
58. Been camping
59. Visited Brisbane
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. (If I can count a Colin DVD, then we have three - Galipolli and Man from Snowy River)
65. Sang along to Down Under
66. Have stopped specifically to look at an historic marker by the side of the road.
67. Eaten a 4′n’20 pie
68. Surfed at Bondi.
69. Watched the cricket on Boxing Day. We'll if you count a church cricket match - I've even played!
70. Visited Hobart
71. Eaten kangaroo.
72. Seen a quokka
73. Visited Canberra
74. Visited rainforests
75 Used a Victa lawnmower.
76. Travelled on a tram in Adelaide
77. Watch canefields burning. Only smelt them.
78. Used a Hills hoist
79. Visited the Olgas
80. Used native Australian plants in cooking. But my Mum has and I might have helped her...
81. Visited the snow.
82. Chosen a side in Holden VS Ford. Holden - but really I don't care that much
83. Visited the desert.
84. Been water skiing. (Good old youth group camps!)
85. Read The Phantom. But not religeously or anything - all the other funnies are better!
86. Visited Parliament House.
87. Gone spotlighting or pig-shooting. Bunnies - youth group camp again!
88. Crossed the Nullarbor. (don't think so - I'd have to ask Dad)
89. Avoided swimming in areas because of crocodiles.
90. Listened to AC/DC. Probably if it was on the radio and at peoples places
91. Called someone a dag
92. Voted in a Federal Election
93. Have been swimming and stayed between the flags. but there aren't flags around as often as TV makes you think they would be!
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


{80/100 not too bad}