G'day

[AussieChris]

Yeah but if you want to see cool animals in the wild, why not go to Africa where you can see lions and monkeys and giraffes

I would prefer to see a lion rather than a possum

Hello,

Everyone is different. How safe is it to travel alone all around Africa ? Can you speak all the different languages ? How much of the wildlife sees you as its next meal ? For an older traveler or family this is a very safe country to travel. We dont have many Nut-Jobs going around shooting at you. Clean water and disease free places are everywhere. And the male Platypus is the only venomous mammal found. I see Platypus quite often. You take for granted what you have, it is interesting for an over-seas traveller seeing their first kangaroo, they always want to stop and take pictures.

 

[tab_xo]

I dont want to travel to Africa
I would never ever go there!
I dont like African animals either, same with Australian animals!

I dont want to travel anywhere except ireland or england hahahaha

I dont understand why anyone travels anywhere, spends thousands of dollars just to look at stuff.. But this is just the way i am.. i am not like most people!

Yes Australia may be safe, but we still are not perfect, people still get killed here ! It isnt safe ANYWHERE to travel alone....
We have nut jobs as well!!!!


I dont take it for granted... i just dont like it here, because i am half english

But as you said, everyone is different!



Note to self, Australians are very protective about their country

 

[Mike17]

I dont want to travel to Africa
I would never ever go there!
I dont like African animals either, same with Australian animals!

I dont want to travel anywhere except ireland or england hahahaha

I dont understand why anyone travels anywhere, spends thousands of dollars just to look at stuff.. But this is just the way i am.. i am not like most people!

Yes Australia may be safe, but we still are not perfect, people still get killed here ! It isnt safe ANYWHERE to travel alone....
We have nut jobs as well!!!!


I dont take it for granted... i just dont like it here, because i am half english

But as you said, everyone is different!



Note to self, Australians are very protective about their country

We're proud of our country, Tab, there's a difference. I've travelled fairly widely (including to US and UK) and love aspects of overseas countries. I especially loved the countryside in UK- but the cities, yuk (outside the parts worth visiting, archaeological sites and historic buildings, museums etc). Makes me value Oz even more!

 

[Betrisher]

All together now:

'The love of field and coppice,
Of green and shaded lanes.
Of ordered woods and gardens
Is running in your veins,
Strong love of grey-blue distance
Brown streams and soft dim skies
I know but cannot share it,
My love is otherwise.

I love a sunburnt country,
A land of sweeping plains,
Of ragged mountain ranges,
Of droughts and flooding rains.
I love her far horizons,
I love her jewel-sea,
Her beauty and her terror -
The wide brown land for me!'

Snif! Pass the tissues please!

 

[faeryphoebe1]

Betrisher: I wish that I was an Aussie. I'm a Texan, so I say, "y'all" WAY too often. I think that my accent is kind of southern, but not nearly as heavy as, say, "Sookie & co" from True Blood, lol.

Mike17: British comedy is the best!

 

[Betrisher]

I'd love to hear your accent, faeryphoebe1. I've found that interesting people are always attached to different accents. I bought the audio books of the True Blood series and the person who narrates it has *the* most delicious Louisiana accent. I haven't seen the TV show (don't watch TV). Is it good?

 

[Featheredsamurai]

Betrisher: I wish that I was an Aussie. I'm a Texan, so I say, "y'all" WAY too often. I think that my accent is kind of southern, but not nearly as heavy as, say, "Sookie & co" from True Blood, lol.

Mike17: British comedy is the best!

I really like some southern accents the only American accents I don't like are the crazy deep south "redneck" accent, and people who talk "ghetto" lol

 

[faeryphoebe1]

Betrisher, imo, the series is shocking but great. You just never know what will happen next. I've read the first 2 or 3 books of the Southern Vampire Mysteries. The show's plot seems to drift quite a bit from that of the books.

Copperarabian: Have you heard the "Turtleman" yodel? That sound can make dogs cry! It's totally cringeworthy.

 

[Marcy]

Welcome! We look forward to seeing you around!!

 

[Bundiibird]

Welcome to the forum. I personally love American accents especially southern ones.

 

[Mike17]

Betrisher: I wish that I was an Aussie. I'm a Texan, so I say, "y'all" WAY too often. I think that my accent is kind of southern, but not nearly as heavy as, say, "Sookie & co" from True Blood, lol.

Mike17: British comedy is the best!

You actually get British comedy there, Phoebe? Is that on pay TV (I think you call it "cable" although it arrives from a satellite therefore wireless) I wouldn't have though Americans would understand British humour (especially black humour). We get plenty of American TV of course but I only watch a few specials (documentaries, mostly) plus the Pawnshop one from Vegas and American Restorations (although I hate the way the guys talk to each other, what a horrible workplace!) but love the workmanship, although I do wonder how grown men can drool over an old gum machine I frankly don't think much US comedy is funny, too much slapstick. We Aussies like to laugh at ourselves as of course, do the British.