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    Ozzie travel advice

    The questions below about Australia, are from potential visitors.
    They were posted on an Australian Tourism Website and the answers are
    rumoured to be the responses by the website officials:

    Q: Does it ever get windy in Australia? I have never seen it rain on TV,
    how do the plants grow? (UK).
    A: We import all plants fully grown and then just sit around watching
    them die.

    Q: Will I be able to see kangaroos in the street? (USA)
    A: Depends how much you've been drinking.

    Q: I want to walk from Perth to Sydney - can I follow the railroad
    tracks? (Sweden)
    A: Sure, it's only three thousand miles, take lots of water.

    Q: Is it safe to run around in the bushes in Australia? (Sweden)
    A: So it's true what they say about Swedes.

    Q: Are there any ATMs (cash machines) in Australia? Can you send me a
    list of them in Brisbane, Cairns, Townsville and Hervey Bay? (UK)
    A: What did your last slave die of?

    Q: Can you give me some information about hippo racing in Australia?
    (USA)
    A: A-fri-ca is the big triangle shaped continent south of Europe.
    Aus-tra-lia is that big island in the middle of the Pacific which does
    not... oh forget it. Sure, the hippo racing is every tuesday night in
    Kings Cross. Come naked.

    Q: Which direction is North in Australia? (USA)
    A: Face south and then turn 180 degrees. Contact us when you get here
    and we'll send the rest of the directions.

    Q: Can I bring cutlery into Australia? (UK)
    A: Why? Just use your fingers like we do.

    Q: Can you send me the Vienna Boys' Choir schedule? (USA)
    A: Aus-tri-a is that quaint little country bordering Ger-man-y, which is...oh forget it.
    Sure, the Vienna Boys Choir plays every Tuesday night in Kings Cross,
    straight after the hippo races. Come naked.

    Q: Can I wear high heels in Australia? ( UK)
    A: You are a British politician, right?

    Q: Are there supermarkets in Sydney and is milk available all year
    round? (Germany)
    A: No, we are a peaceful civilization of vegan hunter/gatherers. Milk is
    illegal.

    Q: Please send a list of all doctors in Australia who can dispense
    rattlesnake serum. (USA)
    A: Rattlesnakes live in A-meri-ca which is where YOU come from. All
    Australian snakes are perfectly harmless, can be safely handled and
    make good pets.

    Q: I have a question about a famous animal in Australia, but I forget
    its name. It's a kind of bear and lives in trees. (USA)
    A: It's called a Drop Bear. They are so called because they drop out of
    Gum trees and eat the brains of anyone walking underneath them. You can
    scare them off by spraying yourself with human urine before you go out
    walking.

    Q: Do you have perfume in Australia? (France)
    A: No, WE don't stink.

    Q: I have developed a new product that is the fountain of youth. Can you
    tell me where I can sell it in Australia? (USA)
    A: Anywhere significant numbers of Americans gather.

    Q: Can you tell me the regions in Tasmania where the female population
    is smaller than the male population? (Italy)
    A: Yes, gay nightclubs.

    Q: Do you celebrate Christmas in Australia? (France)
    A: Only at Christmas.

    Q: I was in Australia in 1969 on R+R, and I want to contact the girl I
    dated while I was staying in Kings Cross. Can you help? (USA)
    A: Yes, and you will still have to pay her by the hour.

    Q: Will I be able to speak English most places I go? (USA)
    A: Yes, but you'll have to learn it first

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    Re: Ozzie travel advice

    Seen this before, and thought it very funny then.

    Especially:
    Quote Originally Posted by Lou
    Q: Can you give me some information about hippo racing in Australia?
    (USA)
    A: A-fri-ca is the big triangle shaped continent south of Europe.
    Aus-tra-lia is that big island in the middle of the Pacific which does
    not... oh forget it. Sure, the hippo racing is every tuesday night in
    Kings Cross. Come naked.

    Q: Can you send me the Vienna Boys' Choir schedule? (USA)
    A: Aus-tri-a is that quaint little country bordering Ger-man-y, which is...oh forget it.
    Sure, the Vienna Boys Choir plays every Tuesday night in Kings Cross,
    straight after the hippo races. Come naked.

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    Re: Ozzie travel advice

    Quote Originally Posted by TheTramp
    Seen this before, and thought it very funny then.
    Ahh... but it's never been here before!

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    Re: Ozzie travel advice

    They have a very dry sense of humour those Ozzies

    If you ask a silly question what do you expect

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    Re: Ozzie travel advice

    Quote Originally Posted by Lou
    Ahh... but it's never been here before!
    Sorry. Should have said that it's still very funny, and thanks for letting me see it again

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    Re: Ozzie travel advice

    Quote Originally Posted by TheTramp
    Sorry. Should have said that it's still very funny, and thanks for letting me see it again
    Don't worry!

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    Re: Ozzie travel advice

    Quote Originally Posted by Lou
    The questions below about Australia, are from potential visitors.
    They were posted on an Australian Tourism Website and the answers are
    rumoured to be the responses by the website officials:
    << snip >>
    I have ruthlessly copied and distributed. V. funny

    I was on a tourist boat, somewhere off the Oz coast, and I watched a chap, let's call him Bruce, with a peeling nose but the hair of a young Mel Gibson, who was trying to chat up this achingly beautiful Swedish / Danish / Norwegian girl.

    His approach was to talk about the "jocks" he had just bought while scratching (what we call down here) his Jacobs.

    Class

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