I Am Australian

An Aussie walks into a pub and takes a seat next to a very attractive woman..
He gives her a quick glance then casually looks at his watch for a moment.

The woman notices this and asks, 'Is your date running late?'

'No', he...

Just returned from the local Dawn Service now going to the March in Adelaide With three generations of my family

We have a huge but harmless spider in Australia called a Huntsman. One summer when my daughter was a toddler, a large Huntsman took up residence in the cornice in our living room. We named her, "Sparkle."  She coexisted with us happily...

i am deeply concerned for the desert people and the way the intervention has truly devasted communities...stigmatising them back to the shameful existance of how white australia looks upon them...it is just truly disgusting...

Who likes a Funeral? No one.

This one proved to be very special.
We had all gathered outside and were laughing, chatting and greeting each other when we got the call to move inside.
That is when I choked up.

The gentlemen of the RSL...

There are a few things that i resent about my family
1. the fact that i was circumcised in my mothers uneducated island without my consent
2. the fact that i was emotionally and physically abused by both parents at a young age which...

These are not my words, I received this today from someone else, but thought my aussie friends here would get a kick out of it......

These were posted on an Australian Tourism Website and the answers are the actual responses by the...

1.     Yes I am Australian and I'm proud of it. But I often see disparaging comments made about Australians and it saddens me because there are more types of Australians than just one and it's not fair to paint everyone with the...

When A Girl is quiet
millions of things are running in her mind.

When a Girl is not arguing,
She is thinking Deeply.

When a Girl looks at you with eyes full of questions,
She is wondering how long you will be around.

When a Girl...

With thanks to my sister for sending this to me, apologies to the author - please let me know who you are if you wrote it:
FOR THE AUSSIES - You know you're Australian when:

You believe that stubbies can either be drunk or worn...

I used to love Scandinavian countries but recently I've switched and I'm back to being 200% patriotic and I LOVE Australia and the people and our accent and omg everything. I love how Aussies are so polite to fellow Aussies and our...

Prime Minister Gillard walks into the Commonwealth Bank of Australia to cash a cheque. As she approaches the cashier she says "Good morning , could you please cash this cheque for me"?

Cashier: "It would be my pleasure Miss. Could you...

Tim Matheson, the First Bloke, and Tony Abbott somehow ended up at the same barber shop at the same time.

As they sat there, each being worked on by a different barber, not a word was spoken.

The barbers were both afraid to...

Iwas born in Adelaide raised here and love it here I have travelled most of Australia only state I haven't been to is Tasmania ill get there 1 day love making new friends fellow Aussies and others from overseas I love to chat always up...

There is a road between my home and the clinic, where I work. It is a long, straight and has only a single lane each way. It's a fast road, with no traffic lights and has a 90 km speed limit. As you can imagine, one slow car ruins the...

Fifteen thousand people attended the Dawn Service at the Melbourne Shrine this morning, from the television coverage there were many young boys and girls accompanying their
parents and grand parents... heartening to see that the Anzac...

It's God's country .......
 An American decided to write a book about famous churches around the world. So he bought a plane ticket and took a trip to Orlando, thinking that he would start by working his way...

A green jacket, an Australian First Masters winner, and a humble winner.... you beauty Adam, we are so proud of you, your call after your putt... come on ozzie.... gave me goosies...Well done...

I'm not an Australian by birth but I have a passport & am damn proud if it. I landed in the golden shores one hot, sunny St Patricks Day and was instantly seduced by the place. I remember drinking in all the usual sights - Bondi/the...

A sunburnt country, except it's my skin that usually gets burnt ;)
I have been lucky to live and holiday most of this beautiful country and look forward to sharing this with my child and future children.
I love the ease and freedom...