Bec’s
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(group member since Jan 21, 2014)
Bec’s
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from the Aussie Readers group.
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Heard a kookaburra laughing - YesSlept under the stars in a swag - No
Seen a koala in the wild - Yes
Had a barbeque in the backyard - Yes
Watched a summer thunderstorm - Yes
Worn a pair of thongs (flip flops) - Yes
Visited Cape York - no
Held a snake - Yes
Sang along with Khe Sanh - Yes
Drank XXXX beer - Not XXXX but yes Beer
Have seen a shark (not in captivity) -Yes
Have used Aussie slang naturally in a conversation - Yah nah (Yes)
Eaten hot chips from a paper bag at the beach - Yes
Walked/climbed over the Sydney Harbour Bridge - No
Used an outside dunny, and checked under the seat before sitting down - Yes
Rode camels on a beach/across sand dunes - yes
Slept on an overnight train or bus. (doesnt the midnight train home count?)
Been to Sydney’s Mardi Gras - no
Have gone bush-bashing/4WD off-road - not seriously
Taken a sickie -only for real
Been to see a game of Aussie Rules football - not a professional AFL one in person
Ridden in a tram in Melbourne - yes
Been at an ANZAC day Dawn Service - No
Watched a sunrise or sunset - Yes
Held a wombat - Yes a baby one
Been on a roadtrip of 800km or more - Yes
Seen the Great Australian Bight in person - No
Had a really bad sunburn - Yes
Visited an Aboriginal community - Yes
Seen a redback spider - yes
Been bitten by a redback spider - no (Thankfully)
Visited the Sydney Opera House - Just on the outside
Eaten Vegemite - Yes (Yuck)
Thrown a boomerang - Yes
Seen the Kimberleys - Yes
Seen wild camels - Yes
Been to Perth - Not yet
Drank and enjoyed a Lemon, Lime and Bitters - Yes
Tried playing a didgeridoo - Yes
Seen dinosaur footprints (huge tourism destination in Winton QLD to see the dinosaur prints - as well as Broome, WA) - no
Eaten Tim Tams - YES
Been to Darwin - not yet
Touched a kangaroo -yes
Visited the Great Barrier Reef - not yet
Sung the Australian national anthem - no
Killed a Cane Toad - northern Australia - no
Gone to a drive-in theatre - Yes
Have read and own books by Australian authors YES!!!
Visited Adelaide - Yes only once
Been camping - Yes if caravaning counts
Visited Brisbane - No (But i've flown past it)
Been in an outback pub - Yes
Gone whale watching - Yes
Listened to Slim Dusty - Yes
Sang along to Down Under by Men at Work. - Yes
Have stopped specifically to look at an historic marker by the side of the road - Yes
Eaten a 4′n’20 pie -Yes
Surfed at Bondi - No
Watched the cricket on Boxing Day - On the TV
Watched the start of the Sydney to Hobart on Boxing Day probably on TV
Watched the Bathurst 1000 - not intentionally
Visited Hobart - Yes twice
Eaten kangaroo yes
Seen a quokka not in real life
Visited Canberra not yet
Visited the rainforests Yes
Used a Victa lawnmower - i think so
Travelled on a tram in Adelaide - No
Used a Hills hoist - Yes (and swung on one too)
Visited Uluru - Yes (but didn't climb it)
Used native Australian plants in cooking - maybe
Visited the snow - Yes twice
Chosen a side in Holden VS Ford - yes
Been water skiing - no
Visited Parliament House. (Old or New) Yes in Melbourne
Gone spotlighting or pig-shooting - the game spotlight but i don't think this is the same so No
Crossed the Nullarbor (Flying over it in a plane doesn’t count) - I can't remember where it starts we drove from Geelong to Alice Springs via Adeliade and Coober Peedy so maybe a bit of it
Avoided swimming in areas because of crocodiles - no
Listened to AC/DC - Yes
Called someone a dag - Yes
Voted in a Federal Election - No
Have been swimming and stayed between the flags - tried to
Recited the first verse of 'The Man From Snowy River' in public - Yes
Had a possum in your roof Yes
Visited the outback yes
Travelled over corrugated roads Yes
Hit a kangaroo while driving - Narrowly missed one
Been well outside any mobile phone coverage - yes
Seen an emu - Yes
Have woken to the smell of bushfires -yes
Patted a pure-bred dingo - Yes
Seen the Midnight Oil live - No
Talked about the weather for more than 15 minutes straight and been really interested in the conversation - Yes
Ever seen a Queensland cane fire No (but i've smelt them processing the sugar cane in queensland its like burnt caramlised pineapple)
Driven through a flock of wild birds at dusk Yes
Discovered convicts in your family tree -no
Been to a bush wedding - no
Owned a HR Holden - i think my dad did
Cooked damper on a camp fire - yes
Ever seen the Dog on the Tucker-box at Gundagai Yes
Ever seen/been in a cyclone no but i have seen a water spout
Watched the movie Red Dog - Yes (and cried)
Watched Crocodile Dundee at least once Yes
Seen more than one "BIG" item - Big Banana, Big Pineapple, Big Salmon - Yes
Eaten a Wendy's ice cream - Yes
Met at least one Australian author Multiple
Stopped at a roadhouse Yes
Watched a Hugh Jackman film Yes
Been part of the Scouts or Girl Guides Nope
Bought a Bunnings sausage - Yes
Had McDonalds for an attempted hangover cure (never been hungover)
Camped on the beach No
Parents had your photo taken at a Pixi photo stall in a shopping centre - Yes
Caught a Barramundi in the wild No
Been crabbing or cray fishing yes
Bought beer (or any other alcohol) at a ‘drive through bottle shop’ - Yes
Given a friendly steering wheel wave to oncoming vehicles in the outback - Yes (i do it in town too)
Seen a crocodile in the wild - No
Cooked or eaten a hot Christmas lunch/dinner while it’s 35⁰C outside - Nope (I'm not that crazy!)
Stood out in the rain because it hasn’t rained for awhile - Yep
Stood at the Tip of mainland Australia and had a photo taken at the sign - No
Been to Thursday Island - No
Worn UGG boots - Yes
Called a friend ‘mate’ - Yes
Complained about the flies - Yes
Kylie H wrote: "Andrea wrote: "The Good Dog by Simon Rowell (#3 in Zoe Mayer series) is up for request."So excited - read the first two in this series - loved them
I read this one over the school holidays - I thought it was a good read
I've just noticed this too - was adding the newest Ninja Kid book to the series and 2 or 3 have a hebrew version as the main book all of a sudden even though it was never like this (i'm pretty sure i was the one who added all the books in this series) I'm definately using the English version of goodreads
