Talk:Australia

Liberal Party

Again the somewhat unusual US usage of the word "liberal" rears its head. The Australian Labor Party is not "more liberal" than the Liberal Party. --Horace 00:38, 16 March 2007 (EDT)

Faunæ

"The amazing thing about Australian native animals like the koala and the kangaroo is that they have the amazing ability to adapt to living in densely populated urban areas. Kangaroos are frequently sighted roaming the streets of Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne."

This is the most ridiculous statement I've read on this encyclopædia, and that's saying something. I've removed this from this article, because it is a blatant untruth. If an American is going to write an article about Australia, the do a little research and don't just write about a stereotype.

We don't drink Foster's, you can't even find it at most bars. Dingoes don't eat our babies. We don't all wear slouch hats, and we don't kick people with giant boots as a punishment. If you're interested in learning more visit this article. Dallas 07:02, 16 March 2007 (EDT)

They're just vandals niandra 07:49, 16 March 2007 (EDT)

Aren't kangaroos becoming somewhat of a nuisance in public places? I would imagine that much like deer here in the US, as their population grows, they start wandering into developed areas looking for food. Now when I was visiting Australia last year I did only see them in the outback and Adelaide area and nowhere near Sydney. Also, I did find it funny that Budweiser was the import of choice. VB ... awesome, I wish they sold it here. Jrssr5 14:30, 21 March 2007 (EDT)

I live half an hour's drive from the city of Melbourne in a fairly bushy (wooded, I think the Americans would say) suburb. We have a large number of roos around our area but we are probably the closest to the city to have roos. They are almost in plague proportions in some country areas although the drought seems to be culling them in some ways. I have no idea who would think that Bud is the import of choice! I can't think of a bottle shop (Australian for Liquor Store) that sells it. If there is an import of choice at the moment I suspect it would be Guinness, Heinekin (sp?), Asahi, Stella Artois. If you go to this beer page you will see that Bud comes in at number 61. VB (Victoria Bitter) is the highest selling beer in Australia at the moment but tends to be fairly predicatable, if not dull after a while. Coopers, Boags, Cascade and James Squires all are smaller breweries that are doing very very well at the moment in Australia - my favourite at the moment is James Squires. So Kangaroos and beer - all we need now is a shrimp on the barbie (whatever that means!)

More randomness: I guess I meant American Import of choice. James Squires was good, as were Cooper and Boags. I also liked XXXX and Toohey's Dark (I think thats what it was). I also lucked out to get a "Boony Doll", but it started to randomly talk in the middle of the night so I had to remove the batteries. Jrssr5 10:53, 22 March 2007 (EDT)

Getting way OT! Boony Dolls - fantastic! Toohey's Old is a wonderful dark ale - not as appreciated as it should be. I suspect Bud being the American import of choice is purely due to the fact that there aren't a lot of American beers around here - Millers has done reasonably well. I like a Sam Addams but they are not easy to find. XXXX (the way Queenslanders spell BEER) was huge in the 1980s but has faded away to being a fairly local brew these days. I might put an article together on Australian beer in my more idle hours.

This article is ridiculous

Irrelevent information, bad spelling. Is it a joke?

Medals dangling from hats???

Are you serious? That sounds like nonsense to me. --Horace 07:30, 19 March 2007 (EDT)

I suspect this is a strange mix of the swagman (an Australian hobo who, if stereotyped, wears a hat with corks dangling from it to keep the flies away) and the returned soldier, who wears his medals on his chest as is custom in most countries. --Bilby 18:10, 21 March 2007 (EDT)

Invasion of New Zealand

Invasion of New Zealand by Australians linked to British Forces.

I cannot find any reference to this "invasion" on either http://workmall.com/wfb2001/new_zealand/new_zealand_history_index.html or http://history-nz.org/ and considering that the third fleet of convicts had only just arrived in Australia at this time it is difficult to see that there would be many "Australians" who would be available for such exploits. --Bilby 18:45, 21 March 2007 (EDT)

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Apology and thanks Bilby

I realised several hours after I last logged off that I had made a silly mistake in describing the Labor Party as the "second largest". I was going to fix that as soon as I could, but Bilby beat me to it. I have no idea what I was thinking; it wouldn't surprise me if they are the largest party, as the Liberals often need the help of the National Party to form government. Philip J. Rayment 21:23, 22 March 2007 (EDT)