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There are Seagulls there too? They must be everywhere, omnipresent beggars... *mumbles*

John Landy of Melbourne was the second man to break the four minute mile. He accomplished the feat just 46 days after Roger Bannister. At Vancouver in 1954, Roger Bannister won the Empire Games mile, with Landy second. Bannister and Landy both overcame obstacles on the way. Bannister battled a severe chest cold, while Landy suffered from a cut on his foot.

Well, if I had to choose between a respiratory problem and a cut on my foot, I'd choose the cut. Good record though.

Good night all, or good afternoon as the case may be.

i live in melbourne and there are a heap here and although u are not supposed to feed them in the city, there are always at least 2 older men with giant bags of seed for them, which is why they hang around. the signs say u are supposed to feed them at parks not in the city streets.

I have been to Currumbin. Feeding the birds was cool, I had to wait for 1/2hr for the birds to start landing on me but they started to after peoples left the afternoon feeding.

$300,000Aust would equal about $250,000US. Just to correct you

My brother is house hunting aorund the outer suburbs of Brisbane. With a budget of $350,000, he cant find anything that isn't in a noisy industrial area, in a low flood prone area or right on the highway with 40,000 cars passing the house each day

So, if I lived in an apartment I'd need to go to a park to feed them?

You should see the birds we get in this town. Mostly magpies and galahs, and sometimes sparrows, noisy miners and those little green things.

i would say so, this was a way to try and remove the seagulls from the city without poisoning them apparently. peoples wanted to reduce their population by setting up bird seed bowls that had poisoned seed. peoples do not like the seagulls because of the way that they gather in huge groups to beg for food and the way they occasionally have attacked peoples. (this is what i have heard)

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I don't think so. For starters, many apartments have balconies. Second, if your not supposed to feed them in the streets, its in the streets like this

but people still do it. Its every citizens civic responsibility to disregard bad laws - civil disobedience. Police are not going to arrest you for feeding birds.

I've never heard of seagulls being regarded as a pest. In Victoria seagulls (all native birds) are protected. Pigeons however are called the "rats of the air" and (apart from native pigeons like bronzewings) are not protected by law, (but you would need a permit to legally use poisons, even on pigeons)

The government has just introduced a "citizenship test" you have to pass in order to get citizenship.

You may want to study up for it. Below is a test (not the official one) - lol

CITIZENSHIP TEST

1. Do you understand the meaning, but are unable to explain the origin of, the term “died in the arse”?
___________________________________

2. What is a “bloody little beauty”?
___________________________________

3. Are these terms related: chuck a sickie; chuck a spaz; chuck a U-ey?
___________________________________

4. Explain the following passage: “In the arvo last Chrissy the relos
rocked up for a barbie, some bevvies and a few snags. After a bit of a
Bex and a lie down we opened the pressies, scoffed all the chockies,
bickies and lollies. Then we drained a few tinnies and Mum did her block
after Dad and Steve had a barney and a bit of biffo.”
__________________________________

5. Macca, Chooka and Wanger are driving to Surfers in their Torana. If
they are travelling at 100 km/h while listening to Barnsey, Farnsey and
Acca Dacca, how many slabs will each person on average consume between
flashing a brown eye and having a slash?
___________________________

6. Complete the following sentences:
a) “If the van’s rockin’ don’t bother ...
b) You’re going home in the back of a ...
c) Fair crack of the ...
_________________________________

7. I’ve had a gutful and I can’t be fagged. Discuss
__________________________________

8. Have you ever been on the giving or receiving end of a wedgie?
__________________________________

9. Do you have a friend or relative who has a car in their front yard “up on blocks”? Is his name Bruce and does he have a wife called Cheryl?
__________________________________

10. Does your family regularly eat a dish involving mincemeat, cabbage, curry powder and a packet of chicken noodle soup called either chow mein, chop suey or kai see ming?
__________________________________

11. What are the ingredients in a rissole?
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12. Demonstrate the correct procedure for eating a Tim Tam.
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13. Do you have an Aunty Irene who smokes 30 cigarettes a day and sounds like a bloke?
__________________________________

14. In any two-hour period have you ever eaten three-bean salad, a chop and two serves of pav washed down with someone else’s beer that has been flogged from a bath full of ice?
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15. When you go to a bring- your-own-meat barbie can you eat other people’s meat or are you only allowed to eat your own?
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16. What purple root vegetable beginning with the letter “b” is required by law to be included in a hamburger with the lot?
__________________________________

17. Do you own or have you ever owned a lawn mower, a pair of thongs, an Esky or Ugg boots?
__________________________________

18. Is it possible to “prang a car” while doing “circle work”?
__________________________________

19. Who would you like to crack on to?
__________________________________

20. Who is the most Australian: Kevin “Bloody” Wilson, John “True Blue” Williamson, Kylie Minogue or Warnie?
__________________________________

21. Is there someone you are only mates with because they own a trailer or have a pool?
_________________________________

22. What does “sinkin piss at a mates joint and getten para” mean?
_________________________________

You may copy your mates answers, but you must have a pass rate of 50%



btw - this came up as a joke and is part of widespread ridiculing of the government for wanting a stupid multiple choice test to be eligible for citizenship in the first place.

Application for Grant of Australian Citizenship (which, if it had been real, I would have flunked big-time)

You must answer 75% (28 or more out of 37) of these questions correctly in order to qualify for Australian citizenship.

1. How many slabs can you fit in the back of a Falcon ute while also allowing room for your cattle dog?
   
2. When packing an esky, do you put the ice or the beer in first?
   
3. Is the traditional Aussie Christmas dinner:
   
   1. At least two roasted meats with roast vegetables, followed by a pudding you could use as a cannonball. Also ham. In 40°C heat.
   2. A seafood buffet followed by a barbecue, with rather a lot of booze. And ham. In 40°C heat.
   3. Both of the above, one at lunchtime and one at dinnertime. Weather continues fine.
4. How many beers in a slab?
   
5. You call that a knife, this is a knife: True or False?
   
6. Does "yeah-nah" mean:
   
   1. "‘Yes and no"
   2. "‘Maybe"
   3. "Yes I understand, but no I don't agree"
7. The phrases "strewth" and "flamin' dingo" can be attributed to which TV character?
   
   1. Toadie from Neighbours
   2. Alf from Home and Away
   3. Agro from Agro's Cartoon Connection
   4. Sgt. Tom Croydon from Blue Heelers
8. When cooking a barbecue, do you turn the sausages:
   
   1. Once or twice
   2. As often as necessary to cook
   3. After each stubby
   4. Until charcoal
9. Name three of the Daddo brothers.
   
10. Who was the original lead singer of AC/DC?
    
11. Which option describes your ideal summer afternoon:
    
    1. Drinking beer at a mate's place
    2. Drinking beer at the beach
    3. Drinking beer watching the cricket/footy
    4. Drinking beer at a mate's place while watching the cricket before going to the beach
12. Would you eat pineapple on pizza? Would you eat fried egg and sliced beetroot on a hamburger?
    
13. How many cans of beer did David Boon consume on a plane trip from Australia to England?
    
14. How many stubbies is it from Brissy to the Gold Coast in a Torana travelling at 120km/h?
    
15. Who are Scott and Charlene?
    
16. How do you apply your tomato sauce to a pie?
    
    1. Squirt and spread with finger
    2. Sauce injection straight into the middle
17. If the police raided your home would you:
    
    1. Allow them to rummage through your personal items?
    2. Phone up the nearest talkback radio shock jock and complain?
    3. Put a written complaint in to Kevin Rudd and hope that he answers it personally?
18. Which Australian Prime Minister held the world record for drinking a yardie full of beer the fastest?
    
19. Have you ever had/do you have a mullet?
    
20. Thongs are:
    
    1. Skimpy underwear
    2. Casual footwear
    3. They're called jandals, bro
21. On which Ashes tour did Warney's hair look the best?
    
    1. 1993
    2. 1997
    3. 2001
    4. 2005
22. Which of the following is the most likely cause of death:
    
    1. Redback spider
    2. Great white shark
    3. Victorian police officer
    4. King brown snake
    5. Your missus after a big night
    6. Drop-bear
23. How many times must a steak be turned on a conventional four-burner barbie?
    
    1. Once or twice
    2. As often as necessary to cook
    3. After each stubby
    4. Until charcoal
24. Can you sing along to Cold Chisel's "Khe Sanh"?
    
25. Explain both the "follow-on" and "LBW" rules in cricket and discuss the pros and cons for the third umpire decisions in the latter.
    
26. Name at least five items that must be taken to a barbecue.
    
27. Who is current Australian test cricket captain?
    
    1. Ricky Ponting
    2. Don Bradman
    3. John Howard
    4. Makybe Diva
28. When is the best time to take a sick day?
    
    1. When the cricket’s on
    2. When the cricket’s on
    3. When the cricket’s on
29. What animal is on the Bundaberg Rum bottle?
    
30. What is the difference between a pot and a middy of beer?
    
31. What are budgie smugglers?
    
32. What brand and size of esky do you plan to purchase?
    
33. Did you cry when Molly died on A Country Practice?
    
34. A "Hopoate" is:
    
    1. A breed of kangaroo
    2. A kind of Australian "wedgie"
    3. A disgraced Rugby League player
35. What does "having a chunder" mean?
    
36. When you were young, did you prefer the Hills Hoist over any swing set?
    
37. What does the term "true blue" mean?

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Sleepy Dragon, BazzaMckenzie, those test should be part of the one they make u take. cos it is not fair for a country to ask the migrants to know things that the locals would not know about their own country.

and with the bird point i got seagulls and pigeons mixed up, stupid me. And yes not one person has been arrested for feeding bird's in the wrong spot. I guess the local council has better stuff to to like gathering parking fines (ha ha)

has anyone in vic ever been to the state library?, i had a look today to check out the galleries and stuff they have there. it was quite interesting. it is on the corner of swanston and latrobe. across from melbourne central shopping centre.

You guys are being funny.

What is the actual citizenship test like?

see this site
http://www.citizenship.gov.au/test/prep ... ndex.htm#c