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03 Jan 2008, 6:14 pm

Sorry, am english-german and french resident, but i love

Jane Campion, and "Sweetie","The Piano" etc
Janet Frame
Judy Davis
"Malcolm"
Sam Neill
"Bliss"
Colin Friels
Errol Flynns wicked wicked ways
"The Silver Brumby" series of childrens books by Elyne Mitchell
"Seven Little Australians"
where is Russell Crowe from?
and other stuff i've forgotten , but i think, oh yes,
Aboriginal art , dreaming
and "The Green Ants" Herzog
and "Walkabout"
and "The Getting of Wisdom", "Picnic at Hanging Rock".

good stuff from Australia

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03 Jan 2008, 6:21 pm

ouinon wrote:

Sam Neill and Russel Crowe are technically speaking New Zealanders, but I'd make an exception for Neill. Crowe, well, he's on probation.

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03 Jan 2008, 6:50 pm

As for famous kiwi's being aussies...

well it depends on what form they are in...
good form: aussies
poor form: kiwis

It also depends on how thuck thuur uccunt uz.

ayu'll huv fufty sux buts uv fush und chups thunks.

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03 Jan 2008, 6:54 pm

George Miller!
is directing another 'Mad Max' movie! aka 'The Road Warrior'
Most recently directed 'Happy Feet', a favourite of mine.
Although i'm not trying to turn this into the 'name a famous Australian' thread.

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04 Jan 2008, 7:57 am

gbollard wrote:

Funnily enough, I can't watch American shows on TV.... I'm ok with movies but I can't handle the US versions of sitcoms and drama.

eg: In Law and Order, why does the programme have to go ba-boooommmm every few minutes. Do they think that it makes it more exciting on something?

Now British Humour.... that's funny.

It certainly is. Unfortunately, our comedy isn't so good atm with the exception of the Chasers War on Everything.

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04 Jan 2008, 5:45 pm

The_Q wrote:

gbollard wrote:

It certainly is. Unfortunately, our comedy isn't so good atm with the exception of the Chasers War on Everything.

I agree. It's a sad fact of life when our most popular comedies are Kath and Kim and The Chaser.

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04 Jan 2008, 6:21 pm

I want to go though
I reallllllllllllllllllllllly do

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04 Jan 2008, 8:29 pm

I really want to visit! You guys have the coolest wildlife!

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04 Jan 2008, 9:25 pm

Lene wrote:

I really want to visit! You guys have the coolest wildlife!

Biggest Worm in the world,too!

The Giant Gippsland Earthworm Megascolides australis

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04 Jan 2008, 9:35 pm

how...er... adorable...

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04 Jan 2008, 9:47 pm

Good looking blokes,too.
And as you can see,we're not fussy.

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04 Jan 2008, 11:03 pm

The Lucky Country!! We have an excellent standard of living and stability .... and really don't appreciate what we have!

Beautiful beaches, mountains (although small by other nations' standards, rainforests.)

Breathtaking outback.

Nasal twang!

I have to say .... I loooooove Kath and Kim!

On the downside: poor standard of living/health of our indigenous population.

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04 Jan 2008, 11:04 pm

coolest animals, beautiful scenery, lots of big things eg Big Pineapple etc. lots of great sport ( i live in Melbourne which is cool), various events to check out. Multiculturalism a big part of the country to, eg
u can move here from overseas and still support your native countries sporting teams.

as for comedies, i think Chaser can be quite funny sometimes, Stand Up Australia is pretty good(need foxtel to watch SUA).
anyway to any folk reading this that want to come over, come over!

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05 Jan 2008, 2:11 pm

droughts

floods

flies

gum trees

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05 Jan 2008, 3:42 pm

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u can move here from overseas and still support your native countries sporting teams.

I'm not sure if that goes for New Zealanders - they're a bit too competitive.

One thing that comes to mind from reading the other forums is that Australia is fairly safe and fairly supportive of Aspergers/Autism compared to a lot of other countries.

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07 Jan 2008, 5:01 am

Come on over; we'll save you a beer! Just watch out for the dropbears; those little buggers are vicious :twisted:

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