You're not an Australian 'til...
You're not an Australian 'til... - You've mimicked Alf Stewart from the TV show Home and Away's broad, Australian accent, eg. "push off, ya flamin' drongo!" - You've had an argument with your mate over whether Ford or Holden makes the better car! - You've done the "hot sand" dance at the beach while running from the ocean back to your towel. - You know who Ray Martin is. - You start using words like "reckon" and "root" and call people "mate". - You stop greeting people with "hello" and go straight to the "how ya doin'?" - You've seriously considered running down the shop in a pair of Ugg Boots - You own a pair of ugg boots. - You've been to a day-nighter cricket match and screamed out incomprehensibly until your throat went raw. - You kind of know the first verse to the national anthem, but don't know what "girt" means. - You have a story that somehow revolves around excess consumption of alcohol and a mate named "Dave". - You've risked attending an outdoor music festival on the hottest day of the year. - You've tried to hang off a clothesline while pretending you can fly. - You've had a visit to the emergency room after hanging off the clothesline pretending you can fly. - You own a pair of thongs for everyday use, and another pair of "dress thongs" for special occasions. - You don't know what's in a meat pie, and you don't care. - You pronounce Australia as "Stralya" - You call soccer soccer, not football - You've squeezed Vegemite through vita wheat to make little Vegemite worms. - You suck your coffee through a Tim Tam. - You realise that lifeguards are the only people who can get away with wearing Speedos. - You pledge allegiance to Vegemite over Promite. (DEFINITELY) - You understand the value of public holidays. - Your weekends are spent barracking for your favourite sports team. - You have a toilet dolly. - Your Mum or Nan made it. - You've played beach cricket with a tennis ball and a bat fashioned out of a fence post. - You firmly believe that in the end, everything will be ok, and have told a mate in tough times that "She'll be right, mate" - You use the phrase, "no worries" at least once a day. - You've been on a beach holiday and have probably stayed in a caravan. - You constantly shorten words to "brekkie", "arvo" and "barbie" - You've adopted a local bar as your own. - You know the oath of mateship can never be limited by geographical distance. - You measure a journey in beer, not kilometres or time. (That's a 3 beer trip mate). 'ave a nice day, cobba
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Ashley (Sparks) Karen (Teacher) 3 sons
VISAS GRANTED 9 JAN 2008
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