milliem Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Parking is at a premium in Brisbane. It's best to use the transport network. Last Monday, 20 minutes parking at the docs in Spring Hill: 15$ 30 minutes parking at David Jones, Queen Street Mall: 25$ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In Home Podiatry Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Don't touch any of the animals here. Most native species have the ability to kill you. If you leave them alone - they wont kill you. Its a good deal. This includes Kangaroos, Koalas and Drop Bears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jobirm Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Thank you that was a funny and educational way too spend half an hour!! I moved to WA 3 months ago and discovered after replacing a tyre on our car that moron was the color of my car and not an insult!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fletchaman Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 A pencil is a grey lead....I think? And English football is soccer....but my oh insists on still calling it football when we're at home -so we have bizarre conversations where neither of us know exactly what we're talking about as I sometimes call it soccer out of habit from making myself understood around Australian colleagues and clients at work during the day! Football was actually called Soccer at first in the UK and was changed when us lower class citizens in the UK started to watch it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fletchaman Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Avo...Avacado Servo..Petrol Station Reno...Renovation/Renovating Macca's....Mc Donald's fast food All sweets are called Lollies :chatterbox: wether it's has a stick or not! :no: Ice Lollies....Icy Pole....again with or without a stick! And as some one else mentioned , make sure you park facing the way your driving, I was caught out by this lol until some kind lady said if I new I was parking illegally :embarrassed: Its funny to watch TV and the presenters/news reader seem to use all these shortened slang words also...takes some getting used to. I'm not into these sorts of shortened slang type word, in the UK or here so I say it as it is....the whole word lol :biggrin: And yet you have to do IELTS ha ha makes me chuckle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hoffer Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 My biggest lesson so far. What ever you do dont eat at a Hogs Breath and then when you leave disappointed having spent more than you would have in most other mid level restaurants and vow never to go back in there again remember the last time you went. Dont do what i did and give it one more try as just because its in a different city does not improve the food. I would now rather not eat than eat the shite they serve up as food Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 My biggest lesson so far. What ever you do dont eat at a Hogs Breath and then when you leave disappointed having spent more than you would have in most other mid level restaurants and vow never to go back in there again remember the last time you went. Dont do what i did and give it one more try as just because its in a different city does not improve the food. I would now rather not eat than eat the shite they serve up as food never eaten there, does the same apply to sizzler? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish.01 Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 (edited) Undertaking is not legal. It's just that everyone does it.I checked this out after getting a load of abusive hand gestures (from a Sheila !) for moving over to let her pass safely on the outside when I saw her approaching at speed. On the QLD highways website it states that undertaking is illegal unless two lanes are slow moving traffic (same as UK). Having said that, even the police undertake ! I'm not sure what law you refer to...undertaking is legal if a road has marked lanes? Assuming I've guessed the circumstances accurately, if she was approaching in a lane to the left of you at speed you shouldn't change left in front of her (depending on how far back she was and her speed of course). Edited July 30, 2014 by fish.01 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hoffer Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 never eaten there, does the same apply to sizzler? no idea not sure im prepared to take the risk lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobj Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 My biggest lesson so far. What ever you do dont eat at a Hogs Breath and then when you leave disappointed having spent more than you would have in most other mid level restaurants and vow never to go back in there again remember the last time you went. Dont do what i did and give it one more try as just because its in a different city does not improve the food. I would now rather not eat than eat the shite they serve up as food You should see the mega yacht the bloke owns. It was based at Airlie Beach Marine (Abel Point) So, someone is still throwing good money his way. Cheers, Bobj. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hoffer Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 at $30 for what seems a glorified microwave meal im not surprised Bobj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spursboytim Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Thongs and Pants are not underwear and checkout staff pack your shopping for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Here in the Brisbane suburbs supermarkets shut at 5pm on Saturdays and 6pm on Sundays - after 3+ years I still get caught out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayleigh123 Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 I agree with the "Ozzies are simple folk....." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelbourneTractor Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 Using the third person singular instead of the plural to describe sports teams.. Liverpool has beat Tottenham instead of have for example. Pronouncing debut as dayboo. Both drive me crazy when watching sport on telly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelbourneTractor Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 It annoys me that the yanks get blamed for soccer. It's a shortened version of Association Football which originated in the UK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boganbear Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 Using the third person singular instead of the plural to describe sports teams.. Liverpool has beat Tottenham instead of have for example. Pronouncing debut as dayboo. Both drive me crazy when watching sport on telly. Another is correcting the pronunciation of English place names and telling me that I am wrong, despite growing up and living there before coming to Australia! I know how to say Launceston, Devonport, Ascot and Exmouth properly!...and Maroon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skani Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 Using the third person singular instead of the plural to describe sports teams.. Liverpool has beat Tottenham instead of have for example. This is grammatically correct. Liverpool (Football Club) is singular, therefore the singular verb is correct. Pronouncing debut as dayboo. This is also correct. The word is French and has an accent aigu (accute accent) over the "e" which changes it to the "ay" sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PityTheFool Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 Chicken flavour salt from the chippy... Why would anyone want chicken flavour salt on their fish!!! Gotta love 'em! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PityTheFool Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 Not that I spend a lot of time at the chippy but...there's no cod/haddock, the standard fish is flake which is actually shark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelensvaleHoward Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 Not that I spend a lot of time at the chippy but...there's no cod/haddock, the standard fish is flake which is actually shark. We have Cod and chips pretty often thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PityTheFool Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 Do you cover it in chicken salt?!? Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest51810 Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 That reminds me.. I've still not tried chicken salt. I wonder how many slimming world syns are in it :laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelensvaleHoward Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 Do you cover it in chicken salt?!? Lol I don't myself as I try and avoid salt tbh I always ask for it without Simple really Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
House Biatch Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 What is wrong with Aussie sausages? I hear a lot of people say they are rank, disgusting and don't taste like British ones, so what is the difference? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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