The best parking place is determined by shade instead of distance.

Hot water now comes out of both taps (faucet).

You learn that a seat belt buckle makes a pretty good branding iron.

You drop the eggs on the way home from the shop and they cook on the
ground.

The temperature drops below 30 (Celcius!) and you feel a little chilly.

You discover that it only takes 2 fingers to steer your car.

You can boil eggs in your swimming pool.

You discover that you can get sunburned through your car window.

You actually burn your hand opening the car door.

You turn on the hose to water your garden and only get steam.

You break a sweat the instant you step outside at 7:30 a.m.

Your biggest bicycle wreck fear is, "What if I get knocked out and end
up lying on the pavement and cook to death?"

You can make tea or coffee with water from the tap without boiling.

You realize that asphalt has a liquid state.

The birds have to use potholders to pull worms out of the ground.

The potatoes cook underground, so all you have to do is pull one out and
add butter, salt and pepper.

Farmers are feeding their chickens crushed ice to keep them from laying
hard boiled eggs.

The cows are giving evaporated milk.

The afternoon breeze feels like it comes straight from a hair dryer.

The trees are whistling for the dogs.




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on Jan 13, 2004
Guess what happened North east of Mel in the hills....We put the fire on, inside that is, just when you are out of woodlogs >
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on Jan 13, 2004
: hours after the first rain in a month your roof gets invaded with green tree frogs and you have to wear ear protecion or risk loosing your hearing. On top of that, they will sit in your guttering and cause a minor flood.


Rain?? Oh, yeah, me dad told me about that once... water dripping from the sky or somesuch nonsense

Flood?? got me there

Hearing protection is required however for the CICADAs! It's like permanent tinnitus @ 100dB!




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on Jan 14, 2004
: three days later those frogs get boiled alive on your roof and now you can endulge in their rotting smell (good luck they disintegrate faster than possums).

Ah yes .... "Summer" in FNQ!
The mildew that grows before your eyes ..... 90% humidity will do that every time!
I quite liked the Green Tree Frogs (well, not the ones who took up residence in the dunny!) but those bloody Cane Toads!>
The idiots who imported them into the country should have receive a severe broiling ..... 'shooted, rooted and electrocuted' just about sums it up.
Aside from the noise (re-deep ... re-deep .... re-deep... ALL NIGHT!) and the poisonous skin problem, step on one and you're A over T at a rate of knots ... friend of mine used to remove them from his garden with a putter .... or maybe a driver .... a seven iron ...... but not a wedge!
Very nasty, hit a Cane Toad with a wedge and you end up wearing it .....



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on Jan 14, 2004
brr, nippy today here in Florida

I've been wondering after reading this thread since the start. With as hot as it is I would guess that Humans and Crocodiles tend to share the same space in water when swimming more often now than say 10 years ago?

Reason I wonder is that since the Alligator was pt on the Endangered Species list years back they took them off because of their rebound. Now though, so many are about that each year at least two or three people if not more end up doing a roll and ending up brunch. Many have lost all fear of humans because of people feeding them like pets. Actually had a guy stick his head in a culvert (manhole) looking for one that snapped down on his head and held onto him for a few bit before they cold get to it and kill it to save him, frankly speaking he could have ended up a snack and it would have improved the gene pool.

Oh, and here in Florida as a kid I remember walking bare foot every where and twice the calluses on the bottom of my feet pealed off because blisters had formed from the ball of my feet to the heal after spending three days out at the beach walking on blacktop. That happen there also?
on Jan 14, 2004
You know it is summer in Australia when...

...crazy germans are doing silly tv shows there... (insert the one lost wc emoticon here)



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on Jan 14, 2004
Actually, I live in the Northern Rivers area (NNSW) now, but I used to live up in FNQ. Me and my friends used to drive along roads and "target" those horrible cane toads (and there were thousands of those on the road on a rainy day), they made a nice squishing sound...
on Jan 14, 2004
gross
on Jan 14, 2004
You decide to hoon it up in front of several nubile wenches and kickstart the thing


Ok translation please. What is the definition of "hoon it up"?
on Jan 14, 2004

'hoon it up'....means to show off...in a car...eg doing donuts, revving of engines....you know...acting like a dimwitted knuckle-dragger...

Like the guy at Phillip Island drunk and doing monos on grass on a 30,000 dollar road bike....eventually it slam-dunked him into the ground, and broke his clutch lever [amongst other things]....long bloody walk for him when he sobered......I just said "Hero to Zero in 2 seconds flat"....and went back to overseeing the Superbike Racing...

 

on Jan 14, 2004
Thanks Jafo
on Jan 14, 2004
I've been wondering after reading this thread since the start. With as hot as it is I would guess that Humans and Crocodiles tend to share the same space in water when swimming more often now than say 10 years ago?


I don't live in the top end but the stories that come down to us 'mexicans' are getting more frequent - so I'd say yep!

You've pretty much got to know the safe places to swim (or otherwise be real quick). Even the beach is not entirely safe because of the salties!

Reason I wonder is that since the Alligator was pt on the Endangered Species list years back they took them off because of their rebound


I'm pretty sure the crocs are still on the list even with the explosion in numbers.




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on Jan 14, 2004
#18 by Developer wombat_1


You didn't mention the fools up here that like to "lick" cane toads... (yes it happens!)
Every year there's more and more kids being admitted to the local hospital with a VERY serious dose of poisoning.
#26 by Chris TH

On quite a few occasions, there have been croc's found INSIDE the supposedly safe swimming enclosures at the local beaches On one occasion a couple of years back, a 12 footer was found basking on the road, about 500 metres from my front door!
... and then we have the deadly irukandji jellyfish, which is about the size of your thumbnail. So far this season there have been about 15 hospitalisations of tourists who ignore warnings at the patrolled beaches to stay out of the water.
Locals know better than to swim at the beach during stinger season, we swim in the freshwater creeks and rivers (no salties)(just little freshies..harmless enough) These creeks and rivers are fed directly by rainforest mountains... purest water you'll ever swim in!

Aaah you gotta love the far north..... never a dull moment!



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on Jan 15, 2004
You didn't mention the fools up here that like to "lick" cane toads... (yes it happens!)

Wreckless!
Why would anyone want to 'lick' a Cane Toad!!
I guess we have our share of idiots as well .... but to actually lick a Toad! Ack! Double Ack!!
BTW .... I suppose the Back Packers who frequent your establishment include a decent number of nubile wenches??
Freudian slip there!



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on Jan 15, 2004
Oodles of them Wombat! .. all shapes, sizes,ages and nationalities

Unfortunately though, I am about twenty years older than most of them

Erk. doesn't even get a second glance....

Re: the canetoads, apparently these idiots squeeze them just enough for them to release a little toxin thru their pores, and lick that off to get their jollies.

STUPID, and I mean STUPID practise. They are seriously dicing with death, or at the very least, brain damage!>

damn spelling!


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Unfortunately though, I am about twenty years older than most of them

Old Age, Rat Cunning and Experience will beat Fumbling Youth and Enthusiasm every time!
Jafo can attest to that!
or at the very least, brain damage!

I think the 'brain damage' is already present!



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