January 25, 200719 yr Sorry to you yanks and poms et al, but this topic if for the Aussies out there. Tomorrow is Australia Day, the anniversary of the landing of the first fleet way back when in 1788. What do you guys have planned for the day to celebrate? For me, I am going to celebrate the stength of Australian sport by watching the Aussies nail the poms (again :lol: :P ) in the ODI match on TV. :thumbsup:
January 25, 200719 yr Play Tennis in the morning with my mate, to get ready for an upcoming tournament, and then go home and watch the ODI. My family and I might go out to dinner after that or something like that. :)
January 25, 200719 yr I'm playing in a cricket carnival on Friday,Saturday and Sunday. But Friday night I'll watch the Aussies win again ^Sir Jem 05-The Bunny Drinking Blog?^ Click it!
January 25, 200719 yr So whats the history? a fleet from new zealand comes to australia? You're going the right way for a bashing! :P
January 25, 200719 yr Author So whats the history? a fleet from new zealand comes to australia? You're going the right way for a bashing! :P Haha, it was from Pommy-land, unfortunately. I bet Captain Cook wished he never came after Australias dominance at cricket of late. :P :lol:
January 25, 200719 yr I think i'm going to Darling Harbour to go to Luna Park or the Imax Theatre or something. Something there anyway. RS Stats | BF2 Stats | ARSCV | LastFM
January 25, 200719 yr So whats the history? a fleet from new zealand comes to australia? You're going the right way for a bashing! :P Haha, it was from Pommy-land, unfortunately. I bet Captain Cook wished he never came after Australias dominance at cricket of late. :P :lol: :lol: @ xXru1n3dXx - Owww I love Imax! What are you going to watch?
January 25, 200719 yr Yea! I live in Alaska, but happen to be half Australian. We usually have some little party here of some Aussies that managed to find their way up here. 8,325th to 99 Firemaking 3/9/08 | 44,811th to 99 Cooking 7/16/084,968th to 99 Farming 10/9/09 | Runescaper August 2005-March 2010Tip.it Mod Feb. 2008-Sep. 2008 | Tip.it Crew Sep. 2008-Nov. 2009
January 25, 200719 yr I'll be watching the tennis on TV (the semis!) and having a barbeque for lunch/dinner. Might pop out to the shops in the early morning to see what last minute groceries I can get. Nothing special, but it isn't an important event in my calender.
January 25, 200719 yr Wasn't said ship full of convicts? :-s Say what? :? If your asking were the ships full of convicts - yes they were (besides the supply ships) as well as al ot of soldiers and such. By the time they got to Sydney and settled there were a lot of free settlers and not just convicts. :wink:
January 25, 200719 yr lunch with my girlfriends family at the beach then probably drinks all night :)
January 25, 200719 yr Bah, the aboriginals are the real australians. I don't plan on doing anything at all tomorrow.
January 25, 200719 yr Bah, the aboriginals are the real australians. I don't plan on doing anything at all tomorrow. Anyone who is an Australian citizen is a real Australian. This includes both European-Australians and Aboriginals.
January 25, 200719 yr Author Bah, the aboriginals are the real australians. I don't plan on doing anything at all tomorrow. Anyone who is an Australian citizen is a real Australian. This includes both European-Australians and Aboriginals. Yep. And all those migrants who get citizenship tomorrow ad every other day of the year.
January 25, 200719 yr Bah, the aboriginals are the real australians. I don't plan on doing anything at all tomorrow. I hate how people say that - especially Australians. Compared to Europeans they've done nothing to Australia as a country. They just inhabited it first. Big deal. And what makes them any more "real Australians" than others such as the Europeans. :roll:
January 25, 200719 yr Author Bah, the aboriginals are the real australians. I don't plan on doing anything at all tomorrow. I hate how people say that - especially Australians. Compared to Europeans they've done nothing to Australia as a country. They just inhabited it first. Big deal. And what makes them any more "real Australians" than others such as the Europeans. :roll: I dunno mate, 40,000 years is alot of history, although they do have a bad wrap these days. I feel sorry for them for the stereotypes, but it's thier own fault in many ways (keep in mind stereotypes are never justified).
January 25, 200719 yr Bah, the aboriginals are the real australians. I don't plan on doing anything at all tomorrow. I hate how people say that - especially Australians. Compared to Europeans they've done nothing to Australia as a country. They just inhabited it first. Big deal. And what makes them any more "real Australians" than others such as the Europeans. :roll: I dunno mate, 40,000 years is alot of history, although they do have a bad wrap these days. I feel sorry for them for the stereotypes, but it's thier own fault in many ways (keep in mind stereotypes are never justified). What the fact that if Europeans hadn't come they'd still be running around naked, building bark huts, going out everyday to hunt a few kangaroos, then going home at night to jump around a fire (carobaree [sp?]), telling stories about how a Gigantic Lizard once moved through the bush creating now what is hills and valleys. Na that's all true. :roll:
January 25, 200719 yr Ease up there Eels; the Dreamtime is the most sacred element of the Aboriginal history.
January 25, 200719 yr Author Ease up there Eels; the Dreamtime is the most sacred element of the Aboriginal history. Yeah, just because they are/were primative people dosen't mean that they are bad. I actually envy the simplicity they had in thier lives. Much easier than all the superficial tripe you have to wade through these days.
January 25, 200719 yr Ease up there Eels; the Dreamtime is the most sacred element of the Aboriginal history. Yeah, just because they are/were primative people dosen't mean that they are bad. I actually envy the simplicity they had in thier lives. Much easier than all the superficial tripe you have to wade through these days. I'm not saying their bad people at all. I just get really annoyed when people (especially Australians) say how bad we were for taking their land and settling on it. And trust me you'd be over a simplict life in no time. Just think about it - no electricity, no running water, no proper housing, no running water, no toilets (you have to go dig a hole everytime you need to do a number 2), no enjoyable things such as tv's, computer;s etc, you'd have to go out and catch your own food -day after day after day for your whole life instead of having the luxury of going to a supermarket, having to live out with the elements - through the rain, hail, wind, sun etc. The list goes on and on. I'm not bagging out the people (I know a lot of really nice Aboriginals) I'm having a go at their lifestyle and more particularly others (mainly fellow Australians) who are against the settlement of Europeans in Australia. :wink:
January 25, 200719 yr Author Ease up there Eels; the Dreamtime is the most sacred element of the Aboriginal history. Yeah, just because they are/were primative people dosen't mean that they are bad. I actually envy the simplicity they had in thier lives. Much easier than all the superficial tripe you have to wade through these days. I'm not saying their bad people at all. I just get really annoyed when people (especially Australians) say how bad we were for taking their land and settling on it. And trust me you'd be over a simplict life in no time. Just think about it - no electricity, no running water, no proper housing, no running water, no toilets (you have to go dig a hole everytime you need to do a number 2), no enjoyable things such as tv's, computer;s etc, you'd have to go out and catch your own food -day after day after day for your whole life instead of having the luxury of going to a supermarket, having to live out with the elements - through the rain, hail, wind, sun etc. The list goes on and on. I'm not bagging out the people (I know a lot of really nice Aboriginals) I'm having a go at their lifestyle and more particularly others (mainly fellow Australians) who are against the settlement of Europeans in Australia. :wink: @ the bold, sorry, I misinterpreted that part. And as for living the primative lifestyle, I think you missed my point. The reason why I said I envied thier way of living is that they dont have to deal with all of the superficial tripe you have to wade through these days.
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