This picture was taken by Tami Norton on 2/27/08 at North Beach in Wollongong, NSW.
GDay Mates!
We've been Down Under for a year and three months now. Time sure does fly! And it's already the first day of Autum (acording to the Australian Google logo).
We've had an interesting, exciting, and sometime stressful 1 st year in a new country, but Australia is absolutely awesome. A visit is must! We'll be updating the blog with new pictures as this year progresses. So, stay tuned for Year 2 in the land of OZ.
Proud owner of a Mercedes Benz A160 (no laughing aloud)
And they speak English??
Interesting words and expresions we've heard in person:
jiggin' - playing hooky drop your guts - fart root - doing the nasty (don't say "I'm rooting for my team") say: Barrack - root for the team! cobber - mate (friend) digger - soldier punt - bet (like horse racing) dead horse - sauce (it ryhmes in Aussie) sky rocket - pocket bag of fruit - suit joe blake - snake noah's ark - shark dog's eye - meat pie hit for six - cricket equivalent to 'home run' fair dinkum - no kidding? servo - gas station sledgin' - to give a hard time (which Aussies loove to do) taken the piss - also to give a hard time brekkie - breakfast stubby holder - beer koozie 'how ye going?' - how's it going? as you do - "..I was havin' a bar-b during a fire ban, as you do.." prawns - shrimp mobile- cell phone eski -cooler, ice chest pom - Englishman footy - Rugby mozzie - mosquito heaps - much, a lot: I've had heaps of fun. crikey - holy moly! crook - sick or ill whinge - complain: Quit 'cha whingen, mate. sook - pout arvo - afternoon: I'll give ya a ring this avro. poofter - gay person middy - New South Wales beer glass (285ml) stubby - a 375ml beer bottle bush bashing - hiking through the woods fanny - woman's privates (don't say "I hurt my fanny")
Our Mates!
Jay,Tami, Kylie and Tony getting ready for horse back riding (2/4/08)
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