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Where u from
NSW 7%  7%  [ 4 ]
NSW 7%  7%  [ 4 ]
QLD 3%  3%  [ 2 ]
QLD 3%  3%  [ 2 ]
VIC 17%  17%  [ 10 ]
VIC 17%  17%  [ 10 ]
TAS 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
TAS 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
SA/NT 3%  3%  [ 2 ]
SA/NT 3%  3%  [ 2 ]
WA 7%  7%  [ 4 ]
WA 7%  7%  [ 4 ]
OTHER west/north of Aust eg. Singapore, Philippines, PNG 2%  2%  [ 1 ]
OTHER west/north of Aust eg. Singapore, Philippines, PNG 2%  2%  [ 1 ]
OTHER east of Aust eg. NZ, Polynesia 10%  10%  [ 6 ]
OTHER east of Aust eg. NZ, Polynesia 10%  10%  [ 6 ]
Total votes : 58

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02 Jul 2005, 9:18 pm

Looks like the Kiwis have caught up with us and the Western Australians aren't far behind.

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Hi, you wouldn't believe it but it's supposed to be winter up here and it is still hot! It's good to see that there's so many Aussies here.


That's what you get for living in Townsville. I'd be tempted to go up that way. Then again some of the fog we've been getting is real cool, dunno if we'll get anymore this year though.



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03 Jul 2005, 3:05 am

Jeremy, this weather is hot even for Townsville at this time of year. I'm beginning to wonder if we are even going to get a winter this year.

I've been to Melbourne a few times and like the weather there better.


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03 Jul 2005, 4:25 am

How hot? Weather can do strange things. Our April was warmer than February this year (Beautiful one day, warmer the next, The Age). While we also had some unusually warm weather in June (Unseasonable weather plays havoc, The Age). People point to global warming, though throughout time we always seem to reaching new extremes in the weather. But people also seem to forget this.

But in recent years, I've often wondered whether we'd ever get summer (though there is a bit of a trend for cold weather in Melbourne straight after Christmas and can last a while into January, though usually it'll stack on hot weather before hand). But the last summer was certainly mild.



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03 Jul 2005, 6:44 pm

Winter here in my town is awful. It's absolutely freezing, and quite frankly I can't be bothered turning the heater on.

The upside is that we get wickedly eerie looking fog at night some nights.



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03 Jul 2005, 9:52 pm

Which town, where? :)



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03 Jul 2005, 11:50 pm

Hamilton, central north island of NZ.



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04 Jul 2005, 5:33 am

We've had the hottest March, April and May on record and probably the hottest June, too. Yesterday, it felt as if it was about 30 degrees but thankfully today, it is cool and overcast.

I hang out for winter because most of the year here is summer weather.


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04 Jul 2005, 5:42 am

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Are you North Island or South?


I'm in the North.

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I've been to Auckland, Rotorua, Hamilton, Wellington (and any places that I passed in between). On the South Island I've been to Picton, Christchurch, Queenstown, Fox Glacier and Greymouth. Though in all I spent most of my time in Christchurch.


eww who'd want to go to Rotorua. :P

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I'd like to visit New Zeland someday, but I'm concerned that some of the things I'd like to do there may be illegal.


AHAHAHAHHAHAHAha. Some very disturbing thoughts came into my mind. I can't stop laughing. And by the the way, sheep shagging is legal. Everyone here does it. :wink:

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What are you planning on doing there, Sean?


He's going to hang out with me, I'll take him to all the best spots in the area. :P Oh he probably wants to do some socially inappropriate things too, he can do those with someone else. :P



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04 Jul 2005, 10:18 pm

ISavant wrote:
Hamilton, central north island of NZ.


Yay, I spent a few hours there, waiting for the train. Was real pretty!

http://www.jeremy.id.au/gallery/nz2004-overlander2



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06 Jul 2005, 2:27 am

Hey,
I live in a place called Mandurah, it's growing bigger by the minute.
Just south of Perth, W.A.
renaeden.



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06 Jul 2005, 3:28 am

hale_bopp wrote:
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I'd like to visit New Zeland someday, but I'm concerned that some of the things I'd like to do there may be illegal.


AHAHAHAHHAHAHAha. Some very disturbing thoughts came into my mind. I can't stop laughing. And by the the way, sheep shagging is legal. Everyone here does it. :wink:

Why does Everyone do it? Are the sheep more desirable than most of the women? :P You seem alright, but now I'm wondering about the others there. :lol:

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What are you planning on doing there, Sean?


He's going to hang out with me, I'll take him to all the best spots in the area. :P Oh he probably wants to do some socially inappropriate things too, he can do those with someone else. :P

If sheep shaging is socially acceptable, then what isn't? I mean, all I'm looking to go do someday is find some nice scenic spot, go trap shooting, race around on dirt bikes. Then sit around a campfire, maybe get a little bored and throw a piece of magnesium in. Then shoot off fireworks and homemade explosives made from innocent enough materials purchased there...basically all the crazy redneck American stuff, but with a whole new landscape. :D



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06 Jul 2005, 6:42 am

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set up an improvised shooting range and go target or trap shooting


Come to think of it, NZ doesn't have much in the way of native fauna for you to hunt. It was essentially only occupied by bird species before humans arrived, these species would be protected. Though I'm sure they'd welcome you to hunt possums (introduced from Australia) and other pests introduced from Europe (e.g. deer).



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15 Oct 2005, 12:42 am

Let's revitilise (sp) this thread!

Anymore Aussies out there?


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15 Oct 2005, 2:37 am

Brisbane, QLD.
Was born in Auckland, NZ.


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15 Oct 2005, 4:04 am

Hi Folks,

I was born in Melbourne and live in Garibaldi, south of Ballarat [Victoria] on a small farm.

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15 Oct 2005, 4:18 am

I'm from Bendigo, which is in Northern Victoria.