Round the world with Michaela and Tom

The day is nearly here...19th October 2010 and we are going to be heading off on our travels round the world!! It seems like we have been saving and planning forever and the day is finally getting close.

We start of in S.America (Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina and Uruguay) then head to Australia, South East Asia (Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam) then China, Japan and India wohoooooooooooo!!!!

We are going to try and keep a blog of stuff we get up to and pics off course - we will see how internet access goes and how much time we get to write on it!!

YOU CAN CLICK ON EACH PICTURE TO MAKE IT BIGGER AND YOU CAN COMMENT BELOW EACH POST - A FEW PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKING!!





Thursday, 23 June 2011

Useless facts and funny phrases we picked up during our 7 weeks in Australia!!

Useless Facts: 

There are 150 million sheep in Australia and only 20 million people - Baaaaaaaaa

Before Bob Hawkes became Prime Minister of Australia he was in the Guinness Book of Records for sculling 2.5pts of beer in 11seconds!! Legend!!

Australia is home to 21 of the world’s 25 deadliest snakes - thankfully we didn’t meet any of them!!

The Red Kangaroo is the largest living marsupial and can stand up to 2m tall and weigh over 90kg!! Thanks to Liz we saw some chilling out on a golf course - the males are pretty scary when they stand tall!! And thanks to Jon and Liz we had some cooked up on a barby - pretty tasty - looks like beef but tastes more gamey.

Aussies have been responsible for inventing Aspirin, the Pacemaker, the Bionic Ear, Anti-counterfeiting bank notes and most importantly the wine cask!!!

Aussie Phrases:
Fair Dinkum                                          
Fair Enough!
Motion Lotion / Go-Go Juice            
Petrol
Goon                                                     
Cheap (its all relative in Australia!) wine in a box

Schooner                                               
Somewhere between a half pint and a pint depending on which state you are in (not what state you're in)!!

Too Easy                                               
No problem

Stubby                                                  
Little beer holder to keep it cool

Pokies                                                   
Slot Machines - they’re everywhere!

Snag                                                     
Sausage

Cool Aussie Signage Photos!!!








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