What is your favorite province of Australia?

[Platypus]

*deep breath*

I suppose when I fly into the capital of Pakistan, Karachi, and meet with Major Mosharrif I'll have a chance to educate the Pakistinians about the structure of Australia's Commonwealth.

BTW, you fail if you answer Queensland, South Australia or New South Wales; scrape a pass at WA, average pass for ACT or NT, good pass for Tassie, and perfect mark for Victoria.

Why didn't you include New Zealand? :confused:

edit-TWO votes for South Australia? You people have no soul *glares*

(of course, if the only reasons for you selecting South Australia were Coober Pedy, Kangaroo Island and maybe the murray near the border...you might have a soul. Just a very dark, rotten one that will spend teternity in the deepest depths of hell )

[Platypus]

Niue.

Queenslanders are boorish; South Australians are boring. Matter of personal preference, really.

[Platypus]

Victoria, obviously.

To be honest, ACT would probably suit you better. More suburban, but also the loosest sex and pornography laws by a long long way.

[Platypus]

Niue.

Queenslanders are boorish; South Australians are boring. Matter of personal preference, really.

Do you mean Nauru?

Niue is a dependency of New Zealand in Polynesia (New Zealand took over those British colonies that didn't want independence, except for some reason Pitcairn.) Over half of Niue islanders actually live in New Zealand rather than on Niue these days. IIRC NZ's ethnic structure is something like 82% White, 10% Maori, 6% other Polynesian. (And the appropriate racial slur for a new arrival from Polynesia is "fob".)

Anyways, it's the wrong answer. The correct answer is "Australians, esp. Australians' habit of shagging sheep."

we're the ones they make the most jokes of, but Niue is their version of America's Canada, Sutralia's New Zealand, or maybe Germany's Belgium

BTW, Niue is basically empty since there was a hurricane there sometime late 2003/early 2004.

And in Australia, Fob is for all immigrants, but mainly Viets-it literally means "Fresh Off Boat". The only people i've ever heard use it are Viets, and they use about Viets and other immigrants. I've heards skips referred to as 'lob's, long off boat.

[Platypus]

Niue.

Queenslanders are boorish; South Australians are boring. Matter of personal preference, really.

Do you mean Nauru?

Niue is a dependency of New Zealand in Polynesia (New Zealand took over those British colonies that didn't want independence, except for some reason Pitcairn.) Over half of Niue islanders actually live in New Zealand rather than on Niue these days. IIRC NZ's ethnic structure is something like 82% White, 10% Maori, 6% other Polynesian. (And the appropriate racial slur for a new arrival from Polynesia is "fob".)

It's also ultra-socially conservative. From what I understand the island is completely dry, no alcohol allowed at all, and fishing is illegal on Sundays.

Anyway, probably ACT if what hugh says is true, what are the laws like? To find out more, I'll probably have to research on where the best strip clubs are.

The best would either be Sydney or Melbourne, Melbourne would have a better average. The ACT...not sure; but they'd probably be alright if few. As I said, it's a lot more suburban. I think the ACT would better suit opebo; but I think Brunswick, a suburb of Melbourne, is designed for you. You have to catch a tram into the city (10 mins.) or over to St. Kilda (20 mins. with good connection) for the strip clubs, but it would be your kind of place. Maybe, Fitroy or Northcote. You'd be inner north, anyway.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Suburbs_of_Melbourne

[Platypus]

Queensland or South Australia

I think you'd be best suited to the Northwestern Sydney suburbs or inland north coast parts of Perth, actually. Certainly not Adelaide, nor rural SA or Queensland. Brisbane and the Gold Coast are possibilities, but I think suburban Sydney or Perth'd suit best.

[Platypus]

Niue.

Queenslanders are boorish; South Australians are boring. Matter of personal preference, really.

Do you mean Nauru?

Niue is a dependency of New Zealand in Polynesia (New Zealand took over those British colonies that didn't want independence, except for some reason Pitcairn.) Over half of Niue islanders actually live in New Zealand rather than on Niue these days. IIRC NZ's ethnic structure is something like 82% White, 10% Maori, 6% other Polynesian. (And the appropriate racial slur for a new arrival from Polynesia is "fob".)

It's also ultra-socially conservative. From what I understand the island is completely dry, no alcohol allowed at all, and fishing is illegal on Sundays.

Anyway, probably ACT if what hugh says is true, what are the laws like? To find out more, I'll probably have to research on where the best strip clubs are.

The best would either be Sydney or Melbourne, Melbourne would have a better average. The ACT...not sure; but they'd probably be alright if few. As I said, it's a lot more suburban. I think the ACT would better suit opebo; but I think Brunswick, a suburb of Melbourne, is designed for you. You have to catch a tram into the city (10 mins.) or over to St. Kilda (20 mins. with good connection) for the strip clubs, but it would be your kind of place. Maybe, Fitroy or Northcote. You'd be inner north, anyway.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Suburbs_of_Melbourne

Well you know what I think of suburbs. I'd just live in Melbourne proper.

Too expensive, and I don't think you'd enjoy it.

Remember, Australian suburbs are rather different from America's; our inner cities as well. Inner suburbs, like Brunswick and Fitroy and to a lesser extent Northcote, are not home to McMansions at all, are close to everything, have significant commercial districts, but remain primarily residential. It's a bit more of the European version then the American, but also unique...it's hard to explain, but read the article on Brunswick, and it might give a better understanding of what our inner city is. It's hard to really compare and contrast as I haven't been to America, but the word suburb doesn't mean McMansion here, although those areas are suburbs too...

[Platypus]

Canberra - where is it, does it actually exist? I spend a whole of 36 hours there, and I couldn't find it. Hey, I couldn't even see it even from the air: is it a myth, or is it all underground, like the Parliament building, not to disturb the kangooroos ( )?

You're thinking of Coober Pedy.

Actually, it's a reasonably describtion of Canberra. Basically, there are a series of major roads criss-crossing the are, in large green belts. those major roads lead to other roads, that lead to the suburbs. More or less, anyway, you can drive from the bottom of Tuggeranong (southern part of Canberra) all the way to Civic and barely see a building.