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November 11th, 2009 - 10:36 am § in Things Australians Love

#14 Meat raffles

In the blistering heat of a January afternoon in Australia in the beer garden, when the beer goes warm before it comes out of the taps and the flies can barely summon up the energy to hassle you, what better way to pass the time than with a meat raffle? It gets to that point in [...][...]

November 2nd, 2009 - 10:23 am § in Things Australians Love

#12 Melbourne Cup

Ahh yes, Aussies don’t need an excuse for a piss up. Having said that, if there is an excuse, all the better. The Queen’s birthday is a good one. Even if a lot of Aussies are adamant she’s a useless old fart who should move to a council estate in Liverpool (either Liverpool will do) [...][...]