Oz is a bit big..

[pominoz]

Never understood why they shipped criminals off to australia, should of kept the fuckers here and moved everyone else over!
Saying that though, all the insects over theres have knees and would scare the shit out of me

Thing is though, and i may need a tin hat here, look what the "criminals" have done in Australia in just over 200 years, and look what "we" did to the UK in the same amount of time.
I think they sent the right stock out to be honest. People that had no hope but when given it, worked hard to better themselves and built a nation of, on the whole, good, honest and brave people.
That includes the waves of migrants from all over the world that helped build it, Italians, Greeks, Chinese, Afghans, Vietnamese and many others.
My only problem is with the way the indigenous people were treated and that still has to be addressed.

 

[JoeMercer'sWay]

Never seen this before, but it gobsmacked me a bit....mind you I drove from Brisbane to Sydney and it took me 12 hours so I shouldnt be surprised

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-- Fri Mar 15, 2013 11:58 pm --

Perth to Darwin = 4396 Klms........have to stop for lunch and the odd piss :)

think most of Eastern Europe would be annoyed to either have been ignored or put back under the banner of Yugoslavia.

 

[Mikeegrini]

Never understood why they shipped criminals off to australia, should of kept the fuckers here and moved everyone else over!
Saying that though, all the insects over theres have knees and would scare the shit out of me

Have read of this <a class="postlink" href="http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fatal_Shore" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fatal_Shore</a>
Brilliant book, lot to read but well worth it.