Tourists really are absent minded . . .

Today i met an American girl over here in Australia on a holiday. I asked her if she had been to any other countries other than Australia. Well apparently she has, she went to Hawaii a few years back.

If you read the above and you are wondering what the point was, you too are proof im right.

Granted the above was not anything related to Australia but it illustrates my point.

I remember the tourist from the US who asked me if there was a bridge from Australia to New Zealand. I told him he has no need for one, he can swim across when the tide is low.

I remember the guy who wanted to walk from one end the the great barrier reef to the other. Never mind the fact its larger than Italy!

Tourists wondering if there are drugs in vegemite and i read in one newspaper that someone called our tourisim hotline to ask if milk is available all year round ???

It is . . .

Im sure we Australian's are just as daft when we visit America.

So to end this post i figured id submit a few interisting facts about Australia for any future tourists, some i did not consider facts worth telling but upon doing research people seemed surprised at some of the facts below.

-There are 2 kangaroo's for every Australian, they are however mostly outside the urban areas.

-The worlds longest man made structure is in Australia. Its known as the Rabbit Proof Fence. The fence starts at Ceduna in South Australia and follows an erratic course to the New South Wales border. It runs north into Queensland and now terminates near Dalby (Toowoomba area) with a total distance now of 5131 km. Its there to keep rabbits out, and also to stop dingo's killing livestock.



For those of you who say what about the Great Wall Of China ? Well thats a series of walls and is not a single structure.

-35% of Australia's population was born overseas.

-All children attend school until they are atleast 16 and all children have a school uniform to wear which is compulsary.

-If you dont vote in Australia you are fined and risk prison time. Likewise if you dont wear a seatbelt.

Australian Idol Top 12 - Pepe's Pick - Wes Carr

Every year it becomes increasingly difficult to watch Australian Idol. For every fantastic find there are about 20 singers who should have been born mute, hell one girl annoys me when she talks, let alone sings.

There is some light at the end of the Idol tunnel tho, his name is Wes Carr from Sydney.

Carr has created a troublesome identity for himself since he was expelled from school in Adelaide and wound up alone in Sydney at 15.

He became a folk singer doing acoustic sets in Sydney pubs before silverchair drummer Ben Gillies decided to do a side project.

Gillies was introduced to Carr through record company reps and the pair hit it off.
They formed indie rock band tambalanne in 2003, at a time when Daniel Johns called a go-slow on silverchair to indulge his own side project with Paul Mac.

Tambalane gigged around the pub scene but struggled to rise above it with its folk-influenced blend of 60s and 70s classic rock.

An “unpleasant power struggle”, according to Gillies, saw the silverchair veteran dissolve Tambalane in 2005, and Carr go off to do a solo project.

Having struggled with no success as an indie artist, oz idol would be his last throw of the dice.

http://www.myspace.com/wesleycarr

Not in that hat mate!

In typical Australian taste, everything is worth a punt . . .

Sportingbet Australia Market

Wes Carr 3.25
Sophie Paterson 5.00
Madam Parker 7.00
Mark Spano 8.00
Brooke Addamo 9.00
Thanh Bui 11.00
Tom Williams 12.00
Roshani Priddis 12.00
Teale Jakubenko 14.00
Chrislyn Hamilton 16.00
Luke Dickens 21.00
Jonny Taylor 41.00

Movie Piracy Is A Crime - Dont Get Caught

"If you keep watching every leaked clip, you'll ruin the movie for yourself, Mr. Wayne."

A Truly Bittersweet Symphony

So i was kicking back listening to the new Verve album, which kicks ass by the way and it got me thinking about that bittersweet symphony that was the single bittersweet symphony.

The tale goes back to when the single came out in the UK and took over the world . . . The Verve had paid the Rolling Stones the rights to use the violins you hear in the song

Note : McJagger bought the rights to them from a classical composer and used it in a Stones single.

One day jagger was driving through London in his car and heard the Verve's single on the radio and went nuts! Why ? Because when the Verve paid him to use the violins it was with the understanding that they would only be used at the beginning and the end of the song.

As we all know, that didnt happen!

The Verve liked them so much they based the song around the violins and released it. Jagger took them to court twice. The first of which ended with 50% of the singles royalties ( the money made through air play ) going to jagger.

The second case saw the remaining 50% of the royalties go to the Rolling Stones . . .

So in a bittersweet moment the Verve had the hottest track going around radio yet Jagger was making all the money from it.

The verve broke up shortly after and its said one of the key reasons was due to the song bittersweet symphony.

Its no surprise that there official myspace page does not have the song on it as they wont play it again.

So what have we learnt ?

a) Jagger is a money hungry grouch
b) The new Verve album rocks its socks off

Lets hope the Verve make loads of cash off the new single . . . They deserve every cent !

Oh Pickle how i loathe thee . . .

Ever since i was a kid ive had a thing against MacDonalds burgers. Its a flawless argument ive had, the pickle should be a request item and not on every burger. A majority of people take the pickle off the burger before eating it and MacDonalds even released a TV ad showing people taking the burger, removing the pickle and throwing it on the MacDonalds window (The pickle not the burger!)

Today however i found out exactly WHY they do indeed place a pickle on each burger.

The Food Standards Of Australia Board basicaly told the corporates at Mac D's that they were classifying the burgers as "confectionary" due to the high salt, sugar and fat content. Mac D's asked if it could be classified as "Food" if 2 vegetables are on it and they got a yes answer, hence why we have lettuce and a pickle on each burger.

BAN THEM!

BHP corners a new market . . .

Kids . . . God love them . . .

Seems some signs should never see the light of day.

I understand how trying to get a point across can sometimes over shadow a larger issue as was the case when an eco-fuel company in Sweeden advertised how bio friendly there fuel was.

Im 26 and i was curious to give the nozzle a suck myself. It got me thinking on the massive market that could be out there for drinkable petrol. Numerous flavors would be introduced and im sure MacDonalds could give a sample with each Happy Meal.

You could also fill your car and your kid in one stop.

I think im onto something . . .

Go on, take a look you a*hole !

This is a random bitch about those who find it necessary to slow down to see car accidents.

It amazes me that every day i travel to work someone manages to get into a car accident while driving in a straight line. Its not difficult to keep a few metres back from the car in front of you, but no, thats too complicated for some people.

I guess it should be expected seen as tho the RTA give anyone who can reach the pedals a licence.

Its always some a*hole who as an accident in peak hour while some even bigger a*hole slows down to see the result there of.