Ask Australian users about Australia

[arkas]

They grow faster in NZ due to a warm moist environment. Fastigata is used for those looking for an Ash look but ribbon grained. Still for flooring etc. but also in furniture.
Saligna, mainly in flooring and timber stairwells etc.

Milling is not easy. Techniques needed to be developed due to the timbers natural tendencies to twist significantly.

http://www.nzwood.co.nz/forestry-2/eucalypts/

Get your own thread mr fush n' chups.

[frankhammer]

Get your own thread mr fush n' chups.

I can't help it if NZ'ers know more about Australian natives than Australians do

For instance, Heinz beans = sweet. Are you all that dimwitted?

[Creoda]

I can't help it if NZ'ers know more about Australian natives than Australians do

For instance, Heinz beans = sweet. Are you all that dimwitted?

I just didn't want to get into a debate about baked beans, I have better things to do with my life (I think).

[El_Abominacion]

Biggest misconceptions about your country?

Which is the best part of Australia to live in?

[Creoda]

Biggest misconceptions about your country?

-That typical Australians are Steve Irwin types. Most Australians are urbanites more similar to their American/British equivalents.
-That Australia's immigration program is so strict and wonderful. The net immigration per capita is one of the highest in the world (it has been slowed slightly in the last 1-2 years). They put on a good show with stopping boat people but it ultimately means little.
-That there are deadly animals everywhere (slightly true in the Northern half of Australia, where 90+% of people don't live)

Which is the best part of Australia to live in?

Depends what you want. Personally I'd prefer not to live in tropical areas or anywhere hotter than Victoria.

[Rgvgjhvv]

Have you been to Darwin before, if so, how was it?

[Daco Celtic]

What happened to Australian comedian Yahoo Serious? Haven't heard that name in years. Dude was huge around '89. Is he on the "Mount Rushmore" for Australian comedians?

[Creoda]

What happened to Australian comedian Yahoo Serious? Haven't heard that name in years. Dude was huge around '89. Is he on the "Mount Rushmore" for Australian comedians?

Slightly before my time, but I've barely ever heard him mentioned in Australia, so he can't have been very big.

[Daco Celtic]

Slightly before my time, but I've barely ever heard him mentioned in Australia, so he can't have been very big.

He starred in a few major motion pictures that were popular in the US, including the Young Einstein. He must have been big in Australia. I think his career faded by the early 1990s but he was big in his time. I was just curious because I haven't heard the name in years here in the States. He didn't have the staying power of Paul Hogan.

[Creoda]

A whole lot of Australians (and British) rise to prominence in America that were never really well-known at home, and only become popular through American media.