[Woody510]

Ive never been there, but in my head its exactly like mad max, which is more than okay with me.

I met a few when i was in the military, and they seemed like alright guys. We worked together for a few weeks, drank a few beers in our off time, and just generally had the best time possible given the circumstances

[Chorup]

All the dangerous animals, spiders, etc that are associated with Australia are rarely seen in the urban areas, if at all.

If it makes any of you arachnophobics feel better, my grandpa was bitten by a white tail a number of years ago and is fine. Now if there is something worth being petrified over, it's snakes. I've seen a few of these on bike/walking trails located in suburban areas. Needless to say, I sh*t myself whenever I encounter these in the natural habitat. The fact that they are so unpredictable and fast is what terrifies me. Ranked up there with my fear of heights.

[NateShaw92]

QUOTE (Chorup @ Wednesday, Aug 1 2012, 01:50)

All the dangerous animals, spiders, etc that are associated with Australia are rarely seen in the urban areas, if at all. If it makes any of you arachnophobics feel better, my grandpa was bitten by a white tail a number of years ago and is fine. Now if there is something worth being petrified over, it's snakes. I've seen a few of these on bike/walking trails located in suburban areas. Needless to say, I sh*t myself whenever I encounter these in the natural habitat. The fact that they are so unpredictable and fast is what terrifies me. Ranked up there with my fear of heights.

GREAT NEWS! i am arachnophobic, but love snakes, except poisonous ones.

[finn4life]

QUOTE (Chorup @ Wednesday, Aug 1 2012, 11:50)

All the dangerous animals, spiders, etc that are associated with Australia are rarely seen in the urban areas, if at all. If it makes any of you arachnophobics feel better, my grandpa was bitten by a white tail a number of years ago and is fine. Now if there is something worth being petrified over, it's snakes. I've seen a few of these on bike/walking trails located in suburban areas. Needless to say, I sh*t myself whenever I encounter these in the natural habitat. The fact that they are so unpredictable and fast is what terrifies me. Ranked up there with my fear of heights.

Unpredictable? Nah, snakes are harmless unless you step right on them or deliberately provoke them, i have mistaken many a snake as a stick and walked right over them in forests until someones yelled "Ah snake!" Or something similar and the snakes haven't done anything, just begun their slow retreat in whatever direction i wasn't going.

So if you see one just walk a little distance around it and chances are it won't bother you, if it's in a camping area and you have a shovel just chop it's head off, they usually aren't smart enough to run/slither-off so if you act quickly it's no problem, being scared of them can create problems when you have to take action.

I remember being with a couple of mates building jumps in spring time and my friend dug into the wall of the gulley ( i was standing next to him) we were building jumps in and a snake came out thrashing, he got scared and jumped almost stepping on it and threw his shovel at it making it more pissed off, fortunately i am not a retard and i cut down with the shovel, problem averted.

This post has been edited by finn4life on Wednesday, Aug 1 2012, 03:47

[Chorup]

QUOTE (finn4life @ Wednesday, Aug 1 2012, 03:44)

QUOTE (Chorup @ Wednesday, Aug 1 2012, 11:50) All the dangerous animals, spiders, etc that are associated with Australia are rarely seen in the urban areas, if at all. If it makes any of you arachnophobics feel better, my grandpa was bitten by a white tail a number of years ago and is fine. Now if there is something worth being petrified over, it's snakes. I've seen a few of these on bike/walking trails located in suburban areas. Needless to say, I sh*t myself whenever I encounter these in the natural habitat. The fact that they are so unpredictable and fast is what terrifies me. Ranked up there with my fear of heights. Unpredictable? Nah, snakes are harmless unless you step right on them or deliberately provoke them, i have mistaken many a snake as a stick and walked right over them in forests until someones yelled "Ah snake!" Or something similar and the snakes haven't done anything, just begun their slow retreat in whatever direction i wasn't going. So if you see one just walk a little distance around it and chances are it won't bother you, if it's in a camping area and you have a shovel just chop it's head off, they usually aren't smart enough to run/slither-off so if you act quickly it's no problem, being scared of them can create problems when you have to take action. I remember being with a couple of mates building jumps in spring time and my friend dug into the wall of the gulley ( i was standing next to him) we were building jumps in and a snake came out thrashing, he got scared and jumped almost stepping on it and threw his shovel at it making it more pissed off, fortunately i am not a retard and i cut down with the shovel, problem averted.

Yeh I trust your judgement since you've had a fair bit of experience with them by the looks of things. By unpredictable I was inferring that they could be as still as a statue, then nek minnit they can 'pounce' (or whatever snakes do) as fast as anything. Sh*t, you've got balls son. If I stepped on one of those bloody things I'd panic like hell. It's just something about them that puts me on edge. I've walked through creeks and forest before, and always wonder where the snakes might be hiding.

That said, the massive pythons aren't as scary. We used to handle them on school excursions which was pretty fun. There is no doubt they are an amazing creature and look pretty awesome. Lol, hopefully next time I encounter one I'll have a shovel handy to take care of the little prick. Chances are I'll try get someone else to do it for me though.

[KaRzY6]

It's great living in Australia! I'm glad it was the British that colonised this great land. I don't think it would as good if the Dutch or Spanish started a colony here first.

[Mr.c TO the J]

QUOTE (Woody510 @ Tuesday, Jul 31 2012, 11:54)

Ive never been there, but in my head its exactly like mad max, which is more than okay with me.

LOL. Same here, a mix between that and Crocodile Dundee. (I joke I joke.)

That being said it's always been somewhere I want to go, Australia, I've known all of Two Australians (IRL I've met a few gaming online that I talk to and play SA:MP with allot) and they where both pretty laid back. I do admit, I get accent envy also.

[Marlowe.]

They're a bunch of c*nts.

[Warlord.]

QUOTE (KaRzY6 @ Wednesday, Aug 1 2012, 14:25)

It's great living in Australia! I'm glad it was the British that colonised this great land. I don't think it would as good if the Dutch or Spanish started a colony here first.

I personally think it would be pretty damn cool to have a Dutch influenced country so far away from Netherlands.

Spanish though... meh.

[shiva s]

Yes, it would be pretty cool but Dutch were looking only for resources such as sugar, tobacoo, wheat etc. Unfortunately, Australia lacked in resources those days so the Dutch decided not to colonise Australia.

[goin-god]

QUOTE (KaRzY6 @ Wednesday, Aug 1 2012, 05:55)

It's great living in Australia! I'm glad it was the British that colonised this great land. I don't think it would as good if the Dutch or Spanish started a colony here first.

I'm not sure if I should feel offended about this. Meh, I guess not.

[Warlord.]

QUOTE (shiva s @ Wednesday, Aug 1 2012, 17:47)

Yes, it would be pretty cool but Dutch were looking only for resources such as sugar, tobacoo, wheat etc. Unfortunately, Australia lacked in resources those days so the Dutch decided not to colonise Australia.

Well Australia is pretty cool as it is, but I'm just curious how it would've turned out if the Dutch had the most influence.

The culture mostly.

WHAT WOULD BECOME OF THE AUSTRALIAN ACCENT?

[KaRzY6]

@goin-god
Why would you be offended? Is it because the Spanish settled Argentina?

@Warlord.
Yeah, the accent would be wierd. And I guess we'd speak Dutch, not English. The Dutch did colonise the East Indies(modern day Indonesia) though. That's still very far away.

@Shiva
Yeah, Australia seems almost inhabitable. The first fleet had trouble starting the colony.

[xXTacoGuyXx]

We live in an awesome place. I'm glad i was born here, and get to live here. Only thing i hate is that ranga in charge of the country.

[lzw3]

QUOTE (xXTacoGuyXx @ Sunday, Aug 19 2012, 18:15)

Only thing i hate is that ranga in charge of the country.

I don't hate that a ranga is in charge of the country. I hate the ranga that is in charge of our country.

[sivispacem]

Why is this topic being used at all as we have the nigh-on identical "the Australian" one on the front page of the forum? We don't need two topics discussing Auz.

[Stefche]

I think that Australia is worthy of two topics. We're f*cking awesome. I mean, London's bars would be empty if it wasn't for us, mein freund.

[Dragonjack]

I love Australia its a sick azz country.

[billy james]

QUOTE (Dragonjack @ Sunday, Aug 19 2012, 10:03)

I love Australia its a sick azz country.

Amen to that brother

[Miamivicecity]

QUOTE (Dragonjack @ Sunday, Aug 19 2012, 21:03)

I love Australia its a sick azz country.

It's only because I'm from here. It should be renamed Miamivicestralia with me as the PM.