The northern state of Queensland does not follow the other eastern states of Australia in having daylight saving.It is said that the Premier of the state, at the time it was proposed, thought the sun shone out of his bum, and he wasn't getting out of bed an hour earlier for anyone.
A lady rings up Parks and Wildlife to ask how to get rid of a possum under her house. The advice is to leave a trail of bread from the house to the bush, which she does.Next day they get a call from the lady who now has two possums under the house. David (Tasmania)
The race does not 'follow' the river Derwent. It starts in Sydney harbour on Boxing Day, heads out into the Tasman Sea and heads south to Hobart, passing Bass Strait. The line winner usually arrives on New Years Day, sailing up the Derwent to the finishing line.The Sydney Hobart is one of the toughest ocean races in the world.
I Googled 'hot pocket'. They look like our sausage roll, another great Aussie snack. They're filled with sausage meat...don't go there... goodness only knows what that is. Flaky pastry..super yummy... also eaten with heaps of dead horse.The Aussie meat pie has evolved from the basic beef meat and gravy in a flaky pastry case to such delights as the chunky steak, the curried chicken, potato pie (like a shepherd's pie) and the scallop pie. The latter is THE pie in Tasmania, my home state. A great pastry with lots of real Tasmanian scallops (seafood) in a delicious gravy. Every bakery worth its salt bakes meat pies and sausage rolls and there are nationwide competitions to find the best pie. And what about Chiko Rolls? Another great Aussie culinary delight (although they're not as good as they used to be). A takeaway used to be an order of flake and chips with a Chiko roll. (That is: a piece of gummy shark in batter, thick French fries and a sort of big spring roll filled with vegetable matter, all deep fried.) Oh!, horse feathers! All this talk about pies and sausage rolls has made me hungry. I'm off to the bakery for a chunky steak and a sausage roll!!!
Eat a meat pie with a knife and fork!!!!! Jeeez... First you plaster it with lots of dead horse (that's tomato sauce...also known as red ned). Then you check that it's not gone nuclear, ie very hot. The sauce generally is a good indication as it tends to dry out pretty quickly if the pies too hot.Then you pick up the pie in your bare hands and eat it. You might have to lick some of the meat sauce off your fingers, and if your messy, the front of your shirt, but that's all part of enjoying a real Aussie meat pie.As for lamb chops, they're tasty beggars, but they make me f**t.
This phenomenon is due to the difference in temperature of the two bodies of water. The same thing happens in the Straits of Gibraltar as the shallower Mediterranean is warmer than the Atlantic . The warm water flows out of the Med. at a higher level than the cold water flowing in from the Atlantic. During WW2 this phenomenon allowed submarines to move through the Straits without using their engines, thus avoiding detection. Closer to the surface to leave the Med.; lower to enter.
(Anti-zombie Marine Unit, size L)