General Chat

O'k ....lets see how many get these right. Tony Oz..:>))

1. Where is the home of the Great Barrier Reef . 2. Ayre's Rock is deeper into the earth, than what is exposed in Height. (True or False) 3. Where is the Barrosa Valley: 4. Ned Kelly was born in Australia. ( True or False ) 5. Where can the 'Devils Marbles' be found. 6. Who 'Springs' 7. The name 'Kakadu' comes from an Aboriginal language called Gagudju. ( True or False ) 8. Who inscribed the writing ' Dig ' on a tree at Coopers Creek: 9. Who Commisioned the first fleet to Australia: 10. How many States and Territories, does Australia have: 11. What was another name for Australia: ( ends with a 'd'.) 12. What is another name for Tasmania. 13. What is a Woomera. 14. Victoria is the smallest State in Australia. ( True or False ) 15. Who has the Largest State or Territory in Australia. 16. Where is Mt.Isa. 17. Who assembled at Mother bank: 18. What was the famous last 3 words spoken by Ned Kelly before he was hung: 19. What was the name of the largest gold nugget ever found in Australia: 20. What is the name of the second longest river in Australia: 21. What was the forename of Captain Phillips who sailed into Botony bay in 1788. 22. Another name for a Platypus: 23. How many Counties are there in Australia: 24. What does a Platypus and a Koala have in common. They are both............. 25. What is the 'nickname' name for the Sydney Harbour Bridge: 26. How many Troopers were there in the song ' Waltzing Matilda'. 27. What was the name of the instrument, famous for Rolf Harris: 28. Australia is quoted as the seventh largest Country: ( True or False ) 29. Where can the Tamborine Mountains be found: 30. What is the name of the oldest bridge in Australia: 31. Where can this oldest bridge be found: 32. New Zealand was once connected to Australia: ( True or False ) 33. Mount Isa in Queensland, claims to be the largest city in the world: ( True or False ) 34. What is the Aborigional name for Ayer's Rock. 35. Where can you find the Great Ocean road: 36. What is the name of the town between Horsham and Adelaide: 37: Who sat on a Tucker box. 38. Who was the Australian who sang ' Iv'e been everywhere ' 39. There is no such thing as a ' Black Cockatoo' ( True or False ) 40. All Boomerangs are retuning boomerangs: ( True or False ) 41. Who shot Australian Bushranger ' Mad Dan Morgan ': 42. Who was Tasmania's most notorious bushranger: 43. What was the real name of the bushranger ' Captain Moonlite': 44. Which small Island off Tasmania, housed boy convicts: 45. A Battery Stamp can be found in a Post office: ( True or False ) 46. An Emu can reach a top speed of 20km...35km.... or 50km. 47. The Dingo have never been found in Tasmania: ( True or False ) 48. How Old is Australia's Rock Art: 49. What would you be fossicking for in Coober Pedy: 50. What is the worst thing you could do in Coober Pedy?: ( Ozzie Humour ) 51. How far in length approx, can a fully grown Kangaroo jump: 52. What is the name of Australia's largest desert: 53. Who were the three Explorers who crossed the Blue Mountains: 54. The 'Todd River' is in South Australia: ( True or False.) 55. What length was the largest documented Estuarine Crocodile in Australia: 56. Where am i in Australia. 'The last Frontier'

2) true 10) 5 12) Devils island 27) diggary doo (sorry about the spelling) 32) true 40) true (boomerang meaning to come back, also caled a kylie)

2. Tennant Creek, Northern Territory 4. True 6. Alice 18. Such is Life 24. Marsupials (mammals with pouches) 27. The didgeridoo Helen

5. the devil's head??

Will leave this on the board for awhile, and will put answers on a bit later, to give more peeps a chance to..... 'Av a go' Tony Oz :>))

kaz if he's a man his marbles would be where all mens are lovie not in head on shoulders oooooohhh taking meself to the naughty cnr sorry couldn't resist lara.

1. Far North Queensland 2. True 3. SA 4. True 5. Tennant Creek Northern Territory 6. Alice Springs 7. True 8. Wills? 9. Captain Cook 10. 6 states 2 territories 11. New Holland 12. Van Demons Land 13. Boomerang. 14. True 15. Western Australia 16. South Australia 17. ? 18. Such is life 19. ? 20. The Murry 21. Aurther 22. ? 23. none 24. Mammals 25. Coathanger 26. three 27. Wobble board 28. True 29. Tasmania 30. ? 31. ? 32. True 33. False (? the highest maybe) 34. Ularu 35. Victoria 36. ? 37: Dog 38. ? 39. False 40. False 41. ? 42. ? 43. ? 44. ? 45. False 46. 50km. 47. True 48. 2 million 49. Opals 50. ? 51. 6m 52. ? 53. ? 54. True 55. 15m 56.? Gypsy Joe

32 True in the days before the dream time. But New Zealand had the sense to detach itself and move away a reasonable distance!

Please dont lynch me all you Aussies. What I mean is that we escaped minus snakes and crocs and other nasties. I really love Aussies (well, some of them), after all some of them are my rellies.

Yea'h...an we love you too.... Huia ...lol Tony Oz ..:>))

Thanks to all who participated. Tony Oz..:>)) ANSWERS: 1. Queensland 2. True. ( Estimated approx 3 miles below the earth.) 3. South Australia 4. True. ( b.1854 Victoria, Eldest of Eight Children to Irish Parents ) 5. Northern Territory 6. Alice. ( Alice Springs. N.T ) 7.True 8. William Brahe. 9. The First Fleet, commissioned by Thomas Townshend, Baron Sydney. 10. 6 States. N.S.W, VIC,QLD,W.A,S.A,TAS...... 2 Territories N.T and ACT. 11. New Holland 12. Van Diemen's Land 13. Woomera ( used to launch a spear, for greater speed.) 14. False. ( Answer :Tasmania Total area Sq. km 68 401 ) 15. Western Australia ( Total area Sq. km 2 529 875 ) 16. Queensland. 17. The 1st FLEET assembled at Mother Bank, the Isle of Wright, ( Captain Arthur Phillip ) 18. Such is Life. 19. The Holterman nugget. ( although mixed with Quartz weighed in at 300 kg ) 81 kilo of gold found in Hill End in NSW on 19 October, 1872. Gold Value today= approx.1.5 million 20....2nd. Murrumbidgee....approx: 1575 km. ( 1st.....The Murray river 2520km ) 21.Arthur 22. Duckbill. 23. None 24. Both Marsupials. 25. Coathanger. 26. 3 27. False ( 5th ) 28. Wobble board. 29. Queensland. ( Gold Coast Mountain Range.) 30. Richmond Bridge..built by convicts in 1823. 31. Richmond, Tasmania. 32. True. ( New Zealand broke away from Australia at about 76 million years ago.) 33. True. ( 40 977 sq. km,.) with the main road, a distance of 189 km. 34. Uluru. 35. Victoria. 36. Bordertown. 37. Dog. 38. Lucky Starr. 39. False. 40. False. ( The returning: used for catching birds. Non Returning: used for hunting or warfare ) 41. John Wendlan. 42. Martin Cash. ( Born 1808 Enniscorthy Ireland Co. Wexford ) 43. Andrew George Scott 44. Point Puer ( JUVENILE CONVICT REFORM PRISON at PORT ARTHUR.) 45. False. (Machine used for crushing Quartz to extract Gold.) 46. 50km 47. True. 48. Suggestion are between 40 to 50 thousand years ago.'Kimberley' ( Bradshaw Paintings.) 49. Opals. 50. Walk backwards. ( Never walk backwards taking Photo's, at Coober. You could Dissappear ? ) 51. Approx 12 metre's ( Longest recordered 13.5 metre's or 44 feet..... Eastern Gray Kangaroo.) 52. Great Victoria. ( W.A & S.A .....4.5% of Australia.) 53. Blaxland Wentworth and Lawson. 54. False. ( Todd.. river is in Northern Territory. Tod..river is in South Australia.) 55. Largest reliably documented: 6.7 m ( 21.75 ft ) 56. Northern Territory.