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Fred Hollows.
Mate, apart from the fact that he was Kiwi, all he ever did was go round trying to make disadvantged peoples lives better.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roving Woody
Come on, not exactly Who Weekly material.
Slim Dusty?
That's the music the Yanks played as they flew over Oz in a Space Shuttle.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Last time I was in Melbourne I heard a lot of people talking with the same accent, must be some sort of local thing.
:D :D :D
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Joh for PM
Cheers
Prince Leonard of Hutt, if that is Australia, did he secede?
Nah, he failed miserably.
beejay1
http://community.webshots.com/user/eunos9
Gotta be Elle McPherson
Sir Thomas Blamey, Weary Dunlop to add a couple
Undoubtedly its Waltzing Matilda...known wherever an Aussie went and got drunk.
Victor Chang
Fred Hollows
Breaker Morant
&
Smithy (CKS)...least he's got an airport named after him.
In India once I was trying to converse with a taxi driver which was proving difficult to say the least; probably on account of he not seeming to be able to speak any english and myself not being able to converse fluently in Indian:confused: . ....I digress, anyway.. we had been travelling around a bloody great building which looked somewhat like the coliseum in drag, only a lot bigger.
I was eventually able to convey my interest in the building to which the taxi driver's face lit up like a paying poker machine and he expressed his two words of English with great knowing and admiration "DAVID BOON". came his reply. So there ya go, the worlds most famous Aussie was obviously a Taswegian with a big moustache and a penchant for a coldie:D .
Ya had to be there...
I think I might change my name to Opera (House);)
Cheers
Nicole Kidman
The Wiggles
Olivia Newton-John
John Newcomb
Shirley Strickland
Dawn Fraser
Mary Donaldson (Crown Princess of Denmark)
John Howard - is a lot more popular overseas than in Australia. Personally I don't like him, but he is larger on the world stage than any other PM we've had.
Australia doesn't have a lot of heroes, but my own hero is Dick Smith. He should be well known for his exploits as well but he probably isn't.
Having said that, I probably have to agree that Elle is our best known export and one of the few who continue to publicly recognise their country of origin.
As opposed to all those famous Aussies who were actually born elsewhere.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob Willson
e.g.,
Nicole Kidman - Hawaii
Mel Gibson - New York
Russell Crowe - New Zealand
and all those ocker athletes with the unpronounceable Eastern European names :rolleyes:
He was born of Irish parents but in Australia (I think).Quote:
Originally Posted by silentC
True. :o
Look, out of all the really famous people feared by people who count, it's hard to choose between Zed, Bitingmidge or Christopha.
Richard
Modesty prevents me from nominating myself........ :)
words of wisdom :
lets face it fame is like a pimple on an @rse, stands out for a while, is bloody uncomfortable, explodes a lot of spume all over the place (or recedes out of sight without a whimper) and at the end of the day not worth a brass razoo.
give me money any day so I can use it to hide in the country and not pay taxes.
the worst thing we do is idolise spastics who stand out for making a few good movies, made some money or killed lots of people (dont laugh look at Hitler & stalin everyone knows who they were).
My real vote goes to the guy who invented the hills hoist or the victa lawn mower or the chick who nationalised nursing etc.... f*ck the rest of them - who gives a rats about who tom or nicole are shagging ? let alone inbred charlie and those others who rule countries based upon who cleared the aenemic chute first!
I'm with Zed a bit on this one.
Frank Fenner- Immunology Nobel Laureate
Graeme Cox- Mitochondrial function- should have been a laureate
Graham Farqhuar- Photosynthesis- probably will be
Dr Best -Pennicillin
Sunshine harvestor company-first in the world to invent the combine harvestor
The ..... braothers who invented the first combined cane harvestor
Victor Chang heart surgeon
Peter Waterhouse- Discoverer of RNA interference (the hottest topic in biology at the moment)
The guy who invented the stump jump plough
All of these are australian or at least living in australia when they made their discoveries/inventions.
Like him or not, Greg Norman would have to be worth a vote. What he did for Golf in this country wouldn't or couldn't have been acheived by 20 others.. just my opinion... :)
Cripes, a bloke tries to get all serious with this thread and nominate some real stars and you blokes go all silly and nominate deserving bods.
Richard
I think it should go to that unknown stalwart of art, the creator of the Freddo Frog, known to all :p
Yes in his heyday he was great for golf club memberships. When he was winning tournaments, every time he won a major it garanteed a 100 new members.Quote:
Originally Posted by MikeL
Great for golf clubs but still only a golfer and not in the class of people that Pah1 nominated.
Peter.
Dunno Peter. I'm no golfer or golf fan (it's a good walk ruined), but I believe Greg Norman has done a lot promoting the game, working with youngsters and charity work outside of golf. He's more than just paid swinger. But yeah, he can't compete with the creator of the Freddo Frog (my little daughter's vote).Quote:
Originally Posted by Sturdee
Richard
and the tastiest ---!
SKIPPY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
do they have freddo frogs outside australia? or are they another product like tim-tams and lamingtons which are region specific? anyway freddo frogs are just an expensive way of buying chocolate :( so they are only a boon to their manufacturer and sweet shops.Quote:
Originally Posted by Iain
Hah. Jackie, it would appear that you have never offered a child a choice betweenQuote:
Originally Posted by jackiew
'chocolate' and a Freddo Frog. The Freddo gets it everytime. I have to drag my little princess past them in the supermarket. In a service station, she will go straight to the Freddos. She can sense them hidden in the bowels of delis as we drive past.
And then there are the giant Freddo's. Well. Just how chocolaty can a three year old get? Give her 200gms of Freddo frog and 500 gms will be smeared on her face, with a similar amount inside. Obviously some child magic that I have lost in my dotage. But yes, mere chocolate does not compare with a Freddo Frog.
Cheers
Richard
Richard,Quote:
Originally Posted by Daddles
I'm not a golfer either, but I worked for a Golf Club for 11 years and my opinion of the game and its adherents is even lower than most non golfers. Everyday the same story from them about how they missed a put by so little. :eek: The whingers they were. :eek: Best days were when it poured rain and was too wet for them to play. :D :D :D And it was originated in Scotland where it never stops raining. :D
I can't comment on the Great White Sharks charity work away from golf but all his time in promoting the game was paid for by his sponsors. DAMHIK. :mad: IMHO He was just paid swinger.
BTW I think your daughter is right.
Peter.
It's hard to argue with you Peter. I've known some dedicated golfers who hated the Shark, but there always seemed to be an undertone of sour grapes. Who knows? I may indeed be wrong, but he's such a big name I hope I'm not.
There seem to be a lot of prats in golf - those who are there to be seen by those who matter ... to them. I've even known blokes who hated the game but played it to suck up to the bosses (who were govt managers for god's sake, not even real aristocracy). On the other hand, there are those who truly love the game and approach it as a sport. I worked with a bloke who was only a stroke or two per round off being able to make a living (? - his description) as a pro. Like everything, many prats spoil it for everyone else.
Yes, I have played it. Played two seasons at the Leura Golf Club. For those who know the course, if you slice the ball, it usually disappears over a cliff. My crowning glory was the day I broke 100 strokes ... on the first nine holes. I believe the techinal term is 'hacker'.
Nowadays, I believe golf to be best enjoyed on the television - I can turn it off there.
Cheers
Richard
you nasty anti golf weenies! :D Daddles - you deserve a reddie but your safe! damn! :D
Ah thank you Zed. If I remember rightly, I only struck two good drives in the two seasons - the first time I ever swung at a ball and eighteen months later when I was sick of using the right club for a par three hole and chose a longer one ... only to hear that magic 'click' and see the ruddy thing soar over the trees the other side of the green.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zed
Cheers
Richard
SWMBO's handicap is 5.3. Do you reckon she's in it for the sport ;)Quote:
On the other hand, there are those who truly love the game and approach it as a sport.
I don't think of golf as a sport. It is just a glorified game. How athletic or even fit do these people need to be? I mean, Bob Hope was still playing it when he was a frail old fart. No, the word 'sport' is much misused nowadays to include any old pasttime when people compete against one another. Pretty soon we will have things such as a doughnut eating contest or a sand castle building contest in the Olympics.
Fortunately, the compilers of the Macquarie dictionary don't agree with you there, Bob:
sport
// (say spawt) noun 1. an activity pursued for exercise or pleasure, usually requiring some degree of physical prowess, as hunting, fishing, racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, etc. 2. a particular form of pastime. 3. (plural) a meeting for athletic competition. 4. the pastime of hunting, shooting, or fishing with reference to the pleasure achieved: we had good sport today. 5. diversion; recreation; pleasant pastime. 6. playful trifling, jesting, or mirth: to do or say a thing in sport. 7. derisive jesting; ridicule. 8. an object of derision; a laughing-stock. 9. something sported with or tossed about like a plaything: to be the sport of circumstances. 10. Colloquial (a term of address, usually between males): g'day, sport. 11. Colloquial one who is interested in pursuits involving betting or gambling. 12. Biology an animal or a plant, or a part of a plant, that shows an unusual or singular deviation from the normal or parent type; a mutation. 13. Obsolete amorous dalliance.
Why not? They rank right up there with synchronised swimming.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob Willson
synchronised swimming is harder than it looks. You might as well add some of the ice skating and the gymnastics into the same bucket of non-sports because half the time the reasons for one person/team "winning" and another "losing" are completely non obvious to the majority of the spectators.Quote:
Originally Posted by Termite
My point exactly. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by jackiew
Yes. Get rid of all events that depend on subjective judging.
Olympics would be done and dusted in a week :) :D
Hmm, better add boxing, most equestrian sports, diving....Quote:
half the time the reasons for one person/team "winning" and another "losing" are completely non obvious to the majority of the spectators
In fact I find myself frequently mystified as to why many tries, goals, and wickets are awarded or disallowed. So who wants to have a go at a definition that encompasses 'real sports' and excludes all of these pretenders?
Is Seppo-baiting a sport?
More of a National pastime I thinkQuote:
Originally Posted by silentC
No, because they make it so easy, there's no challenge. But it is darn good fun. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by silentC