Now that one's a load of bullshit. We don't even call them shrimp.

Curse you Paul Hogan >_>

The great wall of China,
Wall street,
Big Ben,
Eiffel tower,
King henry IV of England,

THese are all things I associate with the land down under lol

Kangaroos
Great coral reef
Outback
koalas
Sydney Opera House

It was dry as hell and the little bastard children all made fun of my American accent.
Parents made me visit a "Dog on a tuckerbox" arguably the least deserved statue ever, and everything was more expensive.

So in essence, I did not enjoy my year there.

Kongaroos, Pintubi aboriginals, Mel Gibson and Paul Hogan.

--OkeyDokey-- said: Mummelmann said: I cannot fathom how anyone can survive in a place housing 11 of the 12 most deadly snakes on earth, loads of huuuuuuge ass spiders and other insanely scary creepy-crawlies! Have you ever had a close encounter with any of the above Okey? Back when I lived on acreage we had tons of snakes in the backyard. It's not uncommon for me to see a spider the size of my hand span crawl up the wall while I'm sitting at the computer. They aren't dangerous though, Earwigs and Centipedes on the other hand....

My God, the thought alone makes me shudder... What if an Australian has Arachnaphobia? Must be a living nightmare! They did find a humongous spider in Norway once as well, it had climbed aboard a banana crate bound from South America to here, a forklift operator in a storage in Trondheim suddenly got this bastard on his dashboard!

I took a semester at the University of Wollongong back in 2000. Perfect timing with the Olympics.

I loved it. The pace is so much more relaxed that in the US. Here there are clocks on every wall, in every room, and everyone is always checking the time. Not there....

I might have stayed if it wasn't for my girlfriend(now wife) waiting for me.

And yes I had an incident where a spider the size of my foot jumped on my head in the bathroom. But in his defense it was dark and he scurried away once he realized what I was.

What are they called?!?  You have to admit though that Lightening Jack is a good movie.

I forgot about aboriginies and didgeridoos! 

I like it a lot less now that I've been informed that Koala bears aren't actual bears. I feel like Koala bears have lied to me. I feel so sad now.

Skin Cancer and Racism (pictures of some foreigners being hunted in the streets etc.)