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So what all is there to do in Australia/New Zealand?

B.C.B.C. is a bee!remember me?Registered User regular
edited December 2010 in Social Entropy++
Aside from you beautiful creatures, of course.

My family is traveling for the winter holidays and there are a few days in our itinerary that aren't taken up. Thought I'd turn to you guys for some hints/tips/suggestions.

I've got a free day in Sydney on the 22nd and in Queenstown on the 27th. What should I do?

Also, what restaurants should we be visting? Any good places for shopping? The travel guides have listed a bunch of ritzy places but I want to hear from you.

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  • That Dave FellaThat Dave Fella Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    I'd say you'd be best asking in the Australia thread :P

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  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    You should fight dragons, we still have those here.

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  • FishmanFishman Put your goddamned hand in the goddamned Box of Pain. Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    That's not a nice thing to say about Viv. Also, least subtle break up ever.

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  • B.C.B.C. is a bee! remember me?Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    I'd say you'd be best asking in the Australia thread :P

    Shit, there's an Australia thread?

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  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Oh please, if we ever broke up I'd get her deported.

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  • FrankoFranko Sometimes I really wish I had four feet so I could dance with myself to the drumbeat Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    I think you can tame a bushman or somethin' to be your pet

    it is hell bringin' em back through customs though

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  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    There's a wonderful place in Sydney, BC, called King's Cross.

    I hear there are ladies there who will be your friend for the night.

    #pipe on
  • Mr FuzzbuttMr Fuzzbutt Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    The best thing about Sydney:
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  • FishmanFishman Put your goddamned hand in the goddamned Box of Pain. Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Isn't also drop bear mating season?

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  • Mr FuzzbuttMr Fuzzbutt Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Fishman wrote: »
    Isn't also drop bear mating season?

    Nah, that was a few months ago.

    However, the first droplets (baby drop bears) will be born pretty soon, so the mothers will be extra aggressive. :?

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  • B.C.B.C. is a bee! remember me?Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    #pipe wrote: »
    There's a wonderful place in Sydney, BC, called King's Cross.

    I hear there are ladies there who will be your friend for the night.

    Tell me more

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  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    B.C. wrote: »
    #pipe wrote: »
    There's a wonderful place in Sydney, BC, called King's Cross.

    I hear there are ladies there who will be your friend for the night.

    Tell me more

    now this is only secondhand information mind

    but I hear that if you give them some money

    they'll do things

    to your wiener

    #pipe on
  • Donovan PuppyfuckerDonovan Puppyfucker A dagger in the dark is worth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Franko wrote: »
    I think you can tame a bushman or somethin' to be your pet

    it is hell bringin' em back through customs though

    Ride Skippy home instead.

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  • bsjezzbsjezz Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    B.C. wrote: »
    Also, what restaurants should we be visting?

    do you know where in sydney you're staying? there's sooo muuuch good food here

    make sure you go to the fish markets and catch a ferry somewhere

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  • The Otaku SuppositoryThe Otaku Suppository Bawstan New EnglandRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    The best thing about Sydney:
    f0yb2a.jpg

    Incontrovertible proof that everything in Australia is bred to kill you.

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  • L|amaL|ama Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    nz: sheep

    aus: kangaroos

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  • GatsbyGatsby Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    B.C. wrote: »
    #pipe wrote: »
    There's a wonderful place in Sydney, BC, called King's Cross.

    I hear there are ladies there who will be your friend for the night.

    Tell me more

    I nearly slipped on a dildo there once

    it was just lyin' right there on the ol' pavement

    That was a blurry night

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  • L|amaL|ama Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    queenstown is super fucking expensive for everything

    if they're in the area and can at all make the time, they should go to Fiordland or at least Te Anau, although one day in queenstown isn't really enough leeway to do that

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  • L.E.O.L.E.O. Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    have sex with sheep in NZ.

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  • FoolproofFoolproof thats what my hearts become in that place you dare not look staring back at youRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    #pipe wrote: »
    There's a wonderful place in Sydney, BC, called King's Cross.

    I hear there are ladies there who will be your friend for the night.

    Just stay the hell away from the koala bear prostitutes.

    Quote
    "Disease is part of the natural history of the koala. There are 4 common koala diseases caused by the chlamydia organism: conjunctivitis which can cause blindness, pneumonia, urinary tract infections and reproductive tract infections, which can cause female infertility. The symptoms of chlamydia manifest as sore eyes, chest infections, and "wet bottom" or "dirty tail". Different strains of chlamydia bacteria are thought to cause these diseases. In 1995, scientists isolated two strains called chlamydia pecorum and chlamydia pneumoniae. "

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  • bezerk bobbezerk bob Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Drink, its what we do.

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  • tynictynic PICNIC BADASS Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited December 2010
    I am going home at the end of january for a few weeks, thank god. I can't wait to get some proper summer. this ... silly hemisphere.

    Anyway, I think a better question is - what can't you do in sydney on the 22nd? it might be a shorter list.

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  • MonkeyfeetMonkeyfeet Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Koala petting zoo

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  • theSquidtheSquid Sydney, AustraliaRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    In Sydney umm

    Visit opera house, harbour bridge.

    Tonnes of good restaurants, apparently the Thai food here tops the Thai food in thailand...

    Bushwalk in the blue mountains! Very pretty Australian forest, lots of great aussie scenery.

    Also do a pub crawl at the end of the day and you're set.

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  • SwissLionSwissLion We are beside ourselves! Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Oh hey Tynic!

    Which of our fair (or not so fair, I'm looking at you Adelaide) cities do you call home?

    If it's Adelaide I am very sorry.

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  • Bad-BeatBad-Beat Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Go watch some cricket! The Ashes are currently underway and England are all over the aussies at the moment!

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  • FoolproofFoolproof thats what my hearts become in that place you dare not look staring back at youRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    I've recently discovered how great tea tree oil is and how it only comes from Australia. That stuff is awesome, it works against bacteria (like MRSA), critters (like lice), fungus and viral infections, and is as effective as Benzoyl Peroxide for acne.

    The stuff is almost a cure all for skin aliments.

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  • L|amaL|ama Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Bad-Beat wrote: »
    Go watch some cricket! The Ashes are currently underway and England are all over the aussies at the moment!

    Excellent troll, A+

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  • Bad-BeatBad-Beat Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    troll? I'm being dead serious.

    Australians wouldn't hesitate to gloat in their cricket success, so neither will I.

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  • Mr FuzzbuttMr Fuzzbutt Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    The troll is that you are trying to trick him into watching several hours of perhaps the slowest, most boring sport in the world.

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  • L|amaL|ama Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    My brother was here for a couple of hours after driving a car down for someone else and before catching a flight home. We spent most of the time playing backyard cricket outside while leaving the ashes on TV. The point here is that even if you enjoy cricket, watching test matches is only bearable with copious amounts of alcohol or other substances on hand.

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  • Bad-BeatBad-Beat Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Well of course it is. Who thinks otherwise?

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  • tynictynic PICNIC BADASS Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited December 2010
    SwissLion wrote: »
    Oh hey Tynic!

    Which of our fair (or not so fair, I'm looking at you Adelaide) cities do you call home?

    If it's Adelaide I am very sorry.

    actually it kind of is
    in that i was born there and grew up there and went to uni there
    but actually I will be mostly in the east and in melbourne this trip because my family no longer live in adelaide. I might pop over to see some friends but realistically I probably won't have time for that.

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  • HunterHunter Chemist with a heart of Au Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    If you're going to New Zealand, you might as well go into the lands Mordor and kill some orcs. Visit the Shire too, I hear it's lovely.

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  • SwissLionSwissLion We are beside ourselves! Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    tynic wrote: »
    SwissLion wrote: »
    Oh hey Tynic!

    Which of our fair (or not so fair, I'm looking at you Adelaide) cities do you call home?

    If it's Adelaide I am very sorry.

    actually it kind of is
    in that i was born there and grew up there and went to uni there
    but actually I will be mostly in the east and in melbourne this trip because my family no longer live in adelaide. I might pop over to see some friends but realistically I probably won't have time for that.

    Oh Dear!

    Actually I have nothing against Adelaide

    Almost all of the Australian side of my family are from South Australia anyway

    They use this as an excuse to drink wine all the time

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  • FishmanFishman Put your goddamned hand in the goddamned Box of Pain. Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    I like how there's actually no one from Adelaide actually in Adelaide.

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  • tynictynic PICNIC BADASS Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited December 2010
    the only australian friend I have over here in germany is also from Adelaide. Needless to say, she is no longer in adelaide.

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  • FishmanFishman Put your goddamned hand in the goddamned Box of Pain. Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Did we actually ever provide helpful information to B.C.? He's a decent enough dude, seems like a shame to leave him hanging...

    <checks>


    Hmm, nope.

    B.C.! You still want some travel tips, or have you already left and stuff? Also, where are you going? I can give you a bunch of good place to go and shop or eat, but it's pointless me pointing out the excellent Asian fusion place on Blair St. if you're not coming to Wellington. I can also suggest some things in/around Queenstown, but I don't know if you're already doing them...


    Tell me about your holiday so I don't pass along irrelevant information!

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