Where on this planet would you find grown men throwing Tuna?
Towns lining up to throw a thong and proudly boast if they win?
<-These are thongs.
How hard can it be throwing a Mallee root?
Where would a boat race be cancelled because the river had water in it?
A few years ago Alice Springs canceled the race due to water in the river.
And where would you be expected to build a boat out of beer cans. The only rule is you must have drunk the contents.
The Darwin Beer Can Regata began as a way to clear up rubbish left by workmen while rebuilding Darwin after cyclone Tracey flatterned it. Thinking outside the square.
Australia of course.
We can be a mad lot, whether its the sun or just our love of fun maybe any excuse to party will do. We do have some strange ways to enjoy ourselves making the most out of our surroundings.
We work hard, fight hard and play hard, somethings are typically Australian.
What is typical about you home?
What makes your country unique?













I used to work for a hotel group which had a hotel in Alice Springs. The General Manager came up with the brilliant idea of renaming the bar The Alice Springs Yacht Club.
yep
that sounds like us..
A yacht club in the desert… lol.. brillant, its like the under post office…. lol
Ripper stuff A/C~
& to think the UK sent it’s prisoners over to you
Doo-bye? More revealed in my next post and plenty more of that at flowers as we head into the realms of roving reporters!
Seriously I have no idea what you lot were thinking…
Men at work!
I have to say I thought thongs were something else?
Not something Positive Letters should write about perhaps?
Hilary Melton-Butcher
Positive Letters
lol
Thats why I put in the photo to save any confusion..lol…
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