In a Sunburned Country Story Event: Official Support Thread

Love reading the banter about my country. I'm from the west but have been all over the place. Regionally there are some large differences.

Adding to all that has been said so far, backpackers and predominantly UK and European tourists have spread out all over the country area having a year down here. You can imagine all the farmers and local lads get pretty happy at seeing some extra females around the place, and a lot of the saucier stories that you hear these days often involve a tourist or two.

Aussies are pretty quick to get their clothes off, whether it be the beach or some other occasion. You often find various calendars by students or womens knitting groups etc with them all sitting around nude doing things, in order to create a calendar and fund raise. If you have instagram, you can find our rural settings and lads and lasses doing farm work nude by looking at the.naked.farmer which is all about getting naked to fight rural depression and suicide. I did some pro bono work for them not long ago but they have a really fun following of farmers that flash.

Holden Sandman panel vans.... may have been found on my back in a few of them years ago!! The Ute has just about had its day now that production has stopped, but their importance at Bachelor & Spinsters Balls in the country for half time circle work cannot be overstated.

We call each other Mate, because we have selective memories and can't remember names to save ourselves. Hence, go out bush, especially in the north and rural Queensland and everyone is a Mate or a Love. You do have to remember to talk slower to Queenslanders but the reverse is you can fall off the chair waiting for the punchline.

The Battle of Brisbane was real. We have had similar over here in Fremantle when we used to have the 5th Fleet parked at the port. Families would host a sailor for the week and girls would all head to the bars and clubs down there. Host visits like that got canned after 9/11 but we still have all the navy visits and Special Forces bases here. The mighty SAS Regiment's base borders on Australia's largest nude beach here in Perth so you can imagine the sights when the boys come out of the surf in their scuba gear and strip off after practicing raiding ships offshore.

Now it is illegal in Australia to discriminate against women, so anywhere it is acceptable for men to take off their shirt women can too. Hence topless beaches are a given, and they can only sign post no nude bathing. But there are plenty of nude beaches, and most outback beaches outside city limits are do what you want. Except Queensland.

Up until two months ago we held the world record for the most people skinny dipping at one event, in Perth. The Hobart crowd down in Tasmania have a winter solstice skinny dip. There is a skinny dip event at one of the Sydney harbour nude beaches in the middle of the city. BTW if you are in Perth in February lend your nakedness to helping us take the record back from the Irish girls who added another thousand to our record.

On the defense side of things if thats how you base stories, lets not forget Pine Gap, Nurrungar, North West Cape Harold Holt VLF. Go down the wrong road near these, or the over the horizon radar bases and Echelon arrays in WA and QLD and you will soon meet a black SUV and people pointing guns in very non-friendly ways. Maybe you can use the nuclear test sites of Maralinga and Monte Belo Islands as a site for mutated koalas. Or the USAF and RAF people that are NOT at Woomera testing area.

Yell out if you need any ideas or sounding boards.

Even though I am a Queenslander and I should get all bent out of shape over some of this but you made me laugh... Good job :)
We probably have more nudist beaches than you realize up here ;) We just keep 'em to ourselves. Do you know how red those Northern Europeans go under our hole in the ozone layer, frightening truly frightening :D
 
Even though I am a Queenslander and I should get all bent out of shape over some of this but you made me laugh... Good job :)
We probably have more nudist beaches than you realize up here ;) We just keep 'em to ourselves. Do you know how red those Northern Europeans go under our hole in the ozone layer, frightening truly frightening :D
Don't worry I have been to most of them in Queensland, I just said they weren't protected by law!! A nude BBQ with the Weipa bacon busters pig shooting club is a sight in the gulf country! Or the cove on Lake Maraboon for the Emerald sun shiners.

The ozone layer is a killer for sun burning new arrivals
 
The ozone layer is a killer for sun burning new arrivals

That was something that impressed me when I was down there. All the school kids in sunhats and wearing sunscreen. I was looking at them and thinking wow, serious.
 
That was something that impressed me when I was down there. All the school kids in sunhats and wearing sunscreen. I was looking at them and thinking wow, serious.

My mother used to make us wear lycra bodysuits at the beach, but then she was towards the protective end of the parental spectrum. (And we have that Irish redhead vampire thing going on, so sun is Not Our Friend.)

Speaking of the beach, has anybody mentioned that we named a swimming pool after the Prime Minister who disappeared at sea?
 
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Speaking of the beach, has anybody mentioned that we named a swimming pool after the Prime Minister who disappeared at sea?
That's pretty Aussie, when you think about it - a PM possibly taken by a shark, another one who sunk a yard at Oxford University faster than anybody else, a third who dared put his hand on the Queen's back (and managed a rock band in his youth), a fourth who the cartoonists always put in budgie smugglers, and two strident red-heads in parliament. A tent embassy on the lawns of Parliament House, more knickers on office desks than you could write about here. Oz politicians, you gotta love them!
 
That's pretty Aussie, when you think about it - a PM possibly taken by a shark, another one who sunk a yard at Oxford University faster than anybody else, a third who dared put his hand on the Queen's back (and managed a rock band in his youth), a fourth who the cartoonists always put in budgie smugglers, and two strident red-heads in parliament. A tent embassy on the lawns of Parliament House, more knickers on office desks than you could write about here. Oz politicians, you gotta love them!
Would often find myself talking to Russian officials on the cocktail circuit and their favourite line was Comrade Harold Holtski had a lovely dacha outside Moscow and held the best BBQ parties in e summer. Apart from the pool, I found it ironic that the submarine communications base on North West Cape is named after him.
Bob Hawke and his drinking ability is still legendary. Love that he skolls a beer at the cricket every summer for his fans in the crowd. Imagine a US President downing a beer with crowd everywhere he went. The photo of Hawke and the Japanese prime minister doing beer diplomacy was a coup.
 
Would often find myself talking to Russian officials on the cocktail circuit and their favourite line was Comrade Harold Holtski had a lovely dacha outside Moscow and held the best BBQ parties in e summer. Apart from the pool, I found it ironic that the submarine communications base on North West Cape is named after him.
I always heard it was a Chinese submarine, but a Russki boat? That's more feasible, given the distances and the relative abilities of the navies back then. And the irony of NW Cape? I'd never thought about that before, but that's neat.
 
I always heard it was a Chinese submarine, but a Russki boat? That's more feasible, given the distances and the relative abilities of the navies back then. And the irony of NW Cape? I'd never thought about that before, but that's neat.
Most of the more credible storylines floating around the Casey building in Canberra alternate between the Russians doing something during the mooted escalation of the nuclear launch detection facilities by the US in Australia to having launch facilities. Ironically NW Cape was one of the catalysts listed. Menzies had been keen on Australia being a nuclear armed and having its own detterant, but the US was in its umbrella protection phase of promising protection but not wanting proliferation, so stopped the Australian and Japanese programs.
The other is that Holt was not keen on the Vietnam build up of conventional troops and wanted a strategic solution, so the out of control US industro-military complex at the time was responsible for moving him on. Given world history, the latter is more likely
 
Most of the more credible storylines floating around the Casey building in Canberra alternate between the Russians doing something during the mooted escalation of the nuclear launch detection facilities by the US in Australia to having launch facilities. Ironically NW Cape was one of the catalysts listed. Menzies had been keen on Australia being a nuclear armed and having its own detterant, but the US was in its umbrella protection phase of promising protection but not wanting proliferation, so stopped the Australian and Japanese programs.
The other is that Holt was not keen on the Vietnam build up of conventional troops and wanted a strategic solution, so the out of control US industro-military complex at the time was responsible for moving him on. Given world history, the latter is more likely

The conspiracy theories are entertaining, but... Holt had a record of pushing himself hard in the water with a couple of previous near-misses, he was nursing a shoulder injury, and his doctor had just advised him to cut down on the swimming. The water on the day was bad enough that most of his party decided it was too dangerous to go in, and the one other guy who did reported a strong undertow. It doesn't take a submarine for an overconfident swimmer to get into trouble when all those factors combine.
 
This is BY FAR my favorite thread. By far.

You Southern Hemispherics are so much more interesting than we are.
 
This is BY FAR my favorite thread. By far.

You Southern Hemispherics are so much more interesting than we are.

Isn't it. I'm so glad I thought of this event. Can't wait to see the stories based on this thread so far. I'm just imaginng one where Aussie Prime Minister goes drinking on a Russian submarine, has wild sex with Ursula Andress or whatever her name was in a white bikini and then they go scuba diving and doing underwater shots and drown and the cover up says ..... missing while swimming :cool:
 
This is BY FAR my favorite thread. By far.

You Southern Hemispherics are so much more interesting than we are.
God's gift to the world, mate. A beer and a day off after building where you lot live, and this is what you get ;).
 
Today in fucked-up Australian animals:

https://www.smh.com.au/national/res...ng-in-faces-of-stonefish-20180420-p4zauu.html

"Adding to the array of defence mechanisms the fish are already known to possess – venom, spines (which hurt and shoot poison right into your foot), camouflage that makes them seamlessly blend in with rocks and coral – biologists from Kansas have now discovered the creatures that lurk along Australian coasts also possess what they call a "lachrymal sabre".

It's basically a switchblade embedded in the fish's face, one beneath each eye, which it deploys when needed by squeezing its cheeks."

Also, it glows.
 
...biologists from Kansas...

I'm just amused that there are people in Kansas studying ocean marine life and making discoveries like this. Kansas is so completely landlocked, that every state that borders Kansas is also landlocked.

When you have to drive through two states (one of them Texas) just to get to salt water, it seems like the odds of making this kind of discovery would be stacked against you. So, kudos to you Jayhawks! Way to defy expectations.
 
Today in fucked-up Australian animals:

https://www.smh.com.au/national/res...ng-in-faces-of-stonefish-20180420-p4zauu.html

"Adding to the array of defence mechanisms the fish are already known to possess – venom, spines (which hurt and shoot poison right into your foot), camouflage that makes them seamlessly blend in with rocks and coral – biologists from Kansas have now discovered the creatures that lurk along Australian coasts also possess what they call a "lachrymal sabre".

It's basically a switchblade embedded in the fish's face, one beneath each eye, which it deploys when needed by squeezing its cheeks."

Also, it glows.
A few weird ones out there for sure. I had a run in with a not-so-happy blue ring octopus on the weekend that was flashing its colours and saying get off my bit of reef.

The aboriginal rock art from the Pilbara is carbon dated at 60000 years plus and shows animals that do not exist today. Fascinating stuff
 
I'm in! Currently figuring out what the hell I'll be writing about, but that's totally normal for me. Great to see so many of you on board! Can't wait to read all these Aussie tales :)
 
I'm just amused that there are people in Kansas studying ocean marine life and making discoveries like this. Kansas is so completely landlocked, that every state that borders Kansas is also landlocked.

When you have to drive through two states (one of them Texas) just to get to salt water, it seems like the odds of making this kind of discovery would be stacked against you. So, kudos to you Jayhawks! Way to defy expectations.

Should you ever find yourself in Hays, Kansas....

It’s an ideal lunch stop if you’re heading to or from Denver, so don’t laugh. But there’s a college there, and a museum on the extreme eastern fringe of town, with a huge dome that houses a truly amazing display of that area of Kansas during its underwater phase.

Really well-done.

Anyway. Back to it.
 
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Snowing in the west and south east, sunshine and warm in the north. NorForce given the job of chasing nefarious smugglers of.... Bulk cigarettes and nicotine concentrate. ( We have an annually increasing cigarette tax so packets are up around the $40 mark now to force people off them but as profitable as cocaine to smugglers. Cocaine is about 4 times the price as US and UK so economics says...) Drought in NSW so everyone raising money to buy and have shipped bales of hay to keep them going, including a dollar from every parmy at the pub.

Fashion week over here and the swimsuits are high cut and low necklines, so it's back to the 80's and appointment with the waxer to halve it again. Should be a visual spring and summer.
 
Sunburnt Country: A Bluey Crimbo

I have started my Sunburnt Country entry, about 14k down on paper so far, say a third into first draft. It is a festive season road trip from coast to coast, Port Augusta to Darwin, following an embittered Aussie road train driver taking a load of newsprint from NSW to the regional newspaper he left 5 years ago, leaving behind his then boss (the driver’s very own less than Loving Wife) and the father-in-law from Hell, who is the newspaper owner proprietor. I foresee traffic tickets (a blue), a few conflicts (another blue or two), lots of Police activity (more blues) and a topless redhead in need of a cobber’s shoulder (another Blue), so definitely no White Christmas as they cross the sun drenched red centre of Straya in search of a closure and an opening ... perhaps. It’s a start anyway. The actual category EC, LW or R will reveal itself along the way.
 
Are there any Lit authors here who live in the Melbourne area, and are familiar with the eucalyptus forests of the interior of Victoria? That's where my story is set. I'm doing my research, but I've never been to Australia, so trying to describe it is a stretch. A little reality check would be helpful. I would appreciate some input, and if anyone is willing to give it I would greatly appreciate a private message.
 
Hello Pet - Your idea has me interested!

Hello Chloe - Yes I’ll be writing a story for it! I’m a Sydney based domme and femdom escort but my story will be based in the more southern city of Melbourne, where the stronger magnetic attraction of the South Pole makes domme women and their subby men a little kinkier than usual !
 
Hello Chloe - Yes I’ll be writing a story for it! I’m a Sydney based domme and femdom escort but my story will be based in the more southern city of Melbourne, where the stronger magnetic attraction of the South Pole makes domme women and their subby men a little kinkier than usual !

Great! I love that this is attracting all sorts of different writers. Looking forward to your story.
 
Australian beer? Anyone got time to put up a list of all the Aussie beers?
You need to know which state you're in, as each state has a major brewery or two, each with its allegiances. Plus micro-breweries everywhere. Besides, we're not all beer drinkers, what with Oz having some of the world's best wines.

We should keep this as a test, to sort out who's doing their homework on the country properly.
 
You need to know which state you're in, as each state has a major brewery or two, each with its allegiances. Plus micro-breweries everywhere. Besides, we're not all beer drinkers, what with Oz having some of the world's best wines.

We should keep this as a test, to sort out who's doing their homework on the country properly.

Are Australian wines locally labeled according to the grape varietal, as they are in America, or by region, as in France?
 
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