Are Aussies REALLY like that?

[oggbashan]

On Remembrance Day it is worthwhile remembering the contribution volunteer Australians made in the Boer War, WW1 (including Gallipolli) and WW2 and the disaster that was the surrender of Singapore. They were also in Vietnam.

 

[PennameWombat]

On Remembrance Day it is worthwhile remembering the contribution volunteer Australians made in the Boer War, WW1 (including Gallipolli) and WW2 and the disaster that was the surrender of Singapore. They were also in Vietnam.

My late father-in-law retired as a Lt. Col from the Australian Army. He was artillery and Intelligence and served in Vietnam and had guarded Queen Elizabeth II on one of her visits. I’d long been aware of Australian troops in Vietnam, but I’ve always been surprised how many Americans had no clue.

In 2002, he and my mother-in-law were with us in Utah, and I took him to the Hill Air Force Base Museum. They have a variety of planes, he was familiar with the later ones such as the B-52 and the SR-71 and definitely the F-4. But I was surprised when I explained the story of the B-25 that’s there.

That’s a B-25J, but close enough to the B-25Bs that comprised the Doolittle Raid on Japan. My father-in-law wasn’t familiar with that event from 1942 but for us Americans it’s a notable moment. It was a bonding moment when I told him about it and an interesting lesson in what we each learn and don’t learn.

 

[geronimo_appleby]

Pretend you're German, and go swimming in rivers in northern Queensland and the Northern Territory, where the big crocs are.

The warning signs are multilingual (English, German, Japanese, Chinese). I don't know if the signs do any good, because crocs can't read, and it would appear that tourists can't, either.

tourists deserve all they get.

 

[TxRad]

tourists deserve all they get.

That applies world wide.

 

[geronimo_appleby]

That applies world wide.

absolutely.