Australia Day
Jan 25th 2005, 11:17 am
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Re: Australia Day
Originally Posted by worzel
My agent is Australian but based in the UK. So will she be checking my visa tomorrow or having the day off do you thing 
In the UK we are getting an extra bank holiday, think it's in October. Something like citizen day or something and how we should all wallow in national pride...
Jan 25th 2005, 11:20 am
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Re: Australia Day
Some people might spend it cheering on Lleyton and Alicia!
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Jan 25th 2005, 11:31 am
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Re: Australia Day
Originally Posted by Simone
Most shops will be closed, I think Bunnings is open though
Jan 25th 2005, 11:33 am
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Re: Australia Day
Originally Posted by Geordie George
And we're all invited, right?!
Jan 26th 2005, 2:32 am
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Re: Australia Day
Originally Posted by nickyc
Hey BP,
Does that mean you can walk all the way from Bondi to Watsons Bay along the cliffs - without having to divert into the streets? I know they were planning on resuming bits of cliff-top gardens from some people. Which bits have just been opened? Where does it start?
I've never done the walk from Bondi north - only the Bondi to Coogee one. Might give it a go too, sometime soon.
Does that mean you can walk all the way from Bondi to Watsons Bay along the cliffs - without having to divert into the streets? I know they were planning on resuming bits of cliff-top gardens from some people. Which bits have just been opened? Where does it start?
I've never done the walk from Bondi north - only the Bondi to Coogee one. Might give it a go too, sometime soon.
Jan 26th 2005, 3:12 am
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Re: Australia Day
http://www.waverley.nsw.gov.au/counc...ks/fedwalk.pdf
Has a map. It is not continuous cliff top walk but the view from Dudley Page is spectacular.
Has a map. It is not continuous cliff top walk but the view from Dudley Page is spectacular.
Jan 26th 2005, 5:38 am
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Re: Australia Day
Originally Posted by walla1
Oh yes indeedee a nation wide public holiday........ bbq's galore especially at my place
BTW we get 10 public holidays a year as opposed to 8 in the uk, another reason for coming
BTW we get 10 public holidays a year as opposed to 8 in the uk, another reason for coming
Also you don't get sick leave till youv'e accrued it, so no being ill till you've been in the job a while
Cheers
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Jan 26th 2005, 5:44 am
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Re: Australia Day
Originally Posted by sunny side up
thank god for bunnings
i think the whole of Oz should shut down on Australia day !
Jan 26th 2005, 6:00 am
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Re: Australia Day
Originally Posted by soapy
mitre10 was open too
i think the whole of Oz should shut down on Australia day !
i think the whole of Oz should shut down on Australia day !
Jan 26th 2005, 6:01 am
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Re: Australia Day
Originally Posted by bondipom
http://www.waverley.nsw.gov.au/counc...ks/fedwalk.pdf
Has a map. It is not continuous cliff top walk but the view from Dudley Page is spectacular.
Has a map. It is not continuous cliff top walk but the view from Dudley Page is spectacular.
Jan 26th 2005, 6:02 am
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Re: Australia Day
Originally Posted by soapy
mitre10 was open too
i think the whole of Oz should shut down on Australia day !
i think the whole of Oz should shut down on Australia day !
Jan 26th 2005, 6:27 am
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Re: Australia Day
Originally Posted by ABCDiamond
The Museums in Brisbane were open too. !! I was hoping for a rest, but ended up walking around one of them. Parking cost only $8 all day though
Jan 26th 2005, 6:29 am
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Re: Australia Day
Originally Posted by walla1
I got ice today at an offie in Attadale, open 8am - 12pm
can u not make ice for free here
Jan 26th 2005, 6:30 am
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Re: Australia Day
Originally Posted by soapy
did u buy any booze?
can u not make ice for free here
can u not make ice for free here
Jan 26th 2005, 6:35 am
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Re: Australia Day
Originally Posted by walla1
got me booze yesterday, aint got one of those fancy ice makers on me freezer, although I do have an ice cube compartment in the freezer
just like the numptys that spent it oot shoping in hardware shops
