VB's - do people actually drink that stuff?

I used to love VB till I grew up!!!!!
LOL Can't beat a nice Boags.
Went to Festivale in Launceston the other week and you had to feel sorry for the man from Cascade!!! Have a look at the picture!!!! It's like someone trying to sell another Brown ale in Newcastle!!!!!! Good try Cascade!!!!!
Have a lovely weekend everyone.
Gary Vikky and Bump

Cathy bring your personal stuff and buy new furniture. I could kick myself for the things I sold at yard sales and wish I still had now.

...but send anything made of wood to your Oz address by parcel post otherwise AQIS will inspect everything in your container and then charge you for destroying anything they don't approve of.

Yes I would second what Tea bag said. There is so much stuff I wish we had brought with us. I ended up giving loads of it away too. I say bring your nick nacks and to hell with the furniture. You can pick up lots of cheapie bits from Fantastic furniture or even buy second hand stuff.

Lol Duncan drinks that stuff, he doesn't mind the cascade bitter, but can't stand the normal cascade.

someone just sent me this joke - I thought it may help you understand the locals just ask if you need translations

You know you're Australian if ...

1. You know the meaning of the word 'dag'

2. You believe that stubbies can be either drunk or worn.

3. You think it's normal to have a leader called Kevin.

4. You waddle when you walk due to the 53 expired petrol discount vouchers stuffed in your wallet or purse.

5. You've made a bong out of your garden hose rather than use it for something illegal such as watering the garden.

6. You believe it is appropriate to put a rubber in your son's pencil case when he first attends school.

7. When you hear that an American 'roots for his team' you wonder how often and with whom.

8. You understand that the phrase 'a group of women wearing black thongs' refers to footwear and may be less alluring than it sounds.

9. You pronounce Melbourne as 'Mel-bin'.

10. You pronounce Penrith as 'Pen-riff'.

11. You believe the 'l' in the word 'Australia' is optional.

12. You can translate: 'Dazza and Shazza played Acca Dacca on the way to Maccas.'

13. You believe it makes perfect sense for a nation to decorate its highways with large fibreglass bananas, prawns and sheep.

14. You call your best friend 'a total bastard' but someone you really, truly despise is just 'a bit of a bastard'.

15. You think 'Woolloomooloo' is a perfectly reasonable name for a place.

16. You're secretly proud of our killer wildlife.

17. You believe it makes sense for a country to have a $1 coin that's twice as big as its $2 coin.

18. You understand that 'Wagga Wagga' can be abbreviated to 'Wagga' but 'Woy Woy' can't be called 'Woy'.

19. You believe that cooked-down axlegrease makes a good breakfast spread.

20. You believe all famous Kiwis are actually Australian, until they stuff up, at which point they again become Kiwis.

21. Hamburger. Beetroot. Of course.

22. You know that certain words must, by law, be shouted out during any rendition of the Angels' song Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again.

23. You believe, as an article of faith, that the confectionary known as the Wagon Wheel has become smaller with every passing year.

24. You still don't get why the 'Labor' in 'Australian Labor Party' is not spelt with a 'u'.

25. You wear ugh boots outside the house.

26. You believe, as an article of faith, that every important discovery in the world was made by an Australian but then sold off to the Yanks for a pittance.

27. You believe that the more you shorten someone's name the more you like them.

28. Whatever your linguistic skills, you find yourself able to order takeaway fluently in every Asian language.

29. You understand that 'excuse me' can sound rude, while 'scuse me' is always polite.

30. You know what it's like to swallow a fly, on occasion via your nose.

31. You understand that 'you' has a plural and that it's 'youse'.

32. You know it's not summer until the steering wheel is too hot to handle.

33. Your biggest family argument over the summer concerned the rules for beach cricket.

34. You shake your head in horror when companies try to market what they call 'Anzac cookies'.

35. You still think of Kylie as 'that girl off Neighbours'.

36. When returning home from overseas, you expect to be brutally strip-searched by Customs - just in case you're trying to sneak in fruit.

37. You believe the phrase 'smart casual' refers to a pair of black tracky-daks, suitably laundered.

38. You understand that all train timetables are works of fiction.

39. When working on a bar, you understand male customers will feel the need to offer an excuse whenever they order low-alcohol beer.

40. You get choked up with emotion by the first verse of the national anthem and then have trouble remembering the second.

41. You find yourself ignorant of nearly all the facts deemed essential in the government's new test for migrants.

42. You know, whatever the tourist books say, that no one says 'cobber'. (actually they all say it in Tasmania)



43. And you will immediately forward this list to other Australians, here and overseas, realising that only they will understand.

That guy must have been just a bit embarrassed bless him! no-one's even looking in his direction as they walk past!

I think you're right - i am definitely prioritising our personal stuff over other stuff. We haven't got bundles of big furniture anyway thankfully - and we've definitely decided to leave our kingsize bed / possibly the 3-seater leather sofa (although we'll bring the 2-seater one) as we fancy a new sofa anyway!
Going to leave garden bench / table and chairs etc - too much hassle trying to get the wood looking really clean to bring them!

would AQIS still inspect the whole container even if we box the wooden stuff up together and say that's what's in that one box?

if i left a couple of bits with my Mum - and then asked her to post them to us when we're settled somewhere - what would she put on the parcel - just that it's a gift?

I remembered that after i'd done the post! i think that's what Andy bought when we came round your's that time Must mean Andy doesnt mind it either then as he no doubt drank it as well!

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23. You believe, as an article of faith, that the confectionary known as the Wagon Wheel has become smaller with every passing year.


I've been thinking this one myself for years now!
Anyone remember the crisps Monster Munch ? Not sure if you get them over there as they're by Walkers... Andy was eating a pack of pickled onion flavour ones the other day and we both said at the same time...."i'm sure these were much bigger years ago!"

[QUOTE=travelbug;6029520] I agree its like the curly wirlies too they seemed massively long years ago but now 3 bites and their gone!!!!

As to furniture bring all you can get on the container, wooden stuff is ok as long as it has been treated. We boxed stuff we thought they would be funny with but they never looked in their they just randomly selected a few boxes, one was shoes, one was xmas decs and one was Jo's trike and the last one was his buggy trailer that goes on the back of our bikes.

Signed up with Estate agent today at 11.30am... and by 4.30pm had two viewings booked for tomorrow morning/mid-day and one for Monday evening! Was a bit surprised as they haven't even typed up the description/measurements etc yet! We were told that it would be advertised from Monday and then on the internet by Wednesday. We haven't even
signed our agreement to the description/photo's etc to be used yet - so although we knew they had people waiting for properties in our area - it was still a shock to have people wanting to view immediately! We told the agent that we're emigrating - but that we DO NOT want any viewers to be told that fact!
I'm feeling a bit strange this evening - sort of feel like i'm on a rollercoaster of emotions with all this moving stuff. Probably doesnt help that we collected the kids from my parents after the estate agent left ours (had offloaded them for 2 hours so as to keep the place immaculate!) and as soon as we told my Mum that we'd signed up and the house was officially for sale her face kind of dropped a little.....
One bummer though - now we've got to make sure the place is continuously spick and span!

WOO-HOOO...................Now you are a fully signed up of member of the 'I am really going to do it club!!!'

Lots of Luck,Cathy

Love Zoe