Hey all, I just found this forum. I am coming down under for a solo trip, 5 weeks so I thought I would post up here.. Starting/ending in Sydney, gonna grab a 1 way I think to Cairns and work my way back down the coast. I friends in Newcastle that I will be visiting eventually, no set plans, just winging it. Looking forward to this! I am a much better snow skier/boarder than surfer but I like to get out there on easier breaks and putz around occasionally. I have diving license as well. Advice, always welcome, hit me up! :)
NAPLAN springs to mind ...... let's test this.
This is Australia not the USA so why did you say you were from the USA?
That said, i would say since its summer and lacks any snow anywhere in the southern hemisphere except the Andes (those are in South America not SA)
THIS GUY WOULD LOVE TO GO TO WOLLONGONG BEACHES (their tails and noses would wag together "il perfecto") !!!!!
"Wollongong" is the opposite direction to Newcastle , Both Newcastle or Wollongong you can travel an inter-city train from Central station (Sydney) to them and are both around the same distance from Sydney.
Wollongong would be il perfecto for you !!!
I don't think you would want to bother with Cairns or Newcastle or Sydney , they are tricky.
Wollongong would be perfect , you would be shoulder to shoulder with them their !
Farking summer everywhere, it's all be good - no ice scrapers needed - and remember, don't tip for the coldies
Select to expand quotenicephotog said..
NAPLAN springs to mind ...... let's test this.
This is Australia not the USA so why did you say you were from the USA?
That said, i would say since its summer and lacks any snow anywhere in the southern hemisphere except the Andes (those are in South America not SA)
THIS GUY WOULD LOVE TO GO TO WOLLONGONG BEACHES (their tails and noses would wag together "il perfecto") !!!!!
"Wollongong" is the opposite direction to Newcastle , Both Newcastle or Wollongong you can travel an inter-city train from Central station (Sydney) to them and are both around the same distance from Sydney.
Wollongong would be il perfecto for you !!!
I don't think you would want to bother with Cairns or Newcastle or Sydney , they are tricky.
Wollongong would be perfect , you would be shoulder to shoulder with them their !
Ignore this^. We have a vibrant drink/drug culture over here which can make us incomprehensible at times.
Select to expand quotetheDoctor said..
We call French fries chips
And ketchup tomato sauce
No
Yanks call chips "french fries" and tomato sauce "ketchup"
Select to expand quotemclovin said..nicephotog said..
NAPLAN springs to mind ...... let's test this.
This is Australia not the USA so why did you say you were from the USA?
That said, i would say since its summer and lacks any snow anywhere in the southern hemisphere except the Andes (those are in South America not SA)
THIS GUY WOULD LOVE TO GO TO WOLLONGONG BEACHES (their tails and noses would wag together "il perfecto") !!!!!
"Wollongong" is the opposite direction to Newcastle , Both Newcastle or Wollongong you can travel an inter-city train from Central station (Sydney) to them and are both around the same distance from Sydney.
Wollongong would be il perfecto for you !!!
I don't think you would want to bother with Cairns or Newcastle or Sydney , they are tricky.
Wollongong would be perfect , you would be shoulder to shoulder with them their !
Ignore this^. We have a vibrant drink/drug culture over here which can make us incomprehensible at times.
Weed is legal ??? should he bring some ??? ha,hahahahahahahaha
Select to expand quoteDaveTV said..
And weed is legal here,, shall I bring some..? 
If you are going to bring weed, make sure you pack your boogie board bag full to the brim with the stuff. No one will ever suspect a thing.
Select to expand quoteDaveTV said..
And weed is legal here,, shall I bring some..?
Just declare in your arrival card under ''plant matter''.
should be smooth sailing
Select to expand quoteDaveTV said..
Hey all, I just found this forum. I am coming down under for a solo trip, 5 weeks so I thought I would post up here.. Starting/ending in Sydney, gonna grab a 1 way I think to Cairns and work my way back down the coast. I friends in Newcastle that I will be visiting eventually, no set plans, just winging it. Looking forward to this! I am a much better snow skier/boarder than surfer but I like to get out there on easier breaks and putz around occasionally. I have diving license as well. Advice, always welcome, hit me up! :)
Make sure your trip to Cairns is in our winter, I.e. June/July/August. Otherwise you are missing out. It will be hot, humid, and rainy if you go up there in our summer. Spend the summer to the south in Sydney, and winter in Cairns, unless you want a ski trip every now and then.
Select to expand quoteMark _australia said..theDoctor said..
We call French fries chips
And ketchup tomato sauce
No
Yanks call chips "french fries" and tomato sauce "ketchup"
... and we never ever throw a shrimp on the barbie
Couple of the things - the steering wheel is always on the RIGHT side and metric is awesome... ok...
Half of the above is "Pulling your pisser!!"
Half of everything that is said in Australia is "Pulling somebody's Pisser". It is a National Sport.
When you are here speaking with an American accent, do not believe a word of anything an Australian says to you because they will be "Pulling your Pisser!!"
Select to expand quotePugwash said..Mark _australia said..theDoctor said..
We call French fries chips
And ketchup tomato sauce
No
Yanks call chips "french fries" and tomato sauce "ketchup"
... and we never ever throw a shrimp on the barbie
Couple of the things - the steering wheel is always on the RIGHT side and metric is awesome... ok...
METRIC
I weigh 80 kilo's
I'm 174 centimetres
I live 3 kilometres from the beach
I just put 50 litres of petrol in my car
My board is 9'6" and the wave are about 4 foot (oops)
Now your sorted.
Select to expand quoteChris_M said..
Remember 60% of Australians are casual racists
The other 40% are full time
this is so wrong.
it's more like 70/30
Select to expand quotePugwash said..
... and we never ever throw a shrimp on the barbie
LOL - I know lots of Aussies and they are funny MoFo's and this crowd is apparently no exception. About time Aus got on the legalize weed bandwagon, but that's your vote.. And the "Shrimp on the Bsrbie" thing actually came from your Australian Tourist Commission 
If your in the south west..., can you possibly come n help me unblock my septic tank ?
Select to expand quotenicephotog said..mclovin said..nicephotog said..
NAPLAN springs to mind ...... let's test this.
This is Australia not the USA so why did you say you were from the USA?
That said, i would say since its summer and lacks any snow anywhere in the southern hemisphere except the Andes (those are in South America not SA)
THIS GUY WOULD LOVE TO GO TO WOLLONGONG BEACHES (their tails and noses would wag together "il perfecto") !!!!!
"Wollongong" is the opposite direction to Newcastle , Both Newcastle or Wollongong you can travel an inter-city train from Central station (Sydney) to them and are both around the same distance from Sydney.
Wollongong would be il perfecto for you !!!
I don't think you would want to bother with Cairns or Newcastle or Sydney , they are tricky.
Wollongong would be perfect , you would be shoulder to shoulder with them their !
Ignore this^. We have a vibrant drink/drug culture over here which can make us incomprehensible at times.
Weed is legal ??? should he bring some ??? ha,hahahahahahahaha
If your heading up/down the east coast...
www.seabreeze.com.au/News/Surfing/Make-Merimbula-Great-Again-The-DoMALd-Event_11885348.aspx
And if you want to drink Fosters...you'll need to bring some with you. Contrary to what your TV ads tell you no-one over here drinks it. I don't even know anywhere that sells it.
Dunno, maybe Cisco means "fair shake of the sauce bottle", or other such every day nomenclature.
Select to expand quoteHarrow said..
And if you want to drink Fosters...you'll need to bring some with you. Contrary to what your TV ads tell you no-one over here drinks it. I don't even know anywhere that sells it.
No different to drinking your own urine. Mahatma Gandhi highly recommends Fosters
