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Warnings Or Dangers: CROCODILES
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  • Okay so i know you've all probably seen Steve Erwin hunt the crocodiles etc etc but seriously i have known a tourist who went swimming in a waterhole up near Cairns in QLD and put ti this way, theyre no longer alive.

    Be careful and use commonsense.

    Do not swim in waterholes any further than around Townsville. This is where crocs breed and are active.

    It is no joke at all and should not be taken lightly.

    Another friend of mine's cousin who lived in Cape York (northern end of QLD), went for an early morning swim. She was 10 years old. She jumped in the river, and was swimming around and was taken under by a croc. She was lucky though as she did survive.

    I'm no expert on crocodiles, but in her case this animal was doing what is commonly known as 'The suicide roll', where they will roll their victim around and around until you drown. When you drown is when they will eat you.

    Not trying to freak you all out but it really worth mentioning.

    DO NOT SWIM in waterholes, creeks etc in the north end of Austalia. Ask advice from locals and be very very careful.

    Below townsville is fine. I lived on a property in lower QLD and NSW and swam in creek ways and waterholes all the time.

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    Warnings Or Dangers: MY BOSS
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  • Australia - THATS HER ALRIGHT
  • THATS HER ALRIGHT
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  • NASTY NASTY NASTY

    IF YOU COME IN CONTACT WITH HER, RUN, HIDE, TAKE COVER, AND WHATEVER YOU DO DO NOT GIVE HER EYE CONTACT ! SHE IS THE RE- INCARNATE OF HILTLER HIMSELF!

    THIS POSES A PROBLEM FOR EVERY PERSON WHO IS EVER UNLUCKY ENOUGH TO BE IN HER GREY PRESENCE!

    YOU WILL WALK AWAY SCARED FOR LIFE- I AM NOT JOKING.

    YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED ABOUT THE EVIL TROLL WHO HIDES UNDER THE BRIDGE AND ATTACKS ALL US VUNERABLE ONES!

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    Warnings Or Dangers: MY INTRODUCTION TO MELBOURNE
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  • I arrive in Melbourne the middle of winter. A friend says to me that she has a friend that would take me in for a few weeks and this would save on over expenses. This seemed ideal to me so i left the TiPi and embarked on an adventure to Melbourne.
    I hitchhiked the whole way down the coast, stayed by the ocean, swam and took my time getting there. Afterall its not the destination rather the journey.
    After a week and a half i arrive in Melbourne looking for a friends place. I called ahead to make sure it was okay still that i stayed. I
    I arrive Tenai's place and she is quite welcoming. She speaks very little english and has the most beautiful Philapino baby with her.

    I was taken to a small room. The place i was staying was huge! It backed onto a park and the room was mostly glass but the central heating made everything warm and cosy.

    Tenai asked a fair bit if i could mind her baby while she went out. I noticed that men would pick her up and i assumed she was on the dating game. Then the phones were running wild. I'm not joking, there was not a moments peace. I would be taking memos left right and centre- all male. Nothing twigged.
    She would come home and tell me of the great dates she had been on.

    Then numerous women would come by with male partners and would disappear for some time. I would make tea and look after the baby

    One night i got another call late and there was a woman screaming dwon the phone that i had been having an affair with her husband as 'my' number had appeared 100 times on her phone bill.

    I went outside my head spinning and saw numerous pairs of male and female shoes near the door. 'Oh god!'

    I called my friend and said 'What the hell is goig on here? . I told her the stories and my friend was mortified. I had been staying in a Brothel the whole time and kept wondering why my makeup had disappeared and some of my clothes off the line, and the phone calls, and the numerous men and why Tenai was out all the time with different men. How stupid i was! And how hilarious the situation!!

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    Comments for Amelei about Australia
    goutammitra Sun Dec 9, 2007 01:28 UTC
     Many Happy Returns of the day in advance! I love your Australian page. I love Foster's Australian Beer and Auzi Cricket. Indians are visiting Aus. later this month. Autralia is favourite. Brothel! others takes years to know, you learnt in few days! Funny.
    maztek Sun Oct 21, 2007 16:38 UTC
     Nice to visit Australia...thanks
    sabe Fri Jan 5, 2007 20:01 UTC
     Brothel..that's SO funny! :D
    Groverdean Mon Oct 23, 2006 11:45 UTC
     Hey there Ella! So are you in Bris Vegas still or is it home base? Yeh Nothern NSW is a wonderful part of the world. I also went to Uni in Lismore for 3 1/2 yrs. I appreciated the area 100 times more when I moved out and realised what I was missing.
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