Monday, October 25, 2010

You Asked For It!

Wow! I have been blogging for just over a week now and am very excited to have so many followers! Thanks guys! Who knew that my life in Oz was so exciting? I have been swamped with readers wanting to know where and what all of the "Big Things" are from my "Bigger is Better" post last week. Well, you asked for it, you got it... If I formatted it right, you should be able to click on a big thing and it will take you its link. 


Sometimes I don't always define what the Aussie slang means when I use it. (It's called "Strine" or "Australian English.") My American followers have asked me if I would always include a definition. No problem... They would also like to know what an "Akubra hat" is. (From my "Same Same But Different" post.) So here's what Wikipedia has to say about Akubras... And thanks for reading my blog! It's making my creative writing class a lot more fun!


The Australian Akubra Hat


An Akubra wide-brimmed hat
Akubra is an Australian brand of brush hat, whose wide-brimmed styles are a distinctive part of Australian culture, especially in rural areas. The name is believed to be derived from an Aboriginal word for head covering.[1]
Akubra's best-known hats are made from rabbit fur felt with wide brims, and the term "Akubra" is sometimes used to refer to any hat of this kind. Many Akrubas have drawstrings that not only add to the hat's appearance, but keeps the hat on the head on windy days.
Akubra hats are an important part of traditional outdoor clothing in Australia. They are often worn by hunters, farmers, graziers, horsemen, stockmen and women on the land. As well as protecting their wearers from sun and rain, the hats are used to hold eggs or mushrooms, to cover an eye of recalcitrant horses, to fan fires and to water dogs when in the bush.[2]

Index of Big Things by Name

Abalone (Laverton North, VIC)
Ant (Broken Hill, NSW)
Apple (Bacchus Marsh, VIC)
Apple (Donnybrook, WA)
Apple (Thulimbah, QLD)
Apple (Yerrinbool, NSW)
Avocado (Tweed Heads, NSW)
Axe (Kew, NSW)
Ayers Rock (Karuah, NSW)
Banana (Carnarvon, WA)
Banana (Coffs Harbour, NSW)
Bananas, Bunch of, Sawtell, NSW)
Barramundi (Daintree, QLD)
Barramundi (Normanton, QLD)
Bicycle (Chullora, NSW)
Bicycle (Southport, QLD)
Bird (Gippsland, VIC)
Blue Heeler (Muswellbrook, NSW)
Boomerang (Eumundi, QLD)
Boomerang (Surfers Paradise, QLD)
Boot (Rozelle, NSW)
Bottle (??, ??)
Bottle (Bundeburg, QLD)
Bottle (Mangrove Mountain, NSW)
Bottle (Pokolbin, NSW)
Bottle (Rutherglen, VIC)
Bowl (Port Macquarie, NSW)
Bridge (Warwick Farm, NSW)
Brolga (Townsville, QLD)
Brush (Balmain, NSW)
Bull (Rockhampton, QLD)
Bull (Wauchope, NSW)
Camera (Meckering, WA)
Can (??, QLD)
Cassowary (Mission Beach, QLD)
Cheese (Bodalla, NSW)
Cherries (Young, NSW)
Chicken (Moonbi, NSW)
Cigar (Churchill, VIC)
Cigarette (Myrtleford, VIC)
Clock (Murray Bridge, SA)
Coffee Pot (Deloraine, TAS)
Cook, Captain (Cairns, QLD)
Cow (Brunswick Junction, WA)
Cow (Nambour, QLD)
Cow (Phillip Island, VIC)
Crocodile (Humpty Doo, NT)
Crocodile (Normanton, QLD)
Crocodile (Wyndham, WA)
Cup (Southport, QLD)
Dinosaur (Richmond, QLD)
Diplodocus (Somersby, NSW)
Dog on a Tucker Box (Gundagai, NSW)
Dugong (Rockhampton, QLD)
Egg (Lake Boga, VIC)
Eight Ball (Port Macquarie, NSW)
Elephant (Nimmitabel, NSW)
Elephants (Woolgoolga, NSW)
Fish (Caboolture, QLD)
Fish (Caravilla, NSW)
Fruit Bowl (Bilpin, NSW)
Galah (Kimba, SA)
Glasses (Kogarah, NSW)
Gold Panner (Bathurst, NSW)
Guitar (Narrandera, NSW)
Guitar (Tamworth, NSW)
Gumboot (Tully, QLD)
Hotdog (Arncliffe, NSW)
Joint (Nimbin, NSW)
Kangaroo (Border Village, SA)
Koala (Dadswells Bridge, VIC)
Koala (Phillip Island, VIC)
Koalas (Coffs Harbour, NSW)
Lobster (Kingston SE, SA)
Macadamia (Nambour, QLD)
Mandarin (Mundubbera, QLD)
Mango (Bowen, QLD)
Marlin (Cairns, QLD)
Marree Man (Outback, SA)
Merino (Blackall, QLD)
Merino (Goulburn, NSW)
Milkshake (Warrnambool, VIC)
Milkshake Containers (Tongala, VIC)
Miner (Kapunda, SA)
Miner (Rubyvale, QLD)
Mobile Phone (Hurstville, NSW)
Mosquito (Hexham, NSW)
Mower (Beerwah, QLD)
Muffler (Southport, QLD)
Murray Cod (Swan Hill, VIC)
Murray Cod (Tocumwal, NSW)
Mushroom (Belconnen, ACT)
Ned Kelly (Glenrowan, VIC)
Octopus (Lakes Entrance, NSW)
Orange (Berri, SA)
Orange (Gayndah, QLD)
Orange (Harvey, WA)
Orange (Tenterfield, NSW)
Oyster (Taree, NSW)
Oyster (Ceduna, SA)
Painting (Emerald, QLD)
Pavlova (Marulen, NSW)
Peanut (Kingaroy/Tolga, QLD)
Pelican (Noosa, QLD)
Penguin (Penguin, TAS)
Pie (Yatala, QLD)
Pineapple (Gympie, QLD)
Pineapple (Nambour, QLD)
Potato (Robertson, NSW)
Prawn (Ballina, NSW)
Pumpkin (Beaudesert, QLD)
Pumpkin (Goomeri, QLD)
Ram (Wagin, WA)
Redback Spider (Eight Mile Plains, Brisbane, QLD)
Rig (Roma, QLD)
Rock (Barrington Tops, NSW)
Rocking Horse (Gumeracha, SA)
Rolling Pin (Wodonga, VIC)
Saddle (Picton, NSW)
Santa (Macksville, NSW)
Sapphire (Anakie, QLD)
Scotsman (Adelaide, SA)
Shell (Tewantin, QLD)
Slide Rule (University of Tasmania, TAS)
Staircase (Perth, WA)
Sticks (Eumundi, QLD)
Strawberry (Sunshine Coast, QLD)
Stubby (Larrimah, NT)
Stubby (Tewantin, QLD)
Submarine (Holbrook, NSW)
Sundial (Singleton, NSW)
Tap (Phillip Island, VIC)
Tasmanian Devil (Mole Creek, TAS)
Titanic (Williamstown, VIC)
Toad, SArina, QLD)
Triceratops (Ballendean, NSW)
Trout (Adaminaby, NSW)
Trout (Oberon, NSW)
Truck (Dysart, QLD)
Wave (Phillip Island, VIC)
Whale, Killer (Phillip Island, VIC)
Winch (Coober Pedy, SA)
Windmill (Coffs Harbour, NSW)
Wine Cask (Buronga, NSW)
Wool Bales (Hamilton, VIC)
Worm (Bass, VIC)



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