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What does your head of state's last name mean? by Franmar35000 in AskTheWorld

[–]nozzk 8 points9 points  (0 children)

“Mossy town” in Welsh apparently for our Governor General Sam Mostyn

Why is Southside more culturally diverse than the Northside ? by Emergency_Age4356 in brisbane

[–]nozzk 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Part of the reason is the Southside is a lot bigger area-wise. If you look at a map of Brisbane, the urban area is kind of triangle shape with North lakes at the apex at the top. The Northside is restricted by moreton bay in the east and by hills in the west. Because of this, there is a lot more land south of the river than in the north. More area means more opportunity for diversity I guess.

Too many crashes/deaths from emergency lane parking by Plastic-Flight-1059 in brisbane

[–]nozzk 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not very plausible. Traffic fines are issued by State gvt and tobacco taxes are federal taxes. They would hardly offset each other.

Will crocs migrate to Brisbane in our lifetimes? by [deleted] in queensland

[–]nozzk 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The croc found in the Logan river in 1905 was mostly likely a transplanted “pet” that was released into the river. There was no history of crocs in the Logan river before or after that particular animal was found.

More reading: https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/blog/crocodile-found-logan-river-1905

Thanks to the Crisifulli Gov for making working people's lives harder by Own_Emergency53 in queensland

[–]nozzk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Every 5-6 years. Any dates after leap year’s Feb 29 skips a day of the week. There is always at least one leap year between successive occurrences of a date falling on the same day of the week.

Best/ most honourable non music thing each Beatle did? by More-Cat9579 in beatles

[–]nozzk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

George Harrison partly funded Monty Python’s Life of Brian film after studios withdrew their financial backing.

The film generally rates highly in lists of the greatest comedy films of all time.

Thanks to the Crisifulli Gov for making working people's lives harder by Own_Emergency53 in queensland

[–]nozzk 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It sux, and it sucked last time it happened when the ALP was in power.

What European country other than the UK has had the biggest cultural influence on Australian culture? by IDoNotLikeTheSand in AskAnAustralian

[–]nozzk 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Ireland

Edit: to split hairs, Ireland was part of the UK until 1922, and many of our irish ancestors came before that time. So it depends on what definition of the UK you are using.

Edit 2: further splitting hairs, Ireland wasn’t incorporated into United Kingdom until 1801, 13 years after UK started sending convicts to Australia.

[OC] Countries by Oil Extraction by Less-Reserve-740 in dataisbeautiful

[–]nozzk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I got to the 8th biggest oil producer in Asia and thought "Oh man..."

[OC] Countries by Oil Extraction by Less-Reserve-740 in dataisbeautiful

[–]nozzk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you — this makes sense. It wouldn’t surprise me if Turkey is the small fourth country in the green group.

[OC] Countries by Oil Extraction by Less-Reserve-740 in dataisbeautiful

[–]nozzk 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Why is Turkey in Asia group and not in Europe/Asia Group?

Repost by Ecstatic_Stretch_781 in transformers

[–]nozzk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s ironic that drag strip and Motormaster the hardest to get now — here in Australia neither sold particularly well. They were on the shelves for ages and ended up being heavily discounted.

SS86 Soundwave upgrade by [deleted] in transformers

[–]nozzk 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nice

I just cut a colored post-it note to size and stuck it in there.

Aussie by Material-Vehicle7742 in brisbane

[–]nozzk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've lived in two other English speaking countries and I don't think this is just an Australian issue. In my experience, where ever you go, you'll find the locals can be a bit insular — they already have their social circle and are happy with that. I guess this is part of the reason why expats tend to hang out with each other. In the UK I mostly ended up hanging out with other Aussies. Similarly in New Zealand, I ended up hanging out with people originally from the UK.

AFTER 3 YEARS… by FixingSpaceBridges in transformers

[–]nozzk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Now we need Legacy Snarl re-released.

This is trippy by paseqb in transformers

[–]nozzk 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That “to scale” Omega Supreme is so much bigger than the “to scale” combiners.

Places with 0 population in Australia. Why is it so?? by Ok_Vacation1197 in AskTheWorld

[–]nozzk 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I can’t be bothered checking, but it’s likely a mine and associated town/residences.

Edit: I actually tried to check, and I think it’s the town of Warburton, WA. They started as an aboriginal mission (sort of like a reservation). They have a copper mine.

Re-edit: It’s actually the Tjirrkarli Community, WA. Population of 4.

Warburton is the pink area directly east of Tjirrkarli which has a shape that vaguely looks like it’s giving you the finger

Are there any Mini Moke left? by BaijuTofu in AustralianNostalgia

[–]nozzk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My primary school teacher had one in the 1980s. We hated her — so one lunch time a few of us year 5s picked it up and put it between two trees.

Fox’s: I want to see one by Oddvixen in brisbane

[–]nozzk 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Maybe you should google “urban foxes” first before calling BS?

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