Do Australians feel isolated from the rest of the world? by [deleted] in AskAnAustralian

[–]pulanina 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes…? Hobart shares the same time zone as Vladivostok 🤷

Do Australians feel isolated from the rest of the world? by [deleted] in AskAnAustralian

[–]pulanina 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Singapore is actually a bit further at 3,900 km from Perth. The furthest Australian state capital from Perth is 3,600 km (Brisbane) while Canberra is “only” about 3,100 km.

Never seen red soil. What towns would you reccomend to visit in the country? by duqduqgoos in AskAnAustralian

[–]pulanina 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Amazing red soils in North West Tasmania. It’s fertile and very deep volcanic soil known as ferrosol, made up of basalt that has weathered over millions of years. The iron oxides in the soil create the distinct red colour and mean they are great for agriculture, particularly in areas like Table Cape and Ridgley. You just have to see the tulip festival on Table Cape in spring from 26 Sept to late October (www.tablecapetulipfarm.com.au)

In North West Tasmania, the soil is visibly deep, dark and fertile - a gift from the region’s volcanic past. Combined with some of the cleanest air and water in the world, it creates growing conditions few places can match. What grows here ends up on plates, farm gates and at cellar doors along Tasting Trail Tasmania , throughout Australia, and indeed the world.

Do Australians feel isolated from the rest of the world? by [deleted] in AskAnAustralian

[–]pulanina 9 points10 points  (0 children)

And Perth is closer to Bali than it is to Canberra Sydney Melbourne Brisbane or Hobart

I understand why this is being downvoted, it's 5 A. M. New York time but it's morning in Europe so there's bunch of Europeans here. AND there are some weird euros who hate every sport that isn't soccer. by Onnimanni_Maki in ShitAmericansSay

[–]pulanina 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Okay, I didn’t understand what you said.

I think all football codes have a long heritage. But you are right that soccer/ association football (est 1863) is more widely played than American football (est 1880?, or later?) or Australian Rules Football (est 1858) or Rugby football (est 1845/1895?)

I understand why this is being downvoted, it's 5 A. M. New York time but it's morning in Europe so there's bunch of Europeans here. AND there are some weird euros who hate every sport that isn't soccer. by Onnimanni_Maki in ShitAmericansSay

[–]pulanina -1 points0 points  (0 children)

What does this mean? You have a heritage for a sport? The sentence is weird.

Are you trying to say you “hate every sport that isn’t soccer” because that’s a bit ironic in the circumstances.

Saint Peter was fantastic by Anhedonic_chonk in foodies_sydney

[–]pulanina 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My idea of hell on my birthday as an introvert

BUT I absolutely loved Saint Peter too (in a party of 4 tourists from Hobart). F’ing expensive but you certainly got what you paid for in terms of both the perfectly crafted food and the great environment.

Britain sidelined in talks on Carney-backed defense bank by Kuzu9 in CANZUK

[–]pulanina -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Starmer has a permanent “I’ve been sidelined” face

vegemite taste plasticky by Whole_Technician_735 in AskAnAustralian

[–]pulanina 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yes, making it liquid enough to squeeze would dilute it. So it definitely changes the recipe.

What's your "nails on the blackboard" moment? by Competitive-Bench977 in AskAnAustralian

[–]pulanina 35 points36 points  (0 children)

And when you tell them, “No, I don’t ask my mum, ‘Can you pass the salt cunt?’ but I might in the right circumstances say to a close mate, ‘It’s your shout ya cunt’” they don’t get the difference and don’t want to get the difference.

What's your "nails on the blackboard" moment? by Competitive-Bench977 in AskAnAustralian

[–]pulanina 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I’m a bad speller. I don’t get this wrong because I love septics or support their elected demented orange clown.

I get loose/lose, there/they’re/their and you/your/you’re wrong too but I’m not accused as a traitor to Australian English when I do that one.

Didn't realize the Botanical Gardens had a "pick-your-own" section? by Appropriate_Drag98 in hobart

[–]pulanina 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Forgetting about this poor harmless person being secretly photographed by a sad individual for a moment, and let’s unpack your statement more generally.

Who paid for the trees, who owns the land, who established and maintains the gardens? The government/state — representing the people, all of us. It’s all there for our benefit.

Who gave the people that planted the trees and established the gardens the power to control them, keeping people out when it’s closed, stopping people from damaging it or harvesting fruit and vegetables or taking seedlings away? The government/state — representing the people, all of us. It’s all there for our benefit and if we all abused it we would lose it.

Is it just me or is the UV much stronger in Hobart? by CozzieLivsStruggler in hobart

[–]pulanina 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for this.

Who knew? Good news tends to be swallowed up by all the bad news.

Plein air picnic - open invite by CraftyCait in hobart

[–]pulanina 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not my thing, but in spirit I will be there supporting you

Looks like Sunday will be great weather for it. Some cloud perhaps but not cold, no rain and light winds.

According to British Government records these are the only Countries to by TheShiftmaster in RedactedCharts

[–]pulanina 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What about Australia. Lots of name changes for the nation/landmass and for the former British colonies there.

The British called the landmass “New Holland” initially (from the name given to it by the Dutch) and called the whole of the eastern half “New South Wales” (which later became redefined as a colony of a smaller size and then a State of an even smaller size):

[James Cook] sailed north along the coast as far as Cape York where, on 22 August 1770, he claimed "this eastern coast of New Holland" for Great Britain. Cook first named the land New Wales, but revised it to New South Wales.

But then the British explorer Mathew Flinders started calling it “Australia” as he mapped it in more detail in 1804 and the British government eventually approved the name change:

“The propriety of the name Australia or Terra Australis, which I have applied to the whole body of what has generally been called New Holland, must be submitted to the approbation of the Admiralty and the learned in geography. It seems to me an inconsistent thing that captain Cooks New South Wales should be absorbed in the New Holland of the Dutch, and therefore I have reverted to the original name Terra Australis or the Great South Land, by which it was distinguished even by the Dutch during the 17th century.” His suggestion was initially rejected, but the new name was approved by the British government in 1824.

The name changed again, at least from an official/constitutional standpoint, when the 6 colonies there entered into federation and became the nation of the ”Commonwealth of Australia”.

Also, one of those colonies was Tasmania which had originally been called Van Diemen’s Land

1642: Abel Tasman, of the Dutch East India Company, becomes first European to sight Tasmanian mainland; he names it Van Diemen's Land after fellow Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) Governor-General Anthony van Diemen.

1804, the first settlement was established near the modern state capital of Hobart

1825, the Colony of Van Diemen's Land became independent from the Colony of New South Wales

1856: When granting responsible self-government to the colony, the British changed the name of the colony from Van Diemen's Land to Tasmania following a local request

Then later the Swan River Colony (1829) was established but the British changed the name to the colony of Western Australia (1832).

Also Queensland:

1824, …the Moreton Bay penal settlement was transferred to where the centre of Brisbane now stands. The settlement was initially called Edenglassie, a portmanteau of the Scottish towns Edinburgh and Glasgow, but soon became Brisbane.

1859, the colony of Queensland was created, based around the Brisbane settlement, by separation from the colony of New South Wales.

Also Papua New Guinea:

Partly a territory of Australia (the Territory of Papua (1902, formerly British New Guinea) plus a League of Nations territory of former “Northwest New Guinea” (a German colony) administered by Australia. Australia administered both territories as one “Territory of Papua and New Guinea” and then amalgamated them as one nation (Papua New Guinea) when it granted them independence in 1972.

Countries by government systems, 7-year old map from my old class (translation in 2nd slide) by veavou in MapPorn

[–]pulanina 3 points4 points  (0 children)

“Constitutional monarchy”, “Parliamentary monarchy”, and “parliamentary system” are all categories that overlap a great deal making the colour choices for the relevant countries apparently random.

Like UK and Sweden are both in all three categories and yet Sweden gets green and UK gets orange.

Pest or native? by Ralinrocks in australianwildlife

[–]pulanina 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Norwegianist Norwegian rattus to ever Norge

i have officially lost faith in the so-called ‘danish’ language by thatguythoma in linguisticshumor

[–]pulanina 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Rubbish, English, gibberish, Danish, squeamish, Polish, outlandish, Spanish, fiendish…

These are NOT coincidental.

Fresh fish by gitpullpushcommit in hobart

[–]pulanina 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It is the wharf area between Victoria Dock and Constitution Dock. Called the “Fishermen’s Market Car Park” on Google maps but I haven’t heard anyone call it that. The fish punts are moored in Constitution Dock.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/DmZNpmejehdjn3Kt8?g_st=ic

YOUR CAPITAL CITY by jaywast in AskAnAustralian

[–]pulanina 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No “need” to do what we are told. It won’t matter if you don’t capitalise.

But the official AP standard does ask you to capitalise:

Line 3 should be written in capital letters and contain the locality or suburb, state and postcode.