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The Top Ten things I have learned about Aussies from sharing camp with them in Africa are . . . 10. A mate is not your spouse. 9. Profanity is considered an art form. 8. If you are late for appetizers, forget it. 7. If you go last through the food line, forget it. 6. If shooting once is good, shooting twice is great, three times even better, four times . . . 5. In a conversation, paying attention and listening closely, you will understand every seventh word. 4. From a steady diet of Fosters and rugby over the centuries, males in Aussie are at least 25% larger than their American counterparts (in stature that is). 3. Keep the liquor under lock and key. 2. Aussies enjoy a good cigar . . . and enjoy it even more if it is your cigar. And the Number One thing I have learned about Aussies from sharing camp with them in Africa is . . . 1. Aussies make damn fine company around the campfire. Mike | ||
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Found the same to be true when visiting their country. Joyce and I hope to spend a six month period touring Oz after retirement. ______________________ DRSS ______________________ Hunt Reports 2015 His & Her Leopards with Derek Littleton of Luwire Safaris - http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/2971090112 2015 Trophy Bull Elephant with CMS http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/1651069012 DIY Brooks Range Sheep Hunt 2013 - http://forums.accuratereloadin...901038191#9901038191 Zambia June/July 2012 with Andrew Baldry - Royal Kafue http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7971064771 Zambia Sept 2010- Muchinga Safaris http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4211096141 Namibia Sept 2010 - ARUB Safaris http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6781076141 | |||
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Mike: I spent an evening with Dan and Alan as well. Don't forget: 1. When they run out of Jack or Vino your bottle is their bottle and your glasses are theirs as well. 2. Blasting at Boris is akin to their prowess at camels, roo's and anything else that moves in that vast expanse....as long as you're shooting out of a vehicle. Preferably a moving one. 3. They seem immune from hangovers as well. 4. A lot of fun to be with in the bush. Dutch | |||
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You missed one BIG point - they are intimidated by Kiwis! They really have this thing about those blokes from across the ditch that they cannot fathom.  Oh, and they really like their Shielas using sheep dip for perfume!  "When the wind stops....start rowing. When the wind starts, get the sail up quick." | |||
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That's cause we've seen what you guys do to sheep!  | |||
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Had a blast sharing camp with Matt Graham last year in KwaZulu Natal. Jack Hood DRSS | |||
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Advance Australia Fair! Cheers, fellows.  | |||
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I also learned that the "F" word can be a noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun...... | |||
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I've also learned that most people from the Southern Hemisphere have multiple livers. Said statement based upon many encounters with Southern Africans, Aussies, kiwis, Argentines, Exuadorians, etc. I feel like I need to check in to rehab after DSC every year thinking I can keep up. I don't know if the Coriolis Effect has anything to do with it, but the sample set proves true. I meant to be DSC Member...bad typing skills. Marcus Cady DRSS | |||
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MATE!!! all you blokes just wanna be Aussie's thats all there is to it  bloody unreal  | |||
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I have to disagree with you on one point: real Aussies don't drink Fosters. Jason "You're not hard-core, unless you live hard-core." _______________________ Hunting in Africa is an adventure. The number of variables involved preclude the possibility of a perfect hunt. Some problems will arise. How you decide to handle them will determine how much you enjoy your hunt. Just tell yourself, "it's all part of the adventure." Remember, if Robert Ruark had gotten upset every time problems with Harry Selby's flat bed truck delayed the safari, Horn of the Hunter would have read like an indictment of Selby. But Ruark rolled with the punches, poured some gin, and enjoyed the adventure. -Jason Brown | |||
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+1 We only sell that p%ss to you Yanks.  | |||
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Mate drink the best beer,sell the rest!!! Even tastes better if someone shouts it | |||
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There are plenty of Aussies drinking beer but I am pretty sure that there are not many drinking Fosters! | |||
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Well, I have drunk Fosters - it was in London, and was better than the rancid warm dishwater the Pommies were guzzling .... marginally.  ... and I was a Saffa at the time so didn't know any better .... -- Promise me, when I die, don't let my wife sell my guns for what I told I her I paid for them. | |||
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You bloody philistine colonials just fail to appreciate a decent beer when you find it! Ya can't beat a pint of London Pride!  | |||
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There we go, although not "'Strine," this could help. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=di7Ooa9bKMc  | |||
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Mike, I sure agree with #1. OZhunter is one of the finest people I have ever shared camp with... Good Hunting, Tim Herald Worldwide Trophy Adventures tim@trophyadventures.com | |||
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How nice of you to say that Jack... Likewise mate!! Hopefully we can share a camp here in Australia before too long. Hey - we didnt just share the camp either, we shared that blasted tick bite fever when we got home too!!! A day spent in the bush is a day added to your life Hunt Australia - Website Hunt Australia - Facebook Hunt Australia - TV | |||
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Intimidated teach me to be as funny as you!!!A day spent in the bush is a day added to your life Hunt Australia - Website Hunt Australia - Facebook Hunt Australia - TV | |||
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What was it one of the lads in the Australia forum called Fosters? "A fizzy drink for oiks." There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t. – John Green, author | |||
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Bloody turncoat, bet ya wishin for a CASTLE right now! | |||
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Met a lovely Aussie couple at "The Swan" pub in London, bordering the north side of Hyde Park. They and another British couple were trading the friendliest of barbs. The British couple said to the Aussies "We still don't understand why you Aussies don't speak proper English" I of coursce couldn't help myself and said, "Well I don't believe there were a lot of grammar courses on the prison ships" Which of course caused a lot of mirth and as both of them verbally took me apart we became even friendlier and have traded addresses and emails. I've never met an Aussie I didn't like. Regards, Chuck "There's a saying in prize fighting, everyone's got a plan until they get hit" Michael Douglas "The Ghost And The Darkness" | |||
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He can buy a case of Castle right here at Dan Murphys Bottl'o right here in Straya!! Nah worries mate!! A day spent in the bush is a day added to your life Hunt Australia - Website Hunt Australia - Facebook Hunt Australia - TV | |||
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I shared a camp with, an Aussie who lurks here occasionally, in North Eastern Namibia near Bushmanland. He was a fine bloke -- I believe is the word. I must say, we spent the first few days having difficulty communicating due to the differences between a South Texas, Aussie and Africaaner's accent. Brings to mind Churchill's comment about people divided by a common language. Mike, a lot of what you say about Aussie's is true. And I'd add that they are good sports. One correction, based on my limited experience, I don't think Warren ever had to take a second shot. He's a good mate. I hope we have the chance to share a camp again soon. All in all, however, a lot of l loteipgtnsf bus | |||
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Mike, Thank you for your list. Having worked in Sydney for a while, I must agree with you on most of it. However, if I may comment on one or two points: 6. I agree with this if the game is still alive and kicking, especially if it is big and bad and if it might be difficult to recover if it runs off. 2. Thanks for this- I will be helping to entertain a group of four Aussies near Hondo, Texas just after Thanksgiving and will lay in a supply of good cigars for the after-hunt story telling and relaxing. 1. Totally agree and I am looking forward to a fun outing with these blokes.  NRA Life Benefactor Member, DRSS, DWWC, Whittington Center,Android Reloading Ballistics App at http://www.xplat.net/ | |||
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F*CK NO!!!! That stuff tastes like the water from the baby wading pool, all sort of chlorine and other assorted fluids. I wouldn't mind a Hansa, though. Seeing as you're buying. -- Promise me, when I die, don't let my wife sell my guns for what I told I her I paid for them. | |||
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Typical Aussies, we had a very nice conversation going and now we are in a row about beer. Gotta love 'um. Not that they would reject any beer, bear in mind. And they will all admit it. Beside the point. | |||
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Personally I have never had a bad beer in my life - and I have drunk some flat warm beers too and they were still good at the time!! “Life, alas, is very drear. Up with the glass! Down with the beer!” A day spent in the bush is a day added to your life Hunt Australia - Website Hunt Australia - Facebook Hunt Australia - TV | |||
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQk0BlYcx_o RIGHT!! I am not buying and you are welcome to all the Hansa you can swallow.   | |||
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THAT, I find tough to swallow ....   You know that all the brands have been touted to the black market, don't you? Including Castle ..... I'll have a Zamalek then - your round. -- Promise me, when I die, don't let my wife sell my guns for what I told I her I paid for them. | |||
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Booking Texans and Aussies in the same camp? How dumb can you get? | |||
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Nope, that's why a Bells or a good single malt is for me and mine. At least the water used is pure. | |||
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Agreed! When I was in Perth, the first day we went into a pub and I ordered a Fosters. The bartender looked at me and said "You must be a Yank. We don't serve shit beer here in Australia, that Fosters shit all goes to America. Here, try a real beer, a Twoohies New". | |||
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And point #11 is, Aussies are charming blokes who can, wittingly or unwittingly, charm the knickers off your wife or daughter! | |||
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And all of the girls there, urn married, are named Sheila. | |||
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Yet the fact remains, that while Texans and Aussies are perfectly willing to drink any beer in camp - in whatever quantities are available, that does not preclude a bloody row over which beer -- not currently available -- is better -- while continuing to enjoy the local swill provided. No, I don't think booking Texans and Aussies in the same camp is much of a problem. We are both pretty much of the same mindset. | |||
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Indeed that is true lavaca... we always order extra beer when we have Texans coming to hunt!! A day spent in the bush is a day added to your life Hunt Australia - Website Hunt Australia - Facebook Hunt Australia - TV | |||
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I think Aussies, Calgarians and Texans were actually triplets separated at birth. Mike | |||
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