Australia and Royality?

[Majestic]

In the last few days well 5 days, we've had our own loyal the Queen of Australia (yes that is what she is called while in Australia), formerly the Queen of England at least for a little bit longer.

Well I can say that it's usual to say the least, I mean the closest we get to go the throne is the John, the good reliable old thunderbox. I mean come on, us Aussies are known for the laid back type, the type who don't generally go to fancy restaurants (well except for those rich upper class selfish buggers) and more often than not we just have a good old backyard BBQ. While America (Ellsworth B. A. Zwoyer of Pennsylvania) invented the BBQ, it's often more associated with us so called bogan Aussies.

So yeah this is just my little ramble about Australian Royalty. While it's been a pleasure to have them here it just won't feel right till they have returned home.

 

[EAS_Intrepid]

I somewhat understand that! We had the Pope in our country a few weeks back and it was a big pain in the rear end.
He was in my beloved home city, Berlin, and nearly the complete inner city traffic was jammed, all the TV and radio stations and newspapers only had one big story: THE POPE. More down- than upsides, but maybe that feeling comes from being an atheist.

It's actually a good comparison. Since Aussies (and I know a few personally) are the laid back type, us Berlin residents are not very religious.

 

[CABAL]

The number of nations that still recognize Elizabeth II as queen is actually surprisingly large considering how marginalized the royal family's power is;
United Kingdom
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Jamaica
Barbados
Bahamas
Grenada
Papua New Guinea
Solomon Islands
Tuvalu
Saint Lucia
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Belize
Antigua and Barbuda
Saint Kitts and Nevis

Anyway, how was it with her in the country?

 

[Majestic]

It was quite uneventful apart from all the news coverage. he visited Canberra (our Capital), Brisbane where we had all the floods and Perth on the West Coast. She never went to Sydney a good idea as the place is a whole, worst city in Australia IMO.

We had one guy who mooned the Queen as part of a dare but apart from that her visit (and that of her husband) was pretty quiet.

It's actually a good comparison. Since Aussies (and I know a few personally) are the laid back type, us Berlin residents are not very religious.

The majority of Australian's are fairly laid back indeed. On Friday's nights we watch Escape to the Country a UK show and are surprised how fussy some of the people are on there about houses, like the need to have the bedrooms upstairs away from the living areas. Here in Australia most houses have them all on the one level, some even have the bedrooms downstairs and the living areas upstairs. I guess our harsher climate, the struggles our ancestors went through setting up this country (much like in the US) gives us our easy going nature.

 

[Amateur]

I guess our harsher climate, the struggles our ancestors went through setting up this country (much like in the US) gives us our easy going nature.

Nah, we're just awkward .

 

[Avon]

I read about the guy that mooned our Queeny the other day. Lol, that just made me chuckle

 

[Majestic]

Nah, we're just awkward .

I read about the guy that mooned our Queeny the other day. Lol, that just made me chuckle

Yeah that's us Aussies, mooning one tourist at a time!

 

[Avon]

Yeah that's us Aussies, mooning one tourist at a time!

Haha, that just has to be your next forum signature

 

[Majestic]

Haha, that just has to be your next forum signature

It might as well be!