Ask an Aussie

[Tee Kay]

What is the food like in Australia?

As Classical said there's so many nationalities in Australia that you can just about get anything you want. Problem is some places serve watered-down version of the original.

Also AFAIK little has to be imported since you can grow most things in Australia (but in a different part of the country though. Sugar canes don't grow well in Melbourne)

 

[ComradeDavo]

I'm not a big wine drinker, and I'm definitely not enough of a wine drinker to have a particular favourite. But both Jacob's Creek & Hardys get advertised a bit, so I assume they're being drunk here too.

Ok, cool thanks. How big is wine in Australia? I work for a wine shop and my manger is Australian. In the UK the Aussie wines have really taken off and are probably bigger then French wines now, largely due to JC and Hardys.

 

[sanabas]

Most bottle shops have a fairly big selection, certainly seems like they carry more stock of wine than of spirits or premix stuff, and maybe similar amount to beer stock, although that's harder to judge, as beer is usually in the coolroom rather than on the shelf, and there's less varieties of beer available. I have no idea what the percentage of sales of different types of grog would be like, I've never worked in a bottle shop. The bars I've worked in, the wine sales were very dependent on the type of bar, and the clientele. Varied between virtually no wine sold, up to maybe 30-40% of the drinking customers.

Dunno how accurate it is, and it is a generalisation, but it seems that one of the reasons the aussie wines are doing so well are that their quality is roughly the same as the french stuff, but without having to pay a surcharge for the french label. So provided you're not a complete snob who must have the designer label, the aussie wine is the better choice.

 

[CartesianFart]

How much is a regular menthol cigarette in the land of down under?

How much is the street value of a quarter of an ounce?

How much,cheaply,can you buy a six-pack?

Is there known brothels for a relative cheap price or how much for front and back from a particular female employed as a street walker?

 

[Sidhe]

How much is a regular menthol cigarette in the land of down under?

How much is the street value of a quarter of an ounce?

How much,cheaply,can you buy a six-pack?

Is there known brothels for a relative cheap price or how much for front and back from a particular female employed as a street walker?

Anyone who knows the answer to all four of those questions, would no doubt keep his hard won knowledge to himself

You guys are over here in numbers, and it's a good thing, like the Aussies, good sense of humour, but why oh why would you come over here, when your climate is perfection, and you already have decent beer?

 

[CartesianFart]

I guess,sidhe, that these will forever be one of my many questions that will never suffice to be answered.

 

[sanabas]

How much is a regular menthol cigarette in the land of down under?

Ciggies are ~$10 for a pack of 25.

How much is the street value of a quarter of an ounce?

Haven't a clue, given I don't work in ounces, and it's been a while since I lived with a regular smoker. Varies a lot depending on where you are, and who you know.

How much,cheaply,can you buy a six-pack?

Beer is around ~$30-$35 for a case of 24, ~10-12 for a sixpack.

Is there known brothels for a relative cheap price or how much for front and back from a particular female employed as a street walker?

Very little in the way of prostitutes on the street, as for the most part we have non-draconian, non-puritanical licensing laws for brothels, and for private workers. Brothels range from relatively cheap to ridiculously expensive, although relatively cheap seems to have most of the market, and the ridiculously expensive ones are more likely private workers. www.eros.org.au is the adult industry website if you want more specific info.

 

[classical_hero]

How much is a regular menthol cigarette in the land of down under?

How much is the street value of a quarter of an ounce?

How much,cheaply,can you buy a six-pack?

Is there known brothels for a relative cheap price or how much for front and back from a particular female employed as a street walker?

What do you plan to do with this sort of knowledge?

 

[ComradeDavo]

Most bottle shops have a fairly big selection, certainly seems like they carry more stock of wine than of spirits or premix stuff, and maybe similar amount to beer stock, although that's harder to judge, as beer is usually in the coolroom rather than on the shelf, and there's less varieties of beer available. I have no idea what the percentage of sales of different types of grog would be like, I've never worked in a bottle shop. The bars I've worked in, the wine sales were very dependent on the type of bar, and the clientele. Varied between virtually no wine sold, up to maybe 30-40% of the drinking customers.

Dunno how accurate it is, and it is a generalisation, but it seems that one of the reasons the aussie wines are doing so well are that their quality is roughly the same as the french stuff, but without having to pay a surcharge for the french label. So provided you're not a complete snob who must have the designer label, the aussie wine is the better choice.

Thanks!

I prefer Aussie wine to French wine not only because of the same quality at a cheaper price but because Aussie (and new world wine in general) wine is alot more fruity.

 

[classical_hero]

Well you will are in luck because the wine growers in the SW had a bumper vintage so you soon will be getting top quality wines from this crop.

 

[CartesianFart]

What do you plan to do with this sort of knowledge?

Invade your country by visiting some day.

 

[Mark Young]

You guys are over here in numbers, and it's a good thing, like the Aussies, good sense of humour, but why oh why would you come over here, when your climate is perfection, and you already have decent beer?

Most people I know that have gone to the UK for a couple of years do it either as a way make a bit of extra cash (approx 2.2 Pounds to AUS $1), or to use the UK as a base for working to get some money to go to Europe, or to just get away from the annoying parents.

 

[Mark Young]

What is a good location to go to to be able to go Great-Barrier-Reefing ?

We also want to see the outback. Since we won't go that far inland and our way of transportation is most likely car; which parts of Queensland qualify as outback and are not too far from the coast as well ? (how far?)

If you want to see a typical Outback place, forget Queensland, head to the Northern Territory or to NW West Aus. Inland Queensland isn't generally referred to as your typical exciting 'outback' destination. Try and get to Katherine, Kakadu, Alice Springs, Fitzroy Crossings etc.
It'll be wet season around that time, they get really great ligthning storms in the top end about then which are suppose to look really fantastic, desert flowers are out (maybe) and it's suppose to be a great time to go. (Never been myself, just some second hand info).