# Australia roundup **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 2, 2016, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-roundup/741974 "2016-01-02T03:26:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Richox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@Richox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richox)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2016, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-roundup/741974/1 "2016-01-02T03:26:44Z")
Searched for a thread like it, couldn’t find it. I’m new to the dope, but loving it so far. Only negative is it wastes hours of my time on circular divergences of personal research missions from nearly every thread I read in GQ!!! Also i feel dumber when i see the depth and breadth if knowledge of some of these guys and girls that post. Some smart cookies out there. Anyway, obviously the board is pretty US-centric most of the time, but thought I’d do a roll call for how many aussies are regular here? I’ve seen a few references in recent threads, and user \*\*Melbourne \*\*is a likely candidate! So how many of us are out there, and where you from? I’m in Perth. Hiding inside from the sun right now, meant to be digging holes in the garden but don’t think so in this weather with a 2nd day hangover. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2016, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-roundup/741974/2 "2016-01-02T03:39:09Z")
G’day from Victoria. Good to have another Aussie on board. There are a few of us around 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2016, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-roundup/741974/3 "2016-01-02T04:25:13Z")
Technically I’m a New Zealander, but I’ve lived in Melbourne since 1999 (with a one year detour to Sydney), and joined the SDMB the same year. As I sometimes will speak for both countries, I think there are regulars here who still don’t know where I live. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2016, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-roundup/741974/4 "2016-01-02T04:43:32Z")
Welcome, welcome! It so happens that not too far from Ottawa, Ontario, the capital of Canada, there is a town called Perth. If you draw a line from Perth, Ontario, straight through the middle of the earth, you come out in the Indian Ocean. The largest city near that location is Perth, Australia. ---
**Author:** ![mikewil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@mikewil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikewil)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2016, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-roundup/741974/5 "2016-01-02T05:07:28Z")
Hi Another Perth resident here ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2016, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-roundup/741974/6 "2016-01-02T05:10:36Z")
Sydneysider reporting in. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2016, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-roundup/741974/7 "2016-01-02T07:39:22Z")
Another New Zealander here, but living in Adelaide as I think my profile says. Been in Aus since 2000 and SDMB about the same time. There used to be an SDMB Downunder website but I think it’s all died out. ---
**Author:** ![Essured](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Essured](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Essured)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2016, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-roundup/741974/8 "2016-01-02T08:01:52Z")
NSW (a few hours north of Sydney) ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_From\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Girl\_From\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_From_Mars)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2016, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-roundup/741974/9 "2016-01-02T08:18:38Z")
Australian living in Melbourne, but lived in NZ for 15 years a while back (plus a lot of other countries as a kid). ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2016, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-roundup/741974/10 "2016-01-02T08:25:02Z")
Central Victoria, here. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2016, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-roundup/741974/11 "2016-01-02T10:07:03Z")
I’m not from Perth, or even from Australia, but I have been to Perth a number of times. I think I still have a Transperth pass with a few rides left on it. Very nice city, and I hope to return to it someday. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2016, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-roundup/741974/12 "2016-01-02T10:34:32Z")
Another one of those from the East that you lot voted to be rid of in 1933. Don’t think we have forgotten. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2016, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-roundup/741974/13 "2016-01-02T11:41:48Z")
Good representation from my part of the country, but nobody from Brisbane or further north? I hope that’s not because Melbourne is the worlds most boring city? Tell me it isn’t so… ---
**Author:** ![Lobot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce7236/32.png) [@Lobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobot)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2016, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-roundup/741974/14 "2016-01-02T11:55:06Z")
Another one from NSW here. ---
**Author:** ![Cara\_mel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/22d042/32.png) [@Cara\_mel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cara_mel)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2016, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-roundup/741974/15 "2016-01-02T11:57:03Z")
Hi **Melbourne** , Brisbane here! Welcome to the board, Richo. I check in just about every day to see what the smartest and hippest people on the planet are up to. Well, they’re pretty smart, but maybe not the hippest anymore! ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2016, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-roundup/741974/16 "2016-01-02T11:58:53Z")
Well there’s me. Also Martini Enfield. And a couple of others I’m blanking on the name of right now. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2016, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-roundup/741974/17 "2016-01-02T13:04:11Z")
Isn’t **Cunctator** from Sydney? ---
**Author:** ![Richox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@Richox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richox)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2016, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-roundup/741974/18 "2016-01-02T16:37:08Z")
quite a few! I’m also from NZ originally. seems like there should be no-one left in NZ, after all the kiwis I meet elsewhere in the world. ---
**Author:** ![araminty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5e925/32.png) [@araminty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/araminty)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2016, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-roundup/741974/19 "2016-01-02T17:01:53Z")
I grew up in Darwin, lived in ACT/VIC for a few years, and moved to California. But I still count myself as an Aussie! ---
**Author:** ![GreedySmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a698b9/32.png) [@GreedySmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreedySmurf)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2016, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-roundup/741974/20 "2016-01-02T18:41:33Z")
I was a born and bred Brisbanite up until two months ago, when my wife and I moved to the UK. We’ve just settled into a new flat in Stratford, London, but I still consider Australia home. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-roundup/741974.md?page=2)